Ok, i remember some news going around a while back that the you couldn't run Kyro II on a 440BX chipset for some reason. I wan't to ask if any of you can point me to some info on that.
(I would like to sate here- for the record - that i realize the AGP 1.0-2.0 mismatch problem, but... you'll see)
First, let me start by confirming the rumor:
A friend of mine got a Kyro II 64MB (Hercules). We installed it in his 440BX mobo (it was a stock DELL so i didn't bother to figure out the details). Anyway, everythin's cool, chugging along, getting semi-good scores on his PIII600. Image quality is exceptional, and we are getting exceptional crispness with that 400Mhz Ramdac. Everythin's fine, QIII is kickin some serious arse.. and then we get to the ultimate test: Tribes 2. Load up Tribes 2-ok. Allright-logon to the servers-ok. The player model loads up- oh my god....wth???? the whole screen starts to tear at random places. Ok, now imagine in your semi-twilight zone complacency, a picture of unimaginable pain for a gamer: an otherwise normal screen (in fact the left edge was perfectly straight) torn to shreds in random places (the right edge has some semblance of straightness, however, at random points the line just stretches out almost off the screen and then fades back in). To give you an example, an artists rendering:
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(Help? Y/N? Sorry....)
Anyway... so you can play the game and everything except for the horrible tearing (its what i call it... don't kill me). I freak, i donwload 3 sets of drivers, try them all, try them all again. I go to the mobo BIOS and mess with everything down to the freaking AGP aperature. No go. So no more Tribes 2. We leave the card in there. A few days later- the system starts to crash. A week later- byebye comp. The motherboard is dead, no post no nothing. Ok, we order a stock replacement a gratis(free) by DELL. We assemble. Put the card in. The board posts-ok. Windows boot menu (safe mode etc) loads up- Holy SH@T... artifacts, tearing etc. The Kyro II is gone, we replace it with a TNT2-M64 - everything is back to normal. Now if i neglected to mention this- the computer had about a years worth of faithful service in it before we started messing around.
Conclusion: Kyro II fragged my friends 440bx motherboard.
In an after test i stuck the card into an old K6-2 i dug up which had an Ali chipset (AGP 1.0 i believe). Everything ran fine. I didn't have a chance to run tribes 2 cuz the comp sucked too much but everything else seemed cool.
My theory- Kyro II is compatible with AGP 1.0 but not with the BX and possibly other 440 base chipsets.
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Anyone wanna take a whack at that?
I'm also interested in knowing what you guys think of or have experienced with Kyro II?
And i am very much interested in reading any info you can point me to on this issue.
Thx.
😱 <font color=blue>I for one run Quake 3 on a P133(No MMX)</font color=blue>I have no affiliatioin w/ Intel
(I would like to sate here- for the record - that i realize the AGP 1.0-2.0 mismatch problem, but... you'll see)
First, let me start by confirming the rumor:
A friend of mine got a Kyro II 64MB (Hercules). We installed it in his 440BX mobo (it was a stock DELL so i didn't bother to figure out the details). Anyway, everythin's cool, chugging along, getting semi-good scores on his PIII600. Image quality is exceptional, and we are getting exceptional crispness with that 400Mhz Ramdac. Everythin's fine, QIII is kickin some serious arse.. and then we get to the ultimate test: Tribes 2. Load up Tribes 2-ok. Allright-logon to the servers-ok. The player model loads up- oh my god....wth???? the whole screen starts to tear at random places. Ok, now imagine in your semi-twilight zone complacency, a picture of unimaginable pain for a gamer: an otherwise normal screen (in fact the left edge was perfectly straight) torn to shreds in random places (the right edge has some semblance of straightness, however, at random points the line just stretches out almost off the screen and then fades back in). To give you an example, an artists rendering:
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---------
-----------
----------
---------
-----------
----------
---------
---------
----------
---------
(Help? Y/N? Sorry....)
Anyway... so you can play the game and everything except for the horrible tearing (its what i call it... don't kill me). I freak, i donwload 3 sets of drivers, try them all, try them all again. I go to the mobo BIOS and mess with everything down to the freaking AGP aperature. No go. So no more Tribes 2. We leave the card in there. A few days later- the system starts to crash. A week later- byebye comp. The motherboard is dead, no post no nothing. Ok, we order a stock replacement a gratis(free) by DELL. We assemble. Put the card in. The board posts-ok. Windows boot menu (safe mode etc) loads up- Holy SH@T... artifacts, tearing etc. The Kyro II is gone, we replace it with a TNT2-M64 - everything is back to normal. Now if i neglected to mention this- the computer had about a years worth of faithful service in it before we started messing around.
Conclusion: Kyro II fragged my friends 440bx motherboard.
In an after test i stuck the card into an old K6-2 i dug up which had an Ali chipset (AGP 1.0 i believe). Everything ran fine. I didn't have a chance to run tribes 2 cuz the comp sucked too much but everything else seemed cool.
My theory- Kyro II is compatible with AGP 1.0 but not with the BX and possibly other 440 base chipsets.
***--------------Important---
Anyone wanna take a whack at that?
I'm also interested in knowing what you guys think of or have experienced with Kyro II?
And i am very much interested in reading any info you can point me to on this issue.
Thx.
😱 <font color=blue>I for one run Quake 3 on a P133(No MMX)</font color=blue>I have no affiliatioin w/ Intel
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