Re: New motherboard for 3dfx ?

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From: MrExcitement
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 00:00

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On 11 Oct 1997 04:49:14 GMT, Hihi@earth.nospam (CosmicRay) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I read that most 3D accelerator cards require a
>PCI 2.1 compliant motherboard...
>
>Sheesh, I just discovered that my GA-586ATE motherboard
>uses the 430FX triton PCI chipset.
>
>I read somewhere that it's only PCI 2.0 compliant.
>http://sysdoc.pair.com/triton1.html#Specifications of the Triton
>
>MUST I change my motherboard in order to have 3Dfx like
>the monster or the new rush cards ?
>
>Please comment
>--------------
>Ray.

	If you're not sure if the board supports PCI 2.1, go to
www.canopus.com and look around. Somewhere on the site is a little
utility that will check the PCI BIOS for you and tell you if it's 2.1
compliant.

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Subject: Re: New motherboard for 3dfx ?
Date: 1997/10/11
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