Re: Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-24, 10:23

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Lean and efficient PCI cards for your CPU would be the GF2 MX, 4000MX and the Savage 2000 PCI (rare) Ati 7500 PCI might be okay but ATI drivers usually have higher CPU overhead. I've been testing with a Geforce2 MX 400 64MB PCI card right now, and it performs a little bit slower than the FX5500. …

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Re: Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-23, 19:01

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A GeForce2 MX paired with period correct drivers should perform quite well on that CPU. Later Nvidia cards need newer drivers which expect more modern CPUs. Didn't realize these older PCI cards were so expensive ... been collecting retro stuff for almost 2 years now and never really paid much …

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Re: Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-23, 18:58

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Hi, I'd like to help, but my experience with 3D accelerators is limited. The FX5200, though, is something had experience with. I used it many years ago for my sister's PC, so she could get Win 7 running in Aero Glass mode (needs Shader Model 2). From what I can tell, the card is/was quite …

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Re: Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-23, 18:57

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I suspect you are searching the best option for the Packard Bell you are working on in you latest videos (great videos, by the way). There are a couple of , non expensive, Matrox (G450 & 550) PCI cards published right now on eBay (USA). I am not sure I am allowed to share those links here. If …

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Direct3D gaming with a PCI videocard on an AMD K6-2 platform on windows 98se

Posted on 2020-10-23, 13:18

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Hi, I have an AMD K6-2 system here that I am experimenting with. It has an integrated AGP video card that I am not using. It is very slow (SiS chip) and it keeps on flickering my screen for some reason. Unfortunately I don't have an AGP slot so I am limited to PCI. Now, 3DFX cards seem to work …

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Re: 3D Mark 99 on win98se with Nvidia FX5500

Posted on 2020-10-22, 11:29

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Judging by that score, it seems you are on a Socket 7 PC (Pentium MMX?). It's an AMD K6-2 500Mhz . But I am limited to PCI. The best performing cards I have are a PCI Voodoo Banshee and Voodoo 2. I thought that more modern PCI cards with OpenGL support would run faster than the Banshee / Voodoo 2. …

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Re: 3D Mark 99 on win98se with Nvidia FX5500

Posted on 2020-10-21, 07:05

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Try older drivers Thx ... 56.64 seemed to have done the trick. 3D Mark 99 ran fine with these. Getting a low score but that has probably more to do with the CPU / overall system. Was a bit surprised to see it score lower than my voodoo banshee in the same system (in 3D Mark : 1100 for the FX5500 Vs …

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Re: 3D Mark 99 on win98se with Nvidia FX5500

Posted on 2020-10-20, 16:18

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Did you install the chipset drivers for your motherboard? What are the specs of the rest of your system? It is a pretty crappy Packard Bell system and only has PCI slots. It uses the SIS 530 chipset. I don't think there are any specific SIS 530 chipset drivers (I did find drivers for the IGP). …

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3D Mark 99 on win98se with Nvidia FX5500

Posted on 2020-10-20, 12:26

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Hi, I have a Win98SE computer with an Nvidia FX5500 PCI videocard. With a clean install of windows 98 SE 81.98 nvidia drivers DirectX 9 installation I cannot get 3D Mark 99 to start. First time it launches but upon clicking New Benchmark it simply quits before running the first test Second time it …

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Tseng Labs 1983 Ultra Pak monochrome display adapter

Posted on 2020-03-04, 09:01

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Hi, I've got this old Tseng Labs Ultra Pak card. https://imgur.com/gallery/vP5YYYN Haven't found much info on it, but I suspect an IBM MDA alternative featuring LPT, COM1, COM2, a real time clock (the card also included a battery that had been removed by the original owner) The problem is nothing is …

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Re: 6x86 PR200 66mhz or 75mhz FSB option

Posted on 2020-01-02, 19:39

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That, and because the multiplier is higher, so you can reach higher clock rates at the same FSB than with a version which uses a higher FSB from the outset and hence a lower multiplier. But both CPUs are multiplier unlocked, so you can increase it just as easily as you would the FSB. I'm missing …

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Re: 6x86 PR200 66mhz or 75mhz FSB option

Posted on 2020-01-02, 19:30

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Cyrix always tended to push the FSB boundaries with both 75 MHz and later 83 MHz parts on socket 7, finally 100 MHz right near the end, the board makers were a little slower to react to this but SiS is your best bet for a good compatible motherboard chipset(they also supported the Cyrix Linear …

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Re: 6x86 PR200 66mhz or 75mhz FSB option

Posted on 2020-01-02, 18:38

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I think that happens with most (if not all) PR ratings. Was putting some order in my vast collection of retro-related photos and stumbled upon this one that a seller sent me a couple of years ago. I've chosen the 66MHz FSB one because it was less scratched, but the one on the bottom (or right) …

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6x86 PR200 66mhz or 75mhz FSB option

Posted on 2020-01-02, 13:19

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I'm playing around with my IBM 6x86 PR200 and noticed that it initially came out with a core frequency of 150Mhz (75mhz fsb x2). A couple of months later it came out with a core frequency of 166Mhz (66mhz fsb x2.5) under the exact same PR200 branding. The latter was about 10% faster (due to its …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-22, 18:48

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Yep, one need to remove a bit of heatsink material. Thin sensors like these helps with the fitting: http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj620/dykb1982/sfdss-4.jpg No idea about whether this cpu features some sort of internal measure of temperature, haven't heard of it at least. Yeah that’s exactly …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-22, 18:45

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3.2v is not enough to kill that CPU. I would start worrying after 3.5v. If it runs stable at 3.2v I’ll keep it for now. This motherboard does not do 0.1v increments. Next step would immediately be 3.5v. Got a super socket 7 mainboard that does 0.1v increments and that hopefully supports some more …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-22, 15:25

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I would think that if you can put a socket A cooler or a big socket 370 cooler on there it should be enough to offer peace of mind regarding CPU temperature. In terms of wattage the Cyrix chips would never come close to a 60W+ Athlon, even with a small bump in the voltage. What do you consider a " …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-22, 15:22

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I'm really surprised to see such a thread, because... back in the era, those Cyrix chips were often called "factory overclocked" :D Consider it an academic study :) Just wanted to play around with it a bit ... I was able to get it up to 187,5Mhz (a 25% increase from the stock 150Mhz), and there is …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-22, 15:20

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Sure, you just need a thin temperature probe (something like the "cpu" probes bundled with the digital doc 5) - remove a small amount of heatsink material to get the probe right on top of the center of the cpu. Depending on how much heat said chip produce it might make sense to put the probe …

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Re: Overclocking the Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200

Posted on 2019-12-21, 09:43

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There are always risks involved with overclocking, including stability. You won't kill the chip as long as you keep the heat at an acceptable range. The main thing you can do is control the temperature. First step would be to find a way accurately measure the temperature. Using my temperature probe …

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