I am seriously considering purchasing the ATI Radeon 32mb PCI card. I am a little concerned about compatibilty or problems on install.
I have an IBM Aptiva 2170-175 w/AMD K6-2 550mhz cpu, 256MB SDRAM PC100, SIS5595 System board chipset, PCI 2.1 33mhz BUS (no AGP), ACER V75M-UMA system
board, Front side bus 100 mhz, Cache 512KB, Voodoo 3 3000 16mb PCI card overclocked to 183MHZ, 48X CD-ROM, Plextor 1640 CDRW; SoundBlaster Live "XGamer"
sound card, 30GB WDC 7200 rpm primary hard drive, 4GB IBM 5400 rpm slave hard drive, MAG Innovision 17" monitor, HP Deskjet 950c printer, Visioneer 6100 USB
scanner, Intel 3200 USB DSL modem. OS is WIN-ME.
The system board has an 8mb "on board" video (SIS-530). The on board video cannot be disabled and only set to "ON-BOARD" OR "AUTO"in BIOS setup. When set to "AUTO" it still assigns 4mb to the SIS-530. I did manage to get the Voodoo3 3000 PCI card to work flawlessly by setting "AUTO" in BIOS and selecting "disable in this hardware profile" within Windows Device Manager.
I currently have a 145 WATT ATX power supply which I am replacing with a 300 WATT ATX power supply.
Will the ATI Radeon 32mb PCI card work in this system? Should I anticipate problems installing this card considering the inability to completely disable on board video in BIOS. Should I remove my Voodoo drivers, INF files, and registery entries prior to installation or after successfully installation of the Radeon PCI card? I have also been considering the GeForce 2 MX200 32mb PCI card. However, without being able to completely disable "on board" video I understand this card is not an option. I am aware I will not see a great improvement over my current VooDoo3 3000 card; but now that Voodoo is out of business I am looking to use a card which still has driver support ETC, without sacfricing performance. I am not a hard gamer but like a card which will perform when I do play both on and off line.
Thanks
I have an IBM Aptiva 2170-175 w/AMD K6-2 550mhz cpu, 256MB SDRAM PC100, SIS5595 System board chipset, PCI 2.1 33mhz BUS (no AGP), ACER V75M-UMA system
board, Front side bus 100 mhz, Cache 512KB, Voodoo 3 3000 16mb PCI card overclocked to 183MHZ, 48X CD-ROM, Plextor 1640 CDRW; SoundBlaster Live "XGamer"
sound card, 30GB WDC 7200 rpm primary hard drive, 4GB IBM 5400 rpm slave hard drive, MAG Innovision 17" monitor, HP Deskjet 950c printer, Visioneer 6100 USB
scanner, Intel 3200 USB DSL modem. OS is WIN-ME.
The system board has an 8mb "on board" video (SIS-530). The on board video cannot be disabled and only set to "ON-BOARD" OR "AUTO"in BIOS setup. When set to "AUTO" it still assigns 4mb to the SIS-530. I did manage to get the Voodoo3 3000 PCI card to work flawlessly by setting "AUTO" in BIOS and selecting "disable in this hardware profile" within Windows Device Manager.
I currently have a 145 WATT ATX power supply which I am replacing with a 300 WATT ATX power supply.
Will the ATI Radeon 32mb PCI card work in this system? Should I anticipate problems installing this card considering the inability to completely disable on board video in BIOS. Should I remove my Voodoo drivers, INF files, and registery entries prior to installation or after successfully installation of the Radeon PCI card? I have also been considering the GeForce 2 MX200 32mb PCI card. However, without being able to completely disable "on board" video I understand this card is not an option. I am aware I will not see a great improvement over my current VooDoo3 3000 card; but now that Voodoo is out of business I am looking to use a card which still has driver support ETC, without sacfricing performance. I am not a hard gamer but like a card which will perform when I do play both on and off line.
Thanks