Re: Help with Voodoo5 5500 - No video output

Posted on 2012-05-14, 09:12

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by elfuego

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Take a good look at the mainboard capacitors. Are there any swollen ones? Check the chips around capacitors and around RAM for any 'holes' or signs of burnout. Also, make sure that the MB supports ECC ram - some boards do not like ECC RAM that much (for example Abit KT7-a). I would advice removing …

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Re: The Two Guys from Andromeda Return!!

Posted on 2012-05-07, 18:32

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by elfuego

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Sweet 😀

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Re: roland daughter board volume

Posted on 2012-05-05, 21:37

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by elfuego

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I dont remember how the utility is called, havent been using my DOS rig in a while now (no time) - but its definitely in AWE (or SB16) directory. I had the same problem with my yamaha daughter board and that utility is the thing you are looking for. Its for DOS only.

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Re: roland daughter board volume

Posted on 2012-05-03, 13:05

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by elfuego

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Enter the awe32 sound utility - aweutil or similar, and set the volume as you wish 😀

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Re: Voodoo 5500 cooling

Posted on 2012-04-30, 09:22

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by elfuego

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Check this out: http://www.falconfly.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1231551864/8#8 I had to do a custom cooling for my card, since the card I bought came without any heat spreaders. But I can also confirm the 'freezer' trick - it works very fine and the chance to do damage to the card practically …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI on AMD K6-2+ Dos / Win9x Gaming

Posted on 2012-04-27, 23:44

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by elfuego

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Well, that's just it: there's really no difference between "3D voodoo graphics" and perfectly ordinary 3D OpenGL graphics or 3D Direct3D graphics. Exactly - there is also really no difference between "Ferrari F360" and a perfectly ordinary Opel Corsa or a Lada. They all drive just fine. On the side …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI on AMD K6-2+ Dos / Win9x Gaming

Posted on 2012-04-27, 09:34

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by elfuego

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Question 1: I've read that glide isn't smooth frame rate by today's standards does it appear jerky or what you might see at 10-20 fps on some games? Since you are asking this, its quite obvious you never used Voodoo before. :blush: You will not get any stuttering in virtually any Glide-compatible …

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Re: SB16 sounds better than AWE32?

Posted on 2012-04-26, 17:51

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by elfuego

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Nice link! After carefully listening to all of the samples, I would still not part with my CT3980. Somehow I get the feeling that the SB16 needs a bit treble-tuning. Also, bass lvl can be set very nicely on AWE too. The only problem is the noise, but that also stops being a problem once the volume …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI on AMD K6-2+ Dos / Win9x Gaming

Posted on 2012-04-26, 17:14

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by elfuego

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leileilol wrote: Considering K6-2 heat i'd just use a Voodoo3 instead. Why? I think V2 SLI would be a perfect match for a K6-2/3. V3 is also a great K6 companion - and heat should not be a major problem really. You can find great heat spreaders on the ebay these days that can cool down K6 even …

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Re: Voodoo5 6000 "Water Cooling Legend Edition"

Posted on 2012-04-23, 13:37

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by elfuego

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It sure looks like a pure labour of love, for the 3dfx. No mistaking the craftmanship there, but it is an overkill I think. I would prefer to do it on a, say ATI X850XTX or ATI 1950XTX or the FX series of nVidia cards - the stock coolers are quite noisy. And also perhaps building something like …

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Re: SD-RAM PC-150, RARE?

Posted on 2012-04-23, 13:36

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by elfuego

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I can also underscore the a decent performance of Infineon. But my infineon chips (3x256) can only do 145Mhz on low latencies. 150+ is possible, but latencies had to be loosened up a bit. Keep in mind that i815 can only take up to 512mb. If you need more then 512mb, go for athlon XP (VIA KT133a) …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-18, 10:07

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by elfuego

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Yup without those special Athlon Voodoo2 drivers, 98SE would freeze during boot, before getting to the desktop. Maybe it is caused by the combination of Athlon and the VIA 686x southbridge? My board is AMD 750 + 686A. KT133A uses 686B. OT [or at least a side issue]... My xp2000+/a7m266 could run …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D Midi problem

Posted on 2012-04-16, 10:31

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by elfuego

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Are you running it in MSDOS prompt within Win98 or in native DOS mode? I've also experienced some stutters in DOS, but in win98 window it works flawlessly. Try it.

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-14, 10:18

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by elfuego

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Yup without those special Athlon Voodoo2 drivers, 98SE would freeze during boot, before getting to the desktop. Maybe it is caused by the combination of Athlon and the VIA 686x southbridge? My board is AMD 750 + 686A. KT133A uses 686B. May be some issue with 686a then - I was running, and i'm …

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Re: ROLAND RAP-10 Line-in

Posted on 2012-04-13, 06:58

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by elfuego

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I never owned a RAP, but there should be some kind of a soft-mixer for roland in DOS. Go there and check if the line-in is muted.

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-13, 06:54

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by elfuego

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I didn't know of Voodoo1/2 + Athlon issues until I got a Slot A board months ago. I've just never combined these bits of hardware before... Voodoo2 will lock that up hard unless specific Athlon-fixed Voodoo2 drivers are used. I suppose Voodoo1 could indeed be problematic too depending on what's …

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Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics

Posted on 2012-03-29, 10:04

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by elfuego

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With extra effort , I think you can put V5 on AGP 4x mobo. ...and magically transform it to V4 4500 by effectively disabling one core. Even though that italian guy managed to run 4xFSAA on paper, I havent seen the screenshots. I also note the lousy 3dmark score which indicates that the card works …

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Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics

Posted on 2012-03-27, 20:47

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by elfuego

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The anisotropic filtering added in earlier GF completely ruined the 3D quality of some games. The game that comes to mind as an example is Might and Magic 9. Looks wonderful on TNT2 (also on V5 5500!) and crappy as hell on GF. Isn't anisotropic optional? I think you have to force it on. You sure …

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Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics

Posted on 2012-03-26, 01:37

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by elfuego

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TNT 1/2 cards are rather useless though I think. Might as well use a Geforce. TNT 1 is indeed useless but TNT 2 is worth having. The anisotropic filtering added in earlier GF completely ruined the 3D quality of some games. The game that comes to mind as an example is Might and Magic 9. Looks …

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Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics

Posted on 2012-03-23, 10:56

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by elfuego

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Guys correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the NF2 (at least Abit NF2 Ultra v2.0) does *not* support AGP 1.0. As far as I remember, my V5 5500 would not *fit* in my new MoBo, when I went for the upgrade (upgraded from Asus A7V133-c). ...and I love NF2 chipset, especially the soundforce. Much better …

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