Gigabyte GA-8I915ME-GV Manual - Page 17

English 1-5-1 What is G.E.A.R.? The revolutionary and innovative G.E.A.R. (GIGABYTE Enhance AGP Riser) interface provides an additional interface for traditional AGP Graphics card on Intel chipset based PCI Express solution motherboard. It supports most of the AGP Graphics card available in the market from AGP 4X to AGP 8X graphics card. Note: 1. Please remove the sticker on the G.E.A.R. slot before inserting your AGP graphics card. 2. G.E.A.R. interface is designed to provide a temporary AGP solution before the mass availability of PCI Express graphics card. It is suggested to use PCI Express X 16 interface graphics card to avoid the damage of your AGP graphics card. 3. G.E.A.R. interface is created through PCI interface signal and voltage switching to AGP interface, due to this technical specification difference, it might cause AGP graphics card life-span shortens. 4. Please view the graphics cards support list currently validated by GIGABYTE enginneers. For more updated information, please logon to GIGABYTE website at http://www.gigabyte.com.tw 1-5-2 Graphics Card Support List (The items below are all supported under the Windows XP operating system. When using an add-on graphics card, please first delete the onboard graphics driver before installing the driver for the add-on graphics card.) Figure 1-1. 4X AGP Card Graphics Chip Nvidia Maker Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Model Name GA-620 GA-622 GA-660 Plus GA-GF2560 Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-GF2000 GA-GF1280 GV-GF2010D GA-GF3000D GV-GF1280-32E GV-GF1280T-32P Gigabyte Gigabyte ELSA G V-GF3200TF G V-GF3500TF-GH Gladiac Ultra ELSA ELSA ELSA Leadtek Leadtek Leadtek Gladiac 517 Gladiac 517vivo Gladiac 525 A128 W inFast A170 T H W inFast A250 TO W inFast A250 Ultra - 17 - To be continued... Hardware Installation