Re: 486 PCI chipsets comparison

Posted on 2011-04-27, 17:07

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Thanks guys! (: @Mau1wurf1977 3dbench 1.0c should be handy for this! It's very sensitive to anything video bandwidth related... Yes, this tool is really phenomenal! I'm using it as a rating during bios tuning. (: @Tetrium Pentium Overdrive 83Mhz perhaps? After all, it is Intel's best Socket 3 …

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486 PCI chipsets comparison

Posted on 2011-04-27, 11:55

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I'm going to make 486 PCI chipsets comparison. Test will include Via Pluto, UMC8881, Ali FinAli, and Sis 85C486. I will focus on PCI performance, compatibility with various video cards, cache and memory controler speed. To make this test comprehensive I have chosen following parts to cooperate with …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-25, 07:17

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@feipoa I bought this mobo from another source than ebay. MB-8433UUD is very rare in Poland - it was the first time I saw this motherboard here. I really doubt seller has one more but I'll ask him. (; I wonder if is it possible to limit some malfunction listed earlier by updating the bios? Regards! …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-24, 23:57

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@feipoa Thanks for detailed explanation! (: Yes, I bought it recently for 10$ (mobo+shipping). I'm sure that I spend some time with Biostar mobo. I'm especially curious about 1:2/3 PCI divider... I am grateful to you for the selection of benchmarks listed above. Would have been nice if they have …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-21, 19:27

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@rg100 Thanks guys. BTW, udam_u, your exercising rodent is fascinating. Happy He he he I think that this is another incarnation of Duke Nukem! ^^ I would like to be as tenacious as he is! [: @feipoa Thanks for the link! I have just bought Biostar rev. 2 motherboard. I wonder if there are other …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-20, 09:44

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@rg100 I have no idea. I have found package containing these tests here: http://homepage.virgin.net/roy.longbottom/dostests.zip Package contains optimized and non-optimized version. @feipoa which version did you use? Are you refering to the Biostar MB-8433UUD? You now have two of them? Which …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-20, 07:55

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@feipoa Thank you! You are right - reading all license agreements would be titanic work. In Poland we don't pay so much attention to license agreements for such kind of "small applications", but this is slowly changing... (; Currently I would like to complete benchies list from your first comparsion …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-19, 21:46

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@feipoa I have big request. Could you upload all benchmarks that you used in comparsion please? Searching some of these tools takes forever (for example cachechk V4). Regards! (:

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Re: Matrox Mystique 220 - Direct3D problems

Posted on 2011-04-16, 07:33

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I have just tried Dungeon Keeper Gold on Mystique 220. What I observed - game starts with animation during which screen refresh rate is set to 85Hz and my monitor displays "bad signal". After pushing "Esc" I can get to menu and problem disappears. Normally I have set 60Hz in windows monitor …

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Re: I need some help on cloning a HD partition.

Posted on 2011-04-15, 12:26

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You can also use dd. (: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_%28Unix%29

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-04-13, 22:29

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I really like such specialized information! However in my opinion these old CPU's are very tolerant - they should safely withstand 4V so this modification is not necessary as for me. That may be true in the short-term, but for such a rare processor, it is a much safer bet to pamper it. Plus it will …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-13, 22:15

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@feipoa I have about 60 programs to go thru before compiling version 2 of the pdf. Gosh second revision is going to be really huge! (: In first turn you used to use benchmarks that measure overall CPU performance (cache, fpu), memory performance tests and some basic video performance tests. What …

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Re: FM-chip audio card project

Posted on 2011-04-13, 09:19

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Exactly. I really don't even understand the premise behind the project... it's billed as a cheaper alternative to rare and expensive 8-bit sound boards, but there are still plenty of 8-bit AdLib compatibles out there... they're not particularly hard to find, and they're not much money either. Sure, …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-12, 22:50

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Wow, marvelous comparsion!!! I admire you - you had to devote much time on these tests. What I see cx5x86 contains really speedy fpu - (of course as for 486) and superior memory bandwidth. There is only one thing that you miss in this comparsion - game benchmarks. Sometimes one gametest can clarify …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-04-12, 12:42

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Extra Cyrix 5x86-120's... If this wasn't my daily machine, I'd say yes, but alas I need the backup proc. for this system in case of failure. The exception to this would be if you wanted to trade a working Cyrix 5x86-133 for a 5x86-120. :) I understand your situation. Unfortunately I have only two …

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Re: FM-chip audio card project

Posted on 2011-04-12, 11:31

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I don't see any sense for making third party sound card based on Yamaha OPL2 if this chip is not widely available. In the future the main problem will be lack of this chip. In my opinion we need third party OPL2 FPGA implementation. Regards! (:

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-04-04, 21:36

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Cyrix 5x86-100 Stepping 1 Revision 3 Fabbed 44th week of 1995 Cyrix 5x86-120 Stepping 0 Revision 5 Fabbed 50th week of 1995 It could be that the stepping/revisions numbers do not cross over between different speeds of the 5x86, that is to say that maybe stepping 0, rev5 of the 120 part contains …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 09:26

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@feipoa AFAIK steppings and revisions refer to improvements acquired during manufacturing process to fix functional bugs and sometimes improve manufacturing process. For me this mean only that your Cx5x86100MHz is newer than your IBM100MHz and cx5x86120MHz processor. However your observation can be …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-03-31, 17:03

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@Tetrium thanks - I will be waiting for info from you. I have to admit you are very patient. If I were you I would request shipping immediately. ^^ I wonder if this cpu is good overclocker - I would expect overclocking to150MHz without need to increase voltage above 4V. (; @feipoa Unfortunatelly I …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-03-28, 09:10

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@Tertium Has your Cx5x86 133MHz arrived yet? Regards! (;

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