Change from a voodoo3 3000 to ATI 7200

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On a PIII 550 256mb ram and Abit BE6-rev 2 motherboard, I've been using
a
Voodoo3 3000 with no problems (other than slow frame rates on newer
versions of MS flight simulator and the somewhat slow display on Links
2001). Although it's old, I can change to a ATI 7200 64mb video card
taken out of a computer at work. Haven't been playing games lately and

have no real complaints but kind of wondering about changing...

--
Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism
lewism@sunyocc.edu
mlewis@twcny.rr.com

 

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Martin Lewis wrote:

> On a PIII 550 256mb ram and Abit BE6-rev 2 motherboard, I've been using
> a
> Voodoo3 3000 with no problems (other than slow frame rates on newer
> versions of MS flight simulator and the somewhat slow display on Links
> 2001). Although it's old, I can change to a ATI 7200 64mb video card
> taken out of a computer at work. Haven't been playing games lately and
>
> have no real complaints but kind of wondering about changing...
>
> --
> Martin Lewis
> Media Development Specialist
> Onondaga Community College
> Syracuse, NY
> www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism
> lewism@sunyocc.edu
> mlewis@twcny.rr.com
>
>
And you have been wondering about voltage compatibility between your
BE6 mobo and the ATI 7200...

Roy

 

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According to the information I can find,
The motherboard:
"Supports AGP 1x/2x (Sideband) 3.3v device", "1/1 and 2/3 AGP clock dividers"
and the videocard:
"BUS- AGP 2X (3.3V), AGP 4X (1.5V), or AGP2X/4X based systems "



Roy Coorne wrote:

> Martin Lewis wrote:
>
> > On a PIII 550 256mb ram and Abit BE6-rev 2 motherboard, I've been using
> > a
> > Voodoo3 3000 with no problems (other than slow frame rates on newer
> > versions of MS flight simulator and the somewhat slow display on Links
> > 2001). Although it's old, I can change to a ATI 7200 64mb video card
> > taken out of a computer at work. Haven't been playing games lately and
> >
> > have no real complaints but kind of wondering about changing...
> >
>
> >
> >
> And you have been wondering about voltage compatibility between your
> BE6 mobo and the ATI 7200...
>
> Roy

--
Martin Lewis
Media Development Specialist
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism
lewism@sunyocc.edu
mlewis@twcny.rr.com

 

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Martin Lewis wrote:

> According to the information I can find,
> The motherboard:
> "Supports AGP 1x/2x (Sideband) 3.3v device", "1/1 and 2/3 AGP clock dividers"
> and the videocard:
> "BUS- AGP 2X (3.3V), AGP 4X (1.5V), or AGP2X/4X based systems "
>
>
>
> Roy Coorne wrote:
>
>
>>Martin Lewis wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On a PIII 550 256mb ram and Abit BE6-rev 2 motherboard, I've been using
>>>a
>>> Voodoo3 3000 with no problems (other than slow frame rates on newer
>>> versions of MS flight simulator and the somewhat slow display on Links
>>> 2001). Although it's old, I can change to a ATI 7200 64mb video card
>>> taken out of a computer at work. Haven't been playing games lately and
>>>
>>> have no real complaints but kind of wondering about changing...
>>>
>>
>>>
>>And you have been wondering about voltage compatibility between your
>>BE6 mobo and the ATI 7200...
>>

O.K. - so you may try it, using the actual driver from
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

(Be careful in deinstalling the Voodoo driver - or you might become
unhappy with your ATI card.)

BTW - Did you try more recent Voodoo drivers? (See www.voodoofiles.com
or www.guru3d.com)

Roy

 

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"Martin Lewis" <mlewis@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4196F631.D441510B@twcny.rr.com...
> On a PIII 550 256mb ram and Abit BE6-rev 2 motherboard, I've been using
> a
> Voodoo3 3000 with no problems (other than slow frame rates on newer
> versions of MS flight simulator and the somewhat slow display on Links
> 2001). Although it's old, I can change to a ATI 7200 64mb video card
> taken out of a computer at work. Haven't been playing games lately and
>
> have no real complaints but kind of wondering about changing...
>
> --
> Martin Lewis
> Media Development Specialist
> Onondaga Community College
> Syracuse, NY
> www.sunyocc.edu/~lewism
> lewism@sunyocc.edu
> mlewis@twcny.rr.com
>
>

IT is always nice to see Tax Dollars going into your personal PC..
Cangrats!!

Jeff P