Re: Got bigger than Ben-Hur
Posted on 2022-09-17, 10:04
GF2 GTS AGP
Re: Got bigger than Ben-Hur
Posted on 2022-09-17, 10:03
Nvidia GF 256 SDR AGP
Re: Got bigger than Ben-Hur
Posted on 2022-09-17, 10:01
Riva TNT2 Pro AGP
Re: Got bigger than Ben-Hur
Posted on 2022-09-17, 10:00
Rive TNT2 M64 PCI
Got bigger than Ben-Hur
Posted on 2022-09-17, 09:58
Decided to benchmark test my PCI and AGP cards from long ago and what I've acquired over the years, mainly to see what still works. Only got as far as testing the nVidia cards as that alone taken nearly a week, 3DFX and ATi cards will follow. No science behind this, purely for my own interest and …
Re: IBM PS/2 Help Needed
Posted on 2022-09-04, 07:00
it should still boot. try a dos disk to see if it gets that far. if it doesn't the issue is the floppy. if it does the reference disk may not have been created properly. Windows does crappy things to floppy disks. I have a win98 machine that behaves properly with the reference disks. Okay cool well …
IBM PS/2 Help Needed
Posted on 2022-08-31, 17:07
Posted a few days but replies, genuinely baffled on how to proceed with this system as PS/2' is al new to me. Anyway it is a model 55 SX please see pics on link. I've stripped it and cleaned it as it was minging, also pulled the DALLAS and replaced with one of the NECROWARE ones, reassembled and it …
IBM PS/2 Help!
Posted on 2022-08-30, 18:47
Okay taken the plunge finally got a PS/2 only because it was free as the price always put me off in the past. Anyway it is a model 55 SX please see pics. I've stripped it and cleaned it as it was minging, also pulled the DALLAS and replaced with one of the NECROWARE ones, reassembled and it will not …
Re: Same Card?
Posted on 2022-08-30, 07:23
Yes, it does, and it is the typical YMF71x card. Nothing awesome but it does its job (I made a YMF71x card that gets all out the chip but there's some time until it becomes available again). I'm just truly fed up with the Creative mine field I mean find the right version of each model, oh and the …
Re: When retro becomes retro?
Posted on 2022-08-29, 20:55
I try not get lost in it or dance to someone else's tune, upto you I guess. To me I consider retro 1990 - 2010 Vintage well anything before 1990 Say on eBay Retro is just an excuse slap a premium on a product that means nothing to the seller.
Re: Same Card?
Posted on 2022-08-29, 20:26
The Audicians were all still Labway made cards, and there are many flavors according to the box, depending on what was ticked on the side lol. When the YMF71x card is mithout second crystal, the 32 and 48KHz sample rates are both wrong (way too high pitched) as 33.8688MHz crystal the card …
Re: Same Card?
Posted on 2022-08-29, 19:43
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-08-29, 19:07: Audican cards don't have second oscillator soldered AFAIK. Other than that, it's a generic PCB design for a bunch of Yamaha 718/719 OEM cards. Oscillators being the two silver things to the far left? If so the card advertised as Audician was not an …
Same Card?
Posted on 2022-08-29, 18:44
They look the same component wise, seem to have same markings but are they the same? I lost an Auction as I wasn't prepared to go past £45, the card was described as "Audican 32 Plus YMF718-S". Anyway I offered another seller £20 including delivery for what appeared to be the same card described as …
Bestest best friend
Posted on 2022-08-29, 13:35
So my now bestest best mate tells me go his dads as he's having clear out and got a couple of old computers if I want them. I oblige and drive straight round, his dad tells me two of his old PC's are in the other room and to take them or they going charity. There in the other room two PC's are …
Re: Compaq Presario 4640 review and upgrades
Posted on 2022-08-25, 22:15
Continuation from the first post So, the Seagate drive was a nice upgrade, so what I did is I used a PIII computer to run Acronis on it to copy the contents of the Quantum to the new one and then I installed NFS II (I love Rom Di Prisco's songs on it) to test if the paper jig that I made resisted …
Re: CPU Detection Help?
Posted on 2022-04-20, 10:25
Ok, now I have full picture. Your Pentium 133 has locked multiplier, which was a thing, due to rebranding scams done with unlocked steppings, so it can be only underclocked. Additionally that's Intel OEM motheboard which can recognize that, but DELL has probably left some oversight in the firmware. …
Re: CPU Detection Help?
Posted on 2022-04-19, 14:52
Multipliers recognised by 95% of the P133 production run are just 1.5 and 2x.. you can set 2.5x 3x or 3.5x on the board, but it's still gonna run at 2x or 1.5x unless you got a board that notices and complains. I only left 5% hanging as a maybe on claims that later P133 cores culled from P200 …
Re: CPU Detection Help?
Posted on 2022-04-19, 13:44
After a few benchmarks of different speeds P133s (133MHz in BIOS and Windows) 3dmark99Max 967 CPU Marks SYSinfo (DOS) CPU Score 420 P166s (166MHz in BIOS and 133MHz Windows) 3dmark99Max 977 CPU Marks SYSinfo (DOS) CPU Score 421 P200s (200MHz in BIOS and 100 MHz Windows) 3dmark99Max 752 CPU Marks …
Re: CPU Detection Help?
Posted on 2022-04-19, 13:05
Bios tells you it's a Pentium type CPU that's running at 166 MHz, smarter software tells you it's a CPU whose id tag says "model Intel Pentium 133". At least that's my guess. Are you sure you want to run that poor thing at 200 MHz? I mean, there sure was quite some price discrimination involved in …
Re: CPU Detection Help?
Posted on 2022-04-19, 12:42
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-04-19, 12:26: Does performance change? Since you put it like that I never thought of a CPU benchmark, I'll try that now 🤣. Cheers
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