Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2

Posted on 2013-07-21, 16:11

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I'm not sure why because I have yet to see a 486 motherboard with 30mhz bus where you could use the 4x multiplier to make 120mhz. I run my 120 4x chip at 40mhz x 3 instead. What happens when you try to run your Cyrix 5x86-120/4x at 33x4 and 3.6 or 3.7 V? Some motherboards had native 3.6 and 3.8 V …

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Re: Which CPU has a better woah factor? (SOCKET 7)

Posted on 2013-07-21, 13:32

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It depends what you mean by Woah! factor. Neither of those chips is especially rare. The AMD offers better performance than the Cyrix, but there's something about building a Cyrix system that makes it seem a little more edgy. If I were building a Cyrix MII system, I'd look for a 366GP model. Those …

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Re: Obsidian2 Medusa Cables?

Posted on 2013-07-21, 13:28

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Finding the cables separately can be a pain. You'd probably be better off paying extra for a card that comes with the cable than buying a loose card that you can't use until a medusa cable comes along. I have a Quantum3D X-24 with the cable and a 200SBi without it BUT there was a special reason why …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2

Posted on 2013-07-21, 13:22

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I think most people would use a fsb of 33mhz and a multiplier of 4. Im not sure what boards can be modded to run with a 66mhz fsb stably other than the biostar mb8433 I'm not entirely certain if all of them support a 4x multiplier. I know that the Cyrix 120 chips were available with and without it. …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2

Posted on 2013-07-21, 13:18

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Anonymous Coward wrote: they were mass produced. It isn't how many were made, it's how many survive. Finding the top speed rated Cyrix/IBM/ST 5x86 chips isn't that easy even though finding the 100mhz chips is.

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Re: 486DX-33 or 486DX2-66 Which is the better system?

Posted on 2013-07-21, 13:15

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Hmmm if it's only between these two then I will go with the DX2 :) You can play more games, especially a ton of early 3D games that struggle on a standard DX. We are basically talking double the frames in most cases. L1 cache and Turbo should allow old games to run but depends on mainboard and …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2013-07-20, 13:03

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Not quite THAT expensive, but still makes me wonder what I am missing?: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151010736049 Sidenote: regardless of price, any reason I should pick this card over ? An 8-bit ISA PAS might be rare enough to command that price, but the 16-bit ones are more common. The seller may be …

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Re: Random questions Socket 7 Machine

Posted on 2013-07-19, 22:53

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Hmm my understanding was always SVGA: 640 x 480 and XGA: 1024 x 768. Maybe 800 x 600 is also called SVGA? From Wiki Originally, it was an extension to the VGA standard first released by IBM in 1987. Unlike VGA—a purely IBM-defined standard—Super VGA was never formally defined. The closest to an " …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86 120GP with Biostar MB8433 Version 2

Posted on 2013-07-19, 22:46

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I see, but even the IBM 5x86 prices are rising. I have just paid over 46 USD for a perfect specimen. I do not usually care for collectors grade items just for the shiny looks, but I wanted to have an unused or lesser stressed one. There was a seller on ebay who had one a few months back that he was …

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Re: Just an important heads up

Posted on 2013-07-19, 22:35

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Microsoft has been begging people to stop using IE6 because it's so full of security holes, bugs and other nastiness that they don't want to waste any more time on fixing. But to stop using IE6 would mean to start using XP, not exactly an option for some users here. I don't get why there needs to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-07-19, 22:34

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Where did the Cyrix chip come from?

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Re: Random questions Socket 7 Machine

Posted on 2013-07-19, 22:29

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Badmofo, SVGA is 800x600 right? I'm happy with 640x480 SVGA is 640x480, but some games which claims SVGA is actually running in 640x400. Also why have a Voodoo card and no Windows? You will miss out on alooot of games! I believe that is wrong. I always thought that 640x400 was an EGA resolution and …

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Re: Would this mod to this Geforce 6800 from AGP 1.5v to 3.3v kill it?

Posted on 2013-07-17, 22:10

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If it didn't come with the 3.3v notch, then I wouldn't try adding it. You might kill more than just the card.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2013-07-16, 13:57

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vikpc wrote: p.s. Keyboard with speakers? Intergraph sold those with their workstations for a while.

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Re: ATI experimentation

Posted on 2013-07-15, 21:51

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I have added the download link for the files. The files are in a zip and are labeled as thus: ARIGS_GAME (Assault Rigs) MECH_GAME (MechWarrior 2) ATI_ARIGS_DRIVERS (ATI driver disk) The driver disk, I am not sure if it came with Mech Warrrior 2 as well. I am sure that it came with Assault Rigs, …

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Re: Cinematic Platformers (Prince of Persia, Another World style games) list

Posted on 2013-07-15, 12:40

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Malik wrote: We don't have an official definition of Cinematic Platformers, but according to Wikipedia, the games have "multi-screen stages that do not scroll". By that definition, Donkey Kong would be one.

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-15, 12:31

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I remember that when Matrox went from the G400 to the G450, they changed from a 128-bit memory bus to a 64-bit bus thinking that DDR RAM would make up for the loss of performance but it didn't. The G450 was actually slower. Not sure what the G550 added to make it faster. More pipes? Higher clocks? …

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Re: what is powerVR?

Posted on 2013-07-14, 00:33

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Anonymous Freak wrote: The only mass-market card I know of that used it was the Matrox m3D. Videologic also released the 3D Apocalypse and 5D Apocalypse cards.

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Re: Disturbing Evil-Bay practices...

Posted on 2013-07-14, 00:26

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As a longtime eBay user, it is my opinion that almost everything eBay has changed over the past decade...has been for the WORSE. Please use this thread to voice your own favorite rants against the many flaws in eBay. Let me start things off by noting a disturbing practice of which many of you might …

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Re: Just an important heads up

Posted on 2013-07-14, 00:23

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I don't know if this is affecting anyone else, but pressing the pink button doesn't take me to the latest post in a thread anymore like it did before. It doesn't do anything.

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