Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-23, 12:06

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Okay, after reviewing your board, I think with some slight modification you may be able to get a k6-3 400mhz (possibly 450 or 500 with undocumented fsb settings) and 128mb of ram on that. The k6-3 will allow the ram to basically all be cached too. Your vrms may be stressed a bit with such a cpu …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-22, 22:28

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=86002 I understand you have a p233 mmx in it now? What motherboard is this? How much ram? Do you have a link to your mobo on ultimate retro/retroweb? the motherboard is an A-Trend ATC 1000+ (with dual voltage) https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/a-trend-atc …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-21, 12:45

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PCI Banshees are currently selling for more than Voodoo2s, in fact all PCI 3dfx cards are stupidly priced, AGP versions are much cheaper. Its hard to recommend any PCI based Voodoo card right now due to the crazy pricing but since OP needs a PCI card the PCI M64 would be the cheaper option here. i …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-21, 10:19

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If you're looking for a decent upgrade, Voodoo Banshee might be a good choice (but I wouldn't expect miracles) and it should be cheaper than V2 (and it will give you similar if not a bit better performance in newer 3D games). It has great DOS performance and compatibility, supports glide (obvious) …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-21, 10:14

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would the banshee be improvment over v1/virge and does it need to paired with another card like v1 It guarantees double performance easily and does not need any other video card. I did think that but wasn't 100% sure, thanks for clarifying :) prob a stupid question to ask but could the v1 be paired …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-09-20, 13:29

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If you're looking for a decent upgrade, Voodoo Banshee might be a good choice (but I wouldn't expect miracles) and it should be cheaper than V2 (and it will give you similar if not a bit better performance in newer 3D games). It has great DOS performance and compatibility, supports glide (obvious) …

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Re: Retro gpu upgrade advice - is it worth it (TNT2 M64)

Posted on 2022-08-30, 10:35

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i went back virge/voodoo 1 because even with p233 mmx, there was very little improvement but there was a bottleneck, if it was a faster/better cpu then maybe deffo better but with p1 era cpu, not much

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Re: Dedicated GPU for physx

Posted on 2022-07-13, 18:58

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There shouldn't be any real issues running a 4GB 960 in your XP rig, so long as the drivers and OS are fully updated, and you can certainly run a 2GB model, if you prefer. The 4GB card will simply give you the overhead room to run all graphics settings for XP titles at maximum, without worrying …

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Re: Dedicated GPU for physx

Posted on 2022-07-13, 16:56

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You can get a hold of a 4GB GeForce 960 - the last XP-supported card from Nvidia - and it will run just fine in your rig, as it uses less power than the behemoth you have in there. It's GPU can handle any and all XP gaming you throw at it and does PhysX perfectly. thank you for suggesting that and …

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Re: Dedicated GPU for physx

Posted on 2022-07-12, 11:56

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-07-12, 11:40: 9800GT ECO/9800GTX/GTS 250. Boom. Done. would that be enough for games like og mafia 2, batman arkham asylum and city and would my current psu have enough power to drive both cards and pc or would i need change a bigger wattage

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Dedicated GPU for physx

Posted on 2022-07-12, 11:38

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Hello all I am thinking of adding another gpu in this build (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=71751) for physx - not sure what card would work best and to fit within this build - what extra power requirements it might need (maybe 1000w psu) - i was thinking of something like a gtx 470 was …

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Re: OS/2 help

Posted on 2022-06-19, 20:12

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try both ways from davidrg and mR_Slug but unfortunately same thing after it reboots from installing the basic files to continue the installation and configuration - all that happens is blinking cursor - seem that os/2 doesn't like to booted from slave drive and can't seem see a way to even change …

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Re: OS/2 help

Posted on 2022-06-19, 14:45

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Might be the size of the CF card - IIRC OS/2 Warp 4 doesn't like disks larger than around 2GB without updating the drivers on the installation floppies. Warp 3 may be similar, OS/2 2.x is smaller - somewhere around the 500MB mark I think. Also possible OS/2 doesn't like being installed on a logical …

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OS/2 install help

Posted on 2022-06-18, 22:15

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hello all i am been trying to get os/2 to work on dos/win3.11 build https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=87857 i don't want to have os/2 folders and files mixed up with dos/win files/layout and want have it on it own partition and on keep my files/layout on dos/windows as is without changing …

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-10, 20:47

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ok so basically in windows there will be slight increase in performance and no different in dos and i did try a full install of Ace Ventura pc (240mb ish) and i've noticed slight faster in with installing as before with isa card it took about 5-10 mins and with pci card it took about 4-5 mins, guess …

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-10, 20:00

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by Robhalfordfan

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It uses PCI busmaster DMA. It does not use classic ISA DMA channels. So you don't need to setup a DMA channel. Well, bus transfers from the controller to the RAM and vice versa are faster. And when it is done by DMA, the CPU can do other things in the same time. You probably won't notice any …

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-10, 17:29

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I recommend to use the 2920. Your NCR / Symbios / LSI is too good for that system. You may see a difference in multitasking operating systems with proper driver support (WfW, Win95, WinNT) when accessing SCSI devices, because it heavily reduces CPU utilization during access to SCSI devices. You may …

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-10, 17:05

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I recommend to use the 2920. Your NCR / Symbios / LSI is too good for that system. You may see a difference in multitasking operating systems with proper driver support (WfW, Win95, WinNT) when accessing SCSI devices, because it heavily reduces CPU utilization during access to SCSI devices. You may …

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-09, 23:11

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Disruptor wrote on 2022-05-09, 21:26: Which PCI SCSI controller did you try? i try two different scsi pci cards - adaptec aha-2920c and lsi logic symbios sym21002 - didn't see any different on the 486 which speeds

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Re: My Socket 3 Build (DOS/WIN311)

Posted on 2022-05-09, 21:18

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Disruptor wrote on 2022-05-09, 16:10: Well, I'd go for a PCI SCSI controller. Since the Adaptec 1520 is a PIO adapter it doesn't even support DMA transfers. i thought the same as but i found out that there no different between PCI SCSI and ISA SCSI and don't think this mobo supports dma transfers

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