What Graphics Card for AMD K6-III based system?

[Zivman]

Looking for a new card for my old system as the one I have no longer works. Would like to spend $40-50. I have heard that geforce2 MX cards don't work well with these types of systems because of power issues. I would like some recommendations for a new card. The systems is a Compaq with AMD K6-III 450 with 256 megs of ram. It is mostly used for internet surfing, only a few games, and is running windows 2000. Thanks in advance.


Zivman

 

[spanky]

voodoo3 3000 agp

 

[TheBlindMan]

I have a Voodoo 2 1000 PCI in my HP Pavillion 333 MHz (tried for the V2 2000 but I couldn't disable the onboard video back then). Works great and I'd recommend it or any other similar 3dFX card.

 

[Commando223]

I would go with a STB Velocity 4400 This is awsome with the K6\2 CPU

 

[Rand]

Any 3dfx card. Always worked beautifully with the K6-X series.

 

[BFG10K]

Yep, you can't beat a V3 PCI.

 

[Zivman]

Thanks for the help. I would like to know if I would be wrong in getting a geforce2 MX, or a geforce DDR. Does anyone know if there are power issues. I can get a geforce DDR pretty cheap.

 

[uknemesis]

<< Thanks for the help. I would like to know if I would be wrong in getting a geforce2 MX, or a geforce DDR. Does anyone know if there are power issues. I can get a geforce DDR pretty cheap. >>



Personally I'd get a geforce2mx, with your cpu the hardware t&l will help increase performance.

The geforce2mx uses 4watts of power while the geforce uses 11watts, the gf2mx is your best option because anything faster would be wasted on your cpu. There is problems with the original geforce with socket7 motherboards but very few problems with the geforce2mx because it uses very little power!

Nemesis

 

[RobsTV]

With my K6-2+ 450@600 and K6-III 400@448, I had a V3 3000 AGP for about 18 months. Upgraded earlier this year to GF2 MX and it does make a HUGE difference. In the worst cases, some games run the same, but in the best cases, games that used to run at 800x600x16, now run at 1024x768x32! But, the main reason for the upgrade to GF2 MX is 32bit. Because the K6 is cpu limited, changing from 16bit to 32bit has almost no performance hit! The CPU is holding you back, not the video card. The V3 can not run 32bit games. More and more games coming out will only work with a 3d card that supports 32bit, (such as Links 2001, and Myst III). It sucks to buy a new game, then realize that your great video card can not run it using 3d. Won't happen with a GF2 MX. The power issues with GF cards were only with the older models, and the GF2 uses much less power. I think your Compaq uses FIC motherboard, and they actually only had problems with V3 AGP cards, (3dfx posted a warning about using V3 agp cards with FIC, as possible motherboard regulator damage may occur), but GF DDR cards would work fine. FIC boards are all I use for SS7, and never had problems even with V3 AGP.

 

[DimZiE]

since the v3 aren't capable of 32-bit...
i can only recommend you the MX cards (get the original MX or MX400.!! the MX100 and MX200 just sucked )

 

[Ryukumu]

I had a Guillemot 3d Prophet II MX with my K6XV3+ socket 7 motherboard and it worked great. CPU was a K6-2 400mhz BTW. Quake III Arena ran pretty well, I didn't benchmark the frames per second, but it was playable in most areas at 1024x768/32-bit color.