Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-12, 23:42

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am curious, what is the least old and fastest PCI graphics card you guys have been able to get working in a socket 3 486? Is the core speed allowed to exceed the processor speed? Anyone have success with a Voodoo3? Tried it, posted it also some time ago, but dont see any reason 4 use 486 for …

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Re: Same, yet different, what's the deal? - Video card comparison

Posted on 2011-03-06, 12:22

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Might be memory timings. Upper one have SDR memory, other one has SGR memory. Or chip itself could be more optimized for sgr than sdr. And ofc powerstrip can be always wrong 😉

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Re: Geforce4 MX 440 Datasheet/reference/specifications

Posted on 2011-02-26, 09:50

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by vlask

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Only datasheets ever released i found for nvidia are for Riva128 and 128ZX. And they were released by SGS Thompson, not directly by nvidia. Still better than ATI - they never released anything at all. If you want riva datasheets, then check mine site. Think everything never than riva is secret stuff …

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Re: Does anyone have one of these Obsidian cards?

Posted on 2010-12-28, 17:25

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Have one too, but got it without cable. So i sended it to some person to make it for me. He told me, that mine card was working, but it wont work on mine test MB with viaKT133a and have no time to instal win on mine dual P3 mb. So i have to believe him....

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Re: Post your list of (un)favorite motherboard manufacturers here!

Posted on 2010-12-16, 15:08

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by vlask

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Gigabyte - if you want mb for a 2 years, its ok, when you need it use 3 years, then you have 80% chance for dead MB. About 90% s754/s939 MB we sold already died. About 70% mobos sAM2 mobos with nforce 520/560 chipset died too. We stopped selling gigabyte after we realised that am2 mb are dying even …

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Re: Graphic card info on very old macs (powerpc)

Posted on 2010-12-15, 13:08

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Name of card: .Built-In VRAM Video That would indicate that it's probably the stock VRAM card... does it look something like this one ? But as I said earlier, the best approach is to just pull the cards out and look at 'em. They're sure to have some sort of identifying markings on 'em, which you …

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Re: Graphic card info on very old macs (powerpc)

Posted on 2010-12-14, 16:21

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Found it - but no usefull info. there is only ID card : 96 Name of card: .Built-In VRAM Video Version of card: none Manufacturer: Apple Computer , Inc Nothing more. OS is 9.1.

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Re: Graphic card info on very old macs (powerpc)

Posted on 2010-12-14, 15:13

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Mac OS9 (and I think 8.6, perhaps earlier versions as well) has a built-in System Profiler under the Apple menu, it should tell you pretty much everything about what's installed in the system. Though the info it gives about the graphics card can be a bit cryptic, especially if the proper graphics …

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Graphic card info on very old macs (powerpc)

Posted on 2010-12-14, 13:59

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Got last week 2 macs, one with Macos 9.1 (or 9.3) cant remember now. Its powerpc 8100/80 (G3 266Mhz, 80MB ram), other one is PowerPC 7100/80, but its without HDD, so no OS there. 8100/80 have nice dual slot graphic card on NuBus. 7100/80 have another card think for PDS. Because i collecting graphic …

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Re: Image of badly applied CPU thermal paste

Posted on 2010-11-10, 19:15

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by vlask

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I bought this used cooler from a guy some time ago, one of those that came with the paste already applied into the heatsink base, with a protective film over it to preserve it... As you know, you have to remove that film for the CPU to do proper contact with the thermal paste. Well, when I bought …

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Re: Image of badly applied CPU thermal paste

Posted on 2010-11-09, 21:07

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got some photos archived too, sometimes you couldnt belive what you see.

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Re: Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games

Posted on 2010-11-08, 18:55

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i've been playing Motoracer on mine 1st Virge/DX 2MB on K6. It wasnt faster, but for sure nicer than sw version (if black smoke is ok for you). But best looking playable game on virge was for me Wing Commander Prophecy. After buying 2MB more memory i could set even nicer space textures (only game, …

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Re: A games compatability wiki

Posted on 2010-11-06, 11:20

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by vlask

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You should add there list of unsolved compatibility issues, so geeks with plenty of time could try to solve them. I like to play X-Wing Alliance again, but this game keeps having broken fonts on nvidia never than FX series (maybe theres solution in changing some driver settings, but never found it). …

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Re: Test a Voodoo 1 card without pass-through cable?

Posted on 2010-11-02, 18:35

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by vlask

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Got same errors and i never solved it. I've just discovered something interesting. I inserted a Diamond Monster Voodoo1 card in to a "slow" slot 1 P2-400 system, running Windows 98 SE, and the video card appeared to show the same problems as mentioned previously in this message thread. The number …

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Re: BOOOH!!!! "SCARIEST" games ever?????????? (Happy Halloween!)

Posted on 2010-10-29, 16:41

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Alien versus Predator 1 PC version, not gold one (gold one had saving option, original version not).

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Re: What motivates you?

Posted on 2010-10-04, 21:41

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by vlask

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Im collector type of person. Been trying collecting many items like i postage stamps, bugs (live ones not virtual :wink: ), but havent money back in time at school. When i was working at mine second job (around 2003), theres been a lot of old cards heading into garbage. So i had choice, collect cpus …

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Re: Test a Voodoo 1 card without pass-through cable?

Posted on 2010-10-03, 17:32

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by vlask

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Got same errors and i never solved it. Some people told me that voodoo 1 is Athlon XP incompactible. Something about driver issues. Tried about 5 V1 cards and noone working. Thats why i dont have any Voodoo 1 card at mine benchmarks. Cpu Athlon XP 2200+, mb soltek with VIA KT133A. Get older …

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Re: AGP Pro

Posted on 2010-09-29, 16:10

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Going to buy a GF 8800 GTX for peanuts which has the same issue and try the oven trick on it :cool: Have one from friend for free, tried 3 time hot air gun on it, artifacts still remained (they show after some time in 3D), gave it to some people repairing HW for us, after 1st try same results, now …

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Re: Hard disk drive grinding

Posted on 2010-09-19, 21:21

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by vlask

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Just run on it MHDD software and youll see. Anything over 500ms is bad, any letter is wrong too, especialy X, A, S. Its dos software, on ultimate boot cd is too. Be prepared for about 2-3 hours till whole drive is checked.

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Re: Terminator Beast Savage? Hehe.

Posted on 2010-09-10, 18:04

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Savage 3D - games playable at 640x480, some rare older at 800x600 (speed between Voodoo 1 and 2) Savage 4 - playable at 800x600 most games (Little faster than Voodoo 2, depends on model) Savage 2000 - ok for 1024x768 (fast as Geforce 2MX, but worse driver support) All of them problems with drivers, …

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