Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-08, 00:45

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that's what I thought, what caused me to wonder was this series of videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6hju0brNJ8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZL76Hc032M in the first video the guy runs a dual PII 400Mhz setup with a GF3Ti200 , and the score he gets in 3DMark01 is pretty close to the score I got with a …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-08, 00:33

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does 3Dmark take dual CPUs into consideration? very few games do (anyone is more than welcome to list any apart from Quake3) so Im wondering if the benchmark does. if it does than it might be even less reliable as a real measure of how fast real world gaming performance is.

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-04, 23:47

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tbh there is no point in trying anything on a system like this, its kind of old and not very useful for very much, its also running Vista so its kind of slow even when just going through Windows (this would have made a decent WinXP laptop , its just Vista looked good on the box for unsuspecting …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-04, 17:16

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tried running 3DMark01 on a Toshiba Laptop bought in 2010 I believe , Intel Dual-Core T4200 @ 2GHz with 3GB of RAM and a GMA4500 , gave me a score of 3898 I expected a bit more from a 2Ghz Dual core.

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-04, 13:11

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its rather cheap when some of these companies use CPUs that were meant for tablets and embedded types for laptops (and I use the term to describe netbooks too). makes you wonder how these machines run Win7 or what can one do on these machines besides the basics (which I guess is what they were …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-11-03, 14:55

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made a few upgrades to the Win98 machine , replaced the 600Mhz Katmai with a 700Mhz/100Mhz FSB slot1 Coppermine (which isn't officially supported, but works fine) . overclocked slightly to 720Mhz (the Geforce2 had visual glitches in 3Dmark even at 112Mhz FSB , odd , at 133 it won't even boot into …

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Re: Curious about Voodoo 3 and on

Posted on 2013-10-21, 21:34

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I don't think its necessarily just Glide, I looked at Quake2 on both the Voodoo and GF2 , the Voodoo had brighter, more vibrant colours even though the game was in OpenGL , the GF2 looked very dark , almost too dark not to mock the GF2 of course , in 2000 and after games it stomps on the Voodoo3

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2013-10-21, 21:00

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here are the results for my Win 98 machine (Abit BX-6 1.0, 600mhz Katmai , 512MB PC100, Geforce2 Ti , Voodoo 3 3000 PCI) Voodoo 3 results http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae46/darkman_019/3d01v3_zps5f07b085.png Geforce2 Ti results http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae46/darkman_019/3d01gf2_ …

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Re: Curious about Voodoo 3 and on

Posted on 2013-10-21, 16:38

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I understand all that but what is the advantage of using a Voodoo over a Riva TNT2 for example? What's all the fuss? I understand that some games had exclusive 3dfx support but just how many games are we talking about here? its not just a matter of exclusivity , its also games that ran best on the …

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Re: 250W PSU Enough?

Posted on 2013-10-19, 23:36

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looks like it will be fine, thanks for the answers. though the driver issue kixs mentioned is interesting, Ive heard of numerous examples of a Voodoo3 working with a Geforce card just fine. could be an issue with the GF4? or potentially the particular version of the Nvidia driver, I tried fairly …

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Re: Longest longetivity builds of the 90s

Posted on 2013-10-19, 07:12

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Putting the graphics core onto the CPU is also a factor. Intel could likely make a lot more powerful CPUs without that graphics core. But AMDs strategy forced their hand... The weakest link however for me was storage. A SSD just unlocks all this hidden power. I do like the speed. I can't work on a …

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Re: Longest longetivity builds of the 90s

Posted on 2013-10-18, 23:44

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things have slowed down since 2008 or so , that much I can see, whether its due to the mess AMD's CPUs were in or the dominance of consoles and the rise in tablet sales (ie, more money going towards the development of hardware for tablets than desktops) Im not sure. its not 100% bad though , the …

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250W PSU Enough?

Posted on 2013-10-18, 23:32

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so I very recently managed to acquire a Geforce2 Ti (Hercules branded to be precise) to use in my Win98 machine, however the card obviously lacks the Glide support my Voodoo3 had. So my plan is to have 2 graphics cards, the GF2 as the primary one, along with a PCI Voodoo3 for Glide or any other …

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Re: P2/P3 VS K6-3+ - A Great Battle Commences

Posted on 2013-10-10, 22:52

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very similar to the upgrade I did, went from a 450Mhz K6-III to a 450 Mhz PIII , both using a Voodoo 3 3000 , same sound card too (I did go from 128 to 256MB RAM , but really that wouldn't affect things much) noticed a pretty big difference, for instance in 3Dmark2000 the score went up from 1486 to …

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2013-10-07, 18:31

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I chosed the tnt 2 pro,becouse i belive a geforce 2 ti or a voodoo 4 4500(i have both of those cards),are a bit too much for the p III at 450 mhz,if i were using a faster p III or a socket A processor 600 mhz and above,then i would have chosen 1 of the faster videocards. I'll try 3dmark 2001 or i …

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2013-10-07, 16:37

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I like it, and the case is very early 2000s, though I have to ask is there a particular reason for the TNT2? personally I would have gone for either a 3DFX card or if not that, than a Geforce256 or Geforce2 (or both), but that is just me, overall I like the system. as for 3DMark , I would have to …

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Re: Katmai overclocking question

Posted on 2013-10-05, 14:25

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good point, though one has to wonder why would someone stick his fingers into the PSU, especially if its working, other than maybe small children I guess. for now, I will do the easiest thing and sort out the cable mess , it got on my nerves that I actually had to dig through the cables to reach one …

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Re: Windows Glide Games That Don't Work on Voodoo5

Posted on 2013-10-05, 12:48

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not sure about Voodoo 5, but one game Ive had issues with is EA's Nuclear Strike, the game will run on my Voodoo 3 , but after the first in game video the graphics glitch up and the game loses all of its textures. not sure if its a software or hardware issue, but if it happens on a V3 , it most …

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Re: Katmai overclocking question

Posted on 2013-10-05, 08:50

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Im guessing about 20C or so , maybe a bit more keeping in mind that its a small room , where sometimes another computer (the modern one) is also running. this is the fan on my PSU http://i956.photobucket.com/albums/ae46/darkman_019/Picture50_zpsdf1512b6.jpg Im thinking of cutting out most of the …

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Re: Katmai overclocking question

Posted on 2013-10-04, 23:26

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hmm...well the cable mess I can sort out easily for very cheap, same with the intake fan, cutting off the grill on the PSU fan would be more difficult, its not so much a grill as much as fairly thick bars. btw, while I can't check the CPU temperature , it does tell me the motherboard temperature is …

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