Re: My ULTIMATE V2 SLI cooling

Posted on 2016-06-15, 12:40

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by mzry

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This is more about cooling for protecting the longevity of the card Anthony, but even if I soldered 125mhz memory on I doubt it would overclock to that because in my experience SLI'd V2's don't overclock very well because they loose synchronization between each other too easily.

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Re: My ULTIMATE V2 SLI cooling

Posted on 2016-06-15, 12:16

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by mzry

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It is basically mounted with *really strong* spongy double sided tape on the PSU.

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Re: Force Glide 32bit rendering does not work - advice pls :)

Posted on 2016-06-15, 12:11

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by mzry

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Really sorry szo but I'm 100% sure I am correct here. If I replace Glide3x DLL with the 3dfx version instead of the Open Glide version I clearly see 32bit colour in Unreal when enabled. It can be clearly be seen on distant coronas where they are rendered perfectly transparent in 32bit, but in 16bit …

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Re: Force Glide 32bit rendering does not work - advice pls :)

Posted on 2016-06-15, 10:23

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by mzry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay I found the solution (finally) just for other peoples info: Any Glide DLL that ISNT official 3dfx will not render at 32bit when forced. I was using some of the new Glide3x DLL's from the Glide open source project, 32bit rendering does not work for these (I wonder if they even know about this, …

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My ULTIMATE V2 SLI cooling

Posted on 2016-06-15, 10:06

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by mzry

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Hello, I have completed my ULTIMATE cooling solution, muahahahaha! Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 The copper heatsinks are all pure copper, not the usual 'copper tone' and the main chip ones are black aluminium. I used artic alumina adhesive for the main chips. They make a massive difference to …

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Re: Matrox G450 XP drivers 3D support test

Posted on 2016-05-26, 10:07

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by mzry

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Thanks this post really helped me out. I couldn't understand how my g400 didn't seem to have any 3D support in my win2k system. Honestly this is pretty much the only post about it on the entire internet 🤣 😀

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Voodoo 5500 AGP vs PCI Benchmarks

Posted on 2016-05-24, 14:19

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by mzry

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Hiya, I recently got the opportunity to benchmark the PCI against the AGP models, for 'research' purposes :) The card details: memory: mt 48lc2m32b2 / PCB rev: A1 2900 PCI (Does anyone know what nanosecond this memory is?) memory: toshiba tc59s6432cf t-60 / PCB rev: A 1900 AGP (Does anyone know what …

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Re: Advice on a good VGA to HDMI scaler?

Posted on 2016-05-23, 07:32

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by mzry

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I actually just bought a DVDO Edge off ebay, apparently it's really good. Its got vga, component, composite, svideo and 7 hdmi inputs. It's gonna awesome for setting up all my stuff with excellent aspect ratio controls.

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Re: Advice on a good VGA to HDMI scaler?

Posted on 2016-05-22, 09:13

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by mzry

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Thanks for the advice, the Hammerhead looks like good value, I might try that 😀

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Advice on a good VGA to HDMI scaler?

Posted on 2016-05-19, 09:39

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by mzry

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Hiya, I'd like to run my retro gaming computers through a VGA to HDMI scaler but I'm not sure whats decent. I bought one that looked half decent for about $80 but it's really crappy, I can see ghosting lines scanning down the image etc. Any suggestions that don't break the bank? Thx

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Re: PCI Voodoo 5500 moddable to add DVI port?

Posted on 2016-05-17, 15:24

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by mzry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ouch okay, not such an easy fix then 😀 Thanks for the advice!

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PCI Voodoo 5500 moddable to add DVI port?

Posted on 2016-05-17, 13:28

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by mzry

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Heya, I noticed the PCI versions have the soldering points on the PCB for the missing DVI port. If someone just soldered a DVI connection on there would it work? Image of v5 PCI here

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Re: Dell custom PSU's? Any work around?

Posted on 2016-05-17, 13:16

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by mzry

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ODwilly wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Convert-Dell-Motherbo … LF0SBWaP7J3Ynaw Iv got ya fam. Can confirm it works as advertised, bought one myself a couple years back. Thanks man! I ordered one 😀

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Dell custom PSU's? Any work around?

Posted on 2016-05-16, 14:14

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by mzry

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Heya all, I got a really interesting dual slot 1 RDram based system, it's a dell 028VCG motherboard from a precision 220 computer. I didn't realise it needed a special dell PSU with an aux 6 pin connector. Do I really need to find an old dell PSU for this or can I mod a normal psu to work with it? …

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Re: Replaced my V5 5500 fans - success!

Posted on 2016-05-16, 13:56

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by mzry

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I wouldn't risk removing the original HS, the originals seem to do a fine job anyway.

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Re: Replaced my V5 5500 fans - success!

Posted on 2016-05-13, 02:12

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by mzry

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Noctuas are probably okay if you don't mind spending that kind of money. But honestly these sunon fans are amazing quality.

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Re: Replaced my V5 5500 fans - success!

Posted on 2016-05-12, 03:32

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Snazzy. I just found Noctua has some nice low noise 40mm fans ( http://noctua.at/en/nf-a4x10-flx ) as I just saw they announced some 60mm ones are on the way. Retro heaven without the noise ;) The noctua 40mm ones say they are only 18dBA vs. your 27dBA I'm cheap and strapped a 90mm fan accross the …

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Re: Replaced my V5 5500 fans - success!

Posted on 2016-05-12, 00:20

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by mzry

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Is vhb tap some kind if thermal insulator? That's awesome I didn't think of that, i'll definitely look in to that next time thx. Hopefully the motor won't get too hot, i guess it's kinda pushing the heat away from itself so maybe itll be alright 😀

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Replaced my V5 5500 fans - success!

Posted on 2016-05-11, 11:47

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by mzry

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Hiya guys, Just letting anyone interested know that I successfully replaced my v5 fans. The fans I ordered were the Sunon Maglex 40mm fans, they were a very good price for around $6 each with very good shipping prices. Click here to see the seller I used This version comes with a large 3 pin which …

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Re: nGlide vs dgVoodoo

Posted on 2016-05-05, 11:27

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by mzry

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What's better, nglide or openglide?

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