Re: 3Dfx Voodoo 2 8MB - which S7 CPU?

Posted on 2019-04-11, 23:59

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EDIT: Guys, do you think SLI setup of two Voodoo 2 will be an overkill for this machine? I tried to play some games like Screamer 4x4 using glide and it is a horrible experience... Very slow plus some textures were missing :( Even a single V2 is overkill for P200MMX. PII 400 is a perfect match for …

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Re: I would like to fix my Voodoo Card

Posted on 2019-04-11, 19:57

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It depends, I have a few cards that works perfectly with PII and PIII cpus, but not with faster CPUs (Athlon XP, for example). They will quickly overheat and freeze. I'd say that for a Voodoo Rush you should use Pentium MMX or PII (266-300). Anything faster is pure luck, it might work perfectly, but …

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Re: Best way to fix legs on videocard?

Posted on 2019-04-04, 23:50

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A needle should work better than a cutter or a blade, with a cutter it's much more easier to suddenly apply too much force, a needle is giving you more control.

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Re: Any reason to keep Socket 7 motherboards?

Posted on 2019-03-13, 01:24

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For me it's simple: do I like something? (motherboard, cpu, videocard, doesn't matter). If I do like it, I try to keep it. Of course it's not always simple, maybe I like something, but not too much. If that thing is taking a lot of space and I need the space... and/or if I need money and I can sell …

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Re: Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 23:19

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cyclone3d wrote: Yeah.. the G80 based 8800 GTS 320MB should theoretically work. With what driver? As far as I know, Nvidia doesn't offer Windows 98 for anything above Geforce 6.

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Re: Are all 512MB PC133 RAM DIMMS registered/ECC?

Posted on 2019-01-05, 13:28

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Back in the day (2000-2001) I had 3 different modules, all 512 MB PC 133, they weren't registered or ecc, they worked fine on my ABIT KT7E motherboard. Now I have *a lot* of 512 MB PC133 modules, they are all non ecc, non registered. I also have registered sdram, some are 128 mb, some 256 mb and …

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Re: Help with a PC Tester (XT)

Posted on 2018-12-28, 12:09

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by RaverX

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Thank you all, I will try it soon, hopefully it won't burst into flames. Last post helped a lot and it only confirmed what I suspected. It makes sense that the card should face with the components up, almost all ISA devices are made like that. Also it it "readable" when installed in a assembled …

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Help with a PC Tester (XT)

Posted on 2018-12-26, 21:31

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Today, while trying to make some order in my collection, I found a tester card. It seems to be ISA (at least the connector fits perfecty in the first part of the ISA slot). The problem is that it has no bracket, so I have no idea what direction it should be installed. Which part should face up? If …

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Re: Where do you guys find your parts?

Posted on 2018-12-17, 20:34

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and as long as you are willing to drive and get stuff, you can amass huge amounts anytime for free. I'm sure that's true, but that seems to be hoarding, not collecting. If you like anything that can be described as obsolete hardware, then it's fine, go for it. But I doubt that if you want specific …

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Re: 3DMark 2000 Results for late '90s era Machines

Posted on 2018-11-29, 20:16

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Fun fact, there are cards wih TNT2 M64 that have DVI, just one example (one of the most common of such cards): http://vgamuseum.ru/gpu/nvidia/nvidia-riva-tnt2-m64-number-nine/ Does your card looks like this? https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RMMAAOSwtUtXBT8g/s-l1600.jpg There's a place for the DVI …

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Re: Potentially ridiculous question - Graphics card RAM

Posted on 2018-11-29, 19:39

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Nvidia last Win9x supported generation was Geforce 6 (as in 6800 Ultra, 6600GT, etc). You should be able to find fx5200 pci, mx440 pci or tnt2 m64 pci cards. Also I noticed that ATI had a lot of "modern" PCI cards, especially Radeon 9200, I had quite a few of them. What are you doing with that …

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Re: How stable is your Windows 98?

Posted on 2018-11-25, 01:03

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Should I just replace my SB Live with an SB Audigy 2 now? ._. I don't know, I never used Audigy 2 under Windows 98, I was already on Windows 2000 when I bought Audigy 2. Anyway, there are a lot of versions and revisions of SB Live, some of them I think that don't work at all under Windows 98, some …

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Re: How stable is your Windows 98?

Posted on 2018-11-24, 21:47

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From my experience WIndows 98 is not a very stable system, but it helps a lot if you have a Intel platform, I mean a motherboard with Intel chipset and Intel CPU, especially BX440 and PII or PIII seems to work much better than other platforms. Worst (again, from my experience) seems to be PIII on …

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Re: Voodoo3 expected temperature?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 20:20

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A big fan set to blow some air under the card or at the side of the card should be enough. I have tested and used quite a few 3dfx cards, Voodoo2, Voodoo3 and Banshee tend to get very hit, especially on systems wih fast CPUs (and when I say fast I mean anything faster than 300 MHz). V3 PCI in a PIII …

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Re: One or two retro builds?

Posted on 2018-11-13, 22:28

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I would keep both, but I have too many already, so... Tualatin system is great, add a V2 (or better - V2 SLI) and it should be an excelent DOS, Windows 95/98 and even Windows XP machine. But keep the main components from the older system (motherboard, cpu, videocard, soundcard), sell them only if …

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Re: i815/Tualatin vs KT133/T-Bird, who wins?

Posted on 2018-11-06, 00:44

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If I were choose only from those two I would choose Tualatin. Performance wise Thunderbird and Tualatin are very close, but if you go with Intel chipset for Tualatin the platform will be more stable. If I were to chose the best 2001 build I would go Willamete 2.0 GHz and RDRAM on i850. Tell us what …

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2018-11-01, 23:09

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Yes, quite a few people tend to do this, it's one of the reasons why the prices of some things increase. If they see there is somebody that wants to buy their stuff they will assume they have something valuable and will increase the price. It happened to me quite a few times, sellers that had items …

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Re: why do people speak ill of the Voodoo Banshee?

Posted on 2018-11-01, 20:35

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It was never an updgrade path to the Voodoo2 anyway, it was meant to be a budget card for Slot-1 gamers; it competed with the TNT and was a better deal in almost every way. I agree 100%. But maybe there were gamers that had a V2 and they "upgraded" to Banshee, only to see that it was slower in some …

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2018-10-30, 22:01

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I'm into collecting, I'm not selling my cards. I'm worried about value because I buy them :) And, as the topic title says, they seem to become more and more expensive. I'm curious if the current hardware will become collectible 10-20 years from now and what the prices will be. Some guys from this …

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Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2018-10-30, 20:58

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I don't give a hoot about boxes etc, but a lot of people do, and that bumps up the price a lot. I used to feel exactly like that, I didn't care about boxes, but then something changed, now I l1ike boxed cards. And I have quite a few regrets, back in the days I could buy quite a few of nice boxed …

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