Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-07-02, 13:09
Re: Complete newbie question about 286s and EGA video adapters
Posted on 2011-06-17, 16:16
I think it was common for some early vga cards to have both vga and cga/ega connectors. I have one like this : http://82.114.193.227/vga2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=885:trident-tvga8800cs If I remember well, the db9 output could be configured between cga and ega using the dip …
Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?
Posted on 2011-06-11, 15:52
Storing is easy, if you notice that boxes behind from Verbatim - into one box you can put about 20 cards, maybe more. Theyre from 25 pieces cakes of dvd/cd verbatim (cause i work in shop, i have plenty of them). Volari and S3 deltachrome i buyed from one local internet HW site editor, when he was …
Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?
Posted on 2011-06-11, 10:43
Is this insane enough? Doin some sorting of collection, so i took photo of almost all mine cards. So far i tested 232 working cards + still have some that cannot be tested (non pc + few dead ones) or have them in various models. So think it will be about 300+ cards.
Re: Game to test old 3D cards - 1st generation (virge, rage...)
Posted on 2011-06-07, 14:53
Forsaken seems to be right one, integrated benchmark by running demo, after patch more profiles for other cards (still dunno if i set voodoo, will it use glide or just optimize details in D3D?) and even Matrox Mystique is working (after disabling pci bus mastering - with enabled it crash in …
Re: Game to test old 3D cards - 1st generation (virge, rage...)
Posted on 2011-06-06, 16:40
Just checked MDK - useless - no fps show, confirmed that Fraps doesnt work with glide and build in benchmark have cap at 300Fps software rendering - 300fps voodoo 3 2000 agp - 300fps voodoo 1 d3d - 241fps voodoo 1 glide - freezes goin to check forsaken. And ofc cards will be tested at D3D and their …
Re: Game to test old 3D cards - 1st generation (virge, rage...)
Posted on 2011-06-05, 19:50
MDK might even be a little bit late for those early video cards. It requires Windows 95 and a 90mhz Pentium. If you have both of those two, you're probably going to have a better video card than a Virge. The specs say a D3D or Glide compatible video card were optional, but realistically I can't see …
Game to test old 3D cards - 1st generation (virge, rage...)
Posted on 2011-06-05, 13:32
Wanna write little article about graphic 3D cards 1996-2000 with very basic limited benchmarking to show increase of gpu power. Think i use GLQuake1, Unreal and Quake 3 benchmarks, but need also some game to show deceleration level of 1st gen 3D cards like a virge, rage, sis6326 and other similar …
Re: what's the fastest 3d card you can use on a 486?
Posted on 2011-05-23, 17:33
Did few dos tests on 486 with Voodoo 3 2000 PCI, so it will work, but dunno about win drivers support, tried only dos.
Re: Hercules Stingray 128/3D PCI - what's so special about this one ?
Posted on 2011-04-20, 16:44
Price is high because this was rare initial version of rush card with dual pcb. 3Dfx part was detachable. Later versions were standart on one pcb. Had one, but changed it (too cheap :oops: ) to one local 3dfx collector. So if you get any dual pcb rush, you can get good price. Think theyre more rare …
Re: Matrox Mystique 220 - Direct3D problems
Posted on 2011-04-16, 21:49
Hi I still haven't decided if I'm going to get a Voodoo, but does anyone have any idea why my LCD refuses to display the DirectDraw versions while an old CRT monitor displays them fine? Thanks Its easy LCD monitors usually support 60Hz, on analog vga cable sometimes also 70 and 75Hz. So when matrox …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-04-10, 14:40
No just collecting all old graphic cards :happyhappy: Btw tried to bench it, no luck at setting usable resolution. Have only 2x mono hercules monitors. At both only broken image due bad frenquency. Later i readed wonder article at wikipedia, where they claim this "Removes support for plantronics …
Re: VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info.
Posted on 2011-04-09, 16:49
You can try also some overclockin 😏 or memory timing changing 😉 Virge card shows nice score improvment when clocked higher... For dos use MCLK094A.ZIP - http://reocities.com/siliconvalley/campus/649 … til/myutil.html
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-04-09, 16:39
Re: 3D Accelerator Comparison Thread
Posted on 2011-03-30, 23:18
Edit2: Some interesting info on wiki about the Rage family: Rage XL was a low-cost RAGE Pro-based solution. As a low-power solution with capable 2D-acceleration, the chip was used on many low-end graphics cards. It was also seen on Intel motherboards, as recently as 2004, and was still used in 2006 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-03-27, 23:29
Looks like a V6 or V8 based XIO card there ... what's it for? It doesn't appear to have the locking mechanism attached for an Octane. Acording to id number it should be V6 version for Octane 2. Got it as you see it on pictures. Only one other picture i found is in small resolution and with cooling …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-03-27, 21:06
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Re: Ruined these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2011-03-24, 21:28
Last time (about 3 months ago) i destroyed this card by running by accident video chipset info menu in diag software - few blicking screens and since then i got broken image (sort like a bad memory chip). Good is that i got another same card (only without gold platted memory chips), that still works …
Re: 3D Accelerator Comparison Thread
Posted on 2011-03-22, 22:24
I ran a Rage 128 Pro, which is the same chip as Rage Fury Pro. The 3D Rage Pro is different and I don't have one (not interested in them). Actually there are two distinct Rage 128 chips. The Rage 128 and the Rage 128 Pro. The original chip has some problems and missing features compared to the Pro …
Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486
Posted on 2011-03-13, 08:06
leileilol wrote: 320x240? Yes, why not, never really known real vga resolution, so i tested it in 320x240, 360x480 and 640x480. When i tried short test on 486, i wanted comparable results. Now i know that usualy its 320x200, but 486 is too slow for Quake in any resolution.
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