Re: Acorp 5ali61 + turbo settings

Posted on 2023-03-27, 21:21

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by Kordanor

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Did you ever find out the behavior of turbo with this motherboard? -Brian Got this board as well now. It arrived with a jumper on the turbo. However removing the jumper makes no difference in terms of speed. Benchmarks before and after are the same. The only thing which does change is the Turbo LED …

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Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards

Posted on 2023-03-23, 19:57

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Guess the user group isn't all that large. And being a user doesn't mean you can program. I mean I can program a bit (some basics in pythin,c++,c#) but I am not familiar at all with this. Never used github myself, would first need to learn how to actually compile the stuff already available to …

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Re: DVI not working on Geforce 4 Ti 4200

Posted on 2023-03-20, 22:16

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Yep, I'd suspect the same. Try safemode. If that is not working, you might need to find a screen you can connect via VGA to adjust the settings. Alternatively your card got a SVideo out, and if you have a cable and a screen for that, this might work as well (just for switching the settings)

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Re: Strengths and Weaknesses of different brands in 3D?

Posted on 2023-03-20, 21:18

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OpenGL (I guess the same applies as in Direct 3D, just with different versions, but I couldnt confirm, also didnt find which OpenGL Version first supported T&L Hardware, supposedly it was earlier than directx did with v 7.0) OpenGL did not require explicit T&L activation as it was in D3D. The …

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Strengths and Weaknesses of different brands in 3D?

Posted on 2023-03-20, 20:48

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I wanted to get an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the main protagonists when rendering 3D games. I don't want to go too much into super specific 3D accelerators. There is already a good thread for that over here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=33483 I watched several of …

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-19, 14:20

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I tried to find more on the board. In this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=46222 a user reported an issue, but it was then not related to the board. In addition the user Mamba commented that this is a solid board. On the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md5Wl7t-VfI Phil …

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-19, 05:29

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The issue with identifying the "best" ss7 and then trying to mirror it, is that it might just not be available.

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-19, 01:19

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Ah, alright. Well, the thread states it's not with all cards in general and apparently less problems with the ALI chipset which the board in question does have. So I guess thats a plus. I do have multiple AGP cards anyways and when in doubt I could also mix and match (I hopefully will also receive a …

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-19, 01:01

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The original questions I actually marked bold: -Do the revisions matter in any significant way for normal use (no overclocking) -Are there any experiences with Turbo Button and LED? -Is there anything noteworthy regarding that board which I missed? Why would the board crash with Nvidia chipsets? Is …

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-18, 22:07

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by Kordanor

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That was not my point though.

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Re: Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-18, 21:20

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My goal is to play games from 1990 DOS games to y2000 Windows 98 games. I think that SS7 is a solid choice there. And "reliving that trauma" is certainly not part if it. I don't actually remember having any PC issues back in the days. Buying something like the Diamond Fire GL1000 Pro for hundreds of …

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Your Opinion on Mobo: SS7 Acorp 5ali61 Q about northbridge and Revisions

Posted on 2023-03-18, 19:22

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Hey there! So after I accepted the fate of not being able to adjust the clockspeed in BIOS directly (as I can do atm) with a board which supports AGP (they do exist, but it's probably easier to find a unicorn) I checked what other boards fit the bill: -SS7 Board -AT -AGP Slot -ISA Slot -CPU on the …

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Re: Using an FX 5200 for old games

Posted on 2023-03-18, 18:53

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Just received the oldest PCI card I could find for cheap, so yeah, its definitely the issue with the "too new PCI card" and the voltage. While these cards @theserpentrider mentioned exist, they are super rare/expensive. At that point you might as well replace the board...which is what I am going to …

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Re: Replacing jumpers with dip switches (external) or turbo button

Posted on 2023-03-18, 18:51

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Thanks guys! I will test this switch Sphere posted when I get the board. Which board will I get? Not sure yet, but I will yet again make a new thread for that (hope its not considered spamming) Regarding the turbo button: Well, if you also say that it should provide on-on on both sides, its broken. …

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Re: Replacing jumpers with dip switches (external) or turbo button

Posted on 2023-03-18, 12:28

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Cool, yeah, that's the switch I had in mind, should be good for 4 jumpers? Any thoughts about the mystery turbo button? Is it just broken?

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Replacing jumpers with dip switches (external) or turbo button

Posted on 2023-03-18, 02:56

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There is a similar thread already, but as it was inactive for a year and my request is slightly differently, the Forum suggested to create a new Thread instead. The old thread is https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=85445 Also by who suggested using Switches. So what I'd like to do is to …

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Re: Using an FX 5200 for old games

Posted on 2023-03-16, 10:25

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Thanks a lot! Will re-evaluate whether going this route makes more sense for me or replacing the board (and wiring the jumpers to switches and whatnot)

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Re: Using an FX 5200 for old games

Posted on 2023-03-16, 10:04

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-03-16, 10:01: AT, by design, does not support 3.3V on anything, including CPU. Late AT-ATX combo motherboards may or may not support direct 3.3V passthrough from ATX connector. Would also be interesting to know which Graphics Cards do require 3.3V and which don't.

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Re: Socket 7: CPU Speed/jumpers, "CPU Plug and Play" boards?

Posted on 2023-03-16, 03:43

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The idea is that I can play different types of games without plugging off all the plugs of the monitor (which is going to stand on the desktop PC), then move the monitor away, then open the case, move my way through millions of cables and possibly even remove other parts, as in this desktop PC half …

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Re: Using an FX 5200 for old games

Posted on 2023-03-16, 03:31

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Checked the FX 5200 with an ATX Power supply now, but it makes no difference. So that card just doesnt work on the board, no matter the power supply. A low end PCI card is still being shipped, so I will test if it works in general at all.

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