First post, by feipoa
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Has anyone performed a comparison of graphics cards on single or dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz? I was wondering how far upwards you can squeeze more performance out of the Tualatin.
Would a GeForce 6800 GT show any improvement on this platform compared to a 6600 GT? What about GF4 TI 4600. My attempt at sourcing a 6800 GT failed. Troubleshooting dead MSI-branded GeForce 6800GT
I was thinking about taking the 6600 GT out of my P4 Prescott and putting it into this new build, which will be a dual Tualatin 1.4 GHz with dual-channel PC133 SDRAM. I'm not sure about AGP 4x support on this board. THe board is a Tyan Thunder HEsl S2567. The manual mentions 2x Pro slot, yet the BIOS contains options for AGP at 1x, 2x, 4x.
I'd give the Prescott an AGP 8x GF 7900GS. If my memory serves me, the GF 7900GS doesn't have Win9x drivers? I could also put the GF 7900GS in the Tualatin because don't think I can install Win98SE as I do not believe the SCSI ultra 320 cards have Win9x drivers. I have Adaptec 39320A, LSI 53C1030 RAID w/256 MB, and Adaptec 2200S RAID w/128 MB.
The purpose of this thread is to see if anyone has compared these higher end graphic cards in a Tualatin system and what were the results in various games? How far up can you graphics-wise on a Tualatin before the frame rate caps?
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