--- "Derek W. Keoughan"  wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:07:40 +0000, rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:
> 
> >Greetings all
> >   OK now that I have my new system with MSI-K8n Neo2 Platinum and
> AMD64 really purring quite nicely with a fresh install of WSeB I am
> confronting the deal-breaker that caused me to setup a networked,
> dedicated OS/2 box in the first place since it just can't keep up in
> the video driver department.  The last time it matched for me was an
> nVidia TNT2 and that was almost 5 years ago and alsmost as many video
> card revisions.  Now my new system uses an nVidia GeForce 6600 GT
> which has 256megs video ddr ram and amazing 3D acceleration.  My
> problem is that even if I could bring myself to spend nearly $40 US
> for SNAP drivers (running a very close 2nd to M$ asking $50 for
> USBSUPP.dll so that Win95 would handle AGP - the last time I bought
> anything bigger than a mouse from M$) they don't support this chipset
> and considering they just this year gained support for GeForce *5500*
> !!! it's going to be long past this card's usefullness to me before
> they finally get around to it.
> >
> >  So I am soliciting ideas from the group for drivers that will at
> least give me basic OpenGL 3D svga support on this chipset w/o
> spending an arm&a leg, preferably free (which considering Scitech's
> lack of support I think their's should be for home users, or at least
> really cheap, but oh well cold day in hell and all that) .  I looked
> at scitech beta drivers and if they don't run out of time that could
> possibly work at least on some fundamental level.  Does IBM have (or
> have plans to soon change to) free or cheap drivers for basic nVidia
> support? Please help soon since my snap downloaded drivers run out
> this week.
> 
> I'm curious as to why you put the cart before the horse, and didn't
> check for video driver support BEFORE you purchased the nVidia 6600GT
> card.
> 
> Such has been the way of OS/2 users since time began, after all.
> 
> http://www.scitechsoft.com/chiplist/snap_os2_chiplist.html
> 
> It's pretty clear your card's not on that list... and though I'd not
> tried it myself, the ATI Radeon Mobility X800 is... which is even
> faster than the 6600GT for eye-bleeding framerates on Windows
> benchmarks - given its 256bit bus and 12 or 16 pixel pipes.
> 
> Are you using 3D on your OS/2 machine?
> 
> Most cards I've benchmarked in current hardware using the SNAP driver
> set perform pretty much the same in a 2D environment, including the
> Radeon 8500 and FX5200 and FX5500 (all AGP) I've tried recently, in
> addition to an All-in-Wonder X600 Pro PCI Expre
> card.

I am currently using a Radeon 9200SE which is supposed to be just a
little faster 8500 according to Tom's hardware guide. However it has
been great in OS/2 with SNAP and as I'm not a gamer, I seem to have
great performance on the dark side too. I have been finding these cards
now in the $30 to $40 range, just purchased a 128 meg with TV/DVI out
for $34.95. Beats the heck out of $300+.

Franklin

>
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-05.htm
> l
> 
> The three-year old Radeon 9800 I have scores just under the 6600GT
> card
> on this test - though the memory clock is slower, it has a 256-bit
> bus
> to the 6600GT's 128bit...  and yes, it's fully-supported by the SNAP
> driver.



		
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