Re: Outrigger: an ongoing adventure with the OR840

Posted on 2019-11-10, 12:34

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Raising the topic. I replicated the build using Compaq AP550 board (customized OR840 with slightly different layout), MS-6905 Master slockets and pair of Tuallies.Applied mods mentioned earlier in this topic and board worked nicely. Complained about missing microcodes during POST and therefore …

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

Posted on 2019-05-07, 20:43

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luckybob wrote: I love dualies, and supermicro double so. I must admit, using such a luxury motherboard with Celerons just feels.... dirty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs5RV4GW01U Dirty and oh so good! I wanted to pamper them 😉

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

Posted on 2019-05-07, 20:13

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I finally started working on my Celeron 300a build. Last time I wanted to begin and went on ebay to look for a motherboard I ended up buying a OR840, this time I at least got a 440BX based motherboard... Filename p6dbe.jpg File size 1.4 MiB Views 395 views Filename 2x450a.jpg File size 1.11 MiB …

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Re: ATI Truform patches

Posted on 2019-04-29, 21:52

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thanks for the link, I was looking for the UT patch to try out!

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Re: What are the best games to showcase a V2 SLI setup?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 21:17

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Nobody ever puts down some of the console-ports that were so much better on PC... Turok Turok 2 Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3D Add those to your list. I thoroughly enjoyed playing both Turok games on my V2 setup - MUCH more fun using keyboard/mouse instead of the N64 controller. Don't get me wrong, I …

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Re: What are the best games to showcase a V2 SLI setup?

Posted on 2019-04-21, 00:18

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I think NFS2SE is a nice one: contemporary with the V2, only features Glide as 3d acceleration, dramatic improvement in image quality and fps. Simply put, the difference is night and day. That said, I have a SLI set in my computer just so I can play Diablo2 with Glide and still use a more powerful …

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Re: Build for some games.

Posted on 2019-04-18, 21:34

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...Either red faction or mafia should be the most demanding, so what would make constant 75fps (for vSync) on these games? Not a G400 :P I would consider from GeForce3 / Radeon 8500 onwards to get DirectX 8 (Max Payne, Red Faction). If your goal is to play these hassle free, maybe a cheap Pentium4 …

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Re: Dual socket 370 system!

Posted on 2019-04-17, 14:27

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Congrats on the board, its a very nice one indeed! -Watch out for the caps, even if they look pristine Abit used some cheap ones back then. If you run into trouble like instabilities and the such, these should be your first suspects. -On eBay there are pre-modded Tualatin CPUs, if you choose to go …

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Re: OR840 / Voodoo 5500 Build!

Posted on 2019-04-16, 07:56

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by slivercr

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Alright! Let's get this party started!

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2019-04-15, 12:57

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by slivercr

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What about Nvidia ? is the Quadro Driver SMP aware ? With GeForce cards I have no similar troubles, I get a performance boost and the performance of successive benchmarks doesn't deteriorate, no matter the setting of compressed textures. EDIT: Found a description about SMP on Q3 Engine: http:// …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2019-04-15, 12:23

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Dear Q3 benchmark experts that have R200-based graphics cards and SMP configurations, please help me explain the following behavior I encountered while benchmarking. Here are the numbers... as far as i know enabling SMP only moves Audio to second processor. So music and soundeffects are running on …

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Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-04-15, 10:15

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by slivercr

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I have Upgradeware Slot-T adapters, would they work too? Or would I have to mod them? edit: Damn I just learned that the AP550 version has a modified/non-standard ATX connector. I need to find the pinout and make an adapter before I can even power it on, since I dont have an original Compaq PSU. I …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2019-04-15, 10:01

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Dear Q3 benchmark experts that have R200-based graphics cards and SMP configurations, please help me explain the following behavior I encountered while benchmarking. Here are the numbers... 1280x1024, r_ext_compressed_textures 0 r_smp 0 Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Run5 97.7 97.6 97.7 97.6 97.8 r_smp 1 Run1 …

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Re: 2 unknown devices with Radeon 9800 XT

Posted on 2019-04-15, 07:04

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by slivercr

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I had something similar with a Radeon x1950 Pro once, I tried older drivers and the devices were recognized as "ati t200 unified avstream". Might be something similar in your case, Catalyst 6.11 did the trick for me. Try slightly older drivers and see if the devices are recognized, then you can hunt …

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Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-04-14, 23:14

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by slivercr

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Is it possible to recreate your setup with the compaq ap550 varaint of the or840? It should be possible. Either with the mods I used or with N-Yagi's mods. If you have korean modded Tualatins from ebay, you might as well just try those in MSI slotkets, they may work right away (after you've modded …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2019-03-31, 01:10

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Dear Q3 benchmark experts that have R200-based graphics cards and SMP configurations, please help me explain the following behavior I encountered while benchmarking. Here are the numbers... 1280x1024, r_ext_compressed_textures 0 r_smp 0 Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Run5 97.7 97.6 97.7 97.6 97.8 r_smp 1 Run1 …

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Re: Good Motherboard for a 1998 Pentium II 450MHz Build

Posted on 2019-02-17, 18:26

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by slivercr

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I'll sort of hijack the thread but not really: any mATX recommendations from the same period? I want to build a nice and small Slot1 machine for a 300a@450: AGP preferred, and either an ISA slot or SB-Link header would also be nice.

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Re: What is some FM synth video game music you like?

Posted on 2019-02-14, 22:51

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Yuzo Koshiro. (Revenge of Shinobi / Streets of Rage)

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Re: Recreating MaximumPC's Dream Machine 2000 (Plus!)

Posted on 2019-02-14, 15:55

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by slivercr

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I ended up swapping the Gotek for a real floppy drive. I understand both arguments; floppies are not super useful to me now that I've got my software imaged and centralized, but they may be for whatever situation this machine eventually ends up in. oh and a few of us here know that, in most cases, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-12, 20:43

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cleaning up a new find from marktplaats, sneak peek... Filename DSC_0319.JPG File size 1.46 MiB Views 462 views

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