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Re: My non-period-correct Windows 2000 retro PC with E5800 and 865G

Posted on 2025-05-22, 20:36

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Disabling 1 core in Core 2 DUO is a pity. Install Celeron 440 and try to overclock it to 3.6 GHz? But it only has 1 MB of cache... Celeron 440 has only 512 Kb of cache, although in games before 2005 this should be enough (Northwood P4 has the same). And for later games x800 will be weak regardless …

Re: Optimizing K6-2 Build

Posted on 2025-05-14, 07:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Your problem is definitely in the GPU. You need a card with much older drivers. Something like a very cheap GeForce 2mx will give good results. Not a bad option (and more period-correct) would be a TNT2 or Savage 4. Well, or Voodoo 3/GeForce 256/GF2GTS+, if you have money.

Re: MSI MS6905 ver 2.3 "Master" slotket with weird mod

Posted on 2025-05-07, 07:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you also try another CPU and also different GPU drivers? I know that 3DMark can be buggy with certain hardware & driver combos (which can cause a crash to desktop). What about other games / 3D apps? Did you experience any instability during actual usage? Yes, it worked perfectly with a Tualatin …

Re: Sis 540 motherboard project

Posted on 2025-04-21, 21:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it survived, no magic smoke :) Thank goodness. So did any of these 133mhz socket 7s ever have a functional AGP? Is there a mobo model to look for? Quite often integrated graphics in a chipset are connected via the internal AGP or PCI bus. I think this is because this approach simplifies the …

An unusual connector on an ordinary S3 Virge board.

Posted on 2025-03-21, 18:02

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Just saw noname S3 Virge/DX card for sale at a local auction with an unusual connector along usual vga connector. It doesn't look like a video-in or -out or S-Video connector, but rather like an audio jack! There's only one extra small chip on the board - a CD4052B from TI and I don't know why it is …

Re: Trouble running old PCI-E GPUs with bridge chips in newer boards?

Posted on 2025-03-13, 17:44

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I want to say right away that if someone thinks that rare GeForce PCX 5 series cards or their Quadro analogues are the best of both worlds (good compatibility with old software and new hardware with quite high performance), then this is not! 1. They do not support the most compatible old drivers, as …

Re: 3dfx Voodoo1 pink screen with AMD K6-2

Posted on 2025-01-14, 11:17

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

450 MHz CPU @ 83.5MHz bus is too fast for Voodoo 1. Try lower your bus frequency to 66 MHz.

Re: IWill VA133 Plus board

Posted on 2024-11-28, 06:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Fastest VIA C3 Nehemiah with overclocking to 1.4+ Ghz roughly equals to Pentium 3 700-750MHz depending on the task being performed.

Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2024-11-23, 12:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The EPoX only has UDMA33, while the DFI has UDMA66. As far as I know the DFI K6XV3+/66 is the only SS7 board with UDMA66 and 3 ISA slots (more soundcards!). All other boards I've seen so far either have only one/ two ISA slots or lack UDMA66. I don't see the point in having 6 PCI slots. Acorp …

Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-11-22, 00:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have encountered the mentioned issue before on another AsRock "dual" motherboard with VIA chipset. Here is what I found out. VT8237 - Based on VT8235 south bridge, but with integrated SATA/RAID controller. First south bridge from VIA with SATA and RAID support. Poorly detects SATA II and SATA III …

Re: what do you think is the worst primitive 3d card for d3d and opengl?

Posted on 2024-11-15, 09:02

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The most broken card by far is Alliance ProMotion AT3D. But you asking about Open GL support. Video cards with official Direct 3D and Open GL support are generally support them properly. Early d3d cards mostly lacked OGL drivers and used mini GL libraries or Open GL to [some 3d API] wrappers.

Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2024-09-25, 08:19

in Milliways

in Milliways

3 Doors Down - Kryptonite

Re: Installing Windows 98 on 2007 system

Posted on 2024-07-15, 06:34

in Windows

in Windows

Dr.Atom wrote on 2024-07-15, 06:25: However, I was wondering which benefits an unofficial service pack (3.2?) would bring? Where's the best place to download that one? Thanks. Nothing except of a lot of bugs. Versions prior to 3 can be useful though.

Re: The Most Beautiful Laptop Ever.

Posted on 2024-07-07, 15:23

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Acer Ferrari series? For example Acer Ferrari 3000:

Re: P4 vs Core2 - strange results

Posted on 2024-06-28, 07:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My 2 cents: 1. Drivers overhead. Later video cards need faster processors because of newer drivers. They demand more cpu power. 2. Mobile GPUs limit their power to be more energy efficient. The same applies to processors. 3. Check working temperatures of your laptop. It may be due to overheating.

Re: Pentium 3 with ISA versus Pentium 4 with ISA?

Posted on 2024-06-26, 16:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have three different models of P4 boards that have 2 ISA slots each. It's cool. Honestly, I never seen even one P4 ISA motherboard in my country. System noise is about the choice of fans, not the platform. I've had Tandy 1000 computers that sound like vacuum cleaners with stock fans. I know, but …

Re: Pentium 3 with ISA versus Pentium 4 with ISA?

Posted on 2024-06-26, 16:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can throttle my P3 down to around 386-16. It can emulate early 90s in speed. But from there to 500 MHz is a vast gap it can't cover. I can pick 500 MHz, 750 and 1000. Or I pick like 386-16, 25, 33. That is all I found, without swapping in a P2. A P3 isn't variable in speed really (at least I …

Re: Pentium 3 with ISA versus Pentium 4 with ISA?

Posted on 2024-06-26, 13:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Late ISA motherboards (especially socket 775) use PCI-ISA chip bridges while Pentium 3 boards have native ISA support in chipsets. That means better compatibility with ISA cards. It is not a problem to find 2-4 ISA slots on Slot1 motherboards, while on Pentium 4 boards you rarely see more then 1 ISA …

Re: What is the purpose of a very fast Win98 machine without ISA slot?

Posted on 2024-06-26, 09:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

8. Latest games compatible with Windows 9x not only work in Windows 2000 or XP, but can also take advantage of the dual-threading capabilities of a Pentium 4 with hyperthreading, Pentium D and Core 2, even if the video card is the same. You must decide where your borders of the 9x era will be. …

Re: What is the purpose of a very fast Win98 machine without ISA slot?

Posted on 2024-06-26, 08:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It really all depends on the goal you set for yourself. If you want to run as many games as possible in a single build, Pentium 3-era hardware with an ISA is the best option. If you want to run ALL games in MAXIMUM quality, then you will not get away from building MANY builds: in those days there …

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