On Wednesday 26 February 2003 08:38 am, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > Hi Civileme! > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, civileme wrote: > > The 810 I have seen has no AGP slot at all. The KM266 is also a problem > > cause it has the WRONG AGP slot. Neither board has accelerated 3d viable > > in linux at this time. > > I could check that ASRock supports AGP 1x,2x and 4x. Please, since I plan > to use my Voodoo 3 3000, what do you mean with _WRONG AGP slot_? > > Oh boy, as Aaron pointed out, it's really like a Russian roulette. > > Cheers, > > ----------------------- > Alan Wilter S. da Silva > ----------------------- > Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica > Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho > Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ > Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
There are two protocols for AGP, the 1,2,4X with one set of keyings and voltages, and the newer 8x/4X which has a different jkeying in the slot to keep older cards from being plugged in (and good thing too, cause the voltages are different) I double-checked from ASRock's web site. It appears the K7VM2 is OK but the K7S8X will have the wrong slot for your Voodoo The K7VM2 has the on-board ProSavage which in my experience is highly temperamental, on some linux distros giving screen noise during disk access, and almost impossible to disable. I got it running on 9.0 but it took a fair amount of tweaking and is not an experience I would like to repeat (consider this from someone who has the rep of being able to install linux on a toaster). If it is within your price range (and I see similar prices here in the US), may I suggest the ASUS A7N266-VM? It requires DDR memory, is micro-ATX in form factor, and its on-board video and audio and LAN all work under 8.2 and 9.0. If you taint the kernel with the proprietary NVidia Drivers, you will also have 3D accel suitable to all purposes and superior to the performance of your Voodoo 3 3000, then you can find another board for the Voodoo, cause the slot on the NForce board from ASUS is 8X/4X and will not fit Voodoos. I did have one and I had to sell it to pay rent. It was a sweet performer. Civileme
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