GF4 Ti4200 on older VIA Pro133 Motherboard

[ozrica]

I have a Chaintech 6ATA2 Motherboard which utilises a VIA Pro 133 chipset (82C693A + 82C686A)
and is AGP 2X.

I have a 600MHz PIII with 256 PC133 SDRAM and Windows 98SE.

The latest BIOS is already installed on the board but this dates back to 2000.

I would like to add 64MB Leadtek Winfast Ti4200 graphics card but need to find out whether there are any known compatability problems.

Any one got any experience with these or a site that details system requirements?

I plan the graphics card update first and then later get a new mobo, CPU and memory.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[NooNoo]

This graphics card requires the agp slot is type agp 2.0 - Please note, that does not mean 2x, it is a specification type 2.0

I cannot find a spec sheet (in a language I can read) at the moment to tell you whether your chaintech mobo has an agp 2.0 slot. This information Should be in your manual - I hope!

[ozrica]

Thanks for such a quick reply.

The AGP port is Rev 1.0 compliant so that answers my question perfectly.

I don't suppose you know if the Geforce 3 Ti200 and Ti500 cards work on a 1.0 AGP slot?

I can get either of these cards very cheaply and I feel they could handle most games to come out for quite some time.

Thanks once again

[NooNoo]

Short Answer? I never laid hands on gf3. None of the specs mention requiring agp 2.0 - so I guess you are safe. If you want to wait for someone more knowledgeable to answer be my guest. Alternatively what brand to have in mind that I can look up the specs specifically

[ozrica]

The GeForce 3 based cards are by Innovision. On there web site it says quite clearly they need a rev 2.0 AGP slot.

I think I'll have to save up and do everything in one go.

Thanks for all your help.

[Radical Dreamer]

I would still check to make sure, most AGP 1.0 slots are keyed differently from the 2.0 slot because of the voltage differences

[confus-ed]

The slot is longer more pins, 1.0 in small 2.0 in big.

Newer 2.0 boards usually come with a little sticker over the extra bit...

If you look <a href="http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/1369251" target="_blank">at this review</a>

on the pic of the card you can see the snap off tab at the rear of the card if you need to...

If its 133 chipset then most likely the m/b is agp 2.0 so no prob?

[Zerotech]

Based on personal experience, the GeForce 3 card will not work in an AGP 1.0 slot.
I was unable to get a 32MB GeForce 256 (aka GeForce 1) to work properly in my AGP 1.0 system (socket 7); lots of hard lock-ups.
AGP 1.0 slots rarely work with video cards that have more than 16MB of RAM and/or a higher than AGP2X speed rating.

Via MVP3 and early Apollo Pro chipsets are known to have compatability problems with nVidia video cards using TNT2 and later video chipsets.
If the video card's system requirements state "AGP 1.0 compatable (AGP 2.0 preferred)" you will probably have trouble like lock-ups during OpenGL 3D acceleration and possibly during normal operation.
For Via chipsets, always make sure you have the latest 4in1 drivers installed (with the AGP driver loaded in turbo mode).

Hope this provides some helpful information. :)

Here's a website with info: <a href="http://www.chaintech.com.tw/PRODUCTI/mainboar/slot1/6ATA2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chaintech.com.tw/PRODUCTI/mainboar/slot1/6ATA2.htm</a>