First post, by theseim
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Hello everybody! I am trying to build a modern retro gaming PC. The base is supposed to be an Athlon 64 system.
Since I still have a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI lying around here and DOS/Windows is my goal for the time being, I wanted to use the card in the system.
However, I came across a strange problem here. Everything is going well so far, but the performance of the Voodoo is maybe half of what it should be. After a lot of testing I figured out that the card performs good in a Pentium 4 system.
I have also tested several Athlon 64 boards (Via k8t800, k8m800, Uli 1689). On all boards the comparable bad performance.
By chance I discovered the setting "PCI post Write" in the bios of a borrowed Gigabyte board. With this option activated, the board brought the desired performance, but now with graphic errors under DOS and Windows.
Does anyone know this behavior with the combination of Voodoo 3 and Athlon 64? Are there any solutions, or should I better switch to a Pentium 4 system?