J.C. Roberts schrieb: > On Wednesday 15 October 2008, ropers wrote: >> I don't know if it is possible to use --surrounding physical space >> permitting-- 64bit cards in 32 bit slots (and have them run w/ >> reduced performance). IIRC, something like that used to be possible >> back when it came to the transition from 8bit ISA to 16bit ISA slots; >> back then, some 16bit ISA cards could be used in 8bit slots at >> reduced speeds. Whether something like that is possible now with >> 64bit PCI cards I don't know. Maybe someone else knows. > > Of course it depends on the design of the specific card, but yes, at > least *some* 64-bit cards can be used in 32-bit slots. I've seen early > 64-bit PCI SCSI controller cards that were built this way. > > -- > JCR > > Not that I would recommend them anymore, but the D-Link DGE-550T/SX (64bit/66MHz) worked in an Asus P4P800-VM (PCI 32bit) for me (with OpenBSD of course). I think it depends on the card __and__ the mainboard if it works or not.
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