bloodem wrote on 2020-08-18, 10:01:
Indeed, Final Fantasy 7 sounds extremely good on a YMF7x4 card 😀
By the way, Yamaha YMF7x4 cards also work with native DDMA on 430TX chipsets. So you could actually use it with your current P233 system for earlier DOS games (because the Pentium MMX has very powerful slowdown capabilities). You can turn it into a slow 386, fast 386, slow 486, fast 486, etc 😀
Hi guys ! One of The system i talked about is very similar to these spec:
Brand Dell
Model Dimesnion Dimension XPS T600 (or T500)
Form Factor Tower
Powers On? Yes
Post to Bios? Yes
Bios Password No
Processor Pentium 3 600MHz ( maybe 500mhz)
RAM Memory Size 448MB
RAM Memory Type SDRAM
# of RAM Slots 3
Hard Drive Size 20GB
Hard Drive Type IDE
Optical Drive CD-Rom, Zip 250, FDD
Additional Drives Zip 250/FDD
Graphics Output Port Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64
Audio Yamaha YF724F DS-1 Audio
Dial-Up Modem N/A
Ethernet Yes | 3COM 3C905C-TX
Wifi N/A
Additional Cards Promise ULTRA 66
# of ISA Slots 1
# of PCI Slots 5
# of USB Ports 2
The other one in picture, i just know its a P3 500, check the picture.
But if i dont want to wait 1 to 3 weeks. I can buy tomorrow a Pentium 2 266mhz with 128mb for 40$. But i dont think its enough strong to play Glide games in 1024x768 with high details at 60 fps like NFS III , NFS IV and Porsche unleashed, Tomb Raiders series, Ultima 8 and several others games of that time. What do you think ? Is it it enough for 60 FPS in most games in 1024x768 ? Maybe i could buy the P2 266mhz and the P3 too.
Is it ANY advantage to have a Pentium 2 266mhz vs Pentium 3 at 500-600mhz for DOS GAMES?
i alreay saw the dos games compatibility list that show maximum mhz speed for each dos games to not have problem. I know that i will gave to patch Jazz Jackrabbit higher than 233mhz 😉
About overclocking the Voodoo 3 2000 PCI.. Is it any risk to overclock it at 166mhz core and 166mhz for ram like a voodoo 3 3000? I will add a fan on the core heatsink. But i dont know if i should add heatsink for memory ? If you think any risk exist in overclocking it at 166mhz for core and memory, i wont do it. I think of using Powerstrip. If it safe and stable i can always update the bios to the Voodoo 3 3000 pci version, but it surely risky.
In 2002 i burned a geforce 256 with overclocking. i was very sad. But for punishing me my parents bought me a Geforce 2 GTS 😉 LoL! i never overclocked it LoL!
About slowing down my P233 mmx like a 386 and 486. Is it any better way than disable L2 Cache or using utilities ? ( i know 2 utilities to do it) and i can change board jumpers to get it at 75mhz.
Thanks again for the time you take to answer my questions. Its really appreciated it a lot. Special thanks to Bloodem, you pretty much answered all my questions since the beginning of my topics. 😀 But thanks to you ALL guys ! Its a new hobby to me playing with old hardware 😀
And yes i couldnt resist buying a voodoo3 LoL! i work hard to get one because i really want the PCI version for future testing in differents computers 😀
By the way my first PC was a 8088 with a green monochrome monitor. 2rd was a 8086 with a 4 colors CGA monitor. 3rd a 386 DX 20with VGA. After that a Pentium 133. 5th A 486 DX2 50mhz Laptop. Yeah i never had a 486 desktop computer. I would like to buy one today , but i cant find one in Montreal , no one in marketplace. Only on ebay i can find one at more than 200$ , its way to much for a 486. I would be happy to find either a 386 dx at 33mhz or any 486 with a preference of a intel cpu like a dx2 50mhz or 66mhz or even dx 33mhz. But dx4 at 100mhz not so much, and could be too fast for some old dos games.
Earlier today on my p233 mmx, with my 2 young daughters, i played the dos Bubble bobble game with bbfast patch at 2 players with 2 usb logitech dual action controller with the usbjstick.com driver , it was a strange and fun experience. 2 usb controllers on dos game its very special. i also have 2 gameport controllers including one gravis gamepad, but i dont have the splitter Y cable for 2 controllers 2 buttons at the same time. 😀 i played the dos simpsons game too, but prefer the mame one for infinite lives. and for your curiosity Bloodem, i played FF7 with a voodoo 1 card with my Pentium 133mhz in 1997 or 1998 😉 and it plays very well. well enough, i just had sometime to change the music fm quality to not have slowdown. 😉
I forgot to ask, is it enough 1 ISA Slot ? ( except a isa souncard im not sure i need another isa card)
I dont have a picture of the P2 266mhz , the guy didnt send me a picture yet. He told me ge can sell me 2 others p2 or p3 pc for 29$ each that dont power on.
And is The Yamaha sound card use any sb emulation processing power like a sblive ? if i have the sb link connector does i avoid sb emulation "processing power " ? So DDMA is not a sb emulation, but only if i have to use DSDMA ?