Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 18:38

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Geri wrote on 2022-09-09, 11:26: Jasin Natael wrote on 2022-09-09, 02:59: Dude I don't know what got up your ass and died....but let me explain to you that I You might talk to your mom in this style, but not with me. Muted. Oh, how shall I ever survive.

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 18:38

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I've two ATX Super Seven motherboards, this one and an Epox and both have been rock solid with both FSB settings and working with video cards that are a bit on the power hungry side for motherboards known for having AGP issues. With my Soyo board all I had to do was to set the DIP switch to the FSB …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 18:37

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It really is a shame that those MIIs didn’t clock higher. At their respective mhz they were quite good. But yeah, k6-3+ is definitely the fastest socket 5/7/ss7 cpu. Would be interesting to know if it was fastest per clock though🤔 There was a socket 7 mIII in development at one point called “jedi” …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 17:04

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I decided to stop being a slacker and mod the chip. The result was typical, but it won't do the hoped for 672 MHz. A giveaway that this card is CPU limited is that overclocking it makes no real difference in the score. Can I ask...how were you able to get 112hz FSB to work? I have been messing with …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 03:47

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I decided to stop being a slacker and mod the chip. The result was typical, but it won't do the hoped for 672 MHz. A giveaway that this card is CPU limited is that overclocking it makes no real difference in the score. Can I ask...how were you able to get 112hz FSB to work? I have been messing with …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-09, 02:59

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Yes, K6/2, it was a typo. 105x5. So lets repeat again: the Cyrix 6x86mx paired with era-correct video card will outperform the k6/2 with a non-peroid correct card. A K6/2 with an fx5200 will be around 15 fps in games where a Cyrix 6x86mx running at 250mhz paired with a matrox G200 can easily reach …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2022-09-08, 18:04

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I had made a brief thread on this but thought I might post here as well. Basic Specs of my MII build: PC Chips M571 motherboard All fastest ram/cache options in BIOS Cyrix MII 266GP 2.0v 75x4@300MHZ 1x128MB Cl2 SDRAM PC100 ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI video ESS AudioDrive 1868 ISA sound card VIA USB 2.0 PCI …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-08, 16:46

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You can still see gains between 550 and 600 mhz. Some people are even doing higher. i have recently tried newer games on k5 -525 (k6/2) with asus p5a-b as well f1-2002 ran with 2 fps, warcraft3 managed 7 fps, gta3 7 fps, motogp2 3 fps, nfs hot porsuit managed to get 6 fps with geforce2 this is not …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-08, 02:04

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According to my measures, Matrox G200 AGP (with latest official driver), Savage4 AGP (driver from early 2000), or a TNT1 AGP (detonator driver 2.x) are the best for a super socket7 computer. GeForce FX and GeForce2 having driver cpu scaling issues, and will provide anemic speed in a Socket7 system. …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-08, 01:59

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According to my measures, Matrox G200 AGP (with latest official driver), Savage4 AGP (driver from early 2000), or a TNT1 AGP (detonator driver 2.x) are the best for a super socket7 computer. GeForce FX and GeForce2 having driver cpu scaling issues, and will provide anemic speed in a Socket7 system. …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-08, 01:50

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BinaryDemon wrote on 2022-09-07, 22:52: I think $20 for a GTS is a decent deal. Nice find. If that is indeed what it is. I will definitely update the thread. Tons of them on ebay they just are listed very accurately. It is just the 32MB version.

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-07, 16:54

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Well if I did my research correctly, I found what I believe to be a Geforce 2 GTS Dell model built by Visiontek. I bought it to find out for sure. Not a steal at $20 shipped, but probably not a bad deal either. I guess we will see.

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-06, 23:37

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I decided to stop being a slacker and mod the chip. The result was typical, but it won't do the hoped for 672 MHz. A giveaway that this card is CPU limited is that overclocking it makes no real difference in the score. Still a nice little performance bump. I might try to get higher FSB settings …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 22:32

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I did these just for you. Quadro 2 Pro, 7.76, the rest is in the screen shots. The early driver is a big help - I think 3D Now support was dropped rapidly after that. Awesome! Thank you. It looks like that 112mhz bus speed it making a difference as well. I have been busy benchmarking some Radeon …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 21:21

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That’s fine the 9800 pro isn’t the point, stretching the k6-3+’s legs is the point :p Yeah I get you. Currently running some benchmarks on the K6-3+ 600 Soyo board to get a somparison, forcing AGP with Powerstrip. Going to run with Radeon 7200 SDR32MB , Radeon 7500 DDR 64MB, Radeon 9250SE 128Mb ( …

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Re: Cyrix MII build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 21:08

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Yeah seems like you have had some better luck with AGP and ATi on SS7 than I have. I have used Powerstrip to force Agp, but that seems more of a workaround than anything else.

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 21:06

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A radeon 9700 seems like it might be a very good match for ss7 lower power draw and aux connector. Also slightly older. But still good performance. Would be worth a try. I don’t have one to try myself though. Yeah I am sure they would perform well. I would think that it would be a pretty notable …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 20:02

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A radeon 9700 seems like it might be a very good match for ss7 lower power draw and aux connector. Also slightly older. But still good performance. Would be worth a try. I don’t have one to try myself though. Yeah I am sure they would perform well. I would think that it would be a pretty notable …

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Re: Cyrix MII build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 20:00

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Oh, 128 is your score? Yeah, you need a new gfx card man. :-) I’m getting 1900 with a radeon 7500 and k6-3+ at 400 66fsb simm memory on my tyan s1564 I have a 9250 and a 9200 that work well in these systems. Almost as fast as the 7500. Shame yours won’t post. I think some of those sis boards are …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-09-05, 19:52

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Agp: I have had very good luck with radeon 9000-9800 series on ss7 My record runs were on a 9800 pro but it and ss7 agp have power issues. My radeon 9000 does pretty good though. In many of my boards. My 9800 seems to like my freeway mobo very well I wish I had a working 9700/9800, unfortunately I …

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