6800 recommendation needed

If you select geforce 6 series on nVidia website's drivers section,
there are Win98 drivers for up to the 6800 range of cards. I am
looking for a fast and very quiet card for a Win 98 PC. Do the 6800
cards come either using silent passive heatsink only designs, or ones
that have large heatsinks whereby you can attach a very quiet fan of
your chosing to them?

Thanks, regards, Robert.

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If you select geforce 6 series on nVidia website's drivers section,
> there are Win98 drivers for up to the 6800 range of cards. I am
> looking for a fast and very quiet card for a Win 98 PC. Do the 6800
> cards come either using silent passive heatsink only designs, or ones
> that have large heatsinks whereby you can attach a very quiet fan of
> your chosing to them?
>
> Thanks, regards, Robert.

Are we talking AGP or PCIe here?

On 25 Jun, 23:41, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:4ef53266-627d-4cf3-a984-85c93f3db938@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > If you select geforce 6 series on nVidia website's drivers section,
> > there are Win98 drivers for up to the 6800 range of cards. *I am
> > looking for a fast and very quiet card for a Win 98 PC. *Do the 6800
> > cards come either using silent passive heatsink only designs, or ones
> > that have large heatsinks whereby you can attach a very quiet fan of
> > your chosing to them?
>
> > Thanks, regards, Robert.
>
> Are we talking AGP or PCIe here?

Should have said, sorry. AGP.

>Should have said, sorry. AGP.

There's not much out there for silent 6800GT cards....but noise should not
be a huge issue with what's available..this Biostar 256bit 6800XT AGP unit
is a good one....avoid the 128bit versions.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141026

On 26 Jun, 19:57, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote:
> >Should have said, sorry. *AGP.
>
> There's not much out there for silent 6800GT cards....but noise should not
> be a huge issue with what's available..this Biostar 256bit 6800XT AGP unit
> is a good one....avoid the 128bit versions.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141026

For this card, under the Specifications tab, it says:

Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000/XP

There may be no Win98 drivers for this card. Perhaps I ought to
consider another card? (Please refer back to my OP re Win98)

rpgs rock dvds wrote:
> On 26 Jun, 19:57, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote:
>>> Should have said, sorry. AGP.
>> There's not much out there for silent 6800GT cards....but noise should not
>> be a huge issue with what's available..this Biostar 256bit 6800XT AGP unit
>> is a good one....avoid the 128bit versions.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141026
>
> For this card, under the Specifications tab, it says:
>
> Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000/XP
>
> There may be no Win98 drivers for this card. Perhaps I ought to
> consider another card? (Please refer back to my OP re Win98)

Shop using the list here.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/81.98_9x_supported.html <---

Paul

On 26 Jun, 21:25, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> rpgs rock dvds wrote:
> > On 26 Jun, 19:57, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote:
> >>> Should have said, sorry. *AGP.
> >> There's not much out there for silent 6800GT cards....but noise should not
> >> be a huge issue with what's available..this Biostar 256bit 6800XT AGP unit
> >> is a good one....avoid the 128bit versions.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141026
>
> > For this card, under the Specifications tab, it says:
>
> > Operating Systems Supported * * Windows 2000/XP
>
> > There may be no Win98 drivers for this card. *Perhaps I ought to
> > consider another card? *(Please refer back to my OP re Win98)
>
> Shop using the list here.
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/81.98_9x_supported.html*<---
>
> * * Paul

The 2nd link you provided is actually the one I saw before I posted my
OP.

"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:61704126-8c57-44fd->There may be no Win98 drivers for this card.
Perhaps I ought to
>consider another card? (Please refer back to my OP re Win98)

The nVidia drivers listed will work with this card.

This version of the Win9x 81.98 drivers supports the 7800GS. May be worth
considering depending on the games you play.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...showtopic=8443

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"rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockdvds@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If you select geforce 6 series on nVidia website's drivers section,
> there are Win98 drivers for up to the 6800 range of cards. I am
> looking for a fast and very quiet card for a Win 98 PC. Do the 6800
> cards come either using silent passive heatsink only designs, or ones
> that have large heatsinks whereby you can attach a very quiet fan of
> your chosing to them?
>
> Thanks, regards, Robert.

On 26 Jun, 22:33, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net> wrote:
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:61704126-8c57-44fd->There may be no Win98 drivers for this card.
> Perhaps I ought to
>
> >consider another card? *(Please refer back to my OP re Win98)
>
> The nVidia drivers listed will work with this card.

Thanks. Looking at the nV release notes, you are right, all the 6800s
seem to be supported for Win98.