Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-04-12, 21:25

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As the original poster in the weird geforce2 post, I'd like to know if your card came in this box? IMG_20240406_132209564.jpg Under hwinfo Core=200mhz Ram=125mhz 3dmark99-2603 3dmark2000-2122 It might not be fast but seems fairly stable, and image quality is better than the tnt2 m64 I had in the …

---

Re: Which is the best and cheaper way to use a SSD or a SDCard as a hard disk on a pentium 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 00:50

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I just use an IDE to Sata adapter, found it on Amazon for pretty cheap. If you are installing Windows 98 make sure the ssd you use is 128gb or less. please can you show me that adapter? all the adapters I found are exactly the inverse, for connecting IDE drives to SATA motherboards You are looking …

---

Re: Which is the best and cheaper way to use a SSD or a SDCard as a hard disk on a pentium 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-04-01, 19:29

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I just use an IDE to Sata adapter, found it on Amazon for pretty cheap. If you are installing Windows 98 make sure the ssd you use is 128gb or less.

---

Re: Weird ATI Mach64 VLB Variant... GPU ID Help.

Posted on 2024-03-30, 16:16

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ATI Graphics Xpression Part Number 109-30300-00 FCC ID EXM301 https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/ATI#Mach_64 The DRAM Graphics Xpression was ATI's last VLB card and was a reduced cost model because VLB was nearly obsolete at the time. Judging by the markings on the chips, it looks like a 2MB card …

---

Re: Weird ATI Mach64 VLB Variant... GPU ID Help.

Posted on 2024-03-30, 15:43

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ATI Graphics Xpression Part Number 109-30300-00 FCC ID EXM301 https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/ATI#Mach_64 The DRAM Graphics Xpression was ATI's last VLB card and was a reduced cost model because VLB was nearly obsolete at the time. Judging by the markings on the chips, it looks like a 2MB card …

---

Re: Weird ATI Mach64 VLB Variant... GPU ID Help.

Posted on 2024-03-30, 14:11

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is a 2MB DRAM model, I have one such too and it works very well in both DOS but especially in Windows due to hardware acceleration for GDI. It doesn't have the compatibility of S3 or cirrus cards with some EGA games but it is definitely among the faster cards in DOS and has better image quality …

---

Re: ATI Mach64 ISA GPU ID Help.

Posted on 2024-03-29, 23:16

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

kingcake wrote on 2024-03-29, 22:28: VLB, not ISA Is it any good / can you tell me anything about it. Tried searching for it and can't really find anything useful online. Is this a card I would want to use?

---

Weird ATI Mach64 VLB Variant... GPU ID Help.

Posted on 2024-03-29, 22:23

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey, can anyone help me ID this gpu (image attached)? Looked up the part number and some of the chips but not getting back anything really useful. This is all I can find about one that looks like it (nothing and also not exactly the same): https://wiki.preterhuman.net/ATI_Mach64_GX_VLB I get that …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-14, 20:45

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thank you for testing for me, I appreciate it. Gonna return and get an FX card from a known manufacturer. I also found this: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/geforce-2-mx-64mb-400.2964/ I bought Apollo Gf2 Mx 64m and had 1200 on 3dMark2001. Took off heatsink and found Mx200 on chip. ;( Should be …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-14, 18:28

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I halved the memory clock of my Geforce 2 MX 128-bit to 62 MHz and benchmarked it, and I'm getting the same result (2100 points in 3dmark99). So I really think that's what you have here, a 64-bit card with SDRAM clocked at at 125 MHz. With regular Geforce 2 MX clocks (200/166 MHz) I'm getting 3900 …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-14, 01:38

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Before you go ahead and return the card, I'd try older drivers. 7.76 is a good start. I'd also download a version of Everest from around 2004, this can give us far better insight on what card you have in your system. Well, with the memory overclocked and on the 7.76 drivers I got 2600 3d marks on …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-14, 01:16

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Before you go ahead and return the card, I'd try older drivers. 7.76 is a good start. I'd also download a version of Everest from around 2004, this can give us far better insight on what card you have in your system. Here is what Everest says: Code Name: NV11 Bus Type: AGP 4X (I think my mobo maxes …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-14, 01:03

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Before you go ahead and return the card, I'd try older drivers. 7.76 is a good start. I'd also download a version of Everest from around 2004, this can give us far better insight on what card you have in your system. I installed 7.76 after removing the other drivers but now everything is messed up, …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 22:30

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oh, haha. That card seems really sketchy. They could have even manipulated the BIOS to say "MX 400", who knows. In any case, if you overclock only the card's memory and leave everything else alone, and then you get several hundred points more in 3DMark, it clearly shows that the card's memory or …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 21:58

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Something else just came to my mind - Driver 45.23 is from mid-2003, and at that point, Nvidia was exclusively selling DDR memory cards. It could be that the driver simply assumes DDR memory speeds for any card. If that's true, the card could also have regular SDRAM clocked at 125 MHz and have a 64 …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 21:42

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting. 250 MHz isn't possible with SDRAM, so it seems to be a DDR memory card running at 125Mhz (the Nvidia driver shows double the memory speed if it's DDR). DDR sounds good at first, but I believe there were also DDR cards that have a crippled 64-bit memory bus. What happens if you …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 21:16

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's not normal, a Geforce 2 MX should have a core clock of around 160-200 MHz for the core and 166 MHz for the memory. Can you double check that with other tools, for example the overclocking tab in the Nvidia driver? Remember, you need the coolbits registry setting for that to appear. Ok, in …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 21:03

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There is something seriously wrong with your scores. I don't have a Pentium III, but I believe you should be getting at least 4000 points in 3dmark99. As a reference, this should be pretty similar to your setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ256bvI9s Pentium III 550, GF 2 MX 400, Detonator 45. …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 20:41

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There is something seriously wrong with your scores. I don't have a Pentium III, but I believe you should be getting at least 4000 points in 3dmark99. As a reference, this should be pretty similar to your setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ256bvI9s Pentium III 550, GF 2 MX 400, Detonator 45. …

---

Re: [Question] Pentium III 450 + Geforce 2 MX400 + 128mb ram Performance

Posted on 2024-03-13, 19:29

by

by bten

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

... The GF2 MX400 is the 64mb SDR version with 128 bit bus I believe.

---