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P2 LX and GF4Ti
I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to
use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R |
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"RJAG" wrote in message...
I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card What do you expect? It's a 333MHz CPU, with 66MHz memory. It won't *just* be the graphics card, the processor and memory bus will also be severe bottlenecks. Even if you could boot with the faster graphics card, I doubt you would notice any significant difference in the gaming performance. but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. Probably not. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. What does it say about AGP slot requirements? If the card requires an AGP 2.0 compatible port, you're out of luck, as the board won't support the necessary signalling voltages. As has been said above, the GF2 is probably about the sweet spot for the rest of your hardware. If they want to play their games faster, you'll need to shell out on some more hardware. -- Richard Hopkins Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (replace nospam with pipex in reply address) The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com |
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Thanks. I guess it means they're limited unless they can get at my computer
in which case nothings safe any more. R |
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Andrew MacPherson wrote: In article , (RJAG) wrote: the gf4 box does say that a P III is required. I imagine it's got more to do with the type of AGP slot rather than the CPU. Besides, the GF2's probably a perfect match for that setup. I doubt a faster graphics card would help much with only 333MHz to play with. Agreed - I have several P2B systems running Tualerons @ 1.5Ghz (150Mhz FSB) with GF2 and GF4 graphics cards. The GF4 systems score somewhat higher on 3D benchmarks, but there's little or no subjective improvement. I wouldn't expect to measure any significant difference between GF2 and GF4 on a 333/66Mhz system. P2B |
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RJAG wrote:
I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R The GF4 is certainly 4x minimum, maybe 8X, and the LX AGP will be 2x at best. It's incompatible with the AGP slot. The processor is too slow to use it effectively anyway even if it worked. The best thing is to stick with older games that fit the capabilities of the system (P-300 GF2) |
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David Maynard wrote: RJAG wrote: I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R The GF4 is certainly 4x minimum, maybe 8X, and the LX AGP will be 2x at best. It's incompatible with the AGP slot. I have an Asus GF4 that works in an LX AGP slot. The GF4 box says it supports AGP 1x 2x 4x - but perhaps AGP support varies by manufacturer? The processor is too slow to use it effectively anyway even if it worked. The best thing is to stick with older games that fit the capabilities of the system (P-300 GF2) |
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P2B wrote:
David Maynard wrote: RJAG wrote: I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R The GF4 is certainly 4x minimum, maybe 8X, and the LX AGP will be 2x at best. It's incompatible with the AGP slot. I have an Asus GF4 that works in an LX AGP slot. The GF4 box says it supports AGP 1x 2x 4x - but perhaps AGP support varies by manufacturer? Right. A 4x board might have backward compatibility to 2x but it depends on the manufacturer. It isn't 'required' (but rather common for 4x). There is even a backward path for 8x but it is rather rare for 8x boards to bother going all the way back to 2x. I wasn't real clear. What I meant was the symptom indicated *his* board was incompatible. The processor is too slow to use it effectively anyway even if it worked. The best thing is to stick with older games that fit the capabilities of the system (P-300 GF2) |
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"David Maynard" kirjoitti viestissä
... P2B wrote: David Maynard wrote: RJAG wrote: I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I tried it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R The GF4 is certainly 4x minimum, maybe 8X, and the LX AGP will be 2x at best. It's incompatible with the AGP slot. I have an Asus GF4 that works in an LX AGP slot. The GF4 box says it supports AGP 1x 2x 4x - but perhaps AGP support varies by manufacturer? Right. A 4x board might have backward compatibility to 2x but it depends on the manufacturer. It isn't 'required' (but rather common for 4x). There is even a backward path for 8x but it is rather rare for 8x boards to bother going all the way back to 2x. I wasn't real clear. What I meant was the symptom indicated *his* board was incompatible. Yeah, maybe incompatible but perhaps it's the voltage. I suspect the GF4 won't get enough power thru the LX AGP, IIRC there were some problems with LX chipset mobos and even the older 3D cards in those times. The processor is too slow to use it effectively anyway even if it worked. The best thing is to stick with older games that fit the capabilities of the system (P-300 GF2) Sounds good to me, too. There is a vague possibility that the mobo can overclock the FSB and by doing that it might be possible to seat in a more powerful CPU but it'd be easier to find a "new" old system and use it instead. And probably cheaper, too. Even when overclocked the LX chipset just cannot support a CPU which would leave the vidcard as the bottleneck. The original poster didn't mention the amount of memory in the system, maybe he'd get better along if he added some? -- gt |
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GinTonix wrote:
"David Maynard" kirjoitti viestiss=E4 ... =20 P2B wrote: David Maynard wrote: RJAG wrote: I have rediscovered my old Pentium II 333MHz with an LX mobo and I want to use it for the kids. some of their games seem to run very slowly with its GF2 MX card but my GF4 wont even boot up when I trie= d it. is there any way in which I can make an LX board work with this= card. the box gf4 box does say that a P III is required. R The GF4 is certainly 4x minimum, maybe 8X, and the LX AGP will be 2x at best. It's incompatible with the AGP slot. I have an Asus GF4 that works in an LX AGP slot. The GF4 box says it supports AGP 1x 2x 4x - but perhaps AGP support varies by manufacturer= ? Right. A 4x board might have backward compatibility to 2x but it depend= s =20 on =20 the manufacturer. It isn't 'required' (but rather common for 4x). There= is even a backward path for 8x but it is rather rare for 8x boards to both= er going all the way back to 2x. I wasn't real clear. What I meant was the symptom indicated *his* board= =20 was =20 incompatible. =20 =20 Yeah, maybe incompatible but perhaps it's the voltage. I suspect the GF= 4 won't get enough power thru the LX AGP, IIRC there were some problems w= ith LX chipset mobos and even the older 3D cards in those times. =20 =20 =20 The processor is too slow to use it effectively anyway even if it =20 worked. =20 The best thing is to stick with older games that fit the capabilities= of the system (P-300 GF2) =20 =20 Sounds good to me, too. There is a vague possibility that the mobo can overclock the FSB and by doing that it might be possible to seat in a m= ore powerful CPU but it'd be easier to find a "new" old system and use it instead. And probably cheaper, too. LX is a 66 Mhz FSB chipset and although it's theoretically capable of bei= ng=20 clocked at 100Mhz FSB I don't know of any motherboards that did it. =20 Even when overclocked the LX chipset just cannot support a CPU which wo= uld leave the vidcard as the bottleneck. The original poster didn't mention= the amount of memory in the system, maybe he'd get better along if he added= some? =20 |
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