elianda wrote:

I have a Zotac FX5200 PCI that does not work on older systems such as Pentium Boards. However on P2 it worked. My guess is that there is a problem with the graphics cards BIOS not supporting old CPUs.
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hmmmmmmm........

I bought a Axle FX5500 128bit PCI card to use in my Pentium Pro motherboard which did'nt work, assuming it was stuffed I purchased a FX5200 which also failed to boot, I now presume it must be the mainboard because I never tested the cards in another machine BUT I didn't throw the cards away!

Hearing a lot of this, is why I keep around about 30 older 2D-only (no 3D core) PCI video cards for older systems, the newer ones won't even come on with old computers anymore.

Matrox G400 series cards had an optional DVI daughter card available for them.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/media/pdf/supp … als/en_fpg4.pdf

P/N is G4-MOD/PLDVI

I bought one of those new China-sourced FX5500 PCI cards from eBay. It worked fine in my 430TX socket 7 board. GF2 and GF4 also work in the 430TX, however GF6200 and Radeon 9250 did not work well.

I tested the FX52/5500s in the Intel PR440FX and they work just fine, not sure why they didn't work in the Micronics W6-LI as it shares the same chipsets as the PR440FX.

I have an Intel AN430TX based system and was also trying to find a PCI graphics card with DVI output that works well with DOS games.

I started with a Matrox G450 with DVI but on my Samsung 204b that renders 320x200 games (like UFO:Enemy Unknown) at 16:9 and misrenders Gods.

I also tried an XFX FX5200 PCI with DVI and that renders things correctly (as far as I have tested) but the FX5200 runs too hot for my liking in a system like that.

I finally settled on an Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro _without_ DVI.

The issue is not that those cards can’t output 320x200@70Hz, the issue is that most TVs don’t accept 70Hz signal. This applies to 320x200, 320x240 and 720x400 (DOS text mode).

What's interesting to me is that the FX5200 renders text mode in 4:3 but that the Matrox renders it as 4:3 during initial bootup but then switches to 16:9 for text mode and 320x200.

Admittedly I only test with the LCD Samsung 204b.

When I'm putting together a retro machine one of the things I consider is how long it and the accessories available for it will last.

That's why I'm interested in DVI and parts that run cool.

Your comment makes me think that there two factors we should consider: graphics card _and_ digital display.

If somebody will deside to buy TNT2 cards with DVI it need to notice what the latest drivers with wich DVI is working (with installed driver) is 21.83 under XP and win 98. I have two cards Number Nine TNT2 M64 FRU09N1708 010 and FRU09N1708 009 and Creative Graphics Blaster (GB) TnT2 Pro (Gateway Wallace) CT5828.

Voodoo5 5500 (Mac) is feeling seriously under-loved.