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Diamond Stealth III S540 32Mb

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Reply 20 of 23, by nforce4max

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In my opinion but probably a fact for many that one of the biggest downsides to the V3 pci is going to always be the cost as the cards are always in demand while the Banshee often goes under the radar so to speak as people are less familiar while others it is looked upon as being slow for the job. The Riva TNT pci and TNT 2 M64 pci are good options as they are dirt cheap and demand is much lower than other more desirable cards of the era, Riva 128 pci on the other hand does have a bit of a place so those don't sit around on eBay too long unless mislisted or overpriced by dodgy sellers.

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Reply 21 of 23, by betamax80

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I'm also after the final S540 PCI BIOS - I'm sure there's a few of us now. I think latest is 226e if anyone can help. Maybe it provides better VBE?

http://web.archive.org/web/20020424211040/htt … tealth_III_S540

Reply 22 of 23, by matze79

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Yeah but Trio3D AGP has no 3D Accelration that counts.
And i run 95/98 too.

Also playing Omnikron on this Machine, the Savage does well at 1024x768.

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Reply 23 of 23, by Limpem

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I finally found a source for the latest Diamond Stealth III S540 Bioses:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020812145146fw_ … tealth3s540.htm

Just posting it here so that anyone searching in the future can find them as well.

430HX/P1 233MMX/64MB/S3VirgeDX,Voodoo1SLI(King Shaman)/AWE32
440BX/CelTualatin1400/512MB/Banshee, PowerVR PCX2/AWE64Gold
645DX/P4Northwood 3,5Ghz(Oc)/512MB/Voodoo5500/Vortex2
875P/P4EE 3,4Ghz/1GB/GeforceFX5950/Audigy2ZS
Z97/i3-4370/16GB/GeforceGTX960/X-Fi