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Re: Voodoo2 blues, advice?

Posted on 2017-02-09, 06:46

A bit of a recap: I had been assembling hardware for a month focusing on creating a Voodoo2 SLI computer based around a Pentium III-400 motherboard & CPU. I first found two "tested" Voodoo2 cards, more on that later. Next came a case with a side-mounted fan to keep the Voodoo2's cool. Add in an SLI …

Re: What if Old CPU's where made on a new process

Posted on 2017-02-09, 05:33

in Milliways
What would you do for RAM on a 256 core 3dfx cpu? Voodoo 5 had 32MB of RAM for each CPU, so 256 x 32mb = 8GB and associated bandwidth from RAM to GPU. Well, okay, the number is exaggerating, but you got the picture. You see, core miniaturization makes parallelism easier. On the other hand, 3dfx VSA …

Re: Help finding mobo info

Posted on 2017-02-08, 18:12

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Isn't there any sticker on the underside of the bottom ISA slot? And could you perhaps take a detailed pic of the entire underside of your board? There might be clues there which may help reveal more (and at least you'll know the production week :P). The SIMMs seem to be 16MB ones each (yes I also …

Re: K6-iii with a twist.

Posted on 2017-02-08, 17:59

Honestly, a K6-III+ with a Voodoo3 isn't a terrible matchup. The Voodoo3 is held back by the CPU, but not to a hopeless degree, and it should have enough graphics grunt for anything it has enough CPU grunt for. Image quality on the V3 is really good too, IIRC. If you wanna run BSD or Linux with an …

Re: What if Old CPU's where made on a new process

Posted on 2017-02-08, 17:47

in Milliways
The frequency design limits of any particular CPU architecture aren't really much of an issue here anyway, as we're talking about retro hardware which probably wouldn't even be able to fully make use of much higher frequencies (what good would for instance a Celeron 6666MHz do when it's on a 66MHz …

Re: What if Old CPU's where made on a new process

Posted on 2017-02-08, 08:48

in Milliways
The easiest solution perhaps would be to make some kind of new "Overdrive" chip, soldered to some voltage adapter. Maybe even multiplier software controlled, which would make it more insanely usable :D The 'good' thing is that even an old obsolete fab could be used for these chips. Heck, I'd love a …

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 PCI on Pentium 233 MMX system

Posted on 2017-02-08, 08:31

Hello, I have this Pentium 233 MMX with a S3 Trio64+ PCI installed. Recently I found a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI sale and I wonder if this video card is compatible with my system. Voodoo3.jpg Do you guys know if this video card is going to work on my system? Looks like a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI to me, judging by …

Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-07, 03:35

WFFLP is the best xp. I'm actually surprised nobody here usually ever recommends it or even uses it. Most people here recomennd regular store bought versions. This might be because most people will probably already have a disk of XP in a drawer somewhere. What makes you like WinFLP so much? I did a …

Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-07, 01:58

I think it does matter whether either SP2 or SP3 is installed by installing the updates and the service packs separately or by slipstreaming them (certainly using all the separate updates will create extra clutter). I've used NLite the most, but iirc I also tried one or two other programs for this? …

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