Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 07:37

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Just a side note: AMD Athlon XP are normally not expensive either. Might not have the nice circle around the logo, though ... ;-) Have not checked the prices yet but yes The Athlon XP is popular in the retro field and worth considering as well. But I will put some research into the amd side of …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 06:27

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I think for CPU, the performance of a V3 tends to plateau after 900 or so Mhz, with a few games that happens to as low as 600 and a few where it's more like 1200. If you are aiming to wring every last tenth of a frame per second out of a V3, then a Tualatin is "substantially adequate" without going …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 10:03

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@H3nrik V! It's Austria. And we also do have such place in Austria to be frank. It is a semi official stuff. The official function of the store is to sell old hardware parts. But sometimes to boss offers some unoffical repair stuff for selected costomers. I was lucky to be able to request this …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 06:44

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@H3nrik V! It's Austria. And we also do have such place in Austria to be frank. It is a semi official stuff. The official function of the store is to sell old hardware parts. But sometimes to boss offers some unoffical repair stuff for selected costomers. I was lucky to be able to request this …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-17, 06:44

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The last game I was playing before I lost the mainboard of my Voodoo 3 System was Deus Ex. The atmosphere of the game is still awesome and I want to replay the game as soon as my system is back from a repair or until I find new mainboard. The only fun thing is that Deus Ex did not run that well on …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-17, 06:40

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Well IMO, both voodoo3 and tualatin 1.4s or even coppermine are excellent hardware in their time. The problem is, do they fit for each other? In short, the Tualatin and Coppermine are worth for way much better GPU, such as GF4, or even GF FX... The Voodoo3 is absolutely the real replacer of Voodoo2 …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-16, 12:41

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Depends on the game, but it is highly likely you will be GPU limited with a Voodoo 3. Tualatin does not make much sense for the asking price. If you want more CPU and GPU, might I suggest moving or creating a system based on inexpensive Northwood Pentium 4 and a GeForce4 Ti. Thanks for the info. …

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P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-16, 06:43

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I might have just lost my Asus CUV4X-CME motherboard yesterday. I just brought it to a computer store that also does retro stuff. I have not got a "diagnosis" yet but in case the board is salvageable I will pay for the repair. I am really happy with that mobo and graphics card combo (P3 800mhz EB) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-11, 11:50

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Just ordered the first 2 part of my future Dos /early win 98system that is going to be based on a a basement find ( a Gigabyte GA-5AA mainboard) K6-2 500 AFX Riva TNT 2 card from Creative

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-05, 06:19

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[...] Thx again for the further information. You are right. The Aw 32/64 was cheaper than the Yamaha was a strange anomaly On Ebay the YMF719 seems to be cheaper indeed. So did I get you right that it would be better to pick the Yamaha YMF719 over the Soundblaster if possible? Depends on what you …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 14:59

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[...] Thanks for the correction and further info about the different TNT 2 cards. I will stay away from the M64 for sure and look for TNT 2 card from a known manufacturer. About the sound card. For DOS gaming the soundblaster AW32 or AW 64 is quite commonly available at a price I am still willing …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 12:54

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Well, if I were picking nits I'd suggest going for 64MB, not 64mb ;) Apart from that, this looks fine. K6Plus would give you more options to downclock as Trashbytes said, but if you're only interested in late DOS, a K6-2 gives more than enough options. For TNT2 the same applies as for S3 Virge: …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 07:51

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Thanks for the further info about the ram. I found a used hardware store that is doing some maintenance even for ancient stuff. I will go there later in the afternoon to let the mobo be checked. If is still working I will plan further. After thinking about it again I will go for Dos/early Win98 …

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Re: What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 17:53

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@Trashbytes and Ydee Thx for the further information about the bios and the the pontial off downclocking the K6. That might really come in handy. I have already checked some prices of the k6 2 and 3. And the normal ones are a bit cheaper than the + variants. In case I find one of the + variants at a …

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Re: What to do with that basement found?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 10:56

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Thanks a lot for your reply @dionb. The info are very helpful. Let me answer your questions now. The sound card question is a rabbit hole indeed. I do not have any preference for a special brand. If possible I want to have a sound card that gives a very good Dos gaming experience without breaking …

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What to do with that basement find?

Posted on 2024-04-03, 09:36

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When helping out cleaning the house from a recently deceased relative I found parts of a retro computer in the basement which I was allowed to keep. It was a case with a Gigabyte GA-5AA mainboard in it. That's it. The board needs lots of cleaning and I am not even sure if is still working. At some …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-02, 15:42

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It started playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It started as a little experiment only because I did not expect the game to run that well on my Asus CUV4X-CME with Pentium 38 800 MHz, 128 MB RAM, and a Voodoo 3 agp. Especially the card is already outdated for that game. It turned out better than …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-28, 13:09

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Oh, I see. Thanks me informing me which of the X-Fi cards I should get. Good thing I decided to ask before getting a card blindly.

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 agp or agp card + voodo 2 pci

Posted on 2024-03-28, 07:50

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A tricky question. It also depends on the games you want to play and which Pentium 3 you are going to use. I am by no means an Voodoo expert but I would recommend a Voodoo 3 Agp card. I am using A voodoo 3 3000 apg with my pentium 3 3 800mhz system and it works like a charm for the games I am …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-28, 07:01

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Have done some further research and i am sure now that i am going to get X-Fi card. There are also some listings on ebay for the X-fi card. Is there are difference between Sb0790 and Sb1040 card that would be noticable for standard gaming use or i am good to go with any of these cards?

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