G550 & G450 Pci

Adam_F

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Join Date: Feb 2002

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G550 & G450 Pci

5 March 2002, 12:48

Hi,

I have an Abit KR7A-133 (VIA KT266A) with a Matrox G550.

Matrox G450 PCI
M-Audio Audiopile 24/96 PCI
NetGear FA311
Abit Hotrod 100 Raid (HPT370) Controller
ATI TV Wonder PCI (BT878A)

I was just wondering what PCI slots each device goes should go in to for best performance.
Does the G450 mind sharing IRQ with other things?
I read somewhere that it is a bad idea for things to share IRQs with the Network card.

Just wanted to know what other peoples experiance with this board and a G450+G550 Combo

P4 2400MHz , On Intel i845GE, 1024MB Cas 2 DDR
Matrox G550 Dual DVI
2x iiyama 4332 17" LCD
2x WD 80000JB (8MB Cache)
Echo Mia
Plextor PlexCombo
CoolerMaster ATC-500
Canopus ADVC-100
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Greebe

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Join Date: Aug 1999

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5 March 2002, 13:48

No graphic card shouldn't share an IRQ if it's a busmaster device. Placed on a IRQ 9 or above is best, but not absolutely neccesary for optimum proformance.

There is an incompatability with the G450pci and non Intel chipsets as noted on Matrox's website.

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