Re: for sale a diamond nv1 card in box

Posted on 2010-08-04, 20:12

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by Tetrium

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I'm not moderater or anything, but personally I appreciate it when serious old-stuff sellers let us know when they have items for sale that are 1:interesting to us and 2:are sold for normal prices cheers

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Re: Games: when do you stop using Windows 98, and start using Windows XP?

Posted on 2010-08-03, 09:28

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I have a server board here with 66mhz PCI slots. Would the Voodoo 5 take advantage of the additional bandwith? I've never tried such thing myself (don't have mobo with 66mhz PCI), but I think the performance will be the same as V5 AGP. Have you tried benchmarking it? Though I never even considered …

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Re: Games: when do you stop using Windows 98, and start using Windows XP?

Posted on 2010-08-02, 14:10

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How did you fry your ASUS A7V333? I was having trouble with it before, the keyboard port was busted. Was gonna try with a USB keyboard, plugged in the PSU cable and up in smoke the BIOS chip went! Afterwards I found that I had set the jumper to ''clear CMOS'' -_- I hadn't even flipped the power …

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Re: Asus 486 mobo PVI-486SP3

Posted on 2010-08-02, 13:37

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by Tetrium

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Good buy! Have you tested it yet?

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Re: What is your age?

Posted on 2010-08-01, 16:22

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cdoublejj wrote: i'm 20 will be 21 this December... as of posting (Sorry for straying off-topic a bit) Just curious 😉. How did you get into vintage computing? You were in your early teens back when 486's were being dumped on the streets (with me picking them up 😁 )

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Re: Games: when do you stop using Windows 98, and start using Windows XP?

Posted on 2010-08-01, 16:17

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Edit: I've just thought of a better old retro mobo for using with an AGP V5. How about a VIA chipset based KT333 board? This is the last "most modern" mobo to support 3.3 volt AGP signalling. It runs at 166 FSB (333 DDR), and can use high end Athlon XP CPUs such as the 2600+. (No ISA slots on it …

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Re: Voodoo 5 problem

Posted on 2010-07-31, 10:07

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by Tetrium

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I never ever put a new aquisition directly into a working system, you literally don't know what you're putting into your precious rig. My advice:Always test it first! I killed a motherboard twice that way, the harddrive turned out to be a motherboard killer and a stick of ram did the same thing, …

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Re: What is your age?

Posted on 2010-07-30, 23:35

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32 years old over here and been single for a while now. Not actively looking though 😜

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Re: Why it is impossible to run WinXP on a 486

Posted on 2010-07-30, 23:32

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getting off-topic, but whats up with sp3? I hope we're not hijacking this thread, but many people say that SP2 is actually more stable than SP3. I noticed no decreased stability due to SP3. I now install from nlited media with SP3 and the more recent hotfixes. No problems so far :) I never install …

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Re: I have low quality sound cards, help me pick the best one!

Posted on 2010-07-30, 01:19

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by Tetrium

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I thought the Vibra was basically a software thingy, though I have to admit my knowledge of soundcards is quite poor to say the least

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Re: i486DX4-100 vs AM5x86-P75

Posted on 2010-07-29, 20:25

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At 160mhz that's faster than an 83mhz Pentium Overdrive and a 90mhz Pentium but not quite up to Pentium 100 speed according to everything I have been able to dig up about overclocking these chips. I'm curious to find out this for myself also, but like you it's about having time ;) I will build …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2010-07-29, 17:28

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by Tetrium

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Theres a voodoo 5 PCI for sale on Ebay right now with 45 minutes left and a bid of about $6. Seller only ships to US and Canada so price may stay low http://cgi.ebay.com/3Dfx-VOODOO-5-5500-DVI-mo … =item2eaeb41a64

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-07-29, 07:59

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I dunno. Interesting is that the Klamath was either with or without 512kb while still running at 100Mhz. That, or the BIOS was lying. I know theres a util that can test it for real, but haven't gotten around to create such a bootdisk yet. Feel free to post such a bootdisk image so I can download it! …

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Re: How much are these worth?

Posted on 2010-07-29, 07:57

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The Fury Maxx, if your lucky and find a buyer maybe $10. The V2s? With no goodies like driver CDs, games, or boxes, maybe between $25-50. Depending on bidding if your putting up on an auction. Seems like the V5s that are selling well right now. Course you know that. :happyhappy: A voodoo 2 is worth …

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Re: I want some of what this guy's smoking.

Posted on 2010-07-28, 13:03

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by Tetrium

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He hasn't sold anything for 10k though...I'd be jealous to death haha! 😜

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-07-28, 13:01

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I'm not sure how it works but apparently the BIOS might have something to do with it. It may be that I got the jumpers for 5.5x wrong though, I had to guess them. The system turned on and the lights on the keyboard lit up like they were supposed to and the monitor led went green...and then nothing. …

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Re: Why it is impossible to run WinXP on a 486

Posted on 2010-07-28, 12:59

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by Tetrium

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More memory and nlite will help in that department 😉

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Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?

Posted on 2010-07-28, 00:11

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by Tetrium

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I tested the semi unlocked ones on a P2L97 rev 1.05. and at 5.5x it would boot (the monitor LED would turn green) and then nothing. It worked fine at 5x so it might be something with the BIOS. I had to test the undocumented jumpers first to find the jumpers over 5x so I might have gotten it wrong. I …

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Cyrix multipliers (socket 7)

Posted on 2010-07-27, 20:51

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by Tetrium

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I was reading a couple topics here on Vogons. One was about someone posting something about Cyrix running good in windows but badly for games and the other was the thread about unlocked P2's And then I kinda mixed the 2 threads together in my head! :D Has anyone actually tried to see what …

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Re: i486DX4-100 vs AM5x86-P75

Posted on 2010-07-27, 20:07

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Was there actually any difference in FPU performance between the AM486 and the i486? I thought they were pretty much copies. btw, there were AMD DX4's with 16kb cache but the 8kb were much more common. Actually, the AMD DX4 came in 3 flavors: 8kb WT 8kb WB 16kb WB I'm not sure if a 16kb WT model was …

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