TNT should work fine

aarondavid47 wrote on 2021-02-28, 07:51:

From my research it seems the TNT-2 M64 was quite a good card back in the day sometimes bettering the Voodoo 3 2000.
Thanks

There might be very specific instances where the TNT2 M64, when used on a fast CPU, can be a bit faster than a Voodoo 3 2000, but generally speaking the Voodoo 3 is definitely the faster card - especially at higher resolutions, since the M64 has a 64 bit bus which translates to 1.1 GB/s memory bandwidth. The Voodoo 3 has a 128 bit memory bus & 2.2 GB/s.

However, in your specific case, on a slow CPU like the Pentium MMX & Co, a Voodoo 3 will be MUCH, MUCH faster at basically any resolution. There's just no contest, particularly in games that support Glide. Unfortunately prices for Voodoo 3 PCI cards are simply insane, so... yeah. 😀 Voodoo Banshee PCI and Voodoo 2 cards are also very good choices for Pentium MMX, although also very expensive as it stands...

Now, to answer your question, yes, the TNT2 M64 PCI does run perfectly fine on a P MMX.

Agree with the above statement. You are mixing it up with the regular TNT2, the M64 is more akin to the original TNT which trades punches with the Voodoo2. Still, more than enough for your socket 7 system, just remember to use as old a driver as possible.

I had a TNT2 M64 PCI on my Pentium 133 with 430VX motherboard without issues back in the day, it was one of the best upgrades I had ever done. Although I agree a V2/3 should be more efficient on a lower end CPU.

Garrett W wrote on 2021-02-28, 08:57:

Agree with the above statement. You are mixing it up with the regular TNT2, the M64 is more akin to the original TNT which trades punches with the Voodoo2. Still, more than enough for your socket 7 system, just remember to use as old a driver as possible.

Thank you so much.

Not really a 430TX, but I did use a TNT2 M64 PCI 16MB with my 440LX 400MHz Celeron and on that system it ran Unreal about just as well as my K6-III/400 with Voodoo 2 12MB.
440LX basically succeeded the 430TX as Intel main desktop chipset with 430TX the last Pentium 1 desktop chipset and 440LX the first mainstream Pentium 2 chipset (there is also 440FX but that chipset was never very common).

Personally I think TNT2 M64 is a fine little card, but I think Voodoo 3 is indeed better in most aspects. And Voodoo prices have gone through the roof. It's hard to find a Voodoo 3 PCI for under €100 these days, wtf? 😮
Regarding TNT2 M64 in your system, I'd say go for it =)

440LX basically succeeded the 430TX

They both use identical south bridge. It doesn't matter though, because problems on AT motherboards are due to shenanigans with 3.3v support or, rarely, some BIOS bug.