Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 19:08

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Sigh only people with no valid counter arguments say such silly things, google is your friend here and can give you all the citation jollies you want. You've made a claim that a number of people have questioned, me included. You have provided zero evidence for said claim. Instead you've offered us …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 13:57

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By the time of VSA100 3DFX knew that Glide as an API was dead so naturally the VSA chips had the best D3D support of all the 3DFX chips, the earlier 3DFX chips however treat D3D as more of an afterthought and at times you can spend more time switching drivers trying to find a version that is …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 05:02

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By the time of VSA100 3DFX knew that Glide as an API was dead so naturally the VSA chips had the best D3D support of all the 3DFX chips, the earlier 3DFX chips however treat D3D as more of an afterthought and at times you can spend more time switching drivers trying to find a version that is …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:32

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IF they are no go first try, remember these are fussy about CMOS batteries, and also tend to kill their BIOSes, so fresh batt, fresh BIOS would be first things to try. Also, CPU slots are glitchy in general and may need cleaning and multiple insertions. Well I'm not even sure that I have a working …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 07:32

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I'd honestly go with the cheapest Voodoo 3 you can find. It's cheaper, faster than V2 SLI even with the 2000 model, you can usually overclock it one tier above its rating if you really want extra performance, image quality and sharpness is fantastic and will cover your needs just fine for the time …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 07:30

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Voodoo2 SLI + Geforce 2 GTS combination would cover pretty much every period game you would want to throw at such a setup. Voodoo 2 SLI setup is pretty much on par with a Voodoo3 2000 performance wise and the V2 setup will likely be far more compatible with older Glide titles than the V3 would be. …

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 06:50

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Voodoo2 SLI + Geforce 2 GTS combination would cover pretty much every period game you would want to throw at such a setup. Voodoo 2 SLI setup is pretty much on par with a Voodoo3 2000 performance wise and the V2 setup will likely be far more compatible with older Glide titles than the V3 would be. …

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Re: New build - would like some input - pictures will follow once I decide on my parts

Posted on 2023-05-23, 11:46

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Onboard ES1373 is basically the same as your Sound Blaster 128. It'll do the job but lacks EAX SB0200 This is the card that gives the Dell OEM Live's a bad reputation as lacks a real EMU chip so does everything in software. Not ideal but doubt it's really an issue on your P3. You'll need the …

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

Posted on 2023-05-23, 05:59

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Well, I'm up to 122 working GPUs. Assuming there aren't anymore that have managed to evade my 4 years in progress records keeping attempt. Which there probably are. Oh yeah and I grabbed a GTX 480 for $28 shipped. Fermi seems to have hit the bottom of its depreciation curve. Not a bad price for a …

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Re: New build - would like some input - pictures will follow once I decide on my parts

Posted on 2023-05-23, 00:53

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I am not nearly as much of an expert as others here but I have some experience with the Slot 1 platform (440BX and ZX). For the SD card I would recommend 64 GB or more for XP, only because you may find yourself installing a lot of games and running low on space. Much easier to just start with more …

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

Posted on 2023-05-22, 03:50

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I spent the afternoon testing ATX power supplies, found three that failed, two 600watt P4 era PSUs and a nice Cooler master 500watt that failed badly, the CM500 had massive over voltage on the +5v rail. The two 600watts that failed one was making a loud squealing noise that wasn't the fan, pretty …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-20, 15:58

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Looks like my Voodoo 3 3000 PCI is “only” a 2000, but it was still cheap at £50. The ones on eBay are all mentally priced! Arrived tested and working, which is nice. IMG_1938.jpeg IMG_1939.jpeg The PCI Voodoo 3, 4 and 5 cards go for a large premium over their AGP brothers, if you only paid 50 quid …

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Re: Voodoo 3 and Geforce 4 combined, how bad is it?

Posted on 2023-05-20, 12:07

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Which one gets used is determined in the BIOS, since the system has AGP that card is the default boot card, the only way to change this is to set the BIOS to default to the PCI GPU. So you'll have to boot using the AGP card first, go into the BIOS and set it to use the PCI GPU then reboot and switch …

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Re: Intel publishes a white paper on x86S, a 64-bit only architecture

Posted on 2023-05-20, 11:29

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-05-20, 10:20: Itanium's back? 😁 I hope Intel hasn't decided to move into necromancy, that corpse has been dead and buried for years now. Funnily enough I do have an Itanium CPU on my display shelf, cant remember how I got it but it sure does look pretty sitting up there …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-20, 07:37

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Got this little socket 7 TX board a Shuttle Hot 569A Rev 1.3 with a Pentium 166 MMX and 16Mb of ram, might make a nice Voodoo1 build with a 233 MMX in there. Not sure how good this board is compared to other TX boards, what was considered the best of the TX boards ? Shuttle Hot 569A.jpg 569A Post. …

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Re: windows 10 on core2 quad 9300

Posted on 2023-05-17, 01:56

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Tiny11 has just been released, only need 2gb of ram and will run on pretty much a toaster, its really just a continuation of Tiny10.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-16, 14:00

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I got confused, as I thought DDR+423. That's 462... :) Silly mistake. There are 478 boards that support DDR2 but I'm not sure if they support Willamette core. They would support the 478 Willamette CPUs of which there were a whole range, only difference between the 423 and 478 versions was that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-16, 11:48

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There is no reason to avoid RDRAM if SDRAM is the alternative. It was insanely expensive back in the day, but it's very cheap now on the used market. I got confused, as I thought DDR+423. That's 462... :) Silly mistake. There are 478 boards that support DDR2 but I'm not sure if they support …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-16, 11:40

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We all love a nice deal on a nice bit of kit and I bought two motherboards recently both with CPUs. A Gigabyte 990FXA board with a Phenom II 1100T BE and 8gb of ram and cooler for 50 AUD (33.50 USD), I thought I would get outbid on this one since the CPU alone is worth more than 30 USD and the 990FX …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2023-05-14, 13:26

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I have a s478 ---> s423 adapter that works with Northwood CPUs. My adapter is an "Upgradeware". I'm not confident that the motherboard actually needs a BIOS that supports Northwood but that depends on how the motherboard and BIOS handles unsupported CPUs. :D The Asus P4T-E seems like a safe bet, …

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