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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 |

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

MSI kt3 ultra 2

bye

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

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

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.

Quotethe 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

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

QuoteOriginally 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+?

Even Ultra "1" works flawless

QuoteOriginally posted by omega_supreme

Even Ultra "1" works flawless

I'm looking to run the 3000+