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  • K6-2 is a good partner for G400?. Please, tell me!

    I read many user using PIII and PII ( others Athlon )with the G400 cards. Can anyone tell me somthing about the pair K6-2 and G400 ?. Works fine ?. G400 is a good card for 3D Studio ?. Thank you. I´m waiting your opinions.

    Ismael

  • #2
    you won't have the fastest computer around, but you will have the best quality and a good gaming system, if you want a great gaming system, you'll need to upgrade to a P-3 or Athlon
    jim
    System 1:
    AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
    Epox 8K7A
    2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
    an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
    SBLIVE 5.1
    Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
    IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
    Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
    3Com Hardware Modem
    Teac 20/10/40 burner
    Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

    New system: Under development

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    • #3
      yeah and if ya have a shuttle motherbord
      u can trach it... belive me!

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      My sys:
      MotherB (Asus)
      P3 450mhz (plain)
      Mga G200 16mb @ 110mhz
      with Homemade Superhigh
      Rpm cooler...
      pioneerDvD 36/6x
      128mb Pc100 Mhz
      16,5Gb Seagate (UDma)
      Yamaha S90
      & awe64
      Win98


      My sys:
      MotherB (Asus)
      P3 450mhz (plain)
      USB Intellimouse Explorer
      MGA G200 8mb @ 110mhz
      with Super Rpm cooler
      Voodoo2 12mb @99mhz
      pioneerDvD 36/6x
      128mb Pc100 Mhz
      10,3Gb Seagate (UDma)
      Yamaha S90
      & awe64
      win 98mill
      P.S You got 2 have Voodoo2 if ya want 140fps and more
      in Quake 2...hmm

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      • #4
        If you get a K6... whatever you do, DON'T get an Asus ss7 motherboard. You will be very very sorry... like me.
        My hardware:

        Matrox Millenium G400 16mb
        Asus P5a-b super socket7 motherboard
        K6-2 300 processor
        128mb pc-100 SDRAM

        My software:

        Matrox bios version 1.3
        Matrox drivers 5.41
        TurboGL 1.0002
        Motherboard bios version 1009b1
        Directx version 7a
        Windows version 98SE

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        • #5
          If you need to go Super-7, why not go directly to a KIII? It's a BIG improvement over a K6-2 at the same clock speed.

          Bill


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          People call me a computer god; I remind them that I am merely a minor deity...
          People call me a computer god; I remind them that I am merely a minor deity...

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          • #6
            I agree with Billko on this one
            jim

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            PIII-500mhz @ 620 ! with an Abit BE6 mobo
            128mb pc-100
            Mill G400 (YAHOO!!!) 32mb @ 167/208 with MGATweak-417mhz, (2.5, 2, 2.5), PD 5.41 & bios 1.5-22
            Maxtor 14.3 gb Uata66 hdd
            SB Live!
            Winblows 98se & DX7
            32 lbs. of fans, heatsinks and aluminum ductwork
            3DMark Result 5954.69 3DMarks
            Synthetic CPU 3D Speed 9325.69 CPU 3DMarks
            Rasterizer Score 2791.72 3DRasterMarks
            Game 1 - Race 65.07 FPS
            Game 2 - First Person 54.89 FPS
            Fill Rate 268.79 MTexels/s

            System 1:
            AMD 1.4 AYJHA-Y factory unlocked @ 1656 with Thermalright SK6 and 7k Delta fan
            Epox 8K7A
            2x256mb Micron pc-2100 DDR
            an AGP port all warmed up and ready to be stuffed full of Parhelia II+
            SBLIVE 5.1
            Maxtor 40g 7,200 @ ATA-100
            IBM 40GB 7,200 @ ATA-100
            Pinnacle DV Plus firewire
            3Com Hardware Modem
            Teac 20/10/40 burner
            Antec 350w power supply in a Colorcase 303usb Stainless

            New system: Under development

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            • #7
              and jtracy, Asus makes the best SS7 board i have ever experienced. the P5A beats out the GA-5AX and everything else

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              -Campbell "aNtHrAx323" Krueger
              anthrax32@yahoo.com

              System specs:
              AMD K6-III 400 at 112x4.0 at 2.3V
              Asus P5A
              96 MB SD-RAM (the old 66 MHz... stable enough tho =)
              Matrox G400 AGP 32MB Dual-Head
              Diamond Sonic Impact S90 PCI
              Linksys LNE100TX WOL PCI Ethernet adapter
              Processor is a peltier/Alpha cooling combo, avg. temp is around 85 F.

              http://anthrax.home.texas.net
              -Campbell "aNtHrAx323" Krueger
              anthrax32@yahoo.com

              System specs:
              Dual Celeron 400s (week 52 i think) @ 588 @ 2.05v (air-cooled, no peltiers)
              Abit BP6 (w/ QQ BIOS and HPT366 1.22 BIOS)
              128 MB of PC133 SD-RAM (Athlon-grade)
              Matrox G400 AGP 32MB Dual-Head
              Diamond Monster Sound MX300
              3Com 3C905C PCI w/ WOL
              Western Digital Expert 20.5 GB ATA/66 7200 RPM drive

              the aXion gaming network

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              • #8
                that may be so anthrax233, but it is also a motherboard company that REFUSES/REFUSED to use more than 512K of cache on their boards because it wasn't a standard(from a computer salesperson who knows his stuff)...any other MB maker worth anything will offer a board that has more than 512K of cache, IMHO. my last two motherboards had 1MB and 2MB of cache respectively. I cant completely dismiss the Asus MBs though, that was the one i had before my current and previous motherboards (AOpen in case u are wondering)
                Feel free to believe what u want though. back to the original question...I have a K6-2 450 with a G400 Max and it seems to run great. bye

                Frankfurt
                Here is my system config:Athlon XP+ 2000, 1024MB SDRAM,EpOX EP9XA (or something)<b>Matrox Parhelia </b>
                WinXP Professional SP1
                Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1
                3COM 905C

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                • #9
                  Heh... then I'd like to know why OpenGL absolutely won't work properly when I installed a g400 on my P5a-b. If I could trade this piece of shit for something that actually works with my hardware, I'd do it in a second.
                  My hardware:

                  Matrox Millenium G400 16mb
                  Asus P5a-b super socket7 motherboard
                  K6-2 300 processor
                  128mb pc-100 SDRAM

                  My software:

                  Matrox bios version 1.3
                  Matrox drivers 5.41
                  TurboGL 1.0002
                  Motherboard bios version 1009b1
                  Directx version 7a
                  Windows version 98SE

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                  • #10
                    Funny... my OpenGL works just fine and dandy on my P5A. No problems whatsoever. Don't blame the tools, Sparky.



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                    -Michael
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                    "Fight all the things that betray you."
                    --Excerpt from "Farscape: Rhapsody in Blue."
                    G400 32MB DH. Asus p5a. AMD K63-450. 128 MB. Huappage WinTV-PCI. SoundBlaster Live Value.
                    -Michael
                    ---------------
                    "There is much cruelty in the universe.."
                    "Yeah, and we seem to have a treasure map to it..."
                    --Excerpt from "Farscape: Bone to be Wild."
                    G400 32MB DH. Asus p5a. AMD K63-450. 128 MB. Huappage WinTV-PCI. SoundBlaster Live Value.

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                    • #11
                      Ok, then. What do you think is at fault? I did everything tech support told me and more.
                      My hardware:

                      Matrox Millenium G400 16mb
                      Asus P5a-b super socket7 motherboard
                      K6-2 300 processor
                      128mb pc-100 SDRAM

                      My software:

                      Matrox bios version 1.3
                      Matrox drivers 5.41
                      TurboGL 1.0002
                      Motherboard bios version 1009b1
                      Directx version 7a
                      Windows version 98SE

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                      • #12
                        is the G400 the first card you've had in your system, jtracy? i had a Voodoo3 before, and it burned when the heatsink fell off (i knew i should've used thermal glue). so i bought the G400, and this is what i did. i hope none of these things will offend you in any way.

                        <ol>[*]uninstall all old drivers from previous video cards (and all glide- and 3Dfx-related DLL files if it was a Voodoo3 or Rush, unless you currently have a V2)[*]go to http://www.asus.com and download AFLASH and the latest Asus P5A-B BIOS file (NOT the P5A, since the P5A is ATX and the P5A-B is TX)[*]set your graphics aperature size (or something like that) to 256 MB[*]make sure you have your RAM page mode/speed settings set to "By SPD" (it's more reliable and stable)[*]download the Matrox Drivers Uninstall utility and uninstall your old drivers. then download the latest ones and the TurboGL drivers. don't download the 5.50 because of all the bugs. download 5.41.008[*]if all else fails, reformat, or move to a P5A from a P5A-B. TX sucks anyways. get ATX for future upgrade compatibility.

                        hope this helped. again, i hope nothing offended you.

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                        -Campbell "aNtHrAx323" Krueger
                        anthrax32@yahoo.com

                        System specs:
                        AMD K6-III 400 at 112x4.0 at 2.3V
                        Asus P5A
                        96 MB SD-RAM (the old 66 MHz... stable enough tho =)
                        Matrox G400 AGP 32MB Dual-Head
                        Diamond Sonic Impact S90 PCI
                        Linksys LNE100TX WOL PCI Ethernet adapter
                        Processor is a peltier/Alpha cooling combo, avg. temp is around 85 F.

                        http://anthrax.home.texas.net
                        -Campbell "aNtHrAx323" Krueger
                        anthrax32@yahoo.com

                        System specs:
                        Dual Celeron 400s (week 52 i think) @ 588 @ 2.05v (air-cooled, no peltiers)
                        Abit BP6 (w/ QQ BIOS and HPT366 1.22 BIOS)
                        128 MB of PC133 SD-RAM (Athlon-grade)
                        Matrox G400 AGP 32MB Dual-Head
                        Diamond Monster Sound MX300
                        3Com 3C905C PCI w/ WOL
                        Western Digital Expert 20.5 GB ATA/66 7200 RPM drive

                        the aXion gaming network

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                        • #13
                          First you must quantify "won't work properly". That's far too vague for anyone to give you a meaninful answer. What do you mean by it? Is it slow? Filled with visual artifacts? Crashes? Just won't start?



                          ------------------
                          -Michael
                          ---------------
                          "Fight all the things that betray you."
                          --Excerpt from "Farscape: Rhapsody in Blue."
                          G400 32MB DH. Asus p5a. AMD K63-450. 128 MB. Huappage WinTV-PCI. SoundBlaster Live Value.
                          -Michael
                          ---------------
                          "There is much cruelty in the universe.."
                          "Yeah, and we seem to have a treasure map to it..."
                          --Excerpt from "Farscape: Bone to be Wild."
                          G400 32MB DH. Asus p5a. AMD K63-450. 128 MB. Huappage WinTV-PCI. SoundBlaster Live Value.

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                          • #14
                            Sorry if I seem angry right now. I appreciate any help I can get, and I would not be offended about any advice you can give.

                            A more detailed description of my problem is here:
                            http://forums.murc.ws/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002721.html

                            After looking at your suggestions, I found that I haven't changed the RAM page mode settings. After going back to BIOS settings, I saw that it's been by SPD from the start.

                            The only thing I haven't tried is moving to P5A. Do you mean to flash the BIOS to P5A, or just replace the motherboard with a P5A? If it's BIOS, I had no idea that the P5A-B can use the P5A BIOS.

                            Yes, I am aware that AT is pretty bad, but I have 3 computers in AT cases from the pre-ATX days, including a pretty expensive one I have my stuff in now. Although I am thinking of setting up a dual-ppro server and I'll have to get an ATX for that...

                            ... um anyway, Thanks for your help both of you. I do apreciate it when people pay attention to a problem that I have. Sorry for posting off-topic messages, though.
                            My hardware:

                            Matrox Millenium G400 16mb
                            Asus P5a-b super socket7 motherboard
                            K6-2 300 processor
                            128mb pc-100 SDRAM

                            My software:

                            Matrox bios version 1.3
                            Matrox drivers 5.41
                            TurboGL 1.0002
                            Motherboard bios version 1009b1
                            Directx version 7a
                            Windows version 98SE

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                            • #15
                              I always loved my K6-2 450 and FIC PA-2013 rev 2.0 combo

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