First post, by PowerPie5000
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I've been trying to decide what graphics card to install in my Win98/DOS machine... I've been using a Voodoo3 3000 for a while, but the 16-bit colour and 256x256 texture limit is ugly 😒 . It does have great 2D, decent Glide support and speed (due to low quality graphics), but that's it really.
Anyway, i installed an old Matrox G400 Max (again) just to find out it needs a new fan (the same Aavid fan used with the Voodoo 4 & 5) ... It's loud, grinding and a can't find a straight replacement with a mini/micro 3-pin connector 😒 . I'm looking for another graphics card that works fine with DOS and win95/98 games, but don't want anything that's overkill for my setup:
Pentium III 650Mhz (slot-1 Coppermine).... Might upgrade it to a PIII 850Mhz.
Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard
384MB Kingston PC100 SDRAM (3 x 128MB)
32MB Matrox G400 Max AGP graphics card
40GB Maxtor IDE HDD
Toshiba IDE DVD/RW drive
Windows 98se & DOS 6.22
My motherboard has an old 3.3V AGP 1.0 slot (1x & 2x speeds)... Will this have a big impact on performance with a Geforce 2 GTS/Ultra or a Radeon 7200/7500? I'm assuming a Geforce 2 or Radeon will be ok with my 650Mhz PIII? Or should i take it to 850Mhz (the fastest 100fsb PIII my board will support)?
Any suggestions are welcome, cheers 😎