On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:37:54 -0600, Jim Purcell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Kristin,
>The Viper 550 in my machine works like a dream w/my AMD 350.  The Matrox
>card when first released did not like AMD processors at all but that has
>supposedly been remedied.
>HTP
>--
>Jim Purcell                Customer Resource Computers
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>Buy what you need; not what a salesman needs to sell.
>
>Kristin Burns wrote:
>>
>> I read somewhere on the internet that reviewed motherboards and processors,
>> that the new video cards using the TNT Riva chipset do not work with the ADM
>> K6-2.  I just bought a new motherboard (DFI P5BV3+) with a AMD K6-2 350mhz
>> processor.  I was thinking of getting the Diamond Viper 550, but I am now
>> not sure if this will work or not.  Does anybody know for sure if this is in
>> fact true??  Also, does anybody have any recommendations on what kind of
>> video card to get??  I was also thinking about the Matrox Millinium card.
>> The PC will be used both as a business type PC and a game machine.  My
>> boyfriend wants to be able to play games like Dear Hunter 3-D on it! :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kristin Burns
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I RECENTLY ASSEMBLED AN AMD 300 WITH A MATROX MILLENIUM WITH NO PROBLEM. THERE IS A AGP PATCH TO INSTALL AND I DOWNLOADED UPDATED DRIVERS FROM MATROX.
HAVE FUN, CHUCK

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