Best Mainboard for Voodoo5 6000 AGP?

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Currently my v5 6000 card is on it's way to Hank and he'll take a look at it (HiNT Bridge blown - maybe more...).

Meanwhile i would like to ask which mainboards are optimal for a v5 6000. I would like to use an Intel Chipset, Slot-1 or Socket370. Hank told me, that the PCI Bus behind the HiNT HB1-SE66 won't tolerate too much Overclocking, so i cannot use my i440BX Boards (2/3 AGP multiplier) in combination with Tualatin P-III S Processors...  (AK4 - AG1 mod to run on older GTL+ Chipsets with 1.5VTT).

I don't really want to use i815EP, so i'd like to try i820 Camino (pure Rambus - no MTH, 1/2 AGP multiplier). Does anybody here have any experiences with Intel based Mainboards + v5 6000 or v5 6000 AGP OC?

Thanks in advance.

[Glide]

So best choice are still i820 with Rambus memory because you can't setup 3dfx card like V5 6000 in an Intel P4 system due a too low AGP voltage against 3.3V voltage request by Voodoo. If you want use V5 6000 with P4 cpu must plane only a motherboard with SiS or VIA chipset.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

No, i don't want to use it in conjunction with a P4 processor. Dunno why, i just don't like the combination P4 + Voodoo4/5 at all. So I ordered an Asus P3C-E i820 Board via ebay (19 Euros! rofl..) plus one 256MB Samsung RIMM. I already possess a P3C-E BIOS with Tualatin Microcodes and i have modified a 1.26GHz P-III S processor to run on GTL+ environments. A friend of mine tried that with a 1.13GHz P-III S and P3C-E + v5 5500, works fine and very stable.

Should be a nice system. Exactly what i would like for my 6000! =) I hope that there are no compatibility problems.

Asus P3C-E @ 133 - 160MHz FSB (AGP: 66 - 80MHz)
Pentium-III "Server" @ 1.26 - 1.52GHz
256MB Samsung PC800/16-45 RAMBUS w. ECC @ 400 - 480MHz DRSL
3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP / HiNT 3700 Revision @ 166MHz

[ElvIsAlive007]

hehehe the soyo dragon lite hey i read the reciews and it so fast its dangours hehe

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Well, i like it the more "exotic" way and the more "Intel" Way.

Tualatin P-III S @ i820 System + v5 6000 is now up and running! Had to do some workaround to compensate for the P3C-E's incompatibility with HB1-SE66, but now everything seems to work absolutely smooth.

There are still problems with UT2003, but i hope i can fix that soon. OS is now Win98SE, Drivers are Amigamerlin 2.9! Some things do not work very well in Win2000 unfortunately... I'll experiment a bit later, System is configured for Win98SE / Win2000 Dual-Boot.

[lecram25]

Elvis posted a few pics over at x3dfx of his system. He uses a Soyo Dragon KT 333, or something like that. I dunno, mybe Elvis can verify this.

| AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.33GHz | Epox 8RDA+ nForce 2 | 256mb DDR PC2100 | Sapphire ATI Radeon 9500np 128 With 9700 Red PCB(potential hack) | Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1 | 3dfx VoodooTV 200 PCI | Western Digital 40Gib 7200RPM | Pioneer 106s DVD | LG 52x24x52 CDRW | Cambridge Soundworks/Creative Labs Desktop Theater 5.1 DTT3500 Digital Speakers | Creative IR Remote | WindowsXP Professional SP1 |

[ElvIsAlive007]

yes the dragon lite blew up hank had it doing 1024x769 at 180 fps with quake 3 testing

so i purchased a msi KT3 Ultra 2-R (ms-6380e)

and im sure its heaps faster for the rams speeds thus the great 8x fssa speeds im been getting

YES THIS IS THE BEST MOTHERBOARD i never seen

Regards

ELviSALive

[cosworth6k]

MSI kt3 ultra 2

bye

Msi kt3 ultra2 barton 2500+@3200+ voodoo5 6000 1gb ddr 400

[perer]

I am using it in my system too, and I gotta say it is very stable for me.

[gdonovan]

Anyone running one of these?

http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7vta3_6.html

I'm not looking to overclock, just want a stable new board.

Thought I would add a bit on- I'm looking for the fastest supported AMD single CPU board for running a AGP 5500 & 6000 that can still be purchased new for a dual boot (98SE & 2000 Pro) machine.

And I'm not looking to overclock, so overclocking features are a non-issue.

=)

Yes, I'm looking at all the boards now, lots of confusing info though.

[Nightbird]

the fastest supported AMD single CPU board for running a AGP 5500 & 6000

Easy, the fastest : the Barton 3000+ but you need probably a mobo in its last revision or a very recent mobo (but always with a support for Agp 2x - 3.3 v) with a updated bios.
Mine : Asus A7V333 Revision 2.0 and Albatron KX400+ Pro
2 mobos chipset KT333 - the last chipset Via with a support for Agp 3.3v - and running with a Barton 3000+.
My others mobos don't support the Barton or/and Fsb 2*166.

edit : only the Albatron supports the V5 5500 and 6000

[Flash]

Chaintech CT-7VJL (KT333) - works fine w/ Barton 2600+ and 6K

[gdonovan]

Originally posted by cosworth6k

MSI kt3 ultra 2

Been looking for these- Any "Ultra 2" will do or does it have to be a certain board revision+?

[omega_supreme]

Even Ultra "1" works flawless

[gdonovan]

Originally posted by omega_supreme

Even Ultra "1" works flawless

I'm looking to run the 3000+