do the bios update, if only to verify the duron still boots in the motherboard. is there a motherboard jumper for 100/133mhz fsb operation? the A1000AMT3B has a multiplier of 10x so it has to run at 100mhz fsb unless unlocked. Yes it has a switch, it was set to 100Mhz by default, tried with both …

Thanks for all the input, I’ll try my luck with a BIOS update. stanwebber wrote on 2024-02-29, 07:44: any slight discoloration around the cpu core? what about chipped corners? pictures? I didn’t see anything that would indicate physical damage, take a look if you can spot any possible problems: …

It might well be that your power supply doesn't deliver enough power on the 5V rail. What is it rated at? Try to clock it manually at the same speed or lower than you Duron to confirm the CPU is ok, 600MHz is a good test for example. Did you have a look at https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/ …

Hi Everyone, so I bought an AMD Athlon 1Ghz (A1000AMT3B) for my Soltek SL-75KIV motherboard, which works perfectly fine with a Duron (Spitfire) 850. The motherboard supports up to early Palomino cores, so should be compatible, but would not post whatever I do. It also runs the (probably) latest BIOS …

In case anyone was wondering - the solution was replacing the caps. I’ve just got around to ordering some replacement caps for the 3 largest ones on the card - a 470 uF + 10 uF electrolytic and a 470uF tantalum cap. After replacing them, the issue was completely gone - the card is now artifact-free! …

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I never bothered to pair my V2 SLI setup with a Matrox card - I assume they would produce the best image quality, but personally I never found a good enough deal on them, when I was searching for a 2D card. I’ve found that the Geforce 2 to 4 range works best …

The connections (as well as the card) looked pretty clean, but I guess it’s possible that there was some layer of oxidation, which I’ve rubbed of by taking it out and putting it back 6-7 times 😄 I’ll also keep an eye on the caps, physically they look fine to me, but yeah, they are 23 years old. …

Hi there, I recently grabbed a first revision Geforce 2 MX for my FIC-VB601 & Pentium II 400 rig, booted it up, got into Win98…and almost immediately started seeing major artifacts, that got so bad, that I couldn’t identify anything on the screen about 2 minutes in. After powering off and booting up …

Just thought I'd give an update: I ordered a 2.6 Ghz P4 Northwood with 400 FSB (pretty much maxing out the motherboards officially supported CPU model), which indeed gave me a nice performance bump - resulting a 3DMark 2001 score of 9477 points, and making NFS:U playable, although still with some …

Alright then, thank you for your suggestions!

The Sandman wrote on 2020-12-16, 20:28: default for 2000/2001/2003 are 1024x768 99Max is 800x600 Ok, at 1024x768 it’s 6714.

no problem. Too bad, though. What's your current 3DMark 2001 Score? Here are some reference lists with mainly old hardware: https://www.pc-erfahrung.de/tuningperformance/datenbanken/3d-mark-2001-se.html https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/index.php?thread/22876-3dmark-2001se-2003-alle- …

I'll try to find a higher clocked P4 down the road, it's just a bummer that the performance is so bad. I also wanted to double-check with XP, but I couldn't get it to work with my current knowledge, and lack of an IDE CD/DVD drive. The damn thing won't boot from an USB stick, I only managed to …

Are the chipset drivers installed? VIA needs the AGP to CPU Controller driver installed correctly...otherwise you will face a huge performance hit. You should see a VIA CPU to AGP Controller in the device manager. If it's already there check if the drivers are standard or those from VIA. Grab the …

Thanks for the replies so far. I didn't expect the P4 to be that much of a limiting factor, I remember back in the day I've played NFSU with an Athlon XP 2200+ and a Geforce 3 Ti 200 at 800x600 almost maxed out (I think car reflection update was dialed down and crowds disabled), and I don't remember …

Hi Everyone! I've learned a lot from this forum, reading through guides and forum posts helped me a lot in assembling and getting my Win98 gaming rig up and running - but now I have a problem I cannot solve on my own, hopefully you guys can help me out :) So, I have the aforementioned Win98 gaming …