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Re: SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86

Posted on 2019-09-30, 14:01

I just wanted to confirm, in case no one has in the past, that this utility can successfully turn the L1 cache on or off on UMC U5S-SUPER 486 CPUs (which effectively clocks them down to 386DX level performance). Very useful for building a system that can play both Ultima VII (L1E) and Wing Commander …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-04, 21:42

by lowenz

in Windows

All working well ! https://i.postimg.cc/JHcKRb22/EF2-2019-10-04-23-03-00-910.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3y4BkMqp/sin-2019-10-04-22-00-36-413.jpg Sin needs Vertical Sync forcing via Catalyst Settings or via game console re-set (simple autoexec/config file entry seems not working) Elite Force 2 V-Sync …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 07:04

by yochenhsieh

in Windows

Can you play Elite Force 2 in widescreen? If I use driver 19.9.2 and set widescreen resolution, Elite Force 2 seems like run in 16bit with terrible color dithering even when I've set it to 32bit. I have to revert to driver 19.5.2. How to set widescreen: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-trek-elite-force- …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 08:54

by lowenz

in Windows

Can you play Elite Force 2 in widescreen? If I use driver 19.9.2 and set widescreen resolution, Elite Force 2 seems like run in 16bit with terrible color dithering even when I've set it to 32bit. I have to revert to driver 19.5.2. How to set widescreen: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-trek-elite-force- …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-05, 09:14

by lowenz

in Windows

It looks right to me! In-game anisotropic filtering and original MSAA 4x enabled too! https://i.postimg.cc/gjJKtmwq/EF2-2019-10-05-11-10-43-029.jpg What an old beauty :) Clearly there's a performance issue with old OpenGL 1.x games (the VSync is disabled, I got 55 FPS with some stuttering), but hey …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 00:05

by yochenhsieh

in Windows

For the stuttering, try rename ef2.exe to quake3.exe if you haven't done so. I know that's weird but it seems work.

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 07:36

by mrpenguinb

in Windows

For the stuttering, try rename ef2.exe to quake3.exe if you haven't done so. I know that's weird but it seems work. Does naming it something else other than quake3.exe have the same effect? There may be registry entrie(s) being loaded or .dll's either not being loaded or loaded when the game is …

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-06, 09:43

by Intel486dx33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I run my K6-3+450 @ 550mhz with 2.2v. Runs stable with no issues.

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 10:28

by lowenz

in Windows

Stuttering apart.....(and r_primitives in the engine apart) there's a good explanation about the general low performance in OpenGL 1.x of today Radeon GPUs? I mean, a *good* theoretical explanation.

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-06, 12:04

by lowenz

in Windows

It's really strange, maybe the problem ARE the (maybe very old, 15 years old) profiles and not the lack thereof..... Sin (no already existing profile) with MSAA 4x and AF 16x: https://i.postimg.cc/wjRFRm35/sin-2019-10-06-13-51-24-998.jpg It's good, really good, but a GeForce 1050 Ti walls @500 FPS …

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-06, 19:04

by Comos

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote: I run my K6-3+450 @ 550mhz with 2.2v. Runs stable with no issues. Stability is not an issue,but a performance drop between K6-III+ and K6-III when clocked @ same speed.

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-06, 19:09

by dionb

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What performance drop? Higher CPU usage means less waiting for I/O. Might be due to more efficient cache on the III+. What happens if you actually benchmark performance per second instead of CPU usage?

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-06, 19:11

by derSammler

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Stability is not an issue,but a performance drop between K6-III+ and K6-III when clocked @ same speed. Are you aware that the K6-III+ was made for mobile devices, whereas the K6-III was made for desktops? It's to be expected that power-saving features causes slighly lower performance.

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-06, 19:27

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I doubt they're used on desktop board.

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-07, 20:04

by Comos

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Stability is not an issue,but a performance drop between K6-III+ and K6-III when clocked @ same speed. Are you aware that the K6-III+ was made for mobile devices, whereas the K6-III was made for desktops? It's to be expected that power-saving features causes slighly lower performance. Yes,but the …

Re: AMD K6-III+ higher CPU usage than K6-III

Posted on 2019-10-07, 20:08

by Comos

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What performance drop? Higher CPU usage means less waiting for I/O. Might be due to more efficient cache on the III+. What happens if you actually benchmark performance per second instead of CPU usage? Can do that,but wondering which bench tool use for that.Any example,that can give us exact …

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 21:34

by lowenz

in Windows

With the *original* opengl1.x renderer, slightly modified: GeForce 1050 Ti Radeon RX 570 A 3 y.o. medium tier gpu is 67% more fast than a 2 y.o. medium-high tier gpu......

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-08, 01:10

by yochenhsieh

in Windows

RX570 is actually a RX470 with higher clocks (and higher tdp). However, it is indeed RX470/570 *should* perform at similar level to a GTX 1060 3GB, or at least better than 1050ti. 😢 I have a RX470, it's still a nice card though.

Re: Do ATI/AMD cards have an Extension Limit control ?

Posted on 2019-10-08, 08:42

by lowenz

in Windows

It' a nice card/GPU but as expected the OpenGL driver is lacking compared to Nvidia one (but hey, the situation is better than years ago, compatibility is somehow assured eventually). See the frame time fluctuation in ioRTCW "new" renderer! (the rasterization process is totally "unstable", there's a …

Re: Intel vs AMD?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 15:20

by Anonymous Coward

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Athlon might have the edge, but it can never be paired with a BX chipset.

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