ATI video card on Nvidia chipset?

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Neil H.

I have a Biostar iDEQ small form factor system which uses the nVidia nForce2
chipset. At present I am using an FX5500 AGP card in it, but I'd like to
change to an ATI card. Are there any issues when using an ATI card with the
nVidia chipset?

Neil
 
I have a Biostar iDEQ small form factor system which uses the nVidia nForce2
chipset. At present I am using an FX5500 AGP card in it, but I'd like to
change to an ATI card. Are there any issues when using an ATI card with the
nVidia chipset?

Neil
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None that I've ever run into. Of course they're many different Nvidia
chipsets and many different ATI cards. I just bought an ATI 9800PRO to
put in an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard that the Matrox G400 Max had
finally gone tits up in.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814195027

Not a bad card that would be a nice step up from your FX5500.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/05/vga_charts_vii/index.html

Bill
 
Bill said:
None that I've ever run into. Of course they're many different Nvidia
chipsets and many different ATI cards. I just bought an ATI 9800PRO to
put in an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard that the Matrox G400 Max had
finally gone tits up in.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814195027

Not a bad card that would be a nice step up from your FX5500.
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Sure would, but unfortunately I don't think the Biostar iDEQ's 200W power
supply (which is non-standard) would be up to handling a 9800Pro.

Thanks very much for the heads-up though! I've had a hankering for a 9800Pro
for quite a while, and the last time I looked for one on NewEgg they didn't
have any. So I'll order that one for another machine, and try a 9600Pro in
this little guy.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/05/vga_charts_vii/index.html
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Thanks for that too! For some reason I can never find those charts on Tom's
when I look for them, and I think they are really useful.

Neil
 
Neil H. said:
I have a Biostar iDEQ small form factor system which uses the nVidia
nForce2 chipset. At present I am using an FX5500 AGP card in it, but I'd
like to change to an ATI card. Are there any issues when using an ATI card
with the nVidia chipset?

Neil
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nope, no problem
 
The AGP video card I swap in the agp pro slot ATI Radeon x800 256meg DDR (12 pipes)
YES! I pulled the Nvidia something out of my HP a530n and stuck in the ATI 9800pro (whoa), then the ATI x800 (whoa)(whoa). 8x, fast writes, combining on, sitting on top of a nvidia agp slot. heh
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HP a530n -- Asus mainboard AMD Athlon "clawhammer" 64 3200+ (2.0ghz cpu, 200mhz HTT, 200MHz memory, 2x512 PC3200 400ddr cas 2
PCI, AGP Pro/8X ® nvidia® nforce 150 chipset

AMD 64 2.00 gig hz, 1 gig PC3200 400mhz ddr (2x512meg)
2 each Corsair CMX512-3200C2 Xms3202v3.1 0410031-0 (all the numbers for you)
Xms3200 512mb 400mhz CL2, Ultra-performance DDR memory, Extreme Memory Speed XMS. The important thing to remember here is that "CL2". I noticed some Kingston XMS is still CL3.

To help me sort out my AMD 64 3200+ bus timing problems I use CPU-Z and clockgen which also allows user tweaks to voltage's and Frequencies (multipliers).

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I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when "Neil H."
I have a Biostar iDEQ small form factor system which uses the nVidia nForce2
chipset. At present I am using an FX5500 AGP card in it, but I'd like to
change to an ATI card. Are there any issues when using an ATI card with the
nVidia chipset?
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None, but you will notice some differences in the text on screen at
bootup. One of the cards forces a system memory check and the other
does not. I found this using both a 6600GT and X800 in the same NV2
system.

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Cheers,

Guy

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