Radeon & KA7-100

jjam_20 · Jan 17, 2001, 03:25 PM

Has anyone got a Radeon to run 4x stabile in this mother board and if so how ?

jm0ris0n · Jan 17, 2001, 03:27 PM

Not a chance!

Alpha · Jan 17, 2001, 08:01 PM

I think i got it stable like once
heh

it wouldnt work unless my FSB was overclocked past 110 or something..
Doesnt work anymore

I tried 7072 drivers and now my computer crashes again and again regardless of any settings or radeon drivers I try
Im using my all-in-wonder 128 right now =\

Chuck · Jan 18, 2001, 02:52 AM

Yeah..
I own a Abit KA7 and the Radeon runs like crap with my system - no wait, OS. Why? At first, when I was still running ME(installation disc from a friend) my system was well, pretty stable. Although AGP texturing caused my PC to to choke on textures(gosh.. should it be the opposite? darn it?

) a little, my system still ran without hanging up. OK, now that I'm running Win98SE, everything is nasty. IE5 hang my system when I continue scrolling up and down, my mon. suddenly loses sync when I'm typing, and my system also hangs whenever I play a DVD film with ATI's DVD player.

To be honest with you, I really had it with AMD and it's Athlon SlotA. Tommorow I'm DEGRADING to a CeleronII 667MHz(o/c to 1GHz) and buy the Abit SE6(does it have integrated video anyway?). Gosh you know, I really admire the days when my system ran without any problems with my Celeron 300MHz and 440BX mobo..

[Edited by Chuck on 01-18-2001 at 03:59 AM]

Chuck · Jan 18, 2001, 03:00 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Chuck
[b]Yeah..
I own a Abit KA7 and the Radeon runs like crap with my system - no wait, OS. Why? At first, when I was still running ME(installation disc from a friend) my system was well, pretty stable. Although AGP texturing caused my PC to to choke on textures(gosh.. should it be the opposite darn it?

) a little, my system still ran without hanging up. OK, now that I'm running Win98SE, everything is nasty. IE5 hang my system when I continue scrolling up and down, my mon. suddenly loses sync when I'm typing, and my system also hangs whenever I play a DVD film with ATI's DVD player.

To be honest with you, I really had it with AMD and it's Athlon SlotA. Tommorow I'm DEGRADING to a CeleronII 667MHz(o/c to 1GHz) and buy the Abit SE6(does it have integrated video anyway?). Gosh you know, I really admire the days when my system ran without any problems with my "former" Celeron 300MHz and 440BX mobo.. Really miss em'.

Hipnotic_Tranz · Jan 18, 2001, 11:30 AM

I have an AIW Radeon working with my Abit KA7-100 + Athlon700. Not a problem stablility wise. There is one annoying problem in Half-Life, but that is part of the immature drivers and I'm sure it'll go away with new drivers to come.

I'm running Win98SE with the Special Purpose Drivers (not the newest ones that JUST came out) I had to do a couple BIOS tweaks (AGP Driving control = 68 ; AGP 4x = Disabled ; etc) and it's working fine. I get 66fps in Quake3 at 1024x768 maxed to the max

PeAK · Jan 20, 2001, 01:33 PM

It is a complicated situation and the answer is that "yes" you can if you have a KA7 with the appropriate version of the KX133 chipset. Take a look this link

noko · Jan 20, 2001, 07:21 PM

Wow! Awesome info. Doesn't do much for us old time users of KA7 motherboards except maybe wanting to solder in a new surface mount chip (not!). I am not too concern about AGP4x on my KA7 since I think system memory is really to restrictive to feed 4xAGP bandwidth continueously anyways. Saudra test indicates my memory bandwidth to be in the neighborhood of 450mb/sec which is less than the 512mb/sec bandwidth capacity of AGP2x. Anyways DDR may make a noticeable difference between AGP2x and AGP4x, maybe not. So hopefully these motherboards will become readily available. Right now I am happy with my KA7 and with the latest set of new Radeon and Via's 427/428 drivers since my system is now stable.

[Edited by noko on 01-21-2001 at 01:02 AM]

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Jan 17, 2001, 08:01 PM	#3
Alpha Tastes like chicken Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,880	I think i got it stable like once heh it wouldnt work unless my FSB was overclocked past 110 or something.. Doesnt work anymore I tried 7072 drivers and now my computer crashes again and again regardless of any settings or radeon drivers I try Im using my all-in-wonder 128 right now =\ __________________ RIP Vengeance :(

Jan 18, 2001, 02:52 AM	#4
Chuck iGeek Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 5,994	Yeah.. I own a Abit KA7 and the Radeon runs like crap with my system - no wait, OS. Why? At first, when I was still running ME(installation disc from a friend) my system was well, pretty stable. Although AGP texturing caused my PC to to choke on textures(gosh.. should it be the opposite? darn it?) a little, my system still ran without hanging up. OK, now that I'm running Win98SE, everything is nasty. IE5 hang my system when I continue scrolling up and down, my mon. suddenly loses sync when I'm typing, and my system also hangs whenever I play a DVD film with ATI's DVD player. To be honest with you, I really had it with AMD and it's Athlon SlotA. Tommorow I'm DEGRADING to a CeleronII 667MHz(o/c to 1GHz) and buy the Abit SE6(does it have integrated video anyway?). Gosh you know, I really admire the days when my system ran without any problems with my Celeron 300MHz and 440BX mobo.. [Edited by Chuck on 01-18-2001 at 03:59 AM]

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Jan 18, 2001, 03:00 AM	#5
Chuck iGeek Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 5,994	[quote]Originally posted by Chuck [b]Yeah.. I own a Abit KA7 and the Radeon runs like crap with my system - no wait, OS. Why? At first, when I was still running ME(installation disc from a friend) my system was well, pretty stable. Although AGP texturing caused my PC to to choke on textures(gosh.. should it be the opposite darn it?) a little, my system still ran without hanging up. OK, now that I'm running Win98SE, everything is nasty. IE5 hang my system when I continue scrolling up and down, my mon. suddenly loses sync when I'm typing, and my system also hangs whenever I play a DVD film with ATI's DVD player. To be honest with you, I really had it with AMD and it's Athlon SlotA. Tommorow I'm DEGRADING to a CeleronII 667MHz(o/c to 1GHz) and buy the Abit SE6(does it have integrated video anyway?). Gosh you know, I really admire the days when my system ran without any problems with my "former" Celeron 300MHz and 440BX mobo.. Really miss em'.

Jan 18, 2001, 11:30 AM	#6
Hipnotic_Tranz Radeon HD 6850 Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 106	I have an AIW Radeon working with my Abit KA7-100 + Athlon700. Not a problem stablility wise. There is one annoying problem in Half-Life, but that is part of the immature drivers and I'm sure it'll go away with new drivers to come. I'm running Win98SE with the Special Purpose Drivers (not the newest ones that JUST came out) I had to do a couple BIOS tweaks (AGP Driving control = 68 ; AGP 4x = Disabled ; etc) and it's working fine. I get 66fps in Quake3 at 1024x768 maxed to the max

Jan 20, 2001, 01:33 PM	#7
PeAK Radeon HD 6770 Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: TO Posts: 95	It is a complicated situation and the answer is that "yes" you can if you have a KA7 with the appropriate version of the KX133 chipset. Take a look this link __________________ PeAK

Jan 20, 2001, 07:21 PM	#8
noko Rage3D Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Orlando, Florida, USA Posts: 6,409	Wow! Awesome info. Doesn't do much for us old time users of KA7 motherboards except maybe wanting to solder in a new surface mount chip (not!). I am not too concern about AGP4x on my KA7 since I think system memory is really to restrictive to feed 4xAGP bandwidth continueously anyways. Saudra test indicates my memory bandwidth to be in the neighborhood of 450mb/sec which is less than the 512mb/sec bandwidth capacity of AGP2x. Anyways DDR may make a noticeable difference between AGP2x and AGP4x, maybe not. So hopefully these motherboards will become readily available. Right now I am happy with my KA7 and with the latest set of new Radeon and Via's 427/428 drivers since my system is now stable. [Edited by noko on 01-21-2001 at 01:02 AM]

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