Recent content by NinthKey

The best that can be had? The screen redraws more slowly than my old Voodoo Banshee. Every time the screen redraws while audio is playing, I get a mountain of static feedback. I can't use Cakewalk right now with this thing in the system. If this is the best than can be had, then I just...

Jay, Here are my benchmarks from Video2000: - 1486 Videomarks - 731 Quality Marks - 209 Performance Marks - 547 Feature Marks I noted during the test that all the memory transfers were non-AGP, which may be affecting the Performance Marks here. This leads me to believe that AGP is NOT...

Jay, Thanks for the recommendation. I'll try video2000 tonight. I'm sure this is fixable; I'm just not sure how...

Um, these were all 2D benchmarks. According to the Dr. Hardware help file, the video benchmark "measures the 2D video performance via GDI API calls." There's no indication that this was measuring 3D at all -- especially when the benchmark test was drawing graphics on my screen. This...

The following video benchmarks were created with Dr. Hardware 2000. My system specs are included in this printout. (The motherboard is an MSI K7T Pro, MS-6330.) PDF file This is a Matrox Millenium G450 running in an AGP 4x slot. AGP 4x is enabled in my CMOS. So why are these benchmarks so...

Actually, I'm still a little leery of ATI products, thanks to past driver problems and lower-quality rendering. Perhaps those aren't there now, but even if they are, I don't think I need Radeon-level 3D rendering. And yeah, the All-in-Wonder is indeed well out of my price range. Just to cap...

Thanks for the advice, WetWilly. I hadn't given much thought to Matrox before, but I'm definitely looking into them now, especially since the G450 is about $30 cheaper than the Abit GeForce2 MX I was considering, not to mention much closer to what I'm looking for. Of course, now I'm torn again...

Okay, this is different. Is this a USB peripheral? (Avermedia's web site didn't say.) Will it work simultaneously with my monitor? Is it really a better option to keep my Banshee for now and get this instead of, say, an ABit Siluro GeForce2 MX with a TV/out? It would have to be one or the...

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :(

So I just upgraded my system to a Duron 700 MHz on an MSI K7T Pro motherboard. I cannibalized parts from my old PC to build this one, which means I'm still using an old Voodoo Banshee PCI video card. I'm thinking it's time to move up to AGP. I'm not a big gamer by any stretch, save for MAME...

Okay, I can use 250W now. But let's say I want to upgrade to a T-bird down the road. Would I have to get a new power supply then? I'd be willing to spend a little more now if it means I could save a few bucks later... Or am I just answering my own question without all the info?

I'm finally upgrading my K6-3 system to a Duron system. Here's what my final setup would look like (components from K6-3 system marked with an asterisk): Duron 650 MHz (w/ standard 3-wire cooling fan) Microstar K7T Pro MS-6330 ATX mamaboard *256MB PC100 SDRAM *6.4GB IDE hard drive (running...

cdrakejr: To be honest, I wasn't planning on finishing the upgrade until November at the earliest, suspecting that there might be a holiday season price drop. ;) Of course, I may just hold off on an upgrade until next year and put this credit toward a faster CD-RW drive instead. For what I'm...

Well, Super Socket 7 is old technology, too, but unlike Slot A, I know SS7 is dead. DDR RAM isn't a big issue with me, either, unless the mobo is capable of handling the 256MB of PC100 SDRAM I already have now. My concern with Socket A is potential for overheating, even when not overclocked...

I'm planning on upgrading my motherboard and CPU from an AMD K6-3 400 MHz system to an Athlon system before the end of the year, and I'd like to get everyone's opinion on which CPU style I should take. Initially, I was going to get a Duron system and upgrade it to a T-bird when I had the money...