Re: A P4 Rambus system, by AzzKickr

Posted on 2017-05-05, 02:50

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by sebaz_ri

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AzzKickr wrote: SP1 ? I'm on SP4 already ? Does that still apply then ? Yup, this one http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/micro … ate_rollup.html Actually it's updates after SP4, it doesn't have anything to do with SP1

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Re: A P4 Rambus system, by AzzKickr

Posted on 2017-05-02, 07:47

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by sebaz_ri

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I also had the same issue with W2K and Firefox on a p3 board You've to install Post-SP1 Update rollup and it gets fixed

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Re: Athlon 1000 vs XP 2000+

Posted on 2015-01-27, 16:10

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by sebaz_ri

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I'm running Firefox 35 with HTML5 on a P4 531 with adblock and all and so far i didn't notice any serious slowdown. I can play YouTube 360p with no lag at all. Could be because i've upgraded to 3 gigs of ram These are my system specs: http://valid.x86.fr/sx59fh

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Re: System for Permedia 2

Posted on 2015-01-27, 06:00

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by sebaz_ri

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Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster? trident blade3d is far faster, at nearly twice the performance of permedia2. no wonder its released as late as 1999 and the last known single-rendering-pipeline 3d …

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Re: System for Permedia 2

Posted on 2015-01-27, 04:12

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by sebaz_ri

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ODwilly wrote: I second the Slot1 suggestion and the Trident MIGHT actually be faster. The only way to find out would be to try them both out 😀 3dmark99 here we go! Although i've got a few slot1 systems, so the faster card goes with the faster processor and vice-versa

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Re: System for Permedia 2

Posted on 2015-01-27, 03:28

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by sebaz_ri

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Yup, i was thinking something along these lines would be enough. Also i've got a Trident Blade 3D AGP, which of these would be faster?

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System for Permedia 2

Posted on 2015-01-27, 01:27

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by sebaz_ri

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Hi people, i've got a Permedia 2 vga and i was thinking about using it somewhere, which system would be appropiate or "period correct" for it?

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Re: Found a desktop style Baby AT case, future P1 build

Posted on 2013-08-17, 03:25

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by sebaz_ri

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PCChips M571 motherboard 32 MB EDO DRAM (4x8MB sticks) S3 Trio64V+ PCI video card (I particularly like this one) Sound Blaster AWE64 Value CT4380 ISA sound card Seagate Medialist 4 GB IDE hard disk Sony CD-ROM drive and floppy drive that came with the case Mitac 150W PSU that came with the case …

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Re: So you want a Cyrix 5x86-133?

Posted on 2013-06-07, 21:51

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by sebaz_ri

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I have 3 generic AT PSU's I use on my 486 systems. The one sitting in front of me is a Green Line ES-250T. I suppose one day it would be prudent to open the case and check the caps. Just recently, the AT PSU in my 386 popped and fizzed. This was the original AT PSU which came with the 386 computer. …

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Re: So you want a Cyrix 5x86-133?

Posted on 2013-06-07, 21:04

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by sebaz_ri

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sebaz_ri wrote: Now it even not POST's, so the IBM 5x86C@133 is only for your Biostar mobo Now that i think about it, changing the psu could give different results? I have a spare AT psu laying around and thought about trying it, which psu did you used when you overclocked the IBM 5x86-100HF?

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Re: Calling 440BX (and LX) users...

Posted on 2013-01-27, 10:20

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by sebaz_ri

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I've found with BX you need to use driver 56.64 or older for stability. Sorry this didn't come to mind sooner lol You are right,with 61.76 and newer they are really unstable on BX chipset, 61.76 driver throwed some artifacts in 3Dmark99 while 56.64 and older didn't I've also found that going beyond …

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Re: Calling 440BX (and LX) users...

Posted on 2013-01-20, 02:02

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by sebaz_ri

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Does anyone have any idea how much power a GF2 Ultra or even a GF3 Ti200 will draw? I wonder how they compare to the FX5200 in terms of power draw? AFAIK GF2 Ultra is based on 180nm process, while GF3 and Fx5200 are based of 150nm process,which runs cooler and draw less power If i have to choose …

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Re: Calling 440BX (and LX) users...

Posted on 2013-01-19, 01:41

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by sebaz_ri

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My Soyo 6BA+III runs my GF2MX just fine. Weird, my soyo 6BA+ III could run a GF2MX in Win2K without drivers (Standard vga adapter) but once i install the nvidia driver win2k refuses to boot, although i haven't tested in Win98SE Soyo 6BA+ Geforce 4 MX4000 64MB (win98se, with 61.76 driver) Soyo 6BA+ …

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Re: Computer-use pet peeves

Posted on 2013-01-19, 01:14

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by sebaz_ri

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When I actually saw his system it had 11 toolbars displayed in Internet Explorer. It took 5 minutes to close them because of how slow his system runs. When I tried to do a google search something called TheSeaApp appeared on the left side and kept coming back when I closed it. I really hate these …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-15, 18:31

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by sebaz_ri

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Alright, so I inherited a Gateway 500 with specs pretty similar to the OP last week and decided to turn it into a 90s game box myself. It had a Riva TNT built in but I also bought a Matrox Mystique 220 8MB and am dual booting Windows XP Pro and Windows 98SE. Everything pretty much worked with XP …

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Re: Practice PC # 2 - retro PC - Windows 98

Posted on 2013-01-15, 06:55

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by sebaz_ri

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now I'm trying to install the s3 video drivers as this PC which has onboard video. Why you are installing S3 video drivers if the onboard video is SiS 530?, you should install this one http://w3.sis.com/download/ Select windows 98 se, then click IGP graphics drivers, then SiS 530 and click on GO …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-11, 21:17

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by sebaz_ri

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The other mobo you tested was also with 440BX chipset? Yes, you are right about issues with 440BX and Geforce cards, i once had a Geforce 2 MX 200 and it worked flawlessly with no drivers, but once i installed the nvidia driver, windows refused to boot, while a geforce 4 ti4200 worked without …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-11, 20:55

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by sebaz_ri

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I would recommend you to update to the latest bios available for your mobo, and if that doesn't solve the issue,try with another mobo Thank you so much for taking the time and testing this :) I have indeed tested another mainboard and the benchmark ran fine. There is a part where the sound "falls …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-11, 20:33

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by sebaz_ri

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Is it possible for anyone here to test 3DMark2000 on their Windows 98SE / Nvidia setups? I tested in 3Dmark2000 my GeForce 4 MX440-SE in Windows 2000 with my Soyo 440BX mobo and there were no lockups at all in 1024x768 res http://i49.tinypic.com/azjfwj.jpg I would recommend you to update to the …

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Re: whats the slowest fpu performance possible on a socket7 board?

Posted on 2013-01-07, 07:34

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by sebaz_ri

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A 6x86-80 is still damn speedy at Zdoom (i've tested a Cyrix 6x86MX at that speed before years ago), so slowest FPU it isn't IMO of course I could (and should) be proven wrong, I believe K5 could take the 'slowest s7' cake. I have some acer socket 7 board with a K5 PR75 that could be run at 50mhz …

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