Re: PIII 600 bottleneck?

Posted on 2020-01-30, 11:48

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by RaverX

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If you want to play with the CPU speed for various games, you could go for a PIII 1000/133/256k, since your motherboard supports 133 MHz FSB. Of course that the slot version is not very common and can be quite expensive, but you should be able to find the socket 370 version easy and at a low price. …

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Re: Differences between Voodoo2 boards

Posted on 2020-01-29, 11:52

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Yes, Miro and Canopus are the most well known versions that have TV Out.

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Re: Differences between Voodoo2 boards

Posted on 2020-01-28, 20:14

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The image quality difference is 99% from the passthrough cable. But there's quite a few other differences, most Voodoo2 have only tantalum capacitors, but some have a few classic liquid capacitors. Memory modules is another difference, manufacturer and speed vary a lot. Some V2 have heatsinks (on …

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Re: PIII 600 bottleneck?

Posted on 2020-01-28, 19:54

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For Ti4200 you need something much faster than PIII 600. PIII 600E was released at the end of 1999. Ti4200 was released at the begining of 2002. So there's 2.5 years between them, in that period hardware was evolving very fast. And there's one more thing, graphics cards were bottenecked then even …

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Re: What HDD do you use? (1GB to 10GB)

Posted on 2020-01-07, 20:59

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If you are in this range...can't see why anyone would NOT use CF. Because some of us like to build retro computers that are 100% period correct (or as close as possible). Also, there's quite a few people that like the sound of old hard drives, it's part of the nostalgia. I like Quantum Fireball (I …

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Re: Is Intel Pentium D 930 big bottleneck for GTX 8800 ?

Posted on 2020-01-05, 22:19

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It depends on the game and the settings. On very high resolution it might not be an issue, but in general that CPU is quite a big bottleneck. I had 8800 Ultra back in the day and it was paired with Q9450. I'd go with something similar or even better. Core2 Duo might be also ok, E8600, but E8400 is …

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Re: Delusional performance of a 486 DX33

Posted on 2019-12-16, 20:12

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eh, quake on a high-end 486 was fine. that's how I beat it (and even played online). 11-20fps was perfectly acceptable in the day. Indeed, 20 fps was considered ok back them, especially when running in software mode. But I highly doubt you'll get that in Quake in software renderer on a 486, no …

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Re: Delusional performance of a 486 DX33

Posted on 2019-12-15, 20:59

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Quake on 486 is not playable. Not even on DX4 100 and not even on AMD 133. You really need Pentium for Quake. Duke3D is ok on DX4 100, but on DX2 66 is not a great experience, it runs, but everytime there's a few monsters and you start shooting it will slow down too much. And on DX33 its not …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo2 Woodgrain Cooling Shroud

Posted on 2019-12-02, 21:46

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When Voodoo 2 was released 2 of them died from overheating in my P200 MMX. They always needed active cooling or a case with major airflow. Ultimately i put active cooling on my Voodoo 2 board after the 2nd one died, 3dfx was willing to keep sending me replacements but I didn't want the hassle. You …

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Re: i740 AGP Driver Installs Fail Universally

Posted on 2019-11-28, 22:50

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The OP's board has a SIS chipset if I'm not mistaken but running the i740 on an MMX 200 system seems to be a too long stretch anyway. I agree with that, i740 is not the best choice for a Pentium MMX. i740 was not a bad card, it was only a bit late to the market, but the market was evolving very …

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-11-22, 01:08

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the ati rge pro 8mb came out in august 99 and its probably much better than the i740 from jan 98 - 2x the core clock speed and 3x the throughput. real cheap on ebay. No, the Rage Pro has terrible IQ compared to i740 due to incredibly poor dithering; moreover they are both roughly Voodoo 1 levels of …

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Re: What happens if I put a CPU which has a locked multiplier higher than what I can set on the mobo with DIP switches?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 12:56

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It won't go above 6x. Depending on the motherboard it will be 6x or a safe value (minimum value, probably). Or some other value, again, it depends on the motherboard.

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Re: Pin-modded Pentium 3-s 1400 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 09:59

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PIII 1400s has twice the TDP of PIII 600EB. If you are using a passive slotket it probably won't get enough power. You need an active slotket, Powerleap made some.

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-10-28, 21:58

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If you want to be period correct there's not many choices, you kinda have to go with ATI 3D Rage II + DVD. 2D is good, but 3D is really bad, the card is very slow and the image quality is awful. I wouldn't recommend it for 3D games. If you want good 3D quality and speed, but you also want to be …

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Re: maximum weight over a desktop computer

Posted on 2019-10-25, 22:25

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It will be fine, those cases were designed to have a monitor on top. 20 kg is not that much, especially if the monitor has a big base. I would worry at 50+ kg.

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Re: P3-450 or K6-2+ 450, which to use?

Posted on 2019-10-25, 22:20

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PIII 450 is much faster, especially in FPU.

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Re: What case do you prefer?

Posted on 2019-10-24, 12:29

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by RaverX

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Depends on what you like yourself. I want it all to be period correct. Perfect response. I also like everything to be period correct. But nobody is forcing anyone to do it that way. You can install older hardware in modern cases or new hardware in old cases (sleepers). You can mix hardware or keep …

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Re: Got used Voodoo 1 card, it does not appear to be working for 3D, pass-through works

Posted on 2019-10-05, 20:22

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by RaverX

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Just in case you didn't knew - Voodoo1 and Voodoo2 cards almost always pass the signal, no matter how damaged they are. I think you can even rip the video chips out of the cards and they will still pass the video to the primary card, they only block the signal when needed. It's a very simple …

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Re: For V2: K6-2 500 or celeron 500 ?

Posted on 2019-10-01, 14:27

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I'd go with the Celeron. It should be faster in most games, but, more important, Intel LX440 is much more stable than VIA MVP3.

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Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra and Unreal Gold

Posted on 2019-09-18, 20:54

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by RaverX

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Unreal was highly optimized for glide, so yes, V2 SLI will run much better.

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