you can use a slot1 pentium2 or celeronA but i have no love for the card. not only that its slow, its rendering quality is also totally incorrect.

Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster?

I second the Slot1 suggestion and the Trident MIGHT actually be faster. The only way to find out would be to try them both out 😀

ODwilly wrote:

I second the Slot1 suggestion and the Trident MIGHT actually be faster. The only way to find out would be to try them both out 😀

3dmark99 here we go! Although i've got a few slot1 systems, so the faster card goes with the faster processor and vice-versa

sebaz_ri wrote:

Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster?

trident blade3d is far faster, at nearly twice the performance of permedia2. no wonder its released as late as 1999 and the last known single-rendering-pipeline 3d card to be released.
you may need a fast cpu to max it out though, i tested with pentium3-s 1.4g.

noshutdown wrote:

sebaz_ri wrote:

Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster?

trident blade3d is far faster, at nearly twice the performance of permedia2. no wonder its released as late as 1999 and the last known single-rendering-pipeline 3d card to be released.
you may need a fast cpu to max it out though, i tested with pentium3-s 1.4g.

What's the big deal about that single rendering pipeline?

sebaz_ri wrote:

What's the big deal about that single rendering pipeline?

just means that it belongs to an older generation of technology, although released in 1999.

noshutdown wrote:

sebaz_ri wrote:

Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster?

trident blade3d is far faster, at nearly twice the performance of permedia2. no wonder its released as late as 1999 and the last known single-rendering-pipeline 3d card to be released.
you may need a fast cpu to max it out though, i tested with pentium3-s 1.4g.

Not true. Radeon VE/7000 released in 2000 as a single pipeline chip, although it has more TMUs than 9880. It might be safer to claim 9880 as the last single-TMU chip.

lazibayer wrote:

Not true. Radeon VE/7000 released in 2000 as a single pipeline chip, although it has more TMUs than 9880. It might be safer to claim 9880 as the last single-TMU chip.

yeah i was actually refering to TMUs, i just feel it a bit complicated to explain the concepts to others.
the gf6200le is another exception, its the only post-1999 card that i know to have only 2 TMUs. 🤣