Re: Best AGP graphics card for Windows XP?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 08:08

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by obobskivich

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That sucks. One guy is selling that AGP card boxed (Never used). I was thinking of buying and unlocking it. If Wikipedia is to be believed, the NV42 cards cannot be unlocked, because there is nothing there to be unlocked. :blush: (But I also know that Gainward tended to label things oddly to get …

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Re: Best AGP graphics card for Windows XP?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 07:26

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Stojke wrote: Gainward 6800GS AGP with NV42 is not an true AGP chip? Correct - it's a PCIe native NV4x with a bridge for AGP connectivity. At least that's always what I've understood it to be. 😊

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Re: Best AGP graphics card for Windows XP?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 07:19

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I thought it was all 3's, 4's, and FXs :confused: It's technically NV2x which includes GeForce 3 and 3 Ti, and GeForce 4 Ti (GeForce 4 MX is NV1x based). The FX 5800 Ultra (NV30) can draw it, but has a few less-than-perfect moments; NV35+ FXs seem to have more issues. The thread never reached …

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AGP Mini-Comparison (7 Cards, 3DMark2001) **UPDATED**

Posted on 2014-10-20, 07:10

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Re: Best AGP graphics card for Windows XP?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 05:53

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I am in fact wanting to play Splinter Cell. That's why I am aiming towards the FX. The 4760 looks good too. I have 2 spare slots open + the AGP one. But another reason I want the FX because I don't like AMDs drivers much. For Splinter Cell: Read the huge thread; then get a GeForce 4 Ti. :cool: Do …

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Re: Has anyone tried running an AGP Voodoo 3 alongside another video card?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 04:15

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I've never understood this "switch in the BIOS" fascination - it's a royal pain in the neck, and it will not defeat the additional cards under Windows (it just picks whichever card is initialized for POST and that will carry over to some bootable environments, like UBCD). I do not remember how 9x …

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Re: Latest build finally completed!

Posted on 2014-10-20, 04:07

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I think its the forum doing the squishing - the second picture in the new set does it, but when I click the "zoom" button it becomes square again. Looks nice with the window anyways, and seems to be doing a good job in 3D01 too; should do a good job with games from its era!

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Re: Best AGP graphics card for Windows XP?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 03:57

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It depends on the rest of the system - how much memory, what CPU, what PSU, what kind of case cooling, etc do you have? What does the card need to run - "best" is relative... There's no real performance difference between AGP 4x and 8x in most cases, so any 4x/8x card should suitable. You won't get …

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Re: Latest build finally completed!

Posted on 2014-10-20, 03:53

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The first picture or two look squished, but overall it looks like a very nice build! Always neat to see new and old put together. What OS(es?) is it going to run?

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Re: How to dry a crt monitor?

Posted on 2014-10-19, 19:40

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I'd say off to recycle with them and find a new monitor somewhere else - like collector says, there's an ocean of them available used.

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Re: New_Pentium2_i440BX_dumpster_find

Posted on 2014-10-19, 15:36

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Very nice with the 7000! I wonder if a PCI 92xx would do much better? (iirc all of them are R200 based, similar-ish to the 8500LE). And no idea on the 4-pin; I thought PWM didn't come into being for years after Pentium 3-era (modern PWM fans use 4-pin headers; I don't know if that's what you have …

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Re: New_Pentium2_i440BX_dumpster_find

Posted on 2014-10-19, 10:08

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Nice save there. On the fan failure thing - I have an Asus/HP board with a similar feature - it doesn't need anything special, just a 3-wire connector to whichever sensor it's tied to (usually chassis/system fan) so that it can read tach from it. It will very likely adjust the RPMs to keep the …

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Re: Senrew's Parts Giveaway

Posted on 2014-10-19, 09:57

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by obobskivich

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I got my stuff too.

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Re: 3dmark2001se: athlon mp vs p4

Posted on 2014-10-18, 01:19

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by obobskivich

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That's weird that the 990 scores lower; according to 3DL it has higher throughput. For example see here: http://www.3dlabs.com/legacy/Datasheets/wcvp990.pdf where it shows 225M Vertices/S But then compared to something lower down (price-wise) in the model range, like the 760: http://www.3dlabs.com/ …

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Re: 3dmark2001se: athlon mp vs p4

Posted on 2014-10-17, 00:23

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The Wildcats do not score very well in 3DMark to begin with (especially 01 IME), so that's probably part of the issue. 3D01 is *very* CPU dependent as well (example: 5900XT w/P4 2.0GHz scores around 7000, with 3.2GHz Extreme scores around 17,000; both have 1GB of RAM, FX 5900XT @ stock, same HDD, …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2014-10-16, 23:05

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What I see in the graphs there suggests that these particular games prefer 4 cores. Either 2 real + 2 HT, or 4 real regardless of additional HT... A lot of newer games that's likely going to be true for, as multi-threading (esp in DX11) becomes more prevalent. But older games tend not to preference …

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Re: What resolution did you use in your games and desktop back in 2001?

Posted on 2014-10-16, 22:58

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1152x864x32@75Hz desktop, 1280x960/1024x32@60Hz for gaming. I had a Geforce2 GTS. Basically the same here - had an MX 200 though, so some games were run at 1152x864 or 1024x768 instead. I don't actually remember having to drop down/back to 800x600 until I got my FX 5900 and moved into DX9 games. : …

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Re: Getting "new" old computers soon

Posted on 2014-10-16, 09:28

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Do you know more about the specific hardware specs for these machines? That would be very helpful in determining what kinds of upgrades they may or may not need, and what operating systems are ideal.

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Re: Athlon 64 3700+ and Youtube stuttering

Posted on 2014-10-16, 09:25

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Try disabling hyperthreading in the BIOS... or the equivalent if AMD uses a different name. AMD has no such thing (HyperThreading is an Intel-unique technology, and then only on certain processors). :blush: As far as GPU acceleration, the GeForce 6/7 have PureVideo, but do not support Flash accel ( …

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

Posted on 2014-10-15, 06:57

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Received a Asus CUV$X-D based dual Pentium 3 system that my neighbor built brand new in 2001. Specs as Received: 250 watt ALLIED psu (want to upgrade but it has a 6pin AT style power connector, any advise on replacing this?) Aopen "custom pc" case, Aopen Geforce 256 32mb mx, 1gb of pc1333 and …

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