AGP 1 cards

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Hi,

I need to replace the video card in a Pentium II machine that has an AGP 1
slot.

I don't need speed, just 1280x1024 res with hi or true color display (65000
colors is fine).

My local eBay currently has these on offer:
- Nvidia G-Force fx 5200
- Nvidia 16Mb AGP
- ATI Rage 128 16MB AGP
- Nvidia RIVA TNT2 m64 32mb

I can't find any specs that tell me whether any of these cards will work in
AGP 1 slots, of course!

Does anyone know whether any or all of these will work OK in AGP 1?

tia,
RR

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In <rCtBe.48624$oJ.5841@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, RR wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to replace the video card in a Pentium II machine that has an AGP 1
> slot.
>
> I don't need speed, just 1280x1024 res with hi or true color display
> (65000 colors is fine).
>
> My local eBay currently has these on offer: - Nvidia G-Force fx 5200
> - Nvidia 16Mb AGP
> - ATI Rage 128 16MB AGP
> - Nvidia RIVA TNT2 m64 32mb
>
> I can't find any specs that tell me whether any of these cards will work
> in AGP 1 slots, of course!
>
> Does anyone know whether any or all of these will work OK in AGP 1?
>

The bottom three are old enough that they certainly will all work, and
they all should be able to handle 1280x1024x24bpp. My guess is that the
FX5200 will not work; a quick google search suggests they require AGP 2.0.
But I don't know for sure and it could vary depending on the card
manufacturer.

--
Not to have been a dupe, that will have been my best possesion, my best
deed, to have been a dupe, wishing I wasn't, thinking I wasn't, knowing
I was, not being a dupe of not being a dupe.
--Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable

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>I need to replace the video card in a Pentium II machine that has an AGP 1
>slot.
>
>I don't need speed, just 1280x1024 res with hi or true color display (65000
>colors is fine).
>
>My local eBay currently has these on offer:
>- Nvidia G-Force fx 5200
>- Nvidia 16Mb AGP
>- ATI Rage 128 16MB AGP
>- Nvidia RIVA TNT2 m64 32mb
>
>I can't find any specs that tell me whether any of these cards will work in
>AGP 1 slots, of course!
>
>Does anyone know whether any or all of these will work OK in AGP 1?
You could aviod the problem altogether by getting a PCI card. There are
still plenty being made. But the last 2 shoulf work, the second one
doesn't have enough info.