Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-29, 07:43

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http://i.imgur.com/Y96d32h.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/VSjCMfp.jpg?1 Tested an Am5x86 CPU @ 160 MHz in the UM8810P-AIO board. Good results. Speedsys : 59.93 3DBench2 : 102.4 pcpbench /vgamode : 25.8 pcpbench 640x400 : 11.6 pcpbench 800x600 : 7.3 Quake 1.06 Shareware (nosound): 17.7 Doom 1.666 …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-29, 06:45

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by rgart

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The Intergraph cards didn't work in the MB-4833UUD or UM8810P-AIO socket 3 motherboards. The HP Insight Lights-Out II appears to be just a basic Rage XL chip with the 200MHz CPU and other jazz dedicated to proprietary remote access for Windows NT Compaq Proliant servers. It benchmarked fine in DOS …

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Re: What is your favorite or must have pieces of hardware?

Posted on 2016-05-28, 21:58

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My favorite piece of hardware is my Roland MT-32. They sound freaking amazing. Even when graphics lagged behind at 16 colours the Roland MT-32 nailed it everytime, even by today's standards. Back in 1989 to have one would have been gold.

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 09:12

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Yes the first full length card pictured. HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition II. It has a rage XL chipset. I'll try the others in the MB-8433UUD in a couple of days when I have time. This card works fine with the Cyrix 5x86 120MHz + UM8810P-AIO mobo. It has a RAGE XL chip but seems to identify …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 03:58

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The two Intergraph cards above did NOT like the Cyrix 5x86 120 + UM8810 motherboard as I had expected. http://i.imgur.com/haLFlOR.jpg?2 Pleasing results from the little Hercules Stingray Pro with the Cyrix 5x86 120MHz + UM8810P-AIO 3DBench: 103.3 pcpbench vgamode: 23.1 pcpbench 100 640x400: 10.6 …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 03:51

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 03:47

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by rgart

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Intergraph Intense 3D 2200 & 3600 16Mb PCI Video Cards

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 03:42

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I picked up some PCI video cards on eBay for about $5 - $8 each. I don't know much about them and haven't done a whole lot of googling yet, anything you guys could add I would really appreciate. I know the 3DLabs/Integraph cards are for CAD programs and require Pentium/Windows NT ( according to the …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-27, 03:13

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The Quake DOS results for the POD83 are pretty good, however my IBM 5x86-133c gets 19.8 fps, which really gets close to closing the gap and rendering the Pentium of little benefit. This is why a POD at 100 MHz is far more interesting. Too bad none of your POD's can work at 100 MHz in the non- …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-26, 23:47

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If your into retro computing; face facts, your an extreme minority and its a really niche community. I don't know about other countries but in Australia people have been ditching this hardware curbside over the last 10-15 years and every day this hardware becomes more scarce. People like …

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Re: How TIE Fighter was leaked and pirated

Posted on 2016-05-26, 09:18

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cool story SquallStrife! God bless that dude 😀

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-24, 07:10

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Last lot of benchmarks: DOS 7.10 TESTS BTB_EN=ON, FP_FAST=ON, LSSER=OFF for Cyrix enhancement gains and all else OFF in the Peter Moss utility for stability throughout all tests. (so obviously DOS settings) All systems optimal bios settings: 2,1,1,1 with no wait states + all systems in WB mode. (All …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-22, 19:19

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Looks like a very early 486 system because of the apparent lack of local bus - ISA only it seems. Board says 1992 so it must be early '92 and therefore a DX33? My guess is a 486 DX2-66 because it has a heatsink and fan, and it seems that awesome front panel display says 67 MHz or am I reading it …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-22, 18:16

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http://i.imgur.com/aEDCDhc.jpg?1 http://i.imgur.com/mHeb0bi.jpg?1 +timedemo demo1 -identical Voodoo 2 cards- -identical SCSI cards- -identical OS (Windows 95 C 4.0 Build 1111) -identical DirectX 6.1 (4.06.02.0436) Cyrix 5x86 133MHz + MB-8433UUD GLQUAKE 800x600 with sound (no parameters set) 1st run …

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Re: I think I hit the motherload today!

Posted on 2016-05-22, 15:11

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Awesome haul, I like that full tower, very nice! Good price too, that should keep you away from those rip off merchants on ebay. I've never seen a Commander Keen box before, loving the artwork.

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-22, 08:19

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GLQUAKE: My Cyrix 5x86-133/4x : ◙ width 800 -height 600 -bpp 16 -waveonly -nomouse -nosound +timedemo demo1 = 26.3 fps Both systems are now finished. GLQuake @ 28.0 FPS AVG without sound @ 800x600.3DFX ◙ Cyrix 5x86 133MHz Why the difference between then and now? With LESSER=1, the results should …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-22, 07:12

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No the mouse issue is not present anymore. LSSER=off was causing it. I could recreate the problem every time and then resolve it every time by removing the line. Yes I'm using the POD83 in Windows 95/Windows 98. I was really disappointed with the Voodoo 2 in SLI, I was expecting *some* performance …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-22, 05:20

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Both systems are now finished. http://i.imgur.com/0jc0jal.jpg?2 GLQuake @ 23.6 FPS AVG with sound @ 800x600.3DFX GLQuake @ 26.4 FPS AVG without sound @ 800x600.3DFX ◙ Cyrix 5x86 133MHz ◙ 512K Cache ◙ 64MB FPM RAM ◙ Biostar MB-8433UUD ◙ Matrox Millenium G200-8MB ◙ Creative AWE64 GOLD-28MB ◙ 3DFX …

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Re: My Cyrix 5x86 systems : 120MHz vs 133MHz

Posted on 2016-05-22, 05:10

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So a couple of updates, after installing the SCSI card, hard disk and cdrom on the Cyrix 120MHz system and installing Windows 95 I was suddenly having this weird mouse problem. Basically the mouse cursor appears all squashed and wont go any further down the screen than about half way. I had the …

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

Posted on 2016-05-22, 03:57

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by rgart

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Today I removed a few of barrel batteries from 386 and 486 boards I had put away over 18 months ago. My procrastination cost me one 486 board which isn't too bad, it looks too far gone to revive. I removed any left over battery acid on the other boards and cleaned up with vinegar. http://i.imgur.com …

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