Re: Matrox G400/G450 Quake III Performance

Posted on 2017-11-18, 14:13

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by meljor

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Different drivers can give MASSIVE gains, that's why it is so hard to compare scores between different machines with different hardware and different software... Good example is the ''aiming for the stars'' thread here on Vogons where we try to reach record scores with k6-3+ cpu's in 3dmark2000. …

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Re: AGP 2X not working on Matrox Millenium G400

Posted on 2017-11-18, 13:16

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by meljor

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I fully agree with Lazibayer : This SiS chipset is stable up to 75mhz and maybe even 83mhz but made for 66fsb only. The extremely lucky ones might be able to get 90fsb semi-stable... 95 or 100fsb will not work stable on these boards. Also a 266 amd overclocked to almost 400mhz seems to be a bit much …

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Re: BFG 7800GS OC 256MB AGP

Posted on 2017-11-17, 20:56

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by meljor

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I have the club3D versions of the 7800GS AGP (2 cards), a 7900GS from XFX and the Gainward 7800GS+ with G71 core (24pp, 8vs) and all these cards work fine even on P III boards. Also no problems on Asus A7N8X and P4P800. So your Nforce board should not be a problem, these are the fastest Nvidia AGP …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX rev 4.1 + AMD K6-III+ 450 MHz stability issues

Posted on 2017-11-13, 21:43

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by meljor

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pc133 cl3 should work fine at 100mhz cl2 for ss7 and slot1 boards. I prefer to use 128mb sticks as 256mb was pretty big back then and although they might be supported they seem a bit flaky to me on some boards where 128mb is always rock solid.

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Re: Calling on 3dfx experts....

Posted on 2017-11-11, 19:04

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by meljor

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Oh man, that really s*cks... Never had that happen and hope it never will.. I think most voodoo's have been laying around for years, in or out a case. So one just going bad doing nothing is very strange. My first thoughts would be replacing the caps as it is the easiest job and those are the only …

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Re: 486 MOBO BIOS Update

Posted on 2017-11-01, 20:38

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by meljor

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Could you make a small guide about how to do that exactly @Lazybayer? Because i hear that a lot but can not find any guide/info about it on the net other than uniflash can do it. I use the hotflash method (works also great) on a pentium1 motherboard for all 128kb and 256kb bioss files but what if i …

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Re: Voodoo 3 Graphic issues, chipset related?

Posted on 2017-10-31, 22:01

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by meljor

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P2b-f is agp 2x, P3V4X is agp 4x. Of course it is backwards compatible but it might have a few bios options that work better when switched off with a voodoo? At least set it to 2x agp speed if you can.

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Re: 486 MOBO BIOS Update

Posted on 2017-10-31, 21:27

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by meljor

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Update - Both Imperious and feipoa were correct. This board does have a "Non Flashable EPROM". There is a jumper when clearing CMOS and Programming the EPROM to use 5V or 12V. Why would a board provide programming option for EPROM? So you turn on the machine, shine UV-light on it overnight and then …

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Re: Creative Voodoo2 3D Blaster SLI -rookie needs help!

Posted on 2017-10-30, 20:28

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by meljor

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Use the fastvoodoo driver. Google ''voodoo2 sli'' and see the images, it will show how to connect the cards. Does not matter what other card you use, so Geforce2 is fine as well.

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Re: Motherboard Recommendations for P3

Posted on 2017-10-28, 20:09

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by meljor

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Cpu support all comes down to board revisions. P2B will also support p3 no problem, as long as it is a 2.0v 100mhz fsb cpu (up to 600mhz?) any revision can do it, at the most it simply needs a bios update. The max. of p2-450 in the manual is just because there were no newer cpu's when they printed …

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Re: Geforce 256 DDR broken?

Posted on 2017-10-28, 14:52

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by meljor

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That does not sound as a common issue unfortunately. They install like any other Nvidia card and should work with drivers that are compatible. I'm afraid the card is damaged, look very closely and see if there are components missing/shorts of any sort/deep scratches etc. Sometimes comparing the card …

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Re: Motherboard Recommendations for P3

Posted on 2017-10-28, 14:46

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by meljor

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Only a few choices really: Asus P2B Asus P2B-B Asus P2B-S Asus P2B-LS Asus P2B-DS Asus P2B-F Asus P3B-F Probably forgot a few but you get the picture. I MIGHT be a bit biased? 🤣

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Re: Definition of "Super Socket 7"

Posted on 2017-10-26, 21:52

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by meljor

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7ns as far as I know. It should run at 100Mhz... it just doesn't. Maybe it's the cache controller that doesn't like 100MHz - or the chipset itself (most likely). I've got a pretty good pic here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=56468&p=620176#p620176 see if you can read off that. It is a …

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Re: Definition of "Super Socket 7"

Posted on 2017-10-25, 21:10

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by meljor

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Has anyone found a regular socket 7 board which had an unofficial 100 MHz setting? And did it work? yes. Lucky Star 5V-1A, using the VIA Apollo VPX chipset. It has unofficial jumper settings for 100MHz. At first I tought it was 95MHz, but turns out it's 100 and PCI runs at CPUCLK/3 automatically …

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Re: Definition of "Super Socket 7"

Posted on 2017-10-25, 20:40

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by meljor

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Well.... i almost found one! I was picking motherboards at the recycler and came across an ECS board with Sis chipset and white isa slots, socket 7. Since the only board i have that can run Tillamook with cache looks alot like that (Ecs, Sis and lots of white) i bought it, together with lots of …

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Re: Definition of "Super Socket 7"

Posted on 2017-10-25, 20:34

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by meljor

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Well.... i almost found one! I was picking motherboards at the recycler and came across an ECS board with Sis chipset and white isa slots, socket 7. Since the only board i have that can run Tillamook with cache looks alot like that (Ecs, Sis and lots of white) i bought it, together with lots of …

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Re: Definition of "Super Socket 7"

Posted on 2017-10-25, 17:11

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by meljor

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Well.... i almost found one! I was picking motherboards at the recycler and came across an ECS board with Sis chipset and white isa slots, socket 7. Since the only board i have that can run Tillamook with cache looks alot like that (Ecs, Sis and lots of white) i bought it, together with lots of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-23, 19:12

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by meljor

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I meant finding out the speed by the numbers only. Using actual hardware and software i found a way: hwinfo32 It gives the actual s-spec number(s) for the cpu, that way you can be certain what speed it is. Otherwise it is very difficult as for example my 750mhz runs also fine at 7,5x133 (1ghz). …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-23, 09:13

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by meljor

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I tried googling all the numbers on it, but found nothing. My Slot 1 board (440bx from Aopen) always misjudges and sets the CPU speed slower that it's rated for by default so I guess there is no way to know. At least for now. EDIT: OK, I just realized that since P3's have locked multipliers, jumper …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-10-22, 10:11

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by meljor

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The p3 coppermine without the plastic casing: is there any way to see what speed it is? I can get lots of those at the recycler but it is always a wild guess. No cache chips means coppermine i get that, but otherwise i have no clue as to what speed it is... At least with the old celerons they had a …

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