Which ATI recent card compatible with ASUS P2B

[JohnTheLuck]

Hi all,

I'm looking to complete an upgrade of my old rig and need advices on video card compatibility. I know I have to buy a new system but I want to wait for all the new technology that comes in the next few months, so please don't answer "buy a new system...". Any way, this P2B will go th the children...

Here are the specs of my system :

ASUS P2B motherboard AGP 1.0 3.3V (original version, no letters)
Powerleap Pl-iP3/T Slot-1 adapter with P3 Thualatin 1.4GHz
768MB PC100 SDRAM

My current video card is a Matrox Marvel G200.
I know an ATI 8500 works with my motherboard.

I am confused about the compatibility of newer video cards on this motherboard. I know there is different voltage signaling standard, 3.3V, 1.5V, and 0.8V, and different transfert speed 1x to 8x. Am I limited to 3.3V cards (Radeon 9000 is 3.3V and 1.5V).

I am looking for an All-In-Wonder recent Radeon video card. If someone have recent experience from an upgrade like this, please let me know.

Thanks,

JTL

 

[akshayt]

128mb radeon 9800pro sapphire
128mb radeon 9700pro hercules 3d prophet

 

[Pete]

Basically the 9600 doesn't work with less than AGP 4x. You should be fine with a 9500P, 9700/P, or 9800/P, though anything above the 9700/P is probably overkill for your system. I'd try looking for a used 9500P for ~$100.

Ah, AiW. Well, I think there was an AiW 9700. You'll pay for it, though.

Are you planning on playing games, or do you just want the AiW functionality? If the latter, just pick up an AiW 9000. If the former, why not buy a separate TV tuner for PVR functionality?

 

[Quixfire]

I would recommend the ATI Radeon 7500 AIW. I have this on an older socket-7 motherboard and it works very well. The only problem you may run in to is with DirectX 9.0 games, which you system could handle very well to begin with.

 

[memories2002]

my 9500pro worked great on my p3 450mhz i440 chipset system...over a year back..