Amithlon & GFX-cards: any advice?

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 Hi.

 I use Amithlon with a Geforce4 440MX 64MB.

 I seen that Amithlon users on this thread speak a lot about the Geforce FX 5200.

 The motherboard of my Athlon pc supports AGP up to x2.

 I have found a Geforce FX 5200 for purchase on a local shop, but its AGP x8.

 Do I need an AGP x8 capable motherboard to go along with the  Geforce FX 5200 to use it properly on Amithlon? So I can take advantage of scrolling and RTG games?

 I mean yes, I know the Geforce FX 5200 will work on x2, but what about the speed change on Amithlon? Is AGP x8 needed along with the Geforce FX 5200 to achieve what I need?

 Or will the gfx card (Geforce FX 5200) will just do the same on x2 AGP.


 

 

 

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 Hi everyone, and humppa thanks for replying.

 I am confused with some matters.

 First of all I got nVidia-1 mode to work, and not VESA-framebuffer.

 That is with kernel 3.10 and I tried 2 AGP graphic cards. That is TNT2 and Geforce 4 440MX.

 To make Geforce 440 work without corrupted workbench graphics and palette distorsion as HeZoR told just earlier on the thread, I had to turn the hardware acceleration off using this command on startup-sequence : p96_accell 0x00.

 That goes after just after setconfig >NIL: to work.

 So I had TNT2 with hardware acceleration as kernel 3.10 sais. I seen this and has no change than a common framebuffer, maybe even slower.

 So, which is a solution for RTG games and such? My Amithlon PC can only do AGP x2, is that good for RTG games?

 TNT2 is ok I think as far as AGP x2 goes and with hardware acceleration on Amithlon, but I seen no improvement on the speed of workbench and to the scrolling on IBrowse.

 Any tip to make Geforce 4 440MX to work on hardware accelarated mode?

 Maybe I need a new mobo and Geforce FX 5200?

 I have a good CPU speed with my current Pentium III/450Mhz Amithlon pc, that is why I speak to make the gfx hardware acceleration mode to work, instead of upgrading the whole pc.

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I would please like to ask, if the AGP speed affects RTG games on Amithlon.

I mean is AGP x2 Amithlon's top speed for graphics? Amithlon as an emulator can it take advantage of greater AGP speed than AGP x2?

Can it play RTG games faster with AGP X4 or AGP x8 graphic cards?

That is of course using a motherboard that can do both AGP x4 and AGP x8.