AWE CT3900 Win XP SP2

Posted on 2022-03-02, 09:42

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by SubZero

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Hi, I have a computer with dual boot Windows 98 / Windows XP SP2. Quick specs below: MB QDI Advance 10T P3 Tualatin 1,4GHz 512MB RAM 120GB HDD GF4 TI 4200 Dual soundcards SB Audigy PCI + AWE32 CT3900 ISA I have speakers connected to AWE32 card with 3,5mm cable from spkr out on Audigy card to line in …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-02-05, 13:33

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by SubZero

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I have built what for me is the ultimate allround retro rig. The main goal with the build was for me to be able to play all games from my early childhood in the beginning of the 90:s up to late Win 98 era (2002-2003). The second goal was to make the system virtually silent which it really is! With …

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QDI Advance 10T S370 / VIA 694T FSB settings issue

Posted on 2020-11-14, 19:28

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by SubZero

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Hi everyone! I am since many years using a QDI Advance 10T Socket 370 motherboard in my main retro PC. Now I have gotten hold of another identical motherboard to build another system. Short summary of the parts: QDI Advance 10T Pentium 3-s 1400MHz (SL5XL) 512MB SDRAM Geforce 4 Ti 4200 etc etc Now on …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-08, 18:42

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by SubZero

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After updating to Quake 1.08 FPS increased to 88 on demo 1 and 100 on demo 2. So for sure seems to have been some kind of bug with VIA chipset in version 1.06. Probably should have been a few fps more, but anyway I call this solved now. Thanks for your help Garrett!

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-08, 11:18

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by SubZero

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Try using FASTVID instead of that other utility. I have tried both Fastvid and MTRRLFBE but with exactly same results. I also tried running through Windows, but with similar results. In 320x200 both in DOS and Windows i get ca 240-250 FPS, which seems reasonable. In GLQuake I receive ca 570 FPS in …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-06, 20:48

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by SubZero

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100FPS vs 64FPS, the difference is too drastic for even a mis-tuned BIOS settings. How was the memory setup, number of DIMM sticks and DS/SS? I would suggest that you may have a mis-configured MTRRs even after running MTRRLFBE/FastVid. The only way to tell is to get a tool to dump out all the MTRRs …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-06, 20:29

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by SubZero

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Yeah, you'd think that, but a lot of motherboards have it disabled actually! I'm not sure if it'd make any difference in DOS, but it did help performance under Windows. You can use SISoft Sandra to see if it is enabled and here's the patch in case you need to enable it: http://www.georgebreese.com/ …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-06, 19:14

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by SubZero

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Garrett W wrote on 2020-04-06, 14:45: Is bank interleaving enabled by default on this board? There is no such option in bios, so guess it is enabled by default

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Unirefresh/Vbehz experiences/issues

Posted on 2020-04-06, 14:13

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by SubZero

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I have spent the weekend trying to set up Unirefresh/Vbehz on my Retro-PC in order to achieve more than 60hz refresh rate in DOS-games for my CRT-monitor. Brief details of my setup: QDI Advance 10T S370 (Via 694T chipset) P3-S 1400MHz 512MB RAM Geforce Ti 4400 AWE64+SB Audigy etc etc Setting up both …

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-06, 11:09

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by SubZero

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I can report that results are similar with different agp card and pci card. I think I will give up on this issue since dos/VESA performance is still sufficient

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-01, 11:49

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by SubZero

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-03-29, 08:38: Set vid_wait 0 and vid_nopageflip 1. I assume you mean that I should enter in Quake console? It should affect my other systems based on 440BX/I815 also, as they ran the benchmark with same settings but producing way higher fps.

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-01, 11:46

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by SubZero

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Horun wrote on 2020-03-29, 02:45: Are you running in a pure DOS boot to run Quake or are you exiting Windows to DOS to play ? I am running from pure DOS

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Re: VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-04-01, 11:46

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by SubZero

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kolderman wrote on 2020-03-28, 23:34: Have you tried winding back the video card drivers to the oldest supported? I am running from MS-DOS, so there aren't any drivers involved.

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VIA Apollo Pro 133A/133T poor DOS SVGA performance

Posted on 2020-03-28, 23:04

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by SubZero

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I have a pc with following specs: QDI Advance 10T / VIA Apollo Pro 133T Pentium 3-s 1400MHz GF4 Ti4400 Etc etc For some reason this chipset seems to be slow in DOS SVGA mode compared to for example 440BX/I815 For example in Quake 640x480 I achieve 64 FPS. This is with Fastvid/Mtrrlfbe enabled. I …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-02-25, 18:23

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by SubZero

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That's a great system there zubsero. With that being a k6-2+ you can theoretically cache up to 4 gigs of RAM. Your not longer at the mercy of what your motherboard can cache thanks to the on chip l2 cache. Yes I figured that might be the case. But anyway I see no real use of more than 256MB memory …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-02-24, 19:46

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I am a fan of socket 7/super socket 7 systems due to their versatility. I am quite noise sensitive, and since these systems usually come with small noisy fans, noisy hard drives etc I have put a lot of thought on how to build a silent system. This resulted in following: Chassi: Aopen, with pre- …

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Re: Pin-modded Pentium 3-s 1400 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 13:27

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by SubZero

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Maybe I should try to override the voltage on the slotket to 1,5 or 1,6V and try again on the Slot 1 board? I would assume the boards can't supply 1,45V anyway so they deliver their minimum voltage but since you can set VID with the slocket it's worth a shot. Maybe increasing core voltage is going …

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Re: Pin-modded Pentium 3-s 1400 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 11:42

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by SubZero

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PIII 1400s has twice the TDP of PIII 600EB. If you are using a passive slotket it probably won't get enough power. You need an active slotket, Powerleap made some. While I do not know enough about the boards to confidently rule out what you're saying, the Celeron 600EB has a TDP of 22.1W while the …

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Re: Pin-modded Pentium 3-s 1400 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 11:39

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by SubZero

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RaverX wrote: PIII 1400s has twice the TDP of PIII 600EB. If you are using a passive slotket it probably won't get enough power. You need an active slotket, Powerleap made some. The CPU behaves same way on both motherboards, one being S370 and one Slot 1. So for that reason it seems the slotket is …

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Pin-modded Pentium 3-s 1400 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 09:00

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by SubZero

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Hi, I have a pin-modded Tualatin Pentium 3-s 1400MHz that I have been trying to get to work on two different 440BX motherboards, Acorp 6bx83 (socket 370) and Chaintech 6BTA3 (Slot 1) via slotket (MS-6905 Master v2). Other Components: Geforce 4 Ti4400 256MB PC133 CL2 80GB Seagate Barracuda ATA IV The …

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