Re: Is there anything better than a Voodoo 5 6000 from 2002

Posted on 2022-06-14, 05:25

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Stryker1996 wrote on 2022-06-12, 17:09: better than the 6000 from 2002.... V5 6000 was supposed to launch in 2000 (just like any other VSA 100 card). The latest 6k cards have datecode 39th week of 2000. So it is not 2002 hardware by any means.

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Re: Trying to find information on the Diamond Viper V550FP

Posted on 2022-06-10, 11:25

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Congrats, this is very rare card. I have never seen Riva TNT with DFP before. I have DFP -> DVI cable, so I can confirm it works (at least it did on Rage Pro). Just don't expect resolution larger than 1024x768.... maybe 1280x1024.

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Re: Voodoo 2 weirdness

Posted on 2022-04-25, 09:51

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8MB of framebuffer memory is correct. 16 MB of texture isn't. Effectively, there is only 4 MB of texture memory.

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Re: Voodoo 2 in a way too fast computer?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 17:34

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There is no problem running Voodoo2 on P4P800. But you really should consider some cooling fan. V2 tends to run hot and even more so in fast PC.

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Re: 3dfx SLI vs nVidia SLI - Why doesn't nVidia do it like 3dfx?

Posted on 2022-04-17, 22:02

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From the known info, Rampage probably would be similar to GF3 performance wise... but using 2 or 3 chips instead of one and on less advanced process node (180nm). So power hungry and more expensive to make. Also the existing prototypes made at the very end of year 2000 barely worked and surely …

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Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-17, 20:37

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After patching the Jazz Jackrabbit runs. The scrolling looks a bit funky... but As I have never played that game, I can't tell what is normal and what is considered wrong. Also I have the X2GS connected and running. So from hardware point of view, I consider this build finished. 😀 Filename x2gs- …

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Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-09, 15:17

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Wondering about S3 unichrome recently as several thin clients seem to have them. If you have them in shareware even, does Jazz Jackrabbit and Commander Keen 4 run on it ok? There seems to be some kind of horizontal scrolling problem with Commander Keen 4. Jazz Jackrabbit doesn't run at all (runtime …

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Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-07, 21:15

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Yes, DVI is possible with this board. But As you said, most likely impossible to find that addon. PCI riser is one of these generic chinese ones. But there are multiple types and you must get the right one - the taller type. Also wach out for left and right risers. Luckily for you, I can point you …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-04-07, 20:23

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We're able to actually communicate with the PLL now and get back the FSB, so that's much better. Made some minor changes to the last few bytes we're sending based on default values from the datasheet. If that doesn't work, then I'm officially out of ideas as everything looks exactly like in the …

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Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-07, 20:13

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Thanks, I am glad you like it 😀 Yes, I played Stargunner for a while and about hour of One Must Fall 2097. And also some quick testing of Duke 3D, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D to test the audio system. I am still waiting for the X2GS, which I will plug in soon and then I will enjoy the perfect MIDI.

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Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-07, 12:33

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And now the hardest part. I really like to design and 3d print my own case. This way I can make it much smaller than regular cases you can buy and it still fits all the needed HW. This time I decided to take a different approach and the "box" consists of only two pieces (instead of six). It is more …

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ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC

Posted on 2022-04-07, 12:33

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I have a new project here, this one was rather quick - only took about two months to build. The goal here was to build as small as possible DOS PC with good overal compatibility. So I started looking for some VIA based ITX boards in order to have chipset compatible with ESS Solo. Initially I planned …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2022-04-04, 16:50

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Regarding the PCI-E compatibility. I can confirm now that VisionRGB-E2S works fine on ASRock B450 Pro4 + Ryzen 9 5900X. Well, at least one channel does, So far I had no time to test the other one... but the PCI-E -> PCI-X bridge definitely works.

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-04-01, 18:36

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Should be fixed in latest VIAFSB version. Thanks for testing! It definitely is a step in the right direction. Now my board actually reacts to the FSB change... unfortunately with a freeze and artifacts on the screen. :D Perhaps it just doesn't like any manipulation with the frequency. Also I am …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-03-31, 14:58

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Can you please try something for me? Run CPU-Z. Click on Tools > Save Report as .TXT. Open the CPU-Z report in a text editor. Right at the bottom, you should see something like this: Sure, no problem, here it is: Register Spaces …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-03-30, 16:42

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Released version 0.1.7 that uses a hard coded SMBus address since I'm not getting the correct one when I query the VIA Southbridge. Thanks for the tip - here it is. I tried to set FSB from 133 to 100 MHz (underclocking is what I am intrested in case of this board). Please download version 0.1.7 and …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-03-29, 19:20

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That's strange - almost like the FSB is being set in the PLL but the FSB is still locked somehow. Can you please try attaching a dump file: VIAFSB pll_name fsb_freq -d > dump.txt Most probably there is some additional bit I need to set that enables it t0 be programmable. Will go through the …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-03-29, 16:23

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I can confirm that my 4coredual-sata2 also suffers from this problem. I didn't really mess with the settings much... but after simple installation of chipset drivers, directX and GPU drivers it behaves just like described earlier by VDNKh. In my case I tried Radeon 8500 and X800 XT AGP - both …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-03-28, 21:02

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Nice, thank you for adding the support. :) Unfortunately it seems not to work properly. From the printings it seems to accept all commands, no errors shown. However the FSB doesn't change, it always remains at 133 MHz (which is default for this board and can't be changed in BIOS). Also interesting …

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Re: VIAFSB - DOS FSB utility for VIA chipsets

Posted on 2022-03-25, 14:35

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Nice utility I have ITX board with VIA C3 1GHz and CLE266 + VT8235 chipset. The used PLL seems to be ICS 950908 https://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf/download … term=950908BGLF Coud you add support for this one? If so, I will test how it works . 😀

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