bestemor wrote:- what OS's do you have on that machine ? How are they set up, bootwise?
I had Windows 98 SE on it some years ago. Now it's running Windows 2000 Pro SP4. No special boot setup that I can think of.
bestemor wrote:- disable Side Band Addressing with Rivatuner, was that in Win98 or in pure DOS ?
Rivatuner is a Windows application, it works both in Win9x and Win2K/XP. It disables SBA thanks to NVStrap, a kernel-level driver that loads during OS boot up and overrides GeForce's BIOS settings. It's only needed to improve stability in 3D games, not useful (and unavailable) for pure DOS. You'd have to edit your VGA BIOS and flash it to completely disable SBA at pure DOS.
bestemor wrote:- for refresh rates in Win98 (starting dosgames inside Win98, 'DOS7'), is UniRefresh or VBEHz still doable(how) ? Haven't heard of any of those 2, only UniVBE. Any _safe_ download links ? (lazy me, google etc... heh)
Both UniRefresh and VBEHz are DOS TSR utilities that you can load from AUTOEXEC.BAT, DOSSTART.BAT, or whatever procedure you prefer. Work fine under DOS 7.x and Windows 98 command prompt. Download links:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/UniRefresh_d404.html
http://home.arcor.de/g.s/vbehz.htm
bestemor wrote:- so, there's no problem with the volt issue, then ?
I've got a Ti4800 that works in a newer setup(4x), as well as a Ti 4400 (but no 4600).
Not sure I'm willing to risk them though... see below.
There's absolutely no problem with voltage if you use AGP 4x cards (1.5V), which also support AGP 1x/2x signaling voltage (3.3V). The issue could arise if you use an AGP 8x card, which may or may not support 3.3V; So your Ti 4400 (AGP 4x) will definitely work (mine does, it's actually a 4600 but I have it underclocked at 4400 settings). Not sure about the Ti 4800, it's AGP 8x.
bestemor wrote:Seems like there's some useful info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agp#Compatibility […]
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Seems like there's some useful info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agp#Compatibility
This particular sentence there may indicate that the notches alone are not a good indicator of compatability:
"It is important to check voltage compatibility as some cards incorrectly have dual notches" !! 😒
And of course: "Inserting a card into a slot that does not support the correct signaling voltage may cause damage."
That's right, the notches indication is not safe enough, I have a Matrox G400 MAX with dual notches, but it's actually an AGP 2x card, so I could insert it into an AGP 8x Pentium 4 motherboard and fry the whole system.
I knew that GeForce FX cards have dual notches (last nVIDIA series with universal AGP port), but they are labelled as AGP 4x/8x cards, and I've neved had any of these, so I didn't mention them because I can't guarantee that they would work in old motherboards. However, swaaye has that FX 5950 Ultra in an Abit BF6 (a very similar model to your BH6), so why not?
PS: If you can't manage how to set your FSB at 133 MHz, there's something else you can try, to do it with SoftFSB, a program that allows you to change the FSB speed in real time. Only a limited set of motherboards are supported, but fortunately Abit BH6 is one of them. I use it in an Asus P2B with a 1000 MHz Pentium III Coppermine (7.5x133) that I usually have underclocked at 750 Mhz (7.5x100), because the Radeon 9000 Pro on it is unstable with some desktop applications, but not with 3D games (?). Before launching a CPU-hungry game, I just set the FSB speed to 133 MHz, and restore it to 100 MHz after returning to desktop. Safe and easy. You can download it from here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=434
Hope this helps.