Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-24, 12:31

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by bloodem

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I have the same board, and I run it with a Ti4200. It runs fine. However, a Voodoo 3 does not. That is quite strange. I have 4 x 6BXC rev 2.0 boards and also 2 x older rev 1.9 boards (which don't have the jumpers), and, still, Voodoo 3 3000 cards work fine with all of them. What issue are you …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-24, 08:44

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by bloodem

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-6bxc-rev-2-0 is even worse, as seen on teh picture there is LDO right next to AGP slot LX8384 3.4V at 5A = ~17W max power to AGP slot. You might need to solder a wire between ATX 3.3V and AGP 3.3V, lifting output leg of LX8384 is optional. The 6BXC …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 11:02

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2024-04-19, 10:53: On a side note, are there any available heatsinks for the Pentium Pros still available or is it even more painful to find than mainboards/CPUs? I still have 2 black PPro 1MB around....had a dual-socket Iwill DP6NS system for years. You mean this? PS: no …

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Re: Voodoo3 desktop not sharp

Posted on 2024-04-18, 11:07

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by bloodem

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Did you try your monitor's Auto Adjust button?

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 12:35

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by bloodem

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You're welcome, glad it worked! 😀

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 05:55

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Truthfully, you don't really need dual channel for Win 98 (the performance difference between single and dual channel is negligible). Just one 2 GB module will do just fine.

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 04:24

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by bloodem

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Most likely, it’s because you are using 4GB of memory (a known issue). Drop it to 2 GB or less and performance should greatly improve.

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Re: Voodoo 2 4444SX

Posted on 2024-02-17, 16:31

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Just stumbled upon this thread and... I'm lost for words. Amazing work, @sdz!

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Re: P3 Coppermine Voltage in GA-6BXC Rev 2.0 Mobo

Posted on 2024-02-10, 08:27

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2024-02-10, 08:15: Amazing thank you, that’s great. I’ve tested the cpu and posted without issues at 1ghz, I haven’t tried anything else yet with it. You're welcome! That's an amazing combo you've got there (and that 1 GHz/100 MHz FSB Coppermine is quite rare and sought-after). …

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Re: P3 Coppermine Voltage in GA-6BXC Rev 2.0 Mobo

Posted on 2024-02-10, 07:19

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by bloodem

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First of all, you should not be concerned with voltage on a 440BX motherboard. The CPU itself requests the voltage (through the voltage request signal), and if the motherboard can't provide it, no voltage will be supplied (so, indeed, no POST). There is no risk of damage, if that's your main concern …

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Re: VIDEO BENCHMARKS (Original title: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all)

Posted on 2024-02-08, 15:35

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Can I get a sanity check please? Is Quake3 1.32 (or 1.32C) incompatible with the Ezra-T (or similar?). I get constant crashing while trying to run timedemo, but it works fine with the earlier release. Benchmark should be 1024x768, everything maxxed out and both color depth and texture depth set to …

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Re: Super Socket 7 + K6 2+ 500 MHz running slow

Posted on 2023-11-21, 17:30

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Vendest wrote on 2023-11-20, 17:23: I may have set a DIP switch wrongly or could the CPU be defective? It's very hard to believe that it's the CPU's fault. I would say that it's most likely related to the motherboard itself (possibly Jan's patched BIOS does not work properly on all MB revisions?)

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 16:44

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As a rule, I do not overclock my old hardware. I might do a run or two, just to scratch the itch, but its not the 90's anymore. If I want a faster computer, I have a AMD 5950X system to my right. if i'm trying to play a game thats too much for a ppro, i'll break out my Pentium 3. :P I generally …

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 09:07

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Never had any problems running 1MB version @ 233Mhz. Tested at least 10 CPUs over the years... But it does get hot! With 1MB version running at 233Mhz I've sold the 333MHz overdrive as it's not that much faster. Interesting! All three of my 1MB CPUs are unstable at 233 MHz, but they do work fine at …

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 05:33

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The GAMING differences between 256k, 512k, and 1024k are negligible. 256k to 1024k is only ~5-10% uplift in gaming and windows benchmarks. In my experience, the 256/512KB versions overclock much better, they’re usually fully stable @ 233 MHz, while none of my 1MB chips can do it. So, in this case, …

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Re: Tweak Quake2 and win a 3DFX Voodoo2 3D accelerator card

Posted on 2023-11-14, 18:18

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The Voodoo5 5500 performs like crasy in Quake2. I have a Slot A Athlon 850 system with a Voodoo5 5500. I get around 220 frames per second on my voodoo5. And around 135 with the Voodoo4. The Voodoo2 SLI , Voodoo3 card all get above 100 frames per second. The Geforce cards I tried (Gf 256 DDR, GF2 MX …

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Re: Tweak Quake2 and win a 3DFX Voodoo2 3D accelerator card

Posted on 2023-11-14, 06:55

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You can use ANY graphic card you like up to DirectX 7.0 Here is a list of DirectX 7.0 cards https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/?directx=7.0&sort=name [...] 3DFX Voodoo5 and newer 3DFX cards are banned. The reason for this is that Voodoo5 cards performs like crazy in Quake2, and they are also …

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Re: VIDEO BENCHMARKS (Original title: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all)

Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:17

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What is a safe voltage range for Neh.'s? I got my 1.0 to 1.26 but anything over that it becomes unstable. My two best Nehemiah CPUs (which are 1.2 GHz SKUs), can reach a stable 1.53 GHz @ 1.55V. That's a 27% overclock. The other five can only go up to 1.46 GHz (21% overclock). So, if your 1 GHz …

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Re: DOS drivers for Aztech Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (I38-SN96103)

Posted on 2023-10-18, 14:16

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by bloodem

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Thanks for this thread. I obtained this card after testing a similar card with the AZT2316A (the larger version of the IC). The driver for the AZT2316A is incompatible with the AZT2316R, so your attachment helped. I'm glad it was helpful. :-) My question is what's the advantage of the 7332s opamp …

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Re: How do you overclock an NVIDIA RIVA 128 in MS-DOS?

Posted on 2023-10-16, 15:10

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egbertjan wrote on 2023-10-16, 15:02: [...] Duke Nukem 3D [...] 800x600 [...] K6 3+ [...] enough CPU power available under MS-DOS 6.22 Uhm... that's far from being enough CPU power for Duke Nukem running at 800 x 600 (not to mention Quake).

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