Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-01, 18:57

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by melbar

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Ariakos wrote: GF2 I bought just because I got it for cheap (and I thought it might have worked in my current P2-450 build but sadly no: motherboard had only AGP 2x slot). Your Geforce 2 MX is compatible with an AGP 2x slot. You can see the two notches at this card.

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Re: Why 478 and not 775?

Posted on 2016-10-31, 19:10

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by melbar

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All Epox boards i can find with google, have no ISA slots: KT266 EP-8KHA - NO ISA KT266A - VT8233 EP-8KHA+ - NO ISA EP-8KHAL - NO ISA EP-8KHM - ??? KT266A - VT8233A EP-8KHA3 - NO ISA EP-8KHAL+ - NO ISA KT266A - VT8235 8K2AI - ??? EP-8K2A - ??? EP-8K2AI - ??? For matsonic socket A KT266 chipset, i …

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Re: Why 478 and not 775?

Posted on 2016-10-31, 12:08

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by melbar

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- some boards have ISA slots - usually KT133 and some KT266 boards - lots of socket A boards support 3.3v AGP cards - this is needed for running 3dfx cards like the V3, V4 and V5. KT133, KT266 and KT333 boads as well as some SiS boards support 3.3v agp cards. KT333A also supports fast Barton CPUs. …

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Re: Scored P3TDE6 with two 1.4 GHz PIII-S's!

Posted on 2016-10-28, 17:32

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by melbar

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Do you need two PSU's with two ATX connectors to run this board?

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Re: Dual P2 Motherboard

Posted on 2016-10-26, 19:37

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by melbar

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Quake 3 Arena was one of these early games (in the year 2000) which had SMP support on NT based windows systems. I remember when playing that game with a dual celeron (466@525, Abit BP6) and win2000. It was really a boost with the second cpu. I'm little sad that i don't have this amazing board …

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Re: Oerk's K5 in multimedia case

Posted on 2016-10-25, 20:01

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by melbar

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You're sure that's a 430VX? I know Soyo made a board that big,but it had the 430TX and was named Soyo SY-5TF. Look at the 2nd picture. It is standard for Soyo that the model name is written at the bottom first ISA slot. It's the Soyo 5VA2, and according to the manual's pdf which you can google, it …

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Re: New machine from scratch

Posted on 2016-10-25, 18:53

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by melbar

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Ah, Ok, sorry, have not understand your first post.... was reading too fast :blush: I'm also planning a standard socket7 beside my super-socket system. But instead of your board with a 430TX chip, it has the first Triton 430FX chipset. It's has only single voltage for the CPU, so i can't install any …

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Re: New machine from scratch

Posted on 2016-10-25, 18:30

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by melbar

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Nice board, your shuttle HOT 569!!! It has the 430TX chip. I have a shuttle HOT 597 (ATX standard, VIA MVP3). According to this test, it has a max. FSB of 83MHz. http://www.anandtech.com/show/96 I thought that a super-socket 7 board has 100MHz capability. That means that this board with it's max. …

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Re: ESS ES1938S vs. Yamaha YMF724E-V

Posted on 2016-10-19, 15:37

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by melbar

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Does your motherboard have a PC/PCI header? Yes it does have a PC/PCI connector. This is the reason why i'm asking. Cause i was thinking to take a SB live for this mainboard and now i see the advantages of a PC/PCI connection... Is there any alternative to a soundcard with these two chipsets i've …

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Re: ESS ES1938S vs. Yamaha YMF724E-V

Posted on 2016-10-18, 17:23

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by melbar

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The motherboard would be with socket 370 and the intel 815 chipset. Cause the RAM limit of 512MB and the speed of a PIII, the best OS is Win98 (SE). Edit: Also including fast DOS gaming in DOS.

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ESS ES1938S vs. Yamaha YMF724E-V

Posted on 2016-10-18, 17:08

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by melbar

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For example, there are these two chipsets on PCI cards: - ESS ES1938S (example card: Terratec 128i) - Yamaha YMF724E-V (example card: Yamaha Waveforce WF192XG) Which one would you recommend more for a PCI only based PIII system (no ISA slots).

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Re: Questions about P3 Tua vs Athlon XP

Posted on 2016-10-17, 19:25

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by melbar

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I have used also a KT400 board back in the day. It was my XP maschine for a long time. :happy: It's only a matter of time that i'll rebuild it. The only two open points are, to recap the board cause it's capacitor quality is not good anymore after 13 years :dead: I had a XP 2100+ (T-Bred B) and i …

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Re: Why 478 and not 775?

Posted on 2016-10-16, 17:06

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by melbar

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You're absolutely right. When you want absolutely high speed, you'll need these kind of boards. It's everybodys self decision to buy these rare hardware. I have said only my opinion that i would go better the cheaper way. Even if i need one build more.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-16, 11:15

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by melbar

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I've ordered this RTC, the Odin OEC12C887A. It will be delivered from HongKong. Hope it will work fine on a socket7 board.

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Re: Why 478 and not 775?

Posted on 2016-10-16, 09:04

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by melbar

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Looking at the price range of these socket 478 boards with ISA on ebay, i must say: The cheapest boards around 60$ to 70$ from china have no AGP slot. There are some on ebay.com which have also AGP, but to spend several hundred dollars for this board. No, that's no option... Better try to get …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-14, 15:36

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by melbar

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stamasd wrote: Also, ECS L7VMM2 v1.0 motherboard: socket 462, chipset KM266, southbridge VT8235 with PC/PCI support. See the SB-link header near the battery. Will test in a few days. 😀 Are you sure that's a real SB link? I've downloaded the manual of the L7VMM2 v1.0, and it seems there is no SB …

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Beauty or ugly beast - V5 5500 PCI

Posted on 2016-10-11, 19:46

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by melbar

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Have seen this MOD on german ebay. The auction is already running. Would never buy a V5 card myself cause its too expensive to me. When i see these pictures, than i am thinking what the hell the person, who was responsible for this mod, their intensions are ... http://www.ebay.de/itm/3dfx-Voodoo5- …

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Re: Want to build a tiny DOS/Windows/3DFX PC

Posted on 2016-10-06, 20:55

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by melbar

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I was thinking Thunderbird because with the pencil trick you can unlock the multiplier and undervolt/underclock to 100Mhz FSB and maybe get a 2x multiplier. With cache disabled, it might hit a "fast 486" speed, or Pentium 75 level, which would be sufficient for my needs. Not looking to play 386 …

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Re: Want to build a tiny DOS/Windows/3DFX PC

Posted on 2016-10-06, 17:09

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by melbar

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For DOS / Windows and a 3dfx PC, i would say a AMD K6-2 (+) or K6-3 (+) would be a good choice. Cause with cache disable tricks, you can run really good old DOS games. Only for late Win98 things you need something else. There are several SS7 boards available, but i don't know if there is any micro …

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Re: I was recently given this retro hardware

Posted on 2016-10-05, 20:45

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by melbar

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XFX Geforce 8800GS 580M Alpha Dog Edition I remember that my brother had this card years ago. The cooler was really loud so we have replaced it by an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 with the two turbo fan's. About the FIC AZ11E: It's interesting. According to the test at www.anandtech.com , it's chipset …

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