Re: Intel i740 AGP vs. S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2018-10-22, 23:59

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by athlon-power

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GeForce 2 problems on an Intel motherboard seem likely to be indicative of some kind of motherboard AGP power delivery problem. In my experience with 2000-2003 cards, when the GF FX series added the aux power connection stability improved for some motherboards that had problems with older cards. …

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Re: I have a philosophical dilemma and need some input

Posted on 2018-10-22, 23:48

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when you set 2volts on a motherboard jumper, it is going to feed that CPU 2volts whether it wants them or not See, that's the thing. I can't tell if it damaged it or not because it ran like that for around 2 or 3 months, give or take, and the BIOS even recognized what the processor was. The problem …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-22, 23:40

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Yes, I would advice you to hold on to as much of your old gear as you can, without it becoming a detriment to your life (cost of storage, storage location itself, relationship problems over hoarding all the stuff, etc) I may have already caught up with myself on that one. I'm storing 19 mini to mid …

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Re: I have a philosophical dilemma and need some input

Posted on 2018-10-22, 23:22

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No, what I want is a working and capable machine for as little money as I can spend (the challenge). What I would like is a high end gaming machine. These are two different things. That's a fair point. I assumed you wanted something like that because you bought a 1GHz PIII. I have a similar project …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-22, 23:10

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Another off-topic note, but that does remind me of some things I'm actually doing right now. I have had 3 upgrades since my first real 'gaming rig' I had that I sorta built myself. Took an old Dell Studio 540 with a Core2Quad Q6600, threw 8GB of DDR2 in there and threw in an AMD Radeon HD 6770. I …

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Re: I have a philosophical dilemma and need some input

Posted on 2018-10-22, 22:54

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The CPU on the way cost me $35 - I don't mind sticking it in there to see what it can do. I wouldn't count on it. Depending on what chipset it is, it most likely won't accept a CPU that fast. Most slot 1 motherboards, especially lower-end ones, use an 100MHz FSB, and anything beyond 700MHz or so …

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Re: I have a philosophical dilemma and need some input

Posted on 2018-10-22, 22:02

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the branding... those are wrong feathers! Dell does not make components. I probably should've been more clear. I meant the components the computer came with. Not actual Dell manufactured components, but components licensed to be put into the computer by Dell, those with OEM markings of some kind, …

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Re: I have a philosophical dilemma and need some input

Posted on 2018-10-22, 21:25

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For me, it depends on the condition of the case, the internal components, etc. If the case is in a decent condition, I'd probably try and leave the original motherboard in there, though I'd remove the motherboard temporarily just to give the case a good cleaning. I'd probably personally keep it as …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-22, 20:27

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Thanks so much for your help! I'm very thankful for the amount of information I've been given. I can say for sure that this will probably help me figure out stuff with that machine, and similar-era machines for later on. I'm also glad for the mentions of hardware specs before the original scope of …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-18, 23:47

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There were 128 MB modules, but they were quite expensive, so the max was 384 mb, but a more realistic build would be 3x64 mb. In that case, my 256MB module I have in there goes bye-bye. The thing is, as far as truly period correct RAM is concerned, I only have a 64MB and 128MB module, so I'll end …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-18, 16:03

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So now I've definitely figured out that 448MB of RAM is probably a little too much, even for the high end. I really don't have much of a choice on what HDDs I can use, because I don't have anything smaller than 40GB, but it'll have to do for now. Thanks for the help, it makes wrapping my mind around …

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Re: Intel i740 AGP vs. S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2018-10-18, 15:38

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Moreover, if it was the board, I'd expect the i740 to have the same problems. I'd sooner expect software/driver issues. That's what's so odd. I've tried multiple different driver versions, at least, with the GeForce 2, and it never functions properly. I'm not sure, but I think I may have tried …

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Re: Intel i740 AGP vs. S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2018-10-18, 04:34

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Something is up with your setup, no reason why Savage wouldn't play Half Life. I think it's the motherboard. Just to give you a list of the problems I've had with it in the past: PCI Slot 03 always comes up with a resource conflict, no matter the card AND with all integrated devices I can disable …

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Re: Intel i740 AGP vs. S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2018-10-18, 03:26

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Intel 740 and Savage 2000 were similar class but 2.5 years apart - there is no way that older Intel can keep up with the Savage. I'm confused. I was of the thought that the S3 Savage was released in 1999, while the Intel i740 was released in 1998. It's very possible that the S3 Savage was released …

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Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-18, 02:30

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If this question has been asked before, please let me know. I'm curious about the average specs for the whole gamut of PCs from late '98 to early '99. I'm not asking for extremely specific details, though if you wish, a more detailed look into it would be very welcome. I'm mainly looking at five …

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Intel i740 AGP vs. S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2018-10-18, 00:57

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As I mentioned in a post about issues with a nVidia GeForce 2 MX400, the motherboard I am currently using, a Gateway Tabor III, refuses to render any 3D images in either OpenGL or D3D using the GeForce 2. I have followed every troubleshooting path I can think of, and I have exhausted every other …

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Half-Life WON Problems with GeForce MX400 on Tabor III Mobo

Posted on 2018-09-30, 18:17

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I have another extremely strange issue that has plagued my Gateway Tabor III motherboard since I first got it. For some very odd reason, the system will become unstable while playing Half-Life with the nVidia GeForce 2 MX400 64MB AGP GPU in it when I try to render it in OpenGL mode. It will crash …

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Re: Very Odd IDE CD/DVD Drive Issues

Posted on 2018-09-30, 03:00

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After the two edits on the post above, I figured that editing a third time would be a little overkill. Turns out the problem was the external IDE controller itself. I took it out, and the PC immediately was able to boot from the CD drive.

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Re: Very Odd IDE CD/DVD Drive Issues

Posted on 2018-09-30, 01:56

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I got around to changing it to manually use the cable select; the problem still persists. I'm starting to wonder if what you're saying is right. It just might not boot off of anything but the primary master/slave, which would be very inconvenient because none of the dual IDE connector cables I have …

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Re: WIn98se on sd card Problems

Posted on 2018-09-29, 19:30

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Are you using an IDE to SD card adapter, or some form of external USB card reader? (this includes front panel SD card readers that attach to front panel USB headers.) Also, I would not recommend using SD cards for storage on an old system like that at all, even with an IDE to SD card adapter. The …

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