The new PCI King, Radeon 9000...........

[Lscman]

But the real question...

Will this board work in the 400 MHz PII machine I just acquired? I've got a foul taste in my mouth after discovering Radeon 7500 and GF2MX400 would not work in a Pentium Pro (no boot, dead screen). Kinda beat that topic to death.

Why has the mfr upped the minimum PC from a PII to a PIII? All prior PCI video boards specified Pentium II 266 or higher. Is the PIII minimum requirement to ensure acceptable performance with CPU intensive DirectX 8.1 games...or will I get "no boot" or other unresolveable problems?

I'm leaning toward the Radeon 9000 because I can get it for a measily $15 more than a Radeon 7500 or GF4 MX420.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

No doubt the PCI Radeon 9000 is the king of PCI, but with only 400MHz backing that "bad boy" up, there is little point unless you want full DX8 support and very crappy performance. Just for kicks I actually had my Radeon 8500 running in my PII 300MHz system and boy was it a joke. I got similar performance from my Voodoo 3 3000... Unless you can somehow up the CPU speed just about any recent PCI board will give you "max" performance for just about any game you'd consider playing on such a machine.

 

[Lscman]

I can't see buying a GF2 or Radeon 7xxx to save $15. The full DX8 support is worth that, not to mention the board's potential on a future machine. I'm just trying to get a consensus whether it's compatible. Thanks

 

[Lscman]

Actually, the alternative is the costly DX7 Radeon 7500. The cheaper & obsolete Radeon 7000 cards do not have the S-video connector I want for TV play.

 

[Mingon]

In certain situations a geforce 4 mx pci card will be quicker - and the drivers are better in my experience