joachyz
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Is there any OS/2 supported AGP videoboard?
Hello,
i really would like to rock my OS/2 system with a Pentium II + AGP. (Now it is K6-166 with Mystique, rocks a bit already!)
The one question is...: is there any AGP board out there with OS/2 drivers?
I've found two major ones:
- Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
- Ati Rage 3D Pro
Both do not seem to bother about OS/2 (well no mention of it anyway.'
Hope one of you experts can help me out :-)
Joachyz
i really would like to rock my OS/2 system with a Pentium II + AGP. (Now it is K6-166 with Mystique, rocks a bit already!)
The one question is...: is there any AGP board out there with OS/2 drivers?
I've found two major ones:
- Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
- Ati Rage 3D Pro
Both do not seem to bother about OS/2 (well no mention of it anyway.'
Hope one of you experts can help me out :-)
Joachyz
Answer:
There is currently no support.
But coming with Warp 5.
For more details and information, GOTO www.dejanews.com
and click Power Search: ask for AGP AND OS/2
that's it
:-) Simon
There is currently no support.
But coming with Warp 5.
For more details and information, GOTO www.dejanews.com
and click Power Search: ask for AGP AND OS/2
that's it
:-) Simon
zack: there is NO way you can design a system with either AMD or Cyrix that outperforms my Intel systems... Please note i have some serious SMP systems in my arsenal :)
(not to start a fight... but i cant take sladering... either of intel or the rest....)
(not to start a fight... but i cant take sladering... either of intel or the rest....)
Try ASUS AGP V264GT3 it has an seperate OS/2 driver and it's very fast (AGP mode 2)
Thanks all, so far!
I found out about the ASUS AGP board, but had to look real hard to find out the statement concerning OS/2 support. And, what's more, i've read in a German mag. (OS/2 Inside) that AGP really only matters for 3D stuff (as stated by twh270 too). The question is then, will an AGP board will be considerably faster then a good PCI one, when the first has only alpha-level drivers and the second well developed ones (like ELSA or Matrox)
Regards,
Joachyz.
N.B. Benmann: How did you know about the ASUS?
N.B. twh270: No, i didn't overclock yet... guess i should try (checking Tom's Guide :-)
I found out about the ASUS AGP board, but had to look real hard to find out the statement concerning OS/2 support. And, what's more, i've read in a German mag. (OS/2 Inside) that AGP really only matters for 3D stuff (as stated by twh270 too). The question is then, will an AGP board will be considerably faster then a good PCI one, when the first has only alpha-level drivers and the second well developed ones (like ELSA or Matrox)
Regards,
Joachyz.
N.B. Benmann: How did you know about the ASUS?
N.B. twh270: No, i didn't overclock yet... guess i should try (checking Tom's Guide :-)
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I'm a User from Germany and here in Germany you can buy both ASUS Videoboards, another User had troubleshooting with the Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro (German Driver for OS/2) so we decided to try another Card. We 've readed <(sorry I know it's wrong but my schooltime was a long time ago)some German test in the "CT" ( its a German Computer News Letter) and we've found the ASUS Card have had the best test. So we decided to change (this card cost in Germany 345,00 DM in US-Dollar it will be today $ 200 Dollar.
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Thanks!
Now i have to find a reseller in the Netherlands!
Thank you for the info, any banchmarks posted would be highly
appreciated... If i buy it, i'll let you all know :-)
Joachyz.
Now i have to find a reseller in the Netherlands!
Thank you for the info, any banchmarks posted would be highly
appreciated... If i buy it, i'll let you all know :-)
Joachyz.
Drop the whole idea and stick to the more serious hard and software .
Koen