Installing a Geforce 2 into a 1996 IBM Aptiva?

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KungKras on 05 March 2016

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I imagine the CPU will be a bottleneck in that. From memory most 3D games from around that era recommended 166-233MHz Pentium processors. You may be able to run the likes of Quake II, Half-Life, MDK and the original Tomb Raider games though.

If it fits and it has drivers though I don't see any reason the build shouldn't work with the GeForce 2MX.

Cool. Those are exactly the types of games I want to run.

What worries me though is that after I've set everything up and uninstalled the old drivers and installed the new ones. That something unexpected might happen like lag or glitches or stuff like that.

I haven't really tried installing a new graphics card in a much older computer before, so I don't know if there are any risks. 6 years isn't extremely long but it's still a long time.

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NiKKoM on 05 March 2016

KungKras said:

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I don't think the PCI bus is compatible with the geforce 2.. It needs a newer version then your system probably has

So even if it fits on the motherboard, it won't work?

the PCI version in 1996 will probably be 2.0 or 2.1 while the GF2MX from years latter will probably demand version 2.2 or 2.3.. it will probably boot with a black screen

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KungKras on 05 March 2016

NiKKoM said:

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So even if it fits on the motherboard, it won't work?

the PCI version in 1996 will probably be 2.0 or 2.1 while the GF2MX from years latter will probably demand version 2.2 or 2.3.. it will probably boot with a black screen

I see. That's a shame.

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KungKras on 05 March 2016

So I guess the safest bet is a Voodoo card. Preferably 2 or 3, but 1 could work too.

I'll make a new thread showing what kind of games I can get running on it when I'm done :)

As for the GeForce 2 MX, I'll put it back in the scrap computer and try to find some RAM and an HDD, and maybe I can make it a windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP machine.

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NiKKoM on 05 March 2016

I would go for a Riva TNT 2.. Much cheaper to get used then a voodoo 3 or 2x Voodoo 2 in sli..

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Zkuq on 05 March 2016

The only risk of trying should probably be the PSU. If it can't handle the graphics card, in the worst case you might just brick the whole system. Other than that, there shouldn't really be any danger in trying it out. Worst case, it won't work, I think. That is, unless old systems had more ways to break than modern ones, but I can't imagine any such ways.

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hershel_layton on 05 March 2016

Lol I feel like I transported to a thread from the 90's

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