Radeon on an ABIT KA7-100

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 1:21 am

Does anybody have one of these? I had heard that the Radeons disliked the Raid on the KA7 boards. I have a Leadtek 32MB GTS, and was wondering if the upgrade to the 64MB Radeon VIVO would be worth it?

Thanks

Morphius

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 3:14 pm

I'll be getting one here in a week or so. I'll be able to tell you then. I have heard of this problem also, but I have heard of some fixes (disableing AGP4x for example) I think I'll love the card as long as it doesn't give me too much trouble. I bet it'll be up and running in one day, easy.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 5:58 pm

HT,

If you could post back that would be just great! Not that Im complaining about the performance of the GTS, just in my shopping mood

I would really like a Ultra, but alas $400+ is a little much.

LMK

Morphius

Jethro Bodine · Post by **Jethro Bodine** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 6:44 pm

I sold my 64 MB ProphetII to get a Radeon VIVO.
Is it an upgrade?
Depends- the GeForce2 is faster, but the Radeon has better image quality. I have a PIII-600, and play online UT/Q3 at 10X7X32 no problem.
I also think the 2d on the Radeon is better.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 6:47 pm

Jethro,

Thanks a bunch. Am looking for a little better picture quality and from what I hear the Radeon is what I want. Hows the DVD Playback Quality?

Thanks

Morphius

Jethro Bodine · Post by **Jethro Bodine** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 7:46 pm

Got me there Insane, no dvd player in my computer. (never wanted to watch'em monitor size- it's bad enough the way they waste screen real estate on a TV!)
A friend I sold a 32MB DDR Radeon to says it's awesome, and he only has a PII-450.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Tue Nov 28, 2000 7:53 pm

Hmmmm,

I guess with my Athy @ 1.1GHz, this wouldnt be a problem LOL

Thanks

Morphius

KiLLerCloWn · Post by **KiLLerCloWn** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 7:12 am

Insane, 1Ghz Chris had loads of problems with this card/mobo combo. This stopped me from buying a Radeon even tho I was looking forwrad to it. Disabling AGP 4X does fix this and there's not that big a difference between 4X and 2X in any case so if you're not worried about a few fps you should enjoy that card greatly

Unfortunately I have a slight mental instability and every fps I lose gives me sleepless nights, makes my hair go grey, my face go green, me eyes go read and KC junior go limp so the Radeon is not for me I'm afraid...lol

Jethro Bodine · Post by **Jethro Bodine** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 8:12 am

Clown:
Could you point us at some benchmarks showing AGP4x making a difference, and under what conditions?
Personally, I've always considered AGP a joke, an idea conceived in times when video RAM cost way too much.
I have a hard time believing there are any games out now that exceed the 64MB framebuffer on the VIVO, especially when you take the reduced bandwidth of HyperZ into account.
I have a harder time believing dma to system RAM is going to be faster than access to RAM on the card.
Please elaborate.

BTW- I don't know how this card performs on this board, I have a BX board.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 10:14 am

Could that be the reason my hair is now "salt and pepper" LOLOL, Thanks

Morphius

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 3:32 pm

Insane Morphius - Just realized something. I'm not getting the 64meg Radeon VIVO. In fact, I'm getting the 32meg one with the T.V. Tuner, t.v. out, etc. (review <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1302&p=1" Target="_NEW">here</a>) It scores just about the same as the 64meg VIVO. Just a few frames shy which can be fixed by overclocking

It will be shipped tomarrow so I'm hoping it will be here by Monday! Can't wait, I'm serious!!!!! Time to boot my 8meg TNT2! It's slowing my Athlon 700 down, I swear it is!

Post by **sbp** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 3:43 pm

*sigh* AGP4X is much ado about nothing. If you don't have AGP4X enabled don't worry about it since it has such a tiny, minuscule affect on performance.

[Edited by sbp on 11-29-2000 at 03:47 PM]

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 8:37 pm

HT,

Lemme know once you get her up and running with a comparison of the boards. Appreciate it bud!

Morphius

Chris.U.K · Post by **Chris.U.K** » Wed Nov 29, 2000 9:24 pm

Yes it took me a day before i realised i had to install via's drivers in normal mode. Since then i have got the Radeon running at agp4x with my KA7. I have tried almost every driver combo. The worst you can do is use win 98 drivers for the agp.

My Radeon 64 vivo turned out to be a bad card so almost some of my problems were down to my card being ill.

DVD playback was great and some software players streach the screen slightly so you get a bigger picture to see on the tv. TV out is awseome, the best i have had.

I have the OEM and benchtested it with a GeForce DDR they are very closly matched and when i put in the 63 drivers for the Radeon it out peformed the DDR.

Chris.

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Fri Dec 01, 2000 7:32 am

Chris UK,

That sounds good, placed my order for a 64MB Radeon VIVO from BUMMER. Hope it performs well, I just wish I knew someone here in Hawaii that had one, but nobody I know does. If it is as good as everyone says I'll have a 32MB Leadtek GeForce GTS fo sale

Morphius

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Radeon on an ABIT KA7-100

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