Hi,
Right, there's a few things so I'll list the spec of my two systems to start with
I'll call them Fred and Harry
Fred:
CPU: XP 1600
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-7VTXE
Sound: Soundblaster128 PCI (I think irrelevant for my probs though)
RAM: 128mb DDR
Hardrive: Some Maxtor 20gb thing (UDMA 66)
PSU: ATX
Harry:
CPU: PII 233mhz
Mobo: PC Chips M715 (I'll post a link to the manual when I can get it to upload)
RAM: 64mb SD
Sound: ISA SB 16
Hardrive: 1.3gb but will have the 20gb above in when another HD I ordered arrives (this is irrelevant too I think)
Right, I think that's all that should be needed (mainly the mobos).
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I have two graphics cards: a 3d prophet 2 MX and a voodoo 3 3500TV, both AGP. Both of these work in Fred, but I can't get either to work in Harry.
3d Prophet 2 - works in 640x480x16 but drivers don't install correctly and so that's how it stays.
Voodoo 3 - The computer boots normally but the screen goes blank when windows starts to open. This only happens after the voodoo 3 drivers have been installed.
It's not the AGP slot that's dead altogether because I have used an old ATI card in it successfully.
So, what I'm after is a solution to either of these problems then I can put that card into Harry. If there is no solution, does anyone know what other motherboard I could buy in AT format that will work with one of the cards? If I can't do that. Does anyone have a PCI card for sale? (vRock, HowardDrake?) (Also I am in England ). I am also on a very tight budget and would have to first sell my GeForce2MX - anyone?
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With Fred I get a 3d mark score of 2700 ish using the voodoo 3 and around 1400 using the GeForce 2 MX. Should the voodoo 3 get a better score and shouldn't I be getting a higher score with my spec?
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If the scores are normal, what is letting my system down. What should I upgrade next? I think video card but also I have a small ammount of RAM and might have got a crap mobo?
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Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou to anyone who is willing to read through such a long post and help me with some of it.
Dave.