Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-09-24, 21:38
The game of life. And I'm pretty sure I'm losing.
Re: Nirvana
Posted on 2021-09-24, 21:36
1991 was a good year for releases. Ten and Badmotorfinger were huge I second Superunknown and Dirt from brostenen as objectively better though I did listen to Nevermind a ton. I'll add Slave to the Grind to that list as well....but as far as the crown goes I'm going to have to say Metallica.
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-24, 14:02
You mean "Graphics Aperture Size" in BIOS, the area in RAM reserved for AGP texturing? PCChips has it named stupidly "Graphic Windows Size" and I have it on the standard 64MB (from 192MB RAM). Unfortunately, this has no effect, nor does resizing prevent the window from popping up with a message …
Re: Games to play on a socket 7 machine with SiS 6326 graphics.
Posted on 2021-09-23, 20:04
I just got an AGP 6326 today (which is a development of the S3 Virge - for the guy who thought this was different, lol). It is a late production model and appears to have 16MB onboard. There can be issues with these cards in DOS apparently but a later driver release fixed most of the issues. I also …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-23, 15:10
I don't know about the discreet card, but the implementation of SiS 6326 on the PCChips M590 board is odd to say the least. It does have a dedicated memory (8MB EDO DRAM) onboard, but it's the only "card" where 3DMark 99 reports me low on memory for the 800x600 default setting test, what to hell?! …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 21:47
The non-SS7 motherboards with these voltage options didn't exist until later revisions around 1997 when the specifications for the K6 "Little Foot" were around 2.2v of core voltage. This thread is getting derailed into an argument between S7 and SS7. It should be moved, I didn't intend this to be a …
Re: Can it be done?! Should it be done?!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 20:04
Cool idea....but I don't think it is practical. I also don't think there is much of a market for such a device. Anyone who would want one badly enough is likely already emulating or have long since built a few retro machines for their fix, and anyone who doesn't want one badly enough or doesn't …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 19:55
I think the S7 vs SS7 is a bit arbitrary. Some say it's the 100mhz FSB and some say it's the AGP..... My "super" 7 system has neither, I'm using a PC Chips board with a FSB of 83mhz and a PCI Voodoo 3, but I'm also running a k6-3+ chip. So really these definitions mean nothing. It was never an …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 16:43
"Why buy an AMD K6-II 450 or PII 233 when an overclocked MMX will work just about the same? The K6-II was weak and the PII still used a 66MHz bus speed. " A K6/2 at 400-500mhz might indeed be weak in FPU when compared to a middling Pentium II, but it is miles faster than PMMX even when the Pentium …
Re: Lots of cheap Rage XL PCI graphics cards for Socket 7 on eBay and Aliexpress
Posted on 2021-09-22, 15:43
Ydee wrote on 2021-09-22, 13:17: HangarAte2nds! wrote on 2021-09-22, 04:51: Interesting. I just got an SIS 6236 16MB AGP which is based on the S3 Virge. Can you take a photo of the card, please? Meanwhile, I live under the assumption that S3 Virge and SiS 6326 are two different graphics chips from …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 15:38
I'm sorry I got a bit sidetracked there...I also have a bit of a soft spot for the SiS 6326 , my first PC that was entirely mine had a PC Chips M598LMR board with the SiS530 chipset, so the IGP version of the 6326. It was pretty miserable at 3D but I played a tons of games on that machine and later …
Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!
Posted on 2021-09-22, 15:30
"Why buy an AMD K6-II 450 or PII 233 when an overclocked MMX will work just about the same? The K6-II was weak and the PII still used a 66MHz bus speed. " A K6/2 at 400-500mhz might indeed be weak in FPU when compared to a middling Pentium II, but it is miles faster than PMMX even when the Pentium …
Re: Overclocking Pentium III / Celeron: Coppermine and Tualatin cores - Socket 370
Posted on 2021-09-21, 21:34
This looks like a lot of work. Very kewl.
Re: FM-V Towns - a tale of rare Japanese equipment
Posted on 2021-09-21, 20:50
Very cool.
Re: Graphic cards - opinions
Posted on 2021-09-21, 15:45
Lots of options for that CPU. Likely depends on what you can get and for what price. MX440, Radeon 7500, Relatively common cards and can be found easily and cheaply enough. You could also go Voodoo 3 or even something from Matrox or PowerVR, more exotic and more pricey but more interesting. If you …
Re: Voodoo Rush 8 MB too slow?
Posted on 2021-09-21, 15:39
I find the Rush cards fascinating for some reason..... I bought one new from CompUSA back in the day. I had it for like 2 days before I took it back and got a Banshee instead because the Rush was too slow for games that were out back then. And the Banshee is not even that good of a card but I …
Re: Voodoo Rush 8 MB too slow?
Posted on 2021-09-20, 21:53
I find the Rush cards fascinating for some reason.....
Re: Newbie wants to say "Hi!" :)
Posted on 2021-09-08, 21:51
Welcome! Socket 5 and 7 in particular are my favorites 😀 So I can let the P4 slide.....just kidding of course.
Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?
Posted on 2021-09-08, 21:32
foil_fresh wrote on 2021-09-03, 02:51: last thought: Would a jump to a 233mmx be a significant boost? I'm using a super socket 7 board, Shuttle HOT-591p. Not really. But a K6-2 or even better a k6-3+ would make a big difference.
Re: Building my own Woodgrain 486
Posted on 2021-09-08, 21:14
Nice build! I really need to throw a build log of my Cx586 build as it was a similar journey to yours.
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