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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.

>Sheesh, I just discovered that my GA-586ATE motherboard
>I read somewhere that it's only PCI 2.0 compliant.
>MUST I change my motherboard in order to have 3Dfx ...

Could be an occasion to get an Asus P55T2P4 HX board and crank-up the clock
to 83Mhz*2 = 166Mhz for my good P133 :)
Maybe a whole new life is standing ahead of me... in 3D ;)

Am I alone in that boat, or what ?

---
Ray

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 ?

NO! 

There are a lot of misinformed people spreading this around.


I have a Gigabyte 586AT, a board which I believe pre-dates yours.
It too has the 430FX chipset and only supports PCI2.0

My 3Dfx card works fine.


The voodoo cards are said to be PCI2.1 compliant, this means that it
will work will systems so equiped. It does not mean (AFAIK, and in my
experience) that you must have PCI2.0 - my system and a few friends
who don't have PCI2.0 are proof of this.





Dave
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk

In article <344048e8.196429@news.prestel.co.uk>, dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk 
says...
>
>There are a lot of misinformed people spreading this around.
>

Sorry, I misunderstood the REQUIREMENTS on the box !

>
>I have a Gigabyte 586AT, a board which I believe pre-dates yours.
>It too has the 430FX chipset and only supports PCI2.0
>
>My 3Dfx card works fine.
>

Many thanks.  I had no clue how wrong I was :)
I'll be more than happy to confirm that PCI 2.0 is enough.
---
Ray

On 11 Oct 1997 16:18:20 GMT, Hihi@earth.nospam (CosmicRay) wrote:

In article <344048e8.196429@news.prestel.co.uk>,
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk 
says...
>>
>>There are a lot of misinformed people spreading this around.
>>

>Sorry, I misunderstood the REQUIREMENTS on the box !

Hey no problem. I wasn't having a go.


Enjoy your 3Dfx.


Cheers


Dave
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk

On 12 Oct 1997 01:29:29 GMT, Hihi@earth.nospam (CosmicRay) wrote:

In article <343fbebf.10482182@news.prestel.co.uk>,
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk 
says...
>>
>>Enjoy your 3Dfx.
>>

>I am still cleaning the foam from my mouth, watching this
>new 3DFx.  I was having so much fun... I had to stop for
>a minute and come back here...WOW.
>And by the way, From the few steps I took in Jedi Knight,
>I feel completely immersed.  The "ambiance" of the game is
>a true wonder.  
>Now, I must have that GLquake patch... :)
>
>Thanks to you, YOU WERE RIGHT, PCI chipset 430FX is enough.
>The output is clean, sharp, miraculous :)

Sure beats lashing out on a new board too eh!

>
>I bought that Intense 3D (Intergraph) 3Dfx rush, and am glad.
>I believe that the conventional 3DFX would have been smoother
>in 800x600, but 640x480 is plenty details for me, and my
>big screen T.V.

You can't run 800x600 on many games with the current addon boards
(non-rush) JK included. I too am happy with 640x480.

>I raise my glass to your good fortune.
>and hope to read your articles soon.

Don't get your hopes up!


All the best

Dave
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk