Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-07-08, 06:40

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@depredador_085 Any lover of vintage PC software and hardware should own a Tualatin system. Also a Voodoo card. In my case, everything I've had from major brands like Asus and Sony has broken. Thanks for your reply. For the time being I decided to chose a Athlon System as a new home for my Voodoo 3 …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-07-03, 06:44

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@ux-3 I want 2 different things that are contradictory so I have to choose between 2 diffent options. Option 1 is having a peroid correct 1998 gaming rig for nostalgic reasons. I get my first pc around that time. It was a p2 233 mhz and I have always dreamed of having very fast pentium 2 with Voodoo …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-07-02, 11:26

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If you don't have the Seattle-2, you are limited in choices. That is perhaps why you found the board for next to nothing. It doesn't offer the lost advantages of S7 and it doesn't offer the full advantages of 440BX. So in a way, the board itself might be the first bottleneck. You seem to be stuck …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-07-02, 07:29

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That's rather unexpected that my rather simple question spawned a very intersting discussion about the feasibility of going for peroid correct system for retro gaming in 2024. i am not gonna lie I am still more inclined towards going peroid correct but the discussion still made me think. Which …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-29, 08:02

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Thx again for the many new replies. @chinny22 yes putting the gf4 into the athlon system might be cool idea. Not period correct but I am curious how the athlon 700 and this card would work together. I will also look into the Savage3D or Rage128. I will also check out the Geforce 256 that …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-29, 07:48

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Thx again for the many new replies. @chinny22 yes putting the gf4 into the athlon system might be cool idea. Not period correct but I am curious how the athlon 700 and this card would work together. I will also look into the Savage3D or Rage128. I will also check out the Geforce 256 that Shponglefan …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-28, 14:57

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Do you think a TN2 Pro would be a nice match for my Athlon? TNT2 predates Athlon by over a year iirc. Depends on what you want to do with this. The main purpose of Build 1 is to have a rather powerful 1997 to 1999 gaming system. I am happy how the System works with the Voodoo 3 3000 agp, but if I …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-28, 06:41

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As you say your Athlon 700 is covering the same era as this P2. What I do when I have double ups is build with alternative hardware. this gives me a reason to use the PC, otherwise more often then not you'll just use the faster one. What GPU/Audio do you have in the Athlon? If it's some Nvidia/ATI …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-27, 18:03

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The difference between a 1996 gaming rig and an 2000 gaming rig was huge. Things changed a lot every year during that period. Why 1998? I am interested in getting a high end slot 1 pentium II system. and I though 1998 would be a good reference point?? uote=Shponglefan post_id=1272950 time= …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-27, 13:09

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TNT, Matrox G200, Ati Rage Pro (one of all versions), Intel 740 or S3 Virge should work fine. work yes, but only TNT would work fine :-) the rest would be source of frustration Thank for the info so i will aim for a TNT—card as the partner card. @Shponglefan Thanks for posting the list. It was an …

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Re: spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-27, 07:16

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I was already worried that V2 Sli would come up lol. Nothing wrong with that per se. I am big fan of my Voodoo 3 and adding a V2 to my collection is a no brainer. Knowing that would just keep the costs high. But that's no problem in general. Some savings will be free soon at the end of july. So …

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spec recommendations needed for high end 1998 gaming system.

Posted on 2024-06-27, 06:45

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When looking for parts for my Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard AMD Athlon 700 MHz (K7700MTR51B) 256 mb PC 133 ram Voodoo 3 Audigy 1 Sound card a Intel 440BX Seattle mainboard found me for almost nothing. This means I can now start to think about a project I wanted to at some point year. Unlike my first …

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Re: Need help entering the world of athlong rigs

Posted on 2024-06-20, 06:40

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It is not a bad thing per se to be aware of potential problem Op but I would suggest that you just start and do not worry to much the things migh go wrong. I am also just used to work with Socket 370 and Slot 1 systemes of at the time of building my voodoo 3 alternative system. Working with the …

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Re: Need help entering the world of athlong rigs

Posted on 2024-06-14, 10:47

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I have no experience with other Athlon boards, but I built a Voodo 3 System based on the Gigabyte GA-7IXE board a few weeks ago. I am using AMD Athlon 700 MHz 256 mb PC 133 ram Voodoo 3 3000 agp Aural Vortex 1 sound card It works well so far. Have no clue how good the the Gigabyte GA-7IXE board is …

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Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 06:30

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GA-7IXE AMD Irongate = asking for trouble. Unstable chipset, flaky boards. Thanks for the warning although it is too late. I am already the owner that mobo and so far I have not herad antything bad about that speficic mobo. But good to know that some trouble might await me with that chipset. The …

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Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 08:22

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System specs are good, and should be period correct. I used to work in computer retail between 1995 to 2005 so I can vouch for it. You could with good conscience also match that GPU with an Athlon 1 GHz, which was a big novelty when it was launched in March year 2000. "The first CPU to breach the 1 …

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Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?

Posted on 2024-05-02, 10:06

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After losing my socket 370 mobo I need to rebuild my Voodoo 3 system. This time I go the Athlon route I am going to use a Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard (already purchased and ordered) AMD Athlon 700 MHz (K7700MTR51B) (Already ordered as well) 256 mb PC 133 ram the drive and the cd rom drive are nothing …

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Re: is there something like the the "best" aureal Vortex Sound card?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 20:49

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Thanks for the info about the waveblaster ports. These ports might come in handy for Dos gaming. So I might keep looking for an aureal vortex that has a waveblaster port.

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Re: is there something like the the "best" aureal Vortex Sound card?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 12:31

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From what I see online, Diamond MonsterSound MX300 seems to the best most sought after Vortex2 card. It does not have any major functions that other V2 cards don't and personally I can't tell the difference between that or something from Turtle Beach sound quality-wise, so I would just grab …

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is there something like the the "best" aureal Vortex Sound card?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 07:04

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I used a audigy 1 sound card for my former socket 370 V3 system. The mobo died so I need to rebuild the system. This time I will use a Gigabyte GA-7IXE mobo. The Audigy card itself is still functioning and there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary i was rather happy with it. I want to re use …

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