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Title: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: McVenco on February 27, 2007, 01:49:52 PM

I can buy a Hercules ATi Radeon 9200SE 128MB card for next to nothing, but I want to know for sure if it will work on a PegasosI.
The Pegasos Book mentions it so I guess it's no problem, but has anyone got experience with this card? Or do I just slide it in the slot and fire up the machine(P&P)?

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: pVC on February 27, 2007, 02:47:13 PM

It should work OK. 3D accelration works on that card now with Peg1 too, which it didn't do early days. I haven't used that particular version of 9200SE, but I had Club3D's 9200SE (64MB).

It's about the second slowest card (after r7000) which you can use on Pegasos. So if you want more gfx perfomance, then I'd recommend 7500/8500/9000/9100 for example. But if you can have it practically free, then take it for spare at least ;)

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: Piru on February 27, 2007, 02:55:38 PM

I've tested ST Lab and Club 3D 9200SE cards in my peg1, and both work ok. I see no reason why Hercules one shouldn't.

As mentioned it isn't the fastest card around, but at least it's easily available with passive cooling (which is nice).

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: CLS2086 on February 27, 2007, 09:00:52 PM

It may work. I didn't heard about incompatibility as on 8500.
Try to get a 9100 instead (=8500LE).

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: McVenco on February 27, 2007, 10:10:22 PM

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CLS2086 wrote:
It may work. I didn't heard about incompatibility as on 8500.
Try to get a 9100 instead (=8500LE).

Are those cards all available as low profile? I need one of those since I've built my Peg in a small desktopcase which can only take half height cards.

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: McVenco on March 18, 2007, 03:02:05 PM

Well, apparently the card does not work. I've tested it in my pc without trouble, but no results on my Peg1 yet. The previous owner of my Peg had the board working, so I'm thinking that either the Hercules card does not work with the Pegasos, or (I hope not) that the board is damaged.

What more options could there be? In my pc I have a GeForce Ti4200, which (I think) will not work. I also have an old pc lying around with a pretty sucky gfx card, but it doesn't fit in the case (I need a low profile card, with this fullsize card the VGA-out hits the case before it slides in the AGP slot).

Any help?

Title: Re: Does this card work with a Peg1/MorphOS?
Post by: pVC on March 18, 2007, 03:39:03 PM

All Radeons between 7000 and 9250 should work. Also Voodoo 3 - 5. I guess that's about the options :) And don't use DVI->SVGA adapters.. they won't work usually. Use DVI or SVGA directly.