Is it the same model SiS chipset which worked for another individual but not for you? I'm wondering if the issue is chipset-, motherboard-, BIOS-, or hardware-specific.

I've tried the Fury Maxx in a 440BX Slot 1 board, and it worked fine. It might end up in an i865 board in the future.

I'm not 100% sure... but I think RFM is 3.3V AGP only, just like Voodoo5. So this narrows down the compatible chipsets list.

From my personal experience it worked fine using MSI KT3 Ultra2 (VIA KT333 based) http://hwbot.org/submission/1074243_havli_3dm … maxx_3013_marks On the other hand I couldn't get it running properly on Asus P4S333 (SiS 645). Performance was terrible, lot of stuttering... in short not compatible.

feipoa wrote:

Is it the same model SiS chipset which worked for another individual but not for you? I'm wondering if the issue is chipset-, motherboard-, BIOS-, or hardware-specific.

In the case of the other user's SiS Socket A board, he wasn't specific on what chipset/brand the board was.

There are certainly a number of other variables besides just the chipset and model of motherboard, as you mentioned, such as BIOS revision, and even the AGP driver. While none of the VIA Hyperion 4-in-1 drivers I tried changed anything, some have reported that using different drivers caused the MAXX to start working.

Which means two identical setups could experience completely different compatibility results. So it really is a bit of a mess.

In general VIA KT133A chipsets are known to be incompatible, while Intel 440BX chipsets are known to work perfectly pretty much across the board. Sometimes it also has to do with AGP speed setting, so you should always check to see if the card will work in 2x mode.

This is one hell of a thread resurrection, but I wanted to say that I've had success getting an ATI Rage MAXX to work in a PCChips M810LMR V5.0 Socket A board using the SiS 730S chipset and AGP driver 1.21. I'm currently running a Duron 850 and 256 MB of PC-133 SDRAM, and it performs significantly better than the PIII-550/440BX system that I was using with the MAXX before. The games that benefit the most from the MAXX were either CPU limited on my PIII (Unreal Tournament, Quake III) or the dual-chip MAXX drivers have a lot of CPU overhead (Quake II), or both!

one member reported to have managed to make it worked on a motherboard based on KT133A chipset. Luck of the draw?

I'd try AMD 751 and 761 too. I'm waiting on one and may try it out w/751 to see if it works.

PcBytes wrote on 2025-08-14, 14:05:

I'd try AMD 751 and 761 too. I'm waiting on one and may try it out w/751 to see if it works.

Irongate is fine with my Fury Maxx, at least the Irongate motherboard I own, MSI 6191.

j^aws wrote on 2017-03-27, 02:29:

I've tried the Fury Maxx in a 440BX Slot 1 board, and it worked fine. It might end up in an i865 board in the future.

My card refuses to work on 440bx boards (black screen or freeze when launching any 3d game). It even has trouble POSTing on some of them (Asus P2B, P3B-F). It won't work on my Abit AS8 (i865) either. First time I got it running was on a VIA MVP3 (Aopen AX59 PRO), and I'm having a really hard time find compatible motherboards.

Socket3 wrote on 2025-08-15, 07:16:

j^aws wrote on 2017-03-27, 02:29:

I've tried the Fury Maxx in a 440BX Slot 1 board, and it worked fine. It might end up in an i865 board in the future.

My card refuses to work on 440bx boards (black screen or freeze when launching any 3d game). It even has trouble POSTing on some of them (Asus P2B, P3B-F). It won't work on my Abit AS8 (i865) either. First time I got it running was on a VIA MVP3 (Aopen AX59 PRO), and I'm having a really hard time find compatible motherboards.

What VIA 4in1 you used @ Aopen AX59 PRO and what MAXX driver? Thank you!

marxveix wrote on 2025-08-15, 08:08:

Socket3 wrote on 2025-08-15, 07:16:

j^aws wrote on 2017-03-27, 02:29:

I've tried the Fury Maxx in a 440BX Slot 1 board, and it worked fine. It might end up in an i865 board in the future.

My card refuses to work on 440bx boards (black screen or freeze when launching any 3d game). It even has trouble POSTing on some of them (Asus P2B, P3B-F). It won't work on my Abit AS8 (i865) either. First time I got it running was on a VIA MVP3 (Aopen AX59 PRO), and I'm having a really hard time find compatible motherboards.

What VIA 4in1 you used @ Aopen AX59 PRO and what MAXX driver? Thank you!

4 in 1 ver 4.35 if I remember correctly.

That reminds me I have one waiting as well. Might snag it sometime and see what it can do.