DundyTheCroc wrote on 2022-11-12, 17:50:

I was able to get Voodoo 2 for reasonable price and decided to build "top" periodic correct gaming PC for 1998.
After cleaning some old storage rooms at work there was a nice find, brand new Asus P2B-S MB, even with book an CD.
CPU is PII450Mhz, 512MB or RAM and ATI Rage 128 AGP for primary VGA. Time to put all part together and see if they work...

Nobody had 512 MB on a consumer PC in 1998. Brand new computers from December of 1998 were sold with 64-128 MB at most.

To be clear, I'm not saying you shouldn't put 512 MB into your system. Just pointing out that it's not what people were using back then, other than in servers.

Just imagine, that you are very rich and want all 512MB 😀
Here is my test setup, unfortunately my periodic correct SCSI drive failed, replaced with 18.2GB Compaq BD018734A4.
Audio card is CT2940 for now, not sure what to use next, SB Live!, Yamaha 724 or keep it simple with AWE64?
And yes, the pass through cable is home made for now.

That blue heatsink is very nice!😃👌

Not sure where that blue heatsink came from, maybe some swap many years ago.
Here are some results, PII450@504Mhz (112MHz FSB), 112MHz memory, default benchmark aps settings :

This is my first Voodoo 2 card, does it run normal or slow?

Doornkaat wrote on 2022-11-12, 22:11:

That blue heatsink is very nice!😃👌

Dell had blue heat sinks (dell part number 66054) but no fan so that was a pointless fact 😜

chinny22 wrote on 2022-11-14, 12:48:

Doornkaat wrote on 2022-11-12, 22:11:

That blue heatsink is very nice!😃👌

Dell had blue heat sinks (dell part number 66054) but no fan so that was a pointless fact 😜

I may have become a fan of those heatsinks after looking up that part number so not a pointless fact at all!😉

There is also 89504, black, with fan, this one is in Dell GX1:

DundyTheCroc wrote on 2022-11-12, 19:08:

Audio card is CT2940 for now, not sure what to use next, SB Live!, Yamaha 724 or keep it simple with AWE64?

What OS are you planning?

If you're planning Windows 95 or 98, I'd consider an Aureal Vortex2 based card for A3D sound support.

DundyTheCroc wrote on 2022-11-13, 09:58:

This is my first Voodoo 2 card, does it run normal or slow?

Around 3000-3300 3DMarks ('99) is normal for a single Voodoo2 at 800x600.

Shponglefan wrote on 2022-11-14, 15:38:

What OS are you planning?
If you're planning Windows 95 or 98, I'd consider an Aureal Vortex2 based card for A3D sound support.

Windows 98SE and DOS, does Vortex2 work fine in DOS?

Meatball wrote on 2022-11-14, 15:55:

Around 3000-3300 3DMarks ('99) is normal for a single Voodoo2 at 800x600.

Thanks!

All works stable, so moved the parts in a case. This is the only case I have, that is big enough to take in Asus P2B-S MB.