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Alternatives for VGA BIOS sources

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First post, by analog_programmer

Posted on 2023-10-11, 05:49

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Since https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios doesn't keep BIOSes for older videocards prior nVidia GeForce 6xxx and https://www.mvktech.net/downloads doesn't work, where can be found BIOS dumps from older models videocards? On https://www.vgamuseum.info/ there are some, but it's more of a "hit and miss" (mainly "miss").

Please, suggest some other alternative sources.

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Reply 1 of 4, by Am386DX-40

Posted on 2023-10-11, 19:02

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Maybe we could start a repo, or the guys at https://theretroweb.com/ could create a section for video cards/chipsets?

Reply 2 of 4, by analog_programmer

Posted on 2023-10-12, 05:52

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We (the users) can't make repo for old videocard's resources here (I mean on vogonsdrivers), nor on the theretroweb, but we can contribute if there're any. Actually in "General Old Hardware" section ther's a couple of threads for motherboard's data and BIOSes, so we can make the same for old videocards here.

Reply 3 of 4, by Joseph_Joestar

Posted on 2023-10-12, 06:18

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This was recently posted in a different thread: Re: Need a bios file for a Geforce 4 Ti4200 8x AGP card

I don't know if the download links work, but there are quite a few BIOS dumps on the archived Nvidia page of that website.

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Reply 4 of 4, by analog_programmer

Posted on 2023-10-12, 07:04

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Thanks a lot for the link, Joseph_Joestar. I downloaded some BIOS dumps from TNT2 M64(Pro) and FX5500/5200. Of course they're from unknown models, but at least it's something to try out. There're no BIOS dumps for ATI cards on this archived "white bunny" site.

There are some nVidia reference BIOS dumps on this page http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/nvbios.htm from TNT2 up to GeForce 4.

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