soggi wrote on 2024-10-01, 02:11:

But not AGP Banshee, as most P4 boards will fry the card (and maybe some other parts) in the worst case. […]
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rain wrote on 2024-09-28, 17:35:

Pentium 2 with banshee very slow with carmageddon2 .
pentium 3 better
but pentium 4 best

But not AGP Banshee, as most P4 boards will fry the card (and maybe some other parts) in the worst case.

and sorry for adding another post to (useless) necro posts.

kind regards
soggi

using pentium 4 with universal agp slot is it dangerous too ?

stamasd wrote on 2024-09-30, 18:39:

My Banshee runs... well not at all because I can't remember in which storage box I put it. 😜 But when I was testing it, it was with a P2-400 and I was not impressed.

Not surprised, though!
For all intents and purposes, it's a slower Voodoo3 with a single TMU and lower core clock.

rain wrote on 2024-10-01, 07:46:

using pentium 4 with universal agp slot is it dangerous too ?

As long as you have board with one of the 3.3V AGP capable chipset, it should be fine. For examle SiS 645/650/651 series and VIA P4M266(A)/P4X266(A). If the board manual specifically states AGP 2x support, even better.
Just beware, there might be boards with universal AGP slot that are not compatible.

These are the ones I tested myself and they are AGP 2x capable.
MSI 645 Ultra
Asus P4S333
ECS P4S5A-DX+
Abit SD7-533
Gigabyte GA-8SIMLH-P

My Voodoo Banshee cards are AGP
I have tried them with AMD K6 and Pentium 233mhz thru Pentium-III @ 1.4ghz.
They work fine with Any CPU.
Work good with Win98 not sure about Win95
But it is VERY Important you use the Right drivers.
I used the drivers CD from Vogons library.

Link:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=12

havli wrote on 2024-10-01, 14:53:

Asus P4S333

as much as I love this board, it's also a scary board to me and i've never placed an AGP2X card in there. The oldest card it's seen was a Rage128 Pro

rain wrote on 2024-10-01, 07:46:

using pentium 4 with universal agp slot is it dangerous too ?

havli wrote on 2024-10-01, 14:53:

As long as you have board with one of the 3.3V AGP capable chipset, it should be fine. For examle SiS 645/650/651 series and VIA […]
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As long as you have board with one of the 3.3V AGP capable chipset, it should be fine. For examle SiS 645/650/651 series and VIA P4M266(A)/P4X266(A). If the board manual specifically states AGP 2x support, even better.
Just beware, there might be boards with universal AGP slot that are not compatible.

These are the ones I tested myself and they are AGP 2x capable.
MSI 645 Ultra
Asus P4S333
ECS P4S5A-DX+
Abit SD7-533
Gigabyte GA-8SIMLH-P

As havli partly already said - it could be...there are boards which have a Universal AGP Slot but only support 4x or 4x/8x - f.e. a i875P Board with such a slot (if it exists) for sure doesn't support AGP 3dfx cards (except some rare AGP 4x cards).

A list of boards supporting AGP Voodoos could be found on VoodooAlert forums (German) -> https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index. … ten-mainboards/ (beware: red is untested, light blue tested).

Always be careful when putting an AGP 1.0 (1x/2x) card to socket 423/478 and higher Intel boards and socket A (462) with later chipsets (all nVidia, VIA KT333+ [KT333CF=KT400!!!], SiS 746+, ALi?) and higher AMD boards! This doesn't only apply to 3dfx Voodoo AGP cards.

kind regards
soggi

leileilol wrote on 2024-10-02, 02:09:

havli wrote on 2024-10-01, 14:53:

Asus P4S333

as much as I love this board, it's also a scary board to me and i've never placed an AGP2X card in there. The oldest card it's seen was a Rage128 Pro

I understand, but as a coincidence, this is the exact board I used for testing all kinds of AGP 3.3V cards. Riva 128, TNT, Rage Pro, Banshee, Voodoo3 and maybe others that I don't remember. The only card that doesn't run properly on this board is Rage Fury MAXX - most likely due to chipset incompatibility.

Here is Banshee result and a photo.
https://hwbot.org/submission/2348408