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Diane
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:
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We have a backup PC that's pretty old but we use as a backup to get email
and do a bit of surfing if need be.
It's a Micron PIII 600 with 384 MB ram, win 98, SB audigy card and two small
drives. There's nothing wrong with the system that a video card replacement
wouldn't help. The PC has a Diamond Viper 770 card and Diamond Monster 3D
accelerator. They have been out of business for many years and there have
been no video driver updates for a long time. I do believe the mobo is a
440BX.
We would like to replace the video card with something inexpensive from the
Nvidia line-something that we could periodically update drivers. Bear in
mind we don't use this PC for much else other than as stated above. I know
it's ready for the junk heap and all that and it won't run Doom3 or FarCry,
just a card that would serve our purposes. Thanks.
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McGrandpa
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:
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"Diane" <phonyaddress@invaliddomain.com> wrote in message
news:10sijjcgnuv811c@corp.supernews.com
| Quote: | We have a backup PC that's pretty old but we use as a backup to get
email and do a bit of surfing if need be.
It's a Micron PIII 600 with 384 MB ram, win 98, SB audigy card and
two small drives. There's nothing wrong with the system that a video
card replacement wouldn't help. The PC has a Diamond Viper 770 card
and Diamond Monster 3D accelerator. They have been out of business
for many years and there have been no video driver updates for a long
time. I do believe the mobo is a 440BX.
We would like to replace the video card with something inexpensive
from the Nvidia line-something that we could periodically update
drivers. Bear in mind we don't use this PC for much else other than
as stated above. I know it's ready for the junk heap and all that and
it won't run Doom3 or FarCry, just a card that would serve our
purposes. Thanks.
D.
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I'm running some old systems with BX440 chipsets. They're all ABit
mobos actually. BH6, BH6 1.2, BE6-IIv2, BF6. Three of these can use
the Coppermine CPU's and I have 2, a P3-550E and P3-800. The BF6 is
using a Diamond Viper V770U (TnT2Ultra), and a P3-450, 768 megs, 98SE
and plays Q3A fairly well. The BE6-IIv2 is running the P3-800, 768 megs
SDram, and a new Radeon 7000-64 and is AGP 2X.
I have a GF4-Ti4600 that is AGP 2X4X and may try that one in the P3-800.
You should be able to find a DX8 capable card for well under $100 that
*should* work in that motherboard.
BTW, I call my 'backup' The Junkbox', cause I just throw stuff in it to
see if it still works :)
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Mac Cool
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject:
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Diane:
| Quote: | We have a backup PC that's pretty old but we use as a backup to get
email and do a bit of surfing if need be.
It's a Micron PIII 600 with 384 MB ram, win 98, SB audigy card and
two small drives. There's nothing wrong with the system that a video
card replacement wouldn't help. The PC has a Diamond Viper 770 card
and Diamond Monster 3D accelerator. They have been out of business
for many years and there have been no video driver updates for a long
time. I do believe the mobo is a 440BX.
We would like to replace the video card with something inexpensive
from the Nvidia line-something that we could periodically update
drivers. Bear in mind we don't use this PC for much else other than
as stated above. I know it's ready for the junk heap and all that and
it won't run Doom3 or FarCry, just a card that would serve our
purposes. Thanks.
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I don't understand what your goal is, other than to be able to update
drivers. The card you have would seem to be adequate for what you do with
the machine. What I don't understand is why do you have a TNT2 card and an
older Monster? The Monster was a dinosaur when the 770 came out. You are
actually slowing things down by using the Monster so ditch that. I think
the TNT2 card is great for what you do with the machine but if you really
want to spend money then buy something like an MX400/4000/440/420.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-137
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-171
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-145-080
All these are slow cards by today's standards but will smoke the V770 you
have now, especially the crippling Monster card.
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DaveL
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject:
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Find a cheap used Geforce 3 on ebay. They go for about $30.
DaveL
"Diane" <phonyaddress@invaliddomain.com> wrote in message
news:10sijjcgnuv811c@corp.supernews.com...
| Quote: | We have a backup PC that's pretty old but we use as a backup to get email
and do a bit of surfing if need be.
It's a Micron PIII 600 with 384 MB ram, win 98, SB audigy card and two
small
drives. There's nothing wrong with the system that a video card
replacement
wouldn't help. The PC has a Diamond Viper 770 card and Diamond Monster 3D
accelerator. They have been out of business for many years and there have
been no video driver updates for a long time. I do believe the mobo is a
440BX.
We would like to replace the video card with something inexpensive from
the
Nvidia line-something that we could periodically update drivers. Bear in
mind we don't use this PC for much else other than as stated above. I know
it's ready for the junk heap and all that and it won't run Doom3 or
FarCry,
just a card that would serve our purposes. Thanks.
D.
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First of One
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Thu Dec 23, 2004 2:15 am Post subject:
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The Viper V770 uses the nVidia TNT2 chipset, which means it can use the
latest nVidia unified ForceWare drivers, still updated regularly:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_66.94
Unless you use the machine to play old Glide games, you can ditch the
Monster3D card outright.
--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
"Diane" <phonyaddress@invaliddomain.com> wrote in message
news:10sijjcgnuv811c@corp.supernews.com...
| Quote: | We have a backup PC that's pretty old but we use as a backup to get email
and do a bit of surfing if need be.
It's a Micron PIII 600 with 384 MB ram, win 98, SB audigy card and two
small
drives. There's nothing wrong with the system that a video card
replacement
wouldn't help. The PC has a Diamond Viper 770 card and Diamond Monster 3D
accelerator. They have been out of business for many years and there have
been no video driver updates for a long time. I do believe the mobo is a
440BX.
We would like to replace the video card with something inexpensive from
the
Nvidia line-something that we could periodically update drivers. Bear in
mind we don't use this PC for much else other than as stated above. I know
it's ready for the junk heap and all that and it won't run Doom3 or
FarCry,
just a card that would serve our purposes. Thanks.
D.
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