Search results for AMD \ VOGONS

Re: Newer iGPUs (past HD5xx) and VBE 2.0/3.0 modes: any hope?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 09:57

by digger

in Marvin \ Video

… the X86-S architecture finds its way to new Intel and AMD CPUs, the era of booting bare-metal DOS natively on …

Voodoo 2 build

Posted on 2023-05-24, 12:20

by simon_e_hall

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… Windows 98 3dfx games will be a waste. MSI KT3 Ultra 2, AMD XP, more horse power and a slightly odd board for such …

Re: Voodoo 2 build

Posted on 2023-05-24, 15:22

by simon_e_hall

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… windows 2000. this is a difficult choice, still leaning towards the AMD at the moment, got a nice big power supply for the …

Can removinga small amount of ram break a win98SE Install?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 15:28

by Siggypony

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… trying to fix this, tomorrow I'll reinstall windows. I have a old AMD K5 PR133 system that has 2 x 32mb Sticks 72pin EDO ram …

4386-VC-HD board - Upgrading CPU questions

Posted on 2023-05-24, 18:21

by Siran

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… the attic I came across my very own first PC: An AMD 386 DX 40 on a 4386-VC-HD board with 8MB …

Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 18:54

by Siran

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… . Way later I found out you could upgrade it with an AMD K6/III 450 after a BIOS update which I both did. It …

Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 19:15

by frankmonk

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… . Way later I found out you could upgrade it with an AMD K6/III 450 after a BIOS update which I both did. It …

Re: DFI LanParty 790FX-B M2RSH Original Driver CD (or drivers at all)?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 23:37

by Horun

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… .cz/download-ALC885-sound-driver-for-WindowsXP-64bit.html The AMD 790FX chipset driver for XP seems a bit different, maybe due …

Re: Vintage Athlon XP 'gaming' laptops

Posted on 2023-05-25, 11:15

by martin778

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… , it's this chip :D https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Mobile%20K8%20Athlon%20XP-M%202800+%20-%20AHN2800BIX2AR.html Clockspeed is definitely A64 equivalent as the S.462 XP …

This Packard will not goto H311

Posted on 2023-05-26, 00:38

by Shaner9er

in Marvin \ System Specs

… it would be neat to play with some kind of AMD cpu in it. That's really about it there is not …

Re: This Packard will not goto H311

Posted on 2023-05-26, 02:16

by Gmlb256

in Marvin \ System Specs

Using any AMD K6 CPU from the SS7 era could require a modded BIOS apart from the voltage adapter. Another thing to be aware is that the motherboard has a BIOS limitation around the HDD capacity when upgrading, depending on the BIOS it could be 8.4 GB maximum.

Re: This Packard will not goto H311

Posted on 2023-05-26, 03:04

by Shaner9er

in Marvin \ System Specs

… another, maxed-out Super 7 or Socket 7 system anyway... Using any AMD K6 CPU from the SS7 era could require a modded BIOS …

Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2023-05-26, 07:16

by Garrett W

in Release Announcements

Intel doubled the L1 cache when they launched the DX4 chips. AMD (and I assume Cyrix as well) did not AFAIK, it was only with the 5x86 that the cache was doubled, which should explain the performance discrepancy.