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Reply 60 of 67, by Robhalfordfan

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still looking at mobos but for a break

what about these gpu

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Albatron-GeForce-4 … wcAAOSwNrxdmlMx
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sparkle-GeForce-FX … q0AAOSwnh9cBvs-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inno3D-Tornado-nVi … lwAAOSwCyVcoYoy
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATI-Radeon-9800-Pr … JoAAOSwHP1d2m8J
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-Radeon-96 … E0AAOSwpj1dsCXy
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATI-Radeon-9000Pro … PoAAOSw-Ehd2wAE

if there are any better than i what aiming, please say

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Reply 61 of 67, by appiah4

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WTF those things are (almost all of them) horrendously overpriced. Especially the FX5900, if you pay that kind of money for that junk, faith in humanity -1.

If you decide on what you want to buy first, you can find a better offer on pretty much all of them, with a bit of patience.

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Reply 62 of 67, by chinny22

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I'd probably forget about GF6x range of cards as this is a pure Win98 build. Any games that need more then a GF4Ti or GF FX will work in XP anyway.
Better off keeping compatibility. The GF4/5 cards are XP era cards technically speaking so pretty powerful in Win9x terms.

Not sure about ATI, Still don't have much of their hardware.
No idea on prices, managed to get most this stuff 5 odd years ago when this stuff wasn't desirable at all. People have really caught onto the whole P4 Win98 rig in the last 2 years!

Reply 63 of 67, by Robhalfordfan

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appiah4 wrote:

WTF those things are (almost all of them) horrendously overpriced. Especially the FX5900, if you pay that kind of money for that junk, faith in humanity -1.

If you decide on what you want to buy first, you can find a better offer on pretty much all of them, with a bit of patience.

i know the fx5900 card there is overprice but it ideas, that is what i will most do, wait till a find better or good enough deal

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Reply 64 of 67, by Robhalfordfan

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chinny22 wrote:
I'd probably forget about GF6x range of cards as this is a pure Win98 build. Any games that need more then a GF4Ti or GF FX will […]
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I'd probably forget about GF6x range of cards as this is a pure Win98 build. Any games that need more then a GF4Ti or GF FX will work in XP anyway.
Better off keeping compatibility. The GF4/5 cards are XP era cards technically speaking so pretty powerful in Win9x terms.

Not sure about ATI, Still don't have much of their hardware.
No idea on prices, managed to get most this stuff 5 odd years ago when this stuff wasn't desirable at all. People have really caught onto the whole P4 Win98 rig in the last 2 years!

so which gf4/5 cards would best suited for this build as i am thinking 32mb lowest (at a push), 64mb mid level and 128mb max

think i might of found mobo that fits, i think - has northwood cpu, 3x 256mb ram sticks (use only 2 of them), drivers available from website, i/o shield included, has
intel 845 chipset (593 FC-BGA)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSI-845-Pro2-Lite- … VwAAOSwOu9cmqoz

not sure if i need to worry about agp slot with 4x/8x etc as it say this in manual

The AGP slot DOES NOT support 3.3V AGP card. Use of
3.3V AGP card may cause damages to the mainboard. To identify
the spec of your AGP card, refer to the documentation supplied
with the AGP card or check the view of its contact pins (golden
fingers) before you install it.

what does everyone think

Reply 67 of 67, by Robhalfordfan

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pewpewpew wrote:

You'd probably like a link to this page, and the rest of the site too.
http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.html

thank you, so i can basically use any agp that at lease 4x on any agp slot, if i am understanding properly