vmunix wrote:

I would add the the list S3 Virge DX 3D "decelerator" made the games slower with direct 3D enabled.

Lukeno94 wrote:

The ATI Rage Mobility M1 graphics chip does that in some games with my Sony Vaio laptop, and its 1.1 GHz Duron... that's more a case of the GPU being well past its sell-by date when compared to the CPU though.

Hah... I wonder if that's also the case with the Virge. At the time everybody complained because software rendering was faster on the CPUs of that time (K6-2 and Pentium 2 I believe), but what would happen with a slower CPU like a Pentium 100MHz? Or even AMD 5x86-133?

devius wrote:

vmunix wrote:

I would add the the list S3 Virge DX 3D "decelerator" made the games slower with direct 3D enabled.

Lukeno94 wrote:

The ATI Rage Mobility M1 graphics chip does that in some games with my Sony Vaio laptop, and its 1.1 GHz Duron... that's more a case of the GPU being well past its sell-by date when compared to the CPU though.

Hah... I wonder if that's also the case with the Virge. At the time everybody complained because software rendering was faster on the CPUs of that time (K6-2 and Pentium 2 I believe), but what would happen with a slower CPU like a Pentium 100MHz? Or even AMD 5x86-133?

I can confirm that it indeed improves both the framrate and image quality in games like tombraider on my 486

devius wrote:

vmunix wrote:

I would add the the list S3 Virge DX 3D "decelerator" made the games slower with direct 3D enabled.

Lukeno94 wrote:

The ATI Rage Mobility M1 graphics chip does that in some games with my Sony Vaio laptop, and its 1.1 GHz Duron... that's more a case of the GPU being well past its sell-by date when compared to the CPU though.

Hah... I wonder if that's also the case with the Virge. At the time everybody complained because software rendering was faster on the CPUs of that time (K6-2 and Pentium 2 I believe), but what would happen with a slower CPU like a Pentium 100MHz? Or even AMD 5x86-133?

The only game I played (a lot!) with a Virge DX was X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, ships and everything was smooth and nice, but explosions had black square artifacts (fog/smoke/translucent problem?) then I tried SW Ep.1 Racer and at times it was so choppy that it was unplayable. So I bought a Monster Fusion instead which it was already obsolete at that time, the difference was huge. I had a K6-233.

Based on my experiences with the Mobility M1 and the Duron 1.1 GHz, I can only imagine how much of a millstone it must've been in the higher-spec versions of my Vaio laptop; the PCG-FX805 used an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ CPU and a 1400x1050 screen... and yet Sony still used the well-out-of-date Mobility M1 there, which was just daft (drop a Radeon Mobility in, and you have a very capable machine.)

The Virge runs well in Terminal Velocity too... Though it does little more than add a bilinear filter.

Oh, I also got my grubby hands on these;

Toshiba T3200SX. Has 4MB of ram (5MB total counting the base memory). Powers on and displays picture, otherwise condition unknown. 120MB hard drive. Would have liked an SXC but the charm of the orange plasma screen more than makes up for it.

Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT, has 40MB of RAM and a 1.6GB hard drive. Fully functional.

Nice laptops there HighTreason! It looks like the 410CDT is charging its battery to me, which is pretty impressive. Interesting to see the differences between my budget Satellite 200 CDT of a couple years later, and the 410CDT; trading off a faster CPU with a NiCad battery and a lower-res screen. The lower-res screen may actually be an advantage though, since the 410CDT only supports 256 colours at XGA levels, and the NiCad battery in mine, even when it seems totally dead, will start charging again after being connected for a couple of hours.

xenu wrote:

Got these last week:

Wow, an Alliance card, two Trident cards and a SiS 6326. You're a real glutton for punishment.

I've been noticing a lot of Toshiba love around here as of recent! 😎

Won an action for a BackPack parallel port CD Rom drive.

Caluser2000 wrote:

Won an action for a BackPack parallel port CD Rom drive.

Is that surprising?

The driver eats up 31K of memory though ack!

Don't come up over here that often. It will be useful on my machines that don't have room for an internal cd reader. Especially my Zenith Z286LP Plus. At $5 plus postage it's hardly breaking the piggy bank.

Hi folks!
I just bought this ALR server mobo. Dual Pentium II, i442fx, 4xEdo Dimm, aic-7880scsi, 3xEISA, 4xPCI.
I want to power up this Motherboard but is using 20pin & 6pin psu socket, so, anyone know from what server it is?
Click for full res.
Thanks!

I think motherboard comes from ALR Revolution 2X server...?

Callahan wrote:

Hi folks! I just bought this ALR server mobo. Dual Pentium II, i442fx, 4xEdo Dimm, aic-7880scsi, 3xEISA, 4xPCI. I want to power […]
Show full quote

Hi folks!
I just bought this ALR server mobo. Dual Pentium II, i442fx, 4xEdo Dimm, aic-7880scsi, 3xEISA, 4xPCI.
I want to power up this Motherboard but is using 20pin & 6pin psu socket, so, anyone know from what server it is?
Click for full res.
Thanks!

If I remember right, it's from ALR Servers. As in, they make their own power supplies to go with it, with their own non-standard ALR-Only power supplies for those models, kind of similar to their Pentium-Pro systems too.

I might be wrong though.. but the last time I looked up An ALR pentium-pro board that was the case for that one, so possibly the same for your model there.

I think you're also going to need to populate the empty VRM socket, and use ecc-registered server ram. Possibly.. might be wrong there too but it's a server system, so.. it's likely.

Thanks, but i have edo reg ecc dimms 5V, vrm & 2 cpus. Main problem is to find server model in which this motherboard worked. It is manufactured by Advanced Logic Research in 97yr but i'm 99% sure that was some Gateway 2000 server. Maybe i find datasheet.

the guy said it has never been used, he has some other stuff from the era still so I sort of believe him , too bad box or manuals are gone. I think this one might have come as part of a multimedia kit, with speakers & cd-rom

vmunix wrote:

the guy said it has never been used, he has some other stuff from the era still so I sort of believe him , too bad box or manuals are gone. I think this one might have come as part of a multimedia kit, with speakers & cd-rom

Wasn't there a DSP board that plugged into "P3" on the top of this card?

Artex wrote:

vmunix wrote:

the guy said it has never been used, he has some other stuff from the era still so I sort of believe him , too bad box or manuals are gone. I think this one might have come as part of a multimedia kit, with speakers & cd-rom

Wasn't there a DSP board that plugged into "P3" on the top of this card?

Nothing but I will try to find out.

kithylin wrote:

If I remember right, it's from ALR Servers. As in, they make their own power supplies to go with it, with their own non-standard […]
Show full quote

Callahan wrote:

Hi folks! I just bought this ALR server mobo. Dual Pentium II, i442fx, 4xEdo Dimm, aic-7880scsi, 3xEISA, 4xPCI. I want to power […]
Show full quote

Hi folks!
I just bought this ALR server mobo. Dual Pentium II, i442fx, 4xEdo Dimm, aic-7880scsi, 3xEISA, 4xPCI.
I want to power up this Motherboard but is using 20pin & 6pin psu socket, so, anyone know from what server it is?
Click for full res.
Thanks!

If I remember right, it's from ALR Servers. As in, they make their own power supplies to go with it, with their own non-standard ALR-Only power supplies for those models, kind of similar to their Pentium-Pro systems too.

I might be wrong though.. but the last time I looked up An ALR pentium-pro board that was the case for that one, so possibly the same for your model there.

I think you're also going to need to populate the empty VRM socket, and use ecc-registered server ram. Possibly.. might be wrong there too but it's a server system, so.. it's likely.

I found it!
Before gateway aquired ALR it was Revolution 2x,after that this server has become an Gateway ALR 7000:
http://panam.gateway.com/s/Manuals/Servers/8503427.pdf
http://panam.gateway.com/s/Manuals/Servers/8503428.pdf

Scored another diamond monster 3d II 12mb today. Did have some damage on the legs of one chip. A little needle and a lot of patience later the legs were no longer touching each other and it works great.

Now i've got 3 matched sli setups from 3 different brands 🤣

sliderider wrote:

Wow, an Alliance card, two Trident cards and a SiS 6326. You're a real glutton for punishment.

Well, currently I'm hunting for Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D, I really have thing about sucky 3D cards 😁