ATI 1550/1300 PCI Cards/ 2 Questions

[u2kforever]

I have 2 quick questions.

My Computer has 4 PCI slots, i was wondering could i add a secondary PCI card and use 2 cards at once in my computer?

Also, a while back i was going to buy either the ATI 1550 or the X1300, most likely the X1300 because it doesn't required alot of PSU, but there was no drivers for those 2 cards, the Last ATI driver, 6.2 doesn't support those cards which i am aware of. So i was wondering, is there a unofficial driver to use either one of those cards?

Thanks!

[j7n]

Where did you find those cards on PCI bus?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Yeah I can only find those in PCI-e flavors.

You need to know PCI and PCI-Express are 2 VERY different things.

[j7n]

There was multi monitor support in Win98 era. I suppose it is possible to have 2 video adapters. But I have not built such a system and I think not all models would want to work in pair.

[u2kforever]

I know the difference between PCIE and PCI lol.

Those 2 cards been out for years, look:

Here is the X1300

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1188558965098

http://www.techspot.com/review/15-visionte...deon-x1300-pci/

X1550

http://www.diamondmm.com/X1550PRO256P.php

Both these cards they sell pretty much everywhere, but at high prices. I know where to get both of those cards at under 100 dollars.

[u2kforever]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814103031

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814129062

I have a BFG Geforce 6200 256MB OC PCI card, between all 3, i think the ATI cards a tad bit faster, but the 6200 OC is the second best.

I would buy either one of those cards, but wanted to see is it possible can someone make a driver for it, or if one already exist.

PEACE

[glocK_94]

Nope. No drivers for those cards.

You could try the universal drivers linked here : http://www.msfn.org/board/Video-drivers-vi...ds-t105725.html

But it seems they don't work on x1550 according to this topic : http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t109429.html

Having several GPU on the same computer is not a problem. I myself have both AGP and PCI-e cards (one Ati and one Nvidia). It shouldn't be different with PCI-e.

If you double boot, you can just disable one card in 9x windows system applet (the one without 9x drivers) and the other one on XP/Vista (the less powerfull but with 9x drivers).

The problem is you won't find many PCI-e card with 9x support. Stick with your BFG 6200.

If you really want to update, your best shot might be to try newer Nvidia cards with generic Nvidia drivers...

If you don't already know or for others who might not, drivers are here : http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t97140.html

or there : http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t97786.html

Edited March 1, 2008 by glocK_94