Re: DDR RAM heatsinks on SDR
Posted on 2022-07-31, 20:01
RGB won't work.
Re: DDR RAM heatsinks on SDR
Posted on 2022-07-30, 22:18
I always imagined the SDRAM and early DDR ram module heatsinks were just there for the look more than a real need. DDR Samsung TCCD 500+ Mhz (modules which were sold with these specs btw) - requires heatsink. DDR Winbond (BH/CH) on 3.3v - requires heatsink and sometimes active cooling. The only gen …
Re: Help Identifying Socket 3 Motherboard
Posted on 2022-07-30, 02:09
Infamous PCCHIPS with fake cache which is not connected to anything.
Re: Abit BH6: Upgrade CPU or put a faster GPU?
Posted on 2022-07-30, 02:03
Yes.
Re: Which is better, S3 ViRGE/DX or S3 Trio 64V2/DX?
Posted on 2022-07-29, 14:56
Didn't noticed Virge DX in the title. Oh well, yes, they have identical RAMDAC, but in ideal scenario Trio 64V2/DX is slightly faster anyway: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=72299 Compared cards in the flesh: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=682967#p682967 Keep in mind that any …
Re: Which is better, S3 ViRGE/DX or S3 Trio 64V2/DX?
Posted on 2022-07-29, 12:39
Trio 64V2/DX has better RAMDAC. Performance won't be significantly different between them.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-28, 19:56
Well, not really a surprise. They did exactly same thing for HD 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx and HD 5xxx/6xxx.
Re: AMD Slot A 1999 Build
Posted on 2022-07-28, 18:47
K6-II+/III+ has the Enhanced 3DNow! feature Only partial support. Maybe there are people here, which knows more details about this option and why 3dfx only released Geometry Assist for their 9x/ME drivers. Probably horrible state of late 3dfx. They had to prioritize their limited resources to what …
Re: Bent motherboard
Posted on 2022-07-28, 14:54
AT mounting would not cause that amount of sag. Or any at all, really. Sagging became a thing during Socket 478 era and beyond, because cooler mountings were shit. That motherboard was improperly handled during shipment or storage.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-28, 14:46
3dfx had valid OpenGL ICD (with a twist). I see no point in obsessing over specific period of Voodoo 1/2 time when it was not available.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-28, 09:48
You mean that new legacy driver? Most likely. Plus they've made it specifically for old generations of cards and stripped anything related to Polaris, Vega or RDNA.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-27, 21:41
Reddit wrote: Interestingly there are some visual bugs that previously only happened in Vulkan that now also happen in OpenGL. This was observed in Ryujinx for example. I will stick with "corporate greed" scenario for now.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-27, 21:28
Wrapper thing is not 100% confirmed though, but Zink link has some indication, that AMD could be using similar approach. Something like 3dfx OpenGL ICD, which internally was still translating API calls to Glide. But hey, maybe AMD really rewrote OpenGL, due to benefit of nuking all graphics chips …
Re: Bent motherboard
Posted on 2022-07-27, 20:55
50/50. More modern board would probably be dead for sure, but Socket 7 usually has less brittle components.
Re: Games you can play with a Riva 128?
Posted on 2022-07-27, 19:32
The graininess offsets the softer look of 3D accelerated graphics, Mipmap noise can be easily can be replicated on Riva TNT with tweakers. But very rough texture filtering can't be replicated, yes. But with the Riva 128 it was my impression that it's being universally dismissed as having bad output …
Re: HD 3850 AGP Aftermarket Cooler Suggestions
Posted on 2022-07-27, 19:30
RETROKOMODO wrote: Not enough hours in the day. Sleep is for the weak (sanity too). SATA-PATA adapters is for the enlightened.
Re: AMD significantly increases the performance of Radeons in OpenGL
Posted on 2022-07-27, 16:00
Because OpenGL is obsolete and it's not productive to fix it for a bunch of old software and linux users.
Re: AMD Slot A 1999 Build
Posted on 2022-07-27, 15:53
Depends. Pure FPU is better, but no SSE.
Re: HD 3850 AGP Aftermarket Cooler Suggestions
Posted on 2022-07-27, 15:39
I might try again with my Quantum Bigfoot drive.. but it is very VERY loud.. Only hardcore, only Western Digital Raptor.
Re: HD 3850 AGP Aftermarket Cooler Suggestions
Posted on 2022-07-27, 14:03
0x0000008E blue screen is probably due to issues with your storage.
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