Re: Is the FX5600 a great option for Win98?

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I also lived with the golden rule of mature 3d accelerators being resistant to memory latency. Maybe it is some FX specific effect. Like with its register pressure while doing PS 2.0 making more CPU-like memory requests.

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Re: Innovision Voodoo Banshee - memory repair

Posted on 2023-11-30, 20:49

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Congratulations. Have you tried overclocking with the cool new memory?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-30, 11:48

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At first look I guess it could be worth much more than 250, assuming the interesting items work.

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Re: Is the FX5600 a great option for Win98?

Posted on 2023-11-29, 09:25

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Takedasun wrote on 2023-11-29, 08:49: In some games, the difference can be as much as 30%. Holy Moly, I did not expect anything that big with these mature cards. Do you know other such cases?

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Re: Is the FX5600 a great option for Win98?

Posted on 2023-11-20, 18:16

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Out of 6 radeon 9600/9600 pro and 9550 cards, I cannot get reference clocks (300 mhz memory) on any radeon. Even tried 3.6ns Samsung one, but 280 mhz is maximum. You do know out of those only the 9600 Pro has reference clock 300 MHz? Yes, I know. I was speaking also about rated speed (of memory …

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Re: Is the FX5600 a great option for Win98?

Posted on 2023-11-20, 09:14

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W.x. wrote on 2023-11-19, 16:20: Out of 6 radeon 9600/9600 pro and 9550 cards, I cannot get reference clocks (300 mhz memory) on any radeon. Even tried 3.6ns Samsung one, but 280 mhz is maximum. You do know out of those only the 9600 Pro has reference clock 300 MHz?

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-18, 06:35

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T&L should be there. Real256E is like SiS315 with a memory bus limited to 64 bits.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 19:05

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Law212 wrote on 2023-11-17, 16:51: I tried at both 800 x 640 and 1024 x 768 If you use the later patches, you might not want them. 3dfx optimizations were dropped around version 1.16 IIRC.

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 15:07

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VenomSpark wrote on 2023-11-17, 14:09: Thanks, so i have to add that line on the .inf file.. well not really know where and how, but i hope it can do the trick 😀 Into the [Mfg] section where a bunch of similar lines are.

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 06:46

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It is hard to tell what driver version you have tried. Southbridge shouldn't affect graphics. Real256E and the first Mirage are equivalent. I default to the Universal 3.93 driver for these generations of hardware. If that does not work try this.

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Re: ATI Rage 3D II Ram Uprgade

Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:01

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Original Rage II with that much memory won't be cheap. But if a somewhat similar experience is acceptable, Rage IIc would be.

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Re: ATI Rage 3D II Ram Uprgade

Posted on 2023-11-04, 14:45

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According to the datasheet, the original memory is a 2-Bank SDRAM capable of 66 MHz. Unfortunately, unlike EDO, such expansion chips are relatively rare.

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Re: First Cards per Vendor with "proper" 3D Hardware acceleration

Posted on 2023-10-30, 18:25

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I see. There is no way to determine at which point are they a useful option for 3D games, that is subjective. Every consumer 3d accelerator of those vendors can make playable some acclaimed games. At least by standards of their time.

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Re: First Cards per Vendor with "proper" 3D Hardware acceleration

Posted on 2023-10-30, 13:21

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The question would be whether you would recommend any rendition card to a retro gamer today for any period of time between 1990 and 2005, without special interest. And if yes, which of the other ones (CL, S3, ATI, NVidia,3dfx) you would kick out for that (while keeping in mind the total timespan, …

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Re: First Cards per Vendor with "proper" 3D Hardware acceleration

Posted on 2023-10-30, 10:36

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I would consider the Vérité 1000 to be a hot candidate for multiple reasons, but not much has pan out out of its programmability.

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Re: First Cards per Vendor with "proper" 3D Hardware acceleration

Posted on 2023-10-28, 18:50

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I just want to make clear that people then dont go out buying a Rage II or S3 Virge expecting it to run 3D games as they were released at the same time as Voodoo 1 and also have hardware 3D acceleration. In 1996, I would expect people buying all those cards to do it mainly for the 3D acceleration. …

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Re: First Cards per Vendor with "proper" 3D Hardware acceleration

Posted on 2023-10-28, 08:56

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Kordanor wrote on 2023-10-28, 00:50: Thanks, will check regarding the TNT over Riva 128 and the Trio3D 2X over the Savage 3D But Trio3D/2x was released after Savage3D. But yes, what darry wrote. First, determine what level of 3D acceleration you are after, and then proceed with selection.

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Re: Innovision Voodoo Banshee - memory repair

Posted on 2023-10-22, 08:06

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Banshee uses unified memory, so it can be any of the eight chips indeed. To replace all eight, you should get chips with similar layout and voltage, doesn't have to be as fast as 6ns.

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Re: How many video cards / VGA cards or GPUs do you have?

Posted on 2023-10-21, 05:22

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Just found this thread. I am < 200, I hope. Sorry for necro, but I have to ask: Not often seen: Diamond FireGL PCI 1000 (none pro) Creative 3D Blaster PCI Mpact 2 8MB PCI Savage 2000 PCI Trident Blade XP AGP Neon 250 AGP TV S3 S18 Nitro PCI-E FX5600 64Bit PCI FX5600 128Bit PCI FX5700 128Bit PCI …

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Re: Joytech Mpact2 8MB VGA Card?

Posted on 2023-10-11, 03:32

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Pentium II - 400 should be enough. Why did you post pictures of the AGP card?

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