Re: Best PCI card for a 486

Posted on 2020-01-01, 03:28

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by dirkmirk

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The voodoo 3 3000 works in 486 motherboards and is a 2 notch card, dont know what the notches signify but most other more modern pci cards definitely dont work. Me personally I use an S3 TRIO 32(or 64?), the particular one I use has a great image quality and 2meg, Ram is not a big deal unless you …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-11-02, 06:45

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by dirkmirk

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I run a FX5500 in my pentium PRO but maybe the Voodoo 5500 is a better fit for the P2-overdrive @ 350mhz....

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Re: Mafia 16-bit + dithering.

Posted on 2019-08-19, 00:33

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by dirkmirk

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I know what your talking about as I like to push my old 486s to the max, I was pleasantly surprised how well TIE FIGHTER works on a am5x86-160 at 640x480, I could see myself playing that game through, back in the day my 386sx-33 got me through on lowest settings and was a slideshow, a dx-40 is …

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Re: Mafia 16-bit + dithering.

Posted on 2019-08-19, 00:09

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by dirkmirk

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in dgVoodoo General

Is this an experiment? Second question if its not... DO you plan on playing the game through with a Voodoo? Closing thoughts, I dont see the point playing old games with sh!thouse hardware, if theirs a better option its much more enjoyable, Modern hardware with Full HD/4K/16X Anti-aliasing etc, cant …

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Re: 486 VLB/PCI Motherboard: Go VLB or PCI

Posted on 2019-08-08, 02:15

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Im interested to see how an AM5x86-160 does on a VLB compared to a typical PCI board.... And it still might be pointless going VLB. I think that ultimately a VLB card might show faster benchmark results but isnt going to help when testing high demanding games in a practical sense. The higher bus …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2019-06-20, 11:24

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by dirkmirk

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Cyrix 5x86-133 listed by a Russian Seller for $1,400USD or Make an Offer. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/163742914243?ul_noapp=true

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Re: What were some of the last notable games to be released on CD-ROM?

Posted on 2019-06-01, 22:38

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by dirkmirk

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I had Doom 3 and Quake 4 on CD-ROM, Quake was released October 2005 if thats a start.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-31, 07:56

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's the people who do pay excessive amounts that are the problem. I agree, but then if it's "immoral" to buy something for less than the market value how could prices go down at any point ? (even slightly) There's nothing immoral about buying at less than the going rate, only about taking …

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Re: AWE64 Gold change

Posted on 2019-05-24, 12:23

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by dirkmirk

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To the OP, you have a powerful dos machine and I would try to get the AWE64 working as its a great stand alone card with bug free midi..... The CQM on my soundblaster 32 is pretty much identical to the real thing, unless your a purist wanker I wouldn't bother trying to get the authentic thing …

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Re: Best video card advice for AMD 5x86 ?

Posted on 2019-05-09, 01:35

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by dirkmirk

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Im using a Matrox Mystique 4mb in my overclocked 5x86-160 machine, using the LCD monitor the image is great! Most S3 Virge cards display too bright for some reason but the S3 TRIO I have lying around has no problems. Ive fiddled with 3D cards on the 486 systems but its not really worth it, I …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2019-05-04, 05:06

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Has anyone run the Cyrix 120 with optimal settings in a VLB board with a good video card? I presume 40mhz vs 33mhz in video benchmarks is not going to give much benefit?

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Re: Miro S3 Trio32 VLB opinions

Posted on 2019-04-27, 15:03

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by dirkmirk

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It's a good enough deal and you can easily expand the memory to 2meg, alot of 1meg cards use those memory chips with legs good luck finding memory to upgrade those.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-04-27, 02:14

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by dirkmirk

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some quick test I've done between PPro 200MHz 1MB cache and socket 8 Overdrive P-II 333MHz. DOOM: PPro... 1070 realtics P-II... 931 realtics CPUmark32: PPro... 23 P-II... 27.3 But these are all 32-bit programs :exclamation: I don't think I used FastVid on any test. Might redo tests on this behalf : …

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Re: AMD Socket 3 system

Posted on 2019-04-14, 08:40

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Whats the gains in the benchmarks? In all my testing the S3Virge is as good as any other video card.

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Re: Ryzen 7 most powerful windows 98 computer?

Posted on 2019-04-12, 21:37

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ System Specs

But why what? FX5500 is a good choice for a PCI system, I wouldnt go any newer like a 6200 as I found compatibility problems in windows 98se. ITs a nice idea but even testing cards up to 2004 I gave up and just use windows XP, 98 really is a crap os for the newer hardware that it theoretical …

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Re: What are my 486 upgrade options?

Posted on 2019-03-25, 08:27

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by dirkmirk

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I only just recently bought a boxed evergreen 5x86-133 for around $31USD plus shipping, that was a good score would've been a bargain had I lived in the US and got cheap postage. Evergreen and the Kingston are the main upgrade chips you'll see with voltage regulation, gainbery chips are very rare so …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2019-03-25, 04:02

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by dirkmirk

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Whats the chipset for that card?

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Re: Best "modern" GFX card and driver for K6 system

Posted on 2019-03-25, 04:01

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by dirkmirk

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Your Runnings windows 2000? Give XP a try it could be a driver combo problem.

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Re: A brief comparison of 386 FPUs

Posted on 2019-03-21, 10:36

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by dirkmirk

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wonder if you would see any difference when running quake......

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Re: Best "modern" GFX card and driver for K6 system

Posted on 2019-03-20, 02:07

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by dirkmirk

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Should be a good match for that system, even a low spec 5500 shouldnt be a problem as the memory on those cards can vary alot.

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