Re: TNT2 Ultra faster than Geforce 2MX on Slot A?
Posted on 2023-05-30, 03:23
Oh no the MX 200 would not be an upgraded at all, a lot less memory bandwidth, only case it would be if you had a very slow CPU and low res.
Re: TNT2 Ultra faster than Geforce 2MX on Slot A?
Posted on 2023-05-29, 10:41
Other than a small amount of memory bandwidth the Geforce 2 MX should be a lot quicker. In higher resolutions e.g 1024x768 I can see the TNT2 keeping up/doing better (in non T&L games), but otherwise I'm not sure why. It would be good to test some other games.
Re: Best GPU for Quad Pentium Pro Compaq Proliant R5000
Posted on 2023-05-24, 07:51
The Voodoo 3 2000 PCI is one of my favourite cards, good choice, just make sure to keep it cool.
Re: Macintosh LC III+ VS Performa 476
Posted on 2023-05-16, 03:53
For CPU it looks likes 2-3x MHz vs Mhz. Some good info here: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.amiga.ha … Z9a6J8Hn8?pli=1 I've got a 475 and love it.
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-05-11, 08:06
Yep TNT2 M64 was a great card as long as you didn't try 32bit and/or high resolution. I had a Pentium 133 with SIS 6326 PCI card and then upgraded to a TNT2 M64 PCI. Was an amazing upgrade. Massive CPU bottleneck but was amazing. Hard to get a PCI TNT2 M64 now!
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-05-08, 01:02
I've got a lot of 3dfx cards. Overall very reliable. The voodoo 3s run hot but never had an issue with them. The voodoo 2s are good too, just need to be careful not to physically damage any of the legs. They seem more reliable than say Gefore 2 GTS, I've had a few with dead memory.
Re: What's the value of a socket 423 P4 system?
Posted on 2023-04-19, 04:20
I really like the Socket 423 Pentium 4s for a few reasons: - Pretty rare - RD RAM (also rare) - Mostly before capacitor plague - Interesting (in that they are slow haha) - No HT so I don't feel bad running Win9x/2000 on them - Probably increase in price due to being rare In terms of usefulness, not …
Re: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and XT Smart Access Memory Performance
Posted on 2023-04-11, 01:33
Yes but with Nvidia limiting memory so much and games now needing >8gb, the AMD options are looking better. I currently have a 3080 10G but even 10GB is becoming a limit very quickly.
Re: Super slow super socket 7 IBM
Posted on 2023-04-09, 01:26
Do you have the Ali V2.13 chipset drivers installed? https://theretroweb.com/drivers/118
Re: Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-04-07, 04:55
I ended up replacing the SB 32/AWE with an AWE64 and that seems to have (at least mostly) resolved the issue.
Re: Quake 3 and a 6MB Voodoo 1
Posted on 2023-04-06, 05:02
It is an interesting question because depending on texture V2 -> V3 -> V4 makes a big difference in Quake 3 (based on my testing). So I would have expected the same for memory increase in V1.
Re: Quake 3 and a 6MB Voodoo 1
Posted on 2023-04-05, 21:26
What settings did you use in Q3? Maybe you need to turn up the quality/resolution to go past the 2mb.
Re: Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-04-01, 04:04
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I've tried 1.05 and 1.16.1 (which I'm on now) and both were the same. I really need to test with another sound card. I might actually need to try a fresh Windows install too, I have installed lots of random stuff on this one. Saying that the game runs fine otherwise, so …
Re: Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-04-01, 02:03
No DirectX issues, all looks ok. Thanks 😀
Re: Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-04-01, 00:44
Okay so I tested without music & sound and the problem doesn't happen. So it does seem sound related. If I enable just the music the problem doesn't happen either. But if I enable the sound (and just the sound) then it happens. I did find that DMA was not working on the HDD only the CDROM. I ended …
Re: Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-03-31, 23:35
Yes I have music enabled too. I thought maybe it was the CD spinning up but I since copied the file so the CD isn't required. It is a good point though, I have made the assumption that it is sound that is the issue. I will try your suggestion shortly, thank you.
Starcraft 1 Lag Pentium 200MMX
Posted on 2023-03-31, 23:23
Hi Guys, I've got a nice little Pentium 200 MMX machine I use for a lot of retro gaming. Specs: 430TX Chipset Board Pentium 200 MMX 64mb SDRAM Windows 98se Matrox Mill 2 8mb PCI Voodoo 2 12mb PCI Sound Blaster 32 CT3670 ISA The problem I am having is Starcraft 1 lags whenever I click on a new …
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on 2023-02-07, 10:11
Yeah I'm glad I picked up Anthony's V5 6000 clone, makes the price seem cheap!
Re: Do ISA cards always require a -V5 rail?
Posted on 2023-02-06, 05:28
I think only some old ISA cards really require it. E.g old Sound Blaster. E.g required: https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Creative … und_Blaster_2.0 Not required: https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Creative … d_Blaster_Pro_2
Re: How rare is the L Shaped Voodoo 4 4500 AGP card and what is the AGP voltage
Posted on 2023-02-04, 00:31
I have one of those. I believe it is a powercolor brand and does not support 1.5volt (might be possible to mod). Just the offical 3dfx ones work at 1.5volt out of the box.
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