First post, by AngryByDefault
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Hi!
So, by chance, I got myself a super socket 7 board: a FIC VA-503+ v1.2.
It also came with an S3 Savage4 Pro-M, which happened to be in my wish list so that was a nice surprise, and it will be fun to play with its proprietary API...
I plan to use a K6-2 500/550 MHz but for what I've been reading I could instead use a more powerful card to run the combo to it's fullest.
I'm aware that SS7's AGP implementation is lacking and it might get tricky, but that's part of the challenge.
What I did NOT know is that this board, as well as many others, can't handle the amount of power some card might need due to weak VRMS...
I already have a couple of AGP GF2 and GF4 at hand (64bit and one 128bit), a TNT2 M64 32 MB (64-bit), and the aforementioned Savage4.
But I wonder if you would heavily recommend me to get any of these for this build:
1- TNT2 16 MB Fastware
2- TNT1 32 MB (Diamond S540) Edit: Diamond Viper V550
3- TNT1 16 MB
4- NV Vanta 16 MB
The 'TNT2 16MB' and 'TNT1 32MB' would each cost me more than twice as much as the other two cards. But they are not proper full "32MB TNT2" cards either... Would you pay the premium tax for them or would you speculate to "maybe eventually" get a proper card?
I want a nice build without risking damaging components.
Honestly, I've been reading a lot on the forums and I gather that my GF2 MX400 could be a very nice card for this build too, but I am unsure about it's power draw and I'd also like to hear your overall opinions.
I don't have any particular game planned for this system, but I guess I'll tinker with some appropriate FPS and space combat titles to see how much it can handle.
What's you suggestion?