Re: Bad performance with AB-PB4 + Cyrix

Posted on 2021-06-30, 10:39

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by dirkmirk

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Do you have any ideas? Thanks! Are you running the cyrix enhancements? Quake timedemo should get around 15-16fps and speedsys around 67 IRRC. edit: Have a read of this thread if you haven't already, If you run the Cyrix chip without enhancements your not getting the full performance potential. …

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Re: Recommendations for overkill Win 98 build for mid DOS to late 9X games

Posted on 2020-12-14, 18:22

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by dirkmirk

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For many years I considered ultimate win98SE/High end dos machine that needed an isa slot but I'd forget about it and go pci sound card. Main reason? If your running high end dos that means general midi so you only need digital sound + good midi interface, genuine OPL3 your looking back to 486 Era …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2020-11-09, 12:18

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by dirkmirk

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To be fair I am happy with the selling price as I set the starting bid at $300 aud(approx $200USD). SSTV2 mentioned that you can find these systems for pennies at recyclers? In my experience it'll be 512kb trident, 2/4meg of ram, 120meg hard disk, no soundcard or 8x creative cd-rom.... That was a …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2020-11-07, 06:40

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by dirkmirk

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I recently sold a 386 DX-40, 16meg ram, 340meg hard disk, CT1740 SB16, diamond Et4000AX tower for $370AUD delivered or about $250USD. I'm starting to think I'll regret that sale as it's not really that expensive for a quality retro PC. Especially when you see how much individual parts can go for …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2020-11-07, 06:38

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by dirkmirk

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I've got a 2meg visiontek(?) 868 that definitely accepts an mpeg module. That buyer was an Australian he listed the buy on a local site I use.

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Re: Question about ET6100 video capture card for sale on eBay

Posted on 2020-09-30, 04:01

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by dirkmirk

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I think I have this card, or one very similar. I can confirm that mine works fine as an ET6100 VGA card. I can also confirm it's more difficult to sell one of these combo boards than a 'regular' VGA-only board. I found two in a larger lot and given how rare/sought-after the ET6100 was, interest was …

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Re: Gainbery MAXimizer Cyrix 5x86-133

Posted on 2020-09-11, 07:39

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by dirkmirk

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Not sure how I missed this thread I bought a gainbery maximiser 133 a few years back and was the amd version. Also I've had gainbery 5x86-120/100/75 upgrade kits, they were all blue ibm 5x86-100 heatsinks. All the same....

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-27, 13:14

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by dirkmirk

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Awesome Montaron!!!!! You will have to install rivatuner and find out the specs for those cards, I thought INNO3D was the only company that made pci FX5600s. Where did you find those cards? I'm huge into pci graphic cards, I'm in the process of putting together a Athlon MP 2600(Barton) system …

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2020-08-04, 12:25

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by dirkmirk

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The lost Vikings was a fantastic looking game that ran well even on a 386(IF I remember correctly).

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Re: Fastest sdram system?

Posted on 2020-07-28, 11:15

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by dirkmirk

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Yeah but when was it ever confused when DDR ram came along? Thats the point im getting at, ram was always SD OR DDR in the early days in the consumer market anyway, their was no confusion about the abbreviation "SD" "RAM" So if you want to be really technical in response to dionb, you should always …

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Re: Fastest sdram system?

Posted on 2020-07-28, 10:59

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by dirkmirk

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dionb wrote on 2020-07-28, 10:13: If you mean SDR-SDRAM, you should say so. Why? Since when did it matter ? AS long as I can remember their was NEVER any confusion when someone said sd-ram it was interpreted as single data rate. DDR = Double data rate DDR2 DDR3 DDR4 And so on.

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Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 05:13

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by dirkmirk

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In 1993 you started seeing CD-ROM drives being offered in new PCs (but it was more of a gimmick than a necessity). In 1994 it became fairly common for 386s and 486s to get CD-ROM drives through multimedia upgrade kits, particularly 2X kits from Creative and Mediavision. I personally knew a bunch of …

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Re: Tyan Tiger MPX S2466. Any had experience with it?

Posted on 2020-07-13, 11:13

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by dirkmirk

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My interest in this board(chipset) is to run a Voodoo 5500 PCI in the 33bit/66mhz slot with windows 98SE, I saw an asus(?) Version With windows 98 drivers. Guess it's a curiosity as to whether this card would be faster in an MPX platform compared to an N-Force 2 or pentium 4 type platform but …

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Re: Tyan Tiger MPX S2466. Any had experience with it?

Posted on 2020-07-11, 05:13

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by dirkmirk

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Well, the performance is bad in general, not only for new games. Q3A = 118.2 vs 182.3 or UT = 44.1 vs 61 fps. I don't know how good it will perform in windows 98, all these numbers are measured in XP... still it shouldn't be that much different. I guess for older games this board wil do just fine. …

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Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?

Posted on 2020-07-05, 21:59

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by dirkmirk

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https://youtu.be/laMzPYhFSHE I'm going to sound like a broken record because I've posted this a few times now.... That's my 386DX-40 with a 2meg Cirrus Logic 5434. Basically their is no real difference if you just play dos games even 256kb is enough for gaming if you have that kind of system with an …

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Re: Retro PC without ISA. What sound would you choose?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 22:42

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by dirkmirk

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I think it's easier to forget about FM midi if you want a PCI sound card, better off buying a PCI sound card for general midi and have an earlier system for FM synthesis. That's the conclusion Ive come too.

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Re: Newly made ISA CL-GD5434

Posted on 2020-06-30, 23:52

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by dirkmirk

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For what its worth I've got driver disks for the Diamond Speedstar 64 & STB Nitro 64 (5434, windows 3.1 maybe dos?), if anyone wants a copy let me know.

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Re: FX 5500 on old Mainboard

Posted on 2020-06-27, 23:52

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by dirkmirk

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My geforce FX5500 is an Axel branded 128bit 256meg card. So maybe thats the difference its not a chinese one?

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Re: Newly made ISA CL-GD5434

Posted on 2020-06-27, 23:52

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by dirkmirk

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After testing my 486sx/16 with a GD5422, I found it to be particularly slow. Do you think that an accelerated cirrus chip like the GD5434 would be a better choice for such a machine? Possibly but thats a slow CPU For what its worth in my testing their is no performance disadvantage in any situation …

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Re: FX 5500 on old Mainboard

Posted on 2020-06-27, 14:46

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by dirkmirk

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I run a FX5500 in my Intel PR440FX socket 8 motherboard its a 1996 vintage, works perfect.

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