Reply 20 of 24, by F2bnp
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Well, like me and others have said before, the following should be pretty good for this system:
Voodoo Banshee PCI < Voodoo2 < Voodoo2 SLI == Voodoo 3 PCI
Riva TNT PCI == Riva TNT 2 M64 PCI (~Voodoo2) < Riva TNT2 PCI (~Voodoo3) < GeForce2 MX 200/400 (~GeForce 256/Voodoo5)
Matrox G200 PCI (somewhat slower than Voodoo2)
PCI variants of popular cards are a bit rarer and certainly more expensive than their AGP counterparts. Keep in mind, all of the above will be much faster than the Verite V2100 and have far more stable drivers and game support. Also, even the fastest K6-III+ at 600MHz, will have a hard time keeping a Voodoo3 or Riva TNT2 busy all the time at realistic resolutions (800x600/1024x768). So, by that logic, a K6-2 500 will be just fine even with a single Voodoo2 or a Riva TNT.
This is because the CPUs are slow and in most games you'll be held back by them(CPU bottleneck). Of course, if you try to play Quake 3 at 1024x768 with everything maxed out, then faster cards will help but still be held back significantly.
So, try to find one of the above cards at a logical price and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the performance over the Rendition card. My guess is that you should be able to find either the Banshee or TNT/TNT2 M64 cards much more easily and much more affordable than the rest.