Re: 486 motherboard questions
Posted on 2014-12-08, 18:37
No ideas? I'll shorten the questions to just the cache 😀
Re: 486 motherboard questions
Posted on 2014-12-06, 15:48
Hi, it's an old topic, but I prefer to ask here rather than opening another one. Recently I scavanged some cache chips for my OEM 486 board, but I thought I better ask first, before frying something - 486 is ... too old for my know-how :) All of the chips are 32K x 8 SRAM, but the TAG ram I got is …
Re: Athlon XP 1600+ vs Athlon XP 2100+ for a Voodoo 5 5500
Posted on 2014-11-04, 12:14
I would like to keep the system at stock speed if possible. It seems that the fastest Athlon XP with a FSB of 266Mhz is a rare Athlon XP 2800+ with the partnumber code AXDA2800DKV4C. There should be also a few 2600+ at 266Mhz of FSB according to wikipedia ... There's also a mobile barton 3000+ @ …
Re: i815E and ISA
Posted on 2014-11-01, 16:29
I once build a rig based on an i815 board (made for Fujitsu Siemens) and it also came with iirc one ISA slot. Never used the ISA slot though so can't give you any extra information regarding it. The ISA slot should be bridged however as (as I presume we all know) ISA isn't natively supported by …
i815E and ISA
Posted on 2014-11-01, 12:38
Hi people, haven't been around for some months - I don't really have the time for my hobby: Guess what I found a few days ago - I've never thought I would see an ISA slot on an i815, but ...: http://www.cpuboards.com/gl815e Unfortunately, the board had seen some heavy abuse - the AGP slot is damaged …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-09-21, 14:49
Yeah this last one is a big disappointment to be honest. Under WinXP i was able to score 17000ish which is still disappointing. The board could be one to blame but if you remember correctly Pentium 4 Prescott were a bit beyond the limit of the Pentium 4 arch. Maybe the hd3850 doesn't scale well …
Re: Any Voodoo 3 Voltmods and BIOS editors?
Posted on 2014-09-21, 14:29
The technical reference manual has more information on that, and all the other BIOS settings: http://www.falconfly.de/reference.htm Thanks, I've downloaded all the contents of this site some months ago. I hope I'll find modded BIOS, so I can flash with it (I'm lazy) :) Something else comes to mind …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-09-20, 20:52
K6-2+ @ 585 MHz, GA-5AX, 128 mb, GF2 MX400, Windows 98SE, no AGP drivers. Hm, Skyscraper, can you run same test @ 100 FSB with onboard cache turned on and 512 or 768 RAM? Your setup puzzles me? What's the point in having only 128MB RAM with that specific CPU? (except for running a 130FSB, if it's …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-09-20, 19:50
GeorgeMan wrote: We don't measure bottlenecks with this benchie! 😜 Yeah, I know, I was joking 😀 Still, I do wonder where the C2D becomes a bottleneck and you need an upgrade. Cause the C2D will live longer than the Athlon in people's cases.
Re: Any Voodoo 3 Voltmods and BIOS editors?
Posted on 2014-09-20, 18:58
You can find tdfx BIOS-Editor 1.62 here: http://www.cl-rahden.de/3dfxbios/doku.php?id=wiki:tools:tools I think 6ns RAM will work at 200MHz, if you increase the latencies accordingly. Check the RAM's datasheet for supported timings. Thanks, this site is priceless. I checked that BIOS editor readme ( …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-09-20, 14:17
RichB93 wrote: A GTX 580 paired with a Core 2 Duo? Jesus, that must be a hell of a bottleneck. Hm, then how about a C2D E8300 @ 3.15 (450x7) with 4x2GB Hynix DDR2 @ 900Mhz, paired with Gainward GTS250 512MB? Windows 7. No bottlenecks here?
Re: Any Voodoo 3 Voltmods and BIOS editors?
Posted on 2014-09-20, 13:18
Hm, thanks, I'll try to replace the capacitors, but ... I generally hate the surface mounted ones - I'll have to find the same diameter or it will look too ugly :) I would like to change the RAM too, but I don't have a dead card to canibalize from. (my Voodoo 3 3500 comes with 5.5ns Hynix, so if I …
Any Voodoo 3 Voltmods and BIOS editors?
Posted on 2014-09-20, 12:04
Hi people, I was browsing my junk last week, and I came across a Voodoo 3 3000, that's one of the ... ugly ducks in my collection. It has no S-Video, so it's somewhat imperfect. But it makes it perfect for heavy abuse, and I'm in a mood for modding :) Are there any voltmods for this card? And what …
Re: Anyone keep record of G. Breese files?
Posted on 2014-09-14, 08:11
Thanks CryoSID, that did the job. I've no idea why my browsers don't load George's site.
Re: Anyone keep record of G. Breese files?
Posted on 2014-09-12, 06:47
Tried that already. I can't load George Breese's site, and in the net Archive I found the actual pages, but no files under the links.
Anyone keep record of G. Breese files?
Posted on 2014-09-11, 17:35
Hi people, haven't been here for a long time :) I haven't had time for retro-hardware lately, though I kept buying some interresting stuff I came across. Does anyone keep any of George Breese Files? I used to keep them in a folder, but I must have put it on a CD long ago, and I can't find it now. I …
Re: Hypothetically speaking Athlon XP build
Posted on 2014-04-08, 09:09
rubicon, nichicon and panasonic seem to get good feedback too. ok, im off to buy a bunch and fix that board. these boards seem worth some work given what ebay sourced replacements are charging Rub y con - do not get anything, that has a changed letter - it might be a cheap china copy :) Btw, I …
Re: Hypothetically speaking Athlon XP build
Posted on 2014-04-05, 20:56
How about Tyan s2466 + 2xAthlon MP 2800+? I would go for either Asus A7M266-D or MSI K7D Master. There was a way to mod an Athlon XP to be recognized as MP, if I'm not wrong. Anyway, I can't find any of these boards cheap - and I keep my eyes opened for more than half an year, cause I really want a …
Re: Zida 4DPS
Posted on 2014-04-03, 20:28
Thanks a lot. Got the idea. Now I understand why the TAG ram is DIP28. I ran through my cache chips, and found that I have 3 sets of 256K cache + appropriate tag rams. (one came from a Socket 7 board with mixed both COAST and DIP cache). And I'll need to find 9 pieces of 32K x 8 for my OEM 486.
Re: Hypothetically speaking Athlon XP build
Posted on 2014-04-03, 16:27
CPU: Barton and Mobile XP seem to get top marks here, with no one even mentioning a Thoroughbred, Palomino, Thunderbird, etc (ok, this is technically not an XP, I know :wink: ) edit: forgot the Sempron! Thanks again for the good tips! Motherboard: Looking at opinions and some of my own research, it …
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