Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-19, 05:16

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OK, an update.. So in my case, I have reverted the specs back as they were. PIII 500MHZ and installed back the 512MB RAM x133... Guess what, no harsh artifacts.. So in the end I'm thinking that a BIOS setting did the trick....

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-18, 15:18

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Yeah, they do show up very prominently in Lion King. Personally, I like to test this using WarCraft 1, specifically the first level in the Human campaign. The artifacts appear as thin, white lines which "dance" on the right side of the screen. It's kind of hard to capture this on a photo, since …

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Re: Should I get a cooling fan for a Voodoo 3 2k?

Posted on 2023-05-18, 14:42

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I have recently installed a small cooler/heatsink combo, since mine came with a super small passive heatsink... My aim was to install some type of cooling solution, but at the same time insisted to still have space underneath, if I wish to install other PCI expansion card...

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-05-18, 11:37

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OK, So anyone did try the game called "Risky Woods" by EA [1992] ? Unfortunately I cannot get music in this one... I am trying to find the actual manual

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-18, 05:14

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Update: So, I have now downgraded the system to a PII 400Mhz, clocked at 266Mhz in BIOS. Also I have installed single stick of 64MB RAM clocked as 100Mhz [instead of 512MB of 133Mhz] Currently I did remove the Nvidia AGP card completely and the USB 2.0 PCI card as well, moved the Voodoo 3 on to the …

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Nvidia GeForce 4 4200 TI 128MB; overkill for a PIII 500MHz rig?

Posted on 2023-05-16, 02:53

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Hi all, As per title, what do you think ? Asus P3B-F slot 1 Pentium III 500Mhz Katmai 512MB SDRAM Voodoo 3 2000 PCI NEC DVDrw optical drive Yamaha YMF-V724 PCI with SB-Link Nvidia 4200 TI 128MB AGP (currently disabled as intend to use this under Windows XP OS) Gotek Floppy reader 2x IDE2SD adapters, …

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Cirrus Logic CL-5446

Posted on 2023-05-14, 07:32

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Heya, Currently I have a PIII rig with the following specs. Asus P3B-F slot 1 256MB RAM Pentium III 500Mhz Katmai [clocked to 333Mhz for DOS games, possibly changing to PII 400Mhz for more slowdown] NEC DVDrw optical drive Yamaha YMF-V724 PCI with SB-Link Nvidia 4200 TI 128MB AGP [to be used with …

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Re: CL-5446 being better than S3 Trio64v+ ?

Posted on 2023-05-14, 06:53

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Regarding the CL card, how much RAM does it come as a standard / unpopulated ? Are the socketed RAM found on the S3 Virge compatible with the CL one ? I would like to answer those questions, but the photos are not good enough to read the model number of the RAM chips on either the Virge card or the …

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-05-11, 23:52

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Thanks! So did you compile any list of compatible games, cause I cannot find it if so, maybe on another thread ? It is actually easier to make a list of *in*-compatible, which consists of this: - Quarantine The system I used in the OP is very flexible with CPU slowdown (VIA Ezra-T); besides …

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-05-11, 17:12

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Testing continues; The Lion King Doom Mortal Kombat II One Must Fall Hocus Pocus Monkey Island 1 & 2 Hey, good luck with all the testing! Never completed all my testing, but I managed to make every game work, except one (think I mentioned it earlier in the thread). Was thinking of trying different …

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-10, 20:31

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Update: set to 333mhz and PCI/VGA palette snoop option was set to disabled, I have enabled this option and improved a lot, almost happy with this setting. Other options I have tried is shadow ram hole 15-16mb and disable L2 cache ram but did nothing..

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Re: CL-5446 being better than S3 Trio64v+ ?

Posted on 2023-05-10, 12:03

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Hello, and sorry to post on and revive the thread here, but my friend actually has the attached cards in which I opted for the CL-GD5446BV-HC-B from all of them.. I am thinking to remove the Voodoo 3 2000 PCI for older DOS games compatibility in my PIII machine as my aim is to run games from 1993ish …

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Re: Multiple video cards in one rig, possible ?

Posted on 2023-05-10, 10:12

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If you put multiple PCI graphics cards in one system, the display will very probable be enabled by default one the lowest (that is lowest number) PCI slot. That's how it works with PCI-Express if you put multiple storage controllers in a system so I guess it's similar. Try it... That would make …

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Multiple video cards in one rig, possible ?

Posted on 2023-05-10, 04:40

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Hi, Currently I have artifact issues with my Voodoo 3 2000 PCI on my PIII, example, in the Lion King title screen and levels, One Must Fall during title options, few in the actual gameplay. Both games are launched from MS-DOS mode under Windows 98se, but when launched the Lion King under Windows98SE …

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-06, 11:59

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Hello, Having same issue with my PIII rig. Just uploaded 2x videos https://youtu.be/o-BHr2wdpMU https://youtu.be/WPtEdvPWzNk My specs: Asus P3B-F Slot 1 440BX v1.04 [latest BIOS] PIII 500Mhz Katmai 512MB RAM [x133] Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, Nvidia Geforce 4200 Ti 128MB AGp [currently not in use, as …

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-05-06, 09:44

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Testing continues; The Lion King Doom Mortal Kombat II One Must Fall Hocus Pocus Monkey Island 1 & 2

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Re: Yamaha YMF724 PCI sound card - perfect for my needs?

Posted on 2023-04-23, 06:55

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Commenting here as I just implemented the SB-Link feature on my Asus P3b-F v1.04 [with 2x ISA slots variant] and wanted to say that with this card I am really happy about the sound outputs, more clear than the CT AWE64 Value that I have now removed it completely from my rig. Most of what the OP …

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-04-22, 23:06

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So today I have installed a multi USB 2.0 PCI adapter (VIA chipset) in which I had to change and fiddle with IRQ settings due to BSODs.. Anyway managed to get it running and sharing some experiments and results.. CPU speed reverted back to 500Mhz. All these launched under Windows98SE restarted in MS …

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Re: Yamaha PCI YMF-724 DOS Compatibility Thread

Posted on 2023-04-22, 01:20

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Hello, After googling and searching luckily I have stumbled on this post! I have the exact same Yamaha card I believe as the original OP of this thread. My PIII rig specs: Asus P3B-F v1.04 440BX slot 1 [[this is the 2x ISAs variant] 512MB RAM **Intel PIII 500Mhz Katmai Voodoo 3 2000 PCI Nvidia …

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Re: How to install SB-Link header on Asus P3B-F

Posted on 2023-04-20, 17:55

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My Yamaha YMF-724F soundcard, with pin headers already present..

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