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cranialflatulence

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Since: Mar 05, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:10 pm
Post subject: MVP3/ATI
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Short Version:
Anyone successfully have MVP3 chipset, Rage 128, running Multimedia Center
7.2 and DVD 5.0?

Long Version:
I have a ATI Rage Fury and wanted to keep up to date with latest drivers,
etc.
followed links...driver has not changed (4.12.6277 - is latest MVP
friendly).
Wanted to upgrade from DVD 4.1/File Player 7.0 to DVD 5.0/MultimediaCenter
7.2
Instructions say Multimedia 7.2 should be installed b4 DVD 5.0
Start installing Multimedia 7.2
instructions indicate RAGE 128 products require an XP display driver,
available from ATI at,
http://support.ati.com/products/pc/rage128/rage128_drivers.html
my fear is that the "XP" display driver is not MVP friendly. Anyone tried
this?

Peripheral info
BIOS part number 113-51901-104
ASIC type Rage 128
ASIC ID 5246
K6-2 400
FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
WIN98SE

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Alex Zorrilla

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Since: May 14, 2004
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:17 pm
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Hee, hee. Nice name.

I do not have experience with this particular combination, so anyone who does
trumps me. That having been said, is this the link to the Multimedia Center
download?

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/mmc72nodvd.html" target="_blank">http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/mmc72nodvd.html</a>

It does say that it requires Windows XP, but then it goes on to say, "This
software should also function under Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows
98/SE." The DirectX 8.1 or higher probably does still apply, though.

Now, when I look at the release notes:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mmc72nodvd.html" target="_blank">http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mmc72nodvd.html</a>

I see the part where it says that the RAGE 128 requires an XP display driver.
However, I believe this is just in the context of running the RAGE 128 under
Windows XP. This version of the Multimedia Center was released around the
same time as Windows XP, so ATI wanted to make sure that everybody with
Windows XP was actually using Windows XP drivers for their graphics card.

I am 99% sure that you do *not* need to use the Windows XP drivers for
Win98SE. Use the Win98/98SE/ME drivers for that. I think that the release
notes are just confusing, that is all.

Hope this helps.

--Alex


cranialflatulence wrote:

 > Short Version:
 > Anyone successfully have MVP3 chipset, Rage 128, running Multimedia Center
 > 7.2 and DVD 5.0?
 >
 > Long Version:
 > I have a ATI Rage Fury and wanted to keep up to date with latest drivers,
 > etc.
 > followed links...driver has not changed (4.12.6277 - is latest MVP
 > friendly).
 > Wanted to upgrade from DVD 4.1/File Player 7.0 to DVD 5.0/MultimediaCenter
 > 7.2
 > Instructions say Multimedia 7.2 should be installed b4 DVD 5.0
 > Start installing Multimedia 7.2
 > instructions indicate RAGE 128 products require an XP display driver,
 > available from ATI at,
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.ati.com/products/pc/rage128/rage128_drivers.html</font" target="_blank">http://support.ati.com/products/pc/rage128/rage128_drivers.html</font</a>>
 > my fear is that the "XP" display driver is not MVP friendly. Anyone tried
 > this?
 >
 > Peripheral info
 > BIOS part number 113-51901-104
 > ASIC type Rage 128
 > ASIC ID 5246
 > K6-2 400
 > FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
 > WIN98SE<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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Alan11

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Since: Apr 09, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:29 am
Post subject: Re: MVP3/ATI [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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  > > Peripheral info
  > > BIOS part number 113-51901-104
  > > ASIC type Rage 128
  > > ASIC ID 5246
  > > K6-2 400

the processor isnt fast enough to play dvds... - my k6 2 500 couldnt keep up
with dvd playin
nuf said, give up!

alan

  > > FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
  > > WIN98SE
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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cranialflatulence

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:35 pm
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Alan,
Rage Fury video card has hardware DVD decoding. Works great! Now, if i was
trying to shelp along with software DVD decoding, i'd agree with you.


Alan <agoodm.RemoveThis@removebtopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:c2b2hk$i4g$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
   > > > Peripheral info
   > > > BIOS part number 113-51901-104
   > > > ASIC type Rage 128
   > > > ASIC ID 5246
   > > > K6-2 400
 >
 > the processor isnt fast enough to play dvds... - my k6 2 500 couldnt keep
up
 > with dvd playin
 > nuf said, give up!
 >
 > alan
 >
   > > > FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
   > > > WIN98SE
  > >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Piers James1

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Since: Jan 10, 2004
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:47 pm
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I used to have a K6-3+ on an MVP3 board with a Rage Fury Pro, and it ran
just fine under Win98SE. I got MMC 7 and DVD 5 running OK.


"cranialflatulence" <cranialflatulence RemoveThis @comcast.spaminator.net> wrote in
message news:IYednS7TT6GPKdXd4p2dnA@comcast.com...
 > Short Version:
 > Anyone successfully have MVP3 chipset, Rage 128, running Multimedia Center
 > 7.2 and DVD 5.0?
 >
 > Long Version:
 > I have a ATI Rage Fury and wanted to keep up to date with latest drivers,
 > etc.
 > followed links...driver has not changed (4.12.6277 - is latest MVP
 > friendly).
 > Wanted to upgrade from DVD 4.1/File Player 7.0 to DVD 5.0/MultimediaCenter
 > 7.2
 > Instructions say Multimedia 7.2 should be installed b4 DVD 5.0
 > Start installing Multimedia 7.2
 > instructions indicate RAGE 128 products require an XP display driver,
 > available from ATI at,
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.ati.com/products/pc/rage128/rage128_drivers.html</font" target="_blank">http://support.ati.com/products/pc/rage128/rage128_drivers.html</font</a>>
 > my fear is that the "XP" display driver is not MVP friendly. Anyone tried
 > this?
 >
 > Peripheral info
 > BIOS part number 113-51901-104
 > ASIC type Rage 128
 > ASIC ID 5246
 > K6-2 400
 > FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
 > WIN98SE
 >
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Alex Zorrilla

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Since: May 14, 2004
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:32 pm
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The processor is not fast enough to play DVDs on its own, but it will do a good
job if you match it up with a graphics card that provides it with hardware
acceleration. I have a K6-3 350 on an FIC VA-503A motherboard (MVP chipset)
using an NVidia Geforce4 MX 420. DVD playback with PowerDVD 4/XP looks
beautiful at 1024x768, 32-bit color.

With CPUs this slow , DVD playback is all in the graphics card. If you get a
graphics card with "iCDT+MC support", you should be fine.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/powerdvd/hardware_comp_list.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/products/powerdvd/hardware_comp_list.jsp</a>

--Alex


Alan wrote:

   > > > Peripheral info
   > > > BIOS part number 113-51901-104
   > > > ASIC type Rage 128
   > > > ASIC ID 5246
   > > > K6-2 400
 >
 > the processor isnt fast enough to play dvds... - my k6 2 500 couldnt keep up
 > with dvd playin
 > nuf said, give up!
 >
 > alan
 >
   > > > FIC PA2013 mobo (MVP3 Chipset)
   > > > WIN98SE
  > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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