PhilsComputerLab wrote: Really hard to choose a "best" GPU. I'd always go on a game by game basis. But the GTX 285 seems like a solid choice. Had a GTX 275 and it ran very hot under load (up to 95°C), died after about 4-5 years of regular use. So would advise to monitor the temps closely.

agree with the above. Theoretically you could use an AGP (T&L) card with a V3 PCI in a dual display setup while only using 1 monitor (condition is the monitor has both DVI + VGA input). If the AGP card has a DVI output you can connect a DVI cable to DVI input monitor and the VGA output from V3 to …

I would go with a Radeon 9800 Pro or a MEDION Radeon 9800XXL (can be found cheap on ebay in Europe) for DX9 compatibility. Had a similar card in combination with Athlon XP 2600+ and was a good combo. Radeon 9250 seems too slow for your cpu to me and you would loose alot of performance.

My vote goes to fried memory, which would explain the vertical lines/artifcats. Also taken into account the motherboard works fine with other video cards. Sorry.

I still have this Club 2600 RW running strong after about 17 years. The weak point was the integrated video card (Intel 810 chipset). The lady in the shop where we bought it told me it has "3D effects" which I interpreted as it includes a 3Dfx Voodoo 3 which was reasonable at the time. I didn't …

I tested it on my Yamaha YHT1810 Home Cinema (suppose this qualifies as an amp) by a cinch/RCA cable and to the 3.5 mm SPKRS output on the card . Looks like my card is correctly detected in Windows & DOS (can run SETUPSA.EXE and amend settings). However still no audio output in Windows98SE (checked …

Ok so it's correct what the vendor is telling me and for my purpose (using it with headphones) I should find another card ?

I checked with the vendor and he told me it's not possible to use headphones with this card. Only active speakers work in combination with this card. Did not know sound cards like this exists..

Hi I recently bought this card Yamaha OPL3SA2 YMF718-S. http://i65.tinypic.com/2usvm8j.jpg I want to use it in a MS6309 Motherboard with 1x 16-bit ISA slot (slot is a little bit longer than the card but I guess this is normal?). I reinstalled Windows 98SE and the card was automatically installed …

Which processor are you going to use?

tumbrush confirmed working under Windows 98SE with voodoo II 8 mb. I think perhaps something is wrong with your CD-ROM or CD Drive ?

Just to let you know problem seems solved. After reinstall Win98SE I have 4500 3D 2001SE Marks with the PIII 1Ghz / Geforce 3 TI 200 so all OK now. This seems like a good CPU/GPU combo so I keep it like that. Thanks again for the help!

Hi, thanks for all the advice, so far no luck though. But I swapped the GPU with a Geforce TI 4200 and got following score now: 5541 This is about the same with the Geforce 3 TI 200 in my Pentium IV 1.6 Ghz (256 mb RDRAM). So there still seems to be a huge bottleneck, which I think is the …

Hi, Everything is at stock/default settings. It's a clean Win98SE install. Identical to other system, only drivers are different because this is a VIA chipset and other one is Intel. If I compare similar systems I should be getting at least 4500 3D marks. DDR RAM and SSE2 makes a difference but not …

I've built a new P III retro system but m getting a very low score in 3D Mark 2001SE with my Geforce 3 TI 200. In my P IV system with same GPU I get around 6000 3D marks. In this system I only get 1300 3D marks so seems something is wrong. - Intel Pentium III EB 1 Ghz (Coppermine) - MSI 6309 Rev 1.0 …

Hi guys, Need a bit help / advice concerning my build. Not too long ago I got into retro machines, I was looking to build an all-round Win98SE system to occasionally play some pure MS-DOS games. I rescued the following system from trash (except the Voodoo II): P IV 1.7 Ghz 256 MB RAM 160 GB HD …