vetz wrote:
I'm not expecting wonders. I just want a card with DVI output which also works in DOS. AFAIK only Nvidia DVI does this to a good degree. I own the 5950FX in my 440BX setup and the DVI output there is very good. I know others have tried DVI output from an 9200 Radeon card and while it works well in Windows, it fails in DOS. How to record gameplay footage from Win98SE or older ?!
FX 5200 seems like a good option as well 😀 The Voodoo5 PCI with DVI is just too expensive, but it would've been a great choice. I'm going Voodoo2 SLI for Glide power 😀
The DVI thing was based on this kind of thing: http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/55254- … liance-shootout
I think higher end cards like the 5800/5900 are generally going to be AOK, but the cheaper cards tended to not fare as well in that comparison. I don't know if this matters for your purposes or would even effect the specific card you're looking at, it's just something I remember hearing people bemoan years ago regarding less expensive cards and DVI monitors (which, at the time, weren't all that common).
Really random idea I just had: what about a Matrox card? I know some of the later G/P cards have DVI and are PCI, but I have no idea what their driver support for legacy is like. Doubt they'd cost very much either.
Like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matrox-G450-32MB-Dual … =item338ef05176
Or this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matrox-G550-Low-Profi … =item3cce31d071
EDIT
Had another idea after posting - there's a PCI Quadro FX, the FX 600, which is based on the FX 5200 Ultra. Found this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-PNY-VCQFX600-P … =item3a8b34d116
Same price as the 5500, but would be faster and guarantees the 128-bit memory bus. Also has dual DVI and 3-pin stereo. Basically it should be a "nicer" card. I don't think there's a PCI 5200 Ultra, which probably makes the FX 600 one of the faster PCI graphics cards (at least that are easily available).
EDIT 2
Did a quick look for drivers, nVidia has drivers for FX 600 for Windows 95, here:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/11/en-us
And NT4:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/30/en-us
Matrox's website wasn't as easy to plod through looking for drivers - but I'd expect the G450 to probably work, given the age. AFAIK G550 is pretty similar.