Oh yeah, there's more than just a name. 😁 I find them on Ebay Kleinanzeigen. Don't look for specific names, search for more general terms. One will show up at least every couple of weeks. 😀 30€ is extremely steep IMHO even for the PCI variant.

From what I remember, I choose the Riva 128 over other cards because it had a better image quality. Better graphics, color, and clarity. I last tried one on a CRT three years ago. I think it was an ELSA model. The image quality was rather mushy. I believe the TNT had a better DAC. However, Riva 128 …

Well, realistically - as others already suggested - in 1997 you'd go for a decent 2D card plus a Voodoo Graphics as a 3D accelerator. Also remember in 1997 software rendering was still totally common. The P200 MMX is a good CPU for that too. In terms of 2D image quality the best cards of 1997 are …

I don't see any obvious faults on the board either. I guess replacing the oscillators is a good start. 300°C over a minute is definitely a bit on the warm side. The OS crashing when trying to load/install drivers for the card makes sense with a malfunctioning clock generator. It also makes me …

Why not post some pictures, maybe we can spot anything? Have you tried looking at the BGA array between the chip (substrate) and the PCB? Can you see any balls that have melted together near the EEPROM? Also instead of removing VGA BIOS chips you can just reprogram the EEPROM with another BIOS. …

[...]is the Voodoo 3 good enough ? Do you have one? Are you satisfied with its performance? If you are it's good enough. ;-) If you aren't, with a Voodoo 5 5500 you'll get anywhere from 1.5x to 3x the performance @ 1024x768 on a fast CPU - depending on games. i rather would opt for using a GeForce …

How is your monitor connected? I'm not that firm on Win10 but can't you create/force custom resolutions and refresh rates in the GPU driver utility? Also if you are somewhat of an advanced user this might help you override the EDID manually: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ …

I might be a bit late to the party but here's my two cents: The Voodoo 3 PCI is a decent Win98 PCI video card but overhyped and prices are way out of proportion. The card's potential is hampered by the PCI interface, early 2000s Nvidia PCI cards make up for that by being faster at rendering and …

Did a previous reply based on misreading your question. Sorry. Regular convertors will not be able to output VGA @ 160Hz. There may be professional equipment capable of doing so but from the top of my head I don't know any and it's probably expensive as hell. There just isn't really a market for …

Very likely bad video ram. :( Inside the attatched archive there's a .iso of Video Memory (Stress) Test Clean Environment. Burn it to a disc and use it to test the ram. You can also get the file here: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/video_memory_stress_test.html Run the test multiple times …

I haven't run a video memory test as of yet, although I'm not aware of any decent video memory test programs? For 3D cards, why not use the one I suggested? ;-) Video Memory (Stress) Test or VMT allows you to check your video ram for errors. It has its limitations with modern video cards as it's …

melbar wrote: Or buy this cable on eBay... 2pin 3pin.JPG IIRC Asus uses Molex PicoBlade 3 pin connectors on those cards. They are smaller than that one and have three pins.

Could you post your system specs? Have you tried running video memory test clean environment? If not please do so and post the results. Can you post good pictures of the card?

The issue might also be a cracked BGA solder joint underneath the graphics chip. Those cards tend to get very hot and the chip/substrate might expand so a non ideal solder joint cracks and causes issues adressing the RAM. I have two cards that have similar image problems and pressing the chip …

Sorry to just dig this old thread up, but would any of you happen to have the bios for that board or is anyone able to create a .rom from his board? I was able to message 7cjbill2 but he says he is no longer in posession of this board. Thank you for any help! 😊

If I read that correctly R169 and R170 should both be 33Ohm resistors. If you need any other pictures of the board feel free to ask. 😀 edit: This is from REV.1.01