Randy Kelsoe wrote:
> Might be tough to find 'old' video cards for PCI-E.
If you want PCI Express for future compatibility or for high-speed
non-graphics peripherals (Ethernet, SCSI, etc) AND you don't mind an
older, slow, video card, then you should be able to plug in a (non
Express) PCI Radeon card (9250 or lower) and have it Just Work with the
built-in drivers.
I'm currently running such a system (Athlon 64 3200, NForce 4, PCI
Radeon 9250). My experiences are:
* You can get this working.
* The PCI Radeon I've got is seriously *picky* about the rest of the
system. It doesn't work at all with my old BX-based motherboard
(this may be because the BX is PCI 2.1 and the Radeon PCI 2.2: I
never thought that would make a difference, but apparently it does).
It will work in the NForce 4, but you have to put it in the right
PCI slot).
* I've been having freezes when in X Windows with full acceleration.
Turning off ACPI seems to solve that, but I haven't really used it
enough in X since I made that change to be sure about it.
Is my sigmonster trying to tell me something?
James.
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