If all else fails, [and assuming you have a machine you can test the card in] you could do it the hard way and
install it, then run the DirectX diagnostic tool (usually C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DXDIAG.EXE). That should at least tell
you how much ram the card has. hth

Al Thompson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian"
Subject: [PCBUILD] How to evaluate a 3DFX Voodoo Banshee card?


A customer has been given a graphics card for his W98SE system and wants me to install it for him.  My problem is
that I don't know that he'll be any better off if I do this.

His system has a late model Gigabyte mobo with a VIA KM400 chipset and 32Mb of onboard graphics.  It also has an
AGP slot for an added card which supports 8x\4x\2x (1.5v).

The guy who gave him the card says that his own W98 system recognised it as a '3DFX Voodoo Banshee' but couldn't
tell him anything else about it.  So I don't know if it's even a 2x AGP.

Can anyone tell me how to find out how much ram this card carries?  It has no brand name but I notice it has 8
identical chips on it.  They're all marked; NEC JAPAN  D4811650GF-A10-9BT  9849K9017.

Ian Porter

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