Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-12, 21:38

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If you look at the far left of the chip, there is a vertical part number in white. All the M919 cache modules that have been posted so far say M919-0153. I've tried several early model P1 COASTS, none work except for the M919 SRAM modules. Don't plug COAST modules into these boards! You could …

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Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-11, 20:47

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BastlerMike wrote: That is how they look... on the backside of the lower one it reads 'Elpina'. Do both of these have the text on the back for the M919 only?

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Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-11, 13:32

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Tseng Labs ET6100 would be the best. I've got one of those. :D The M919 that I bought new at a computer store in 1997 did not come with the cache module. However, I later found the cache module on eBay in about 2000. It was hard to distinguish them between the Pentium-based COAST modules, which …

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Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-10, 18:08

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i'd just leave an s3 Trio 64v+ in. A Voodoo2 can bring a bit of reasonable performance for a 486 on most earlier games, if you head in the 1996-1998 3d game timeframe for those you should be OK with s3 + v2. 1999 games and after will suck . I think you're being conservative here hehe ;) Anyway, I …

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Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup

Posted on 2011-03-09, 18:02

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Does anyone else find it strange that a program called 3DBench is used to test VGA cards that can't do 3D? not really... it IS doing 3D graphics, using the methods available at the time Plenty of old DOS games used to render polygons for their graphics, and did it all on the CPU... of course they …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-03-08, 23:21

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Tetrium, what was your prognosis of the Cyrix 5x86 - 133? Does it have a 4x multiplier in it? Does it run stably at 33/133? I have two systems which run exceptionally well with the Cyrix 5x86 - 120 in WinNT4 and Win98SE (all enhancements turn on, except for branch prediction). I would be interested …

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Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup

Posted on 2011-03-08, 23:19

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Does anyone else find it strange that a program called 3DBench is used to test VGA cards that can't do 3D?

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VL-Bus 3D card????

Posted on 2011-03-08, 12:53

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Creative Labs 3D Blaster VL based on the GLINT chip. 😮 😮 😮

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Re: Fastest PCI graphics card in a 486

Posted on 2011-03-08, 12:41

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In a 486 machine the CPU will be the limiting factor with any PCI video card and 3D with a 486 is pretty much a hopeless cause. If you have a PCI sound card, it makes things that much worse because you may end up with IRQ conflicts and noise on the PCI bus. A 486 can't do the geometry calculations …

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Re: Question: what is the life expectancy of an XP-M without a heatsink?

Posted on 2011-03-08, 11:54

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It's too bad those early Athlons did not have the overheat protection that the Intel chips did.

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Re: Question: what is the life expectancy of an XP-M without a heatsink?

Posted on 2011-03-07, 23:54

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Holy crap! Look at this http://www.spodesabode.com/archive/content/article/p3duron/2 A Duron 800 and PIII (PIII, NOT Celeron!) 700 both OC'ed to 933 mhz and the Duron beats the P3 in everything but 3DMark and the difference in 3DMark is small enough where it probably wouldn't even be noticeable in …

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Re: Question: what is the life expectancy of an XP-M without a heatsink?

Posted on 2011-03-07, 22:48

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You know in retrospect for Slot A Athlon vs. Coppermine, I think the enthusiast world was way too thrilled by Athlon. You got a much hotter CPU with really shitty motherboards and performance that was essentially the same or intangibly better. Tbird was lucky that Willamette sucked hard and was hot …

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Re: Which PCI Geforce 6200 best for Win98 machine?

Posted on 2011-03-07, 22:44

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Another thing to consider is that if it's going to be used only for Windows 2D then it really won't matter at all which you get. In fact, in that case, the IGP is more than adequate. The IGP is S3 Virge or something like that. Good enough for the GUI and older games but not for later stuff. The …

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Re: Question: what is the life expectancy of an XP-M without a heatsink?

Posted on 2011-03-07, 17:57

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retro games 100 wrote: What is the life expectancy of an XP-M without a heatsink?

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Re: 486 mobo + 586 chip

Posted on 2011-03-07, 17:37

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Awesome! :happy: Some screenshots of Speedsys would be nice, and would make reporting your scores much easier for you. Also, can you please run Quake 1 (shareware 1.06) full screen, timedemo demo1, and tell us what FPS you get? Thanks a lot. Are Cyrix 5x86-120 chips rare these days? I had a look on …

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Re: Perfect ISA soundcard, in theory

Posted on 2011-03-07, 17:35

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Can someone please sticky this thread? There's some good information here but it's hard to find after a few days of no new posts.

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Re: Motherboard + case advice

Posted on 2011-03-07, 13:04

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Indeed, there were mobile MMX chips made with the standard PGA, but at the time there was no real reason to ever try one in a desktop motherboard. These were always intended to be used in mobile computing solutions and I guess it made it into Socket 7 format because many laptops at the time also …

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Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics

Posted on 2011-03-07, 13:02

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To fully appreciate a Verite you need to play a game that uses one of their APIs and enable anti aliasing. Even V1000 can do it. The image quality is excellent. I suggest Grand Prix Legends. Are programming details for those early, proprietary API's still available anywhere? It would be interesting …

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Re: Mau1wurf1977's first 486 PC - Lot's of pics - Tell me what I can do with it

Posted on 2011-03-07, 12:57

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Acer. Yuck. You do realize that most computers are built in the same factories using the same parts, right? The factory has a list of options the OEM's choose from then the factory builds the computers. It doesn't matter if it's Acer, HP, Compaq, Packard Bell, or whoever. The only difference is the …

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Re: Which PCI Geforce 6200 best for Win98 machine?

Posted on 2011-03-07, 12:51

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I've seen two different configurations of this card. One has 256mb and a 128-bit memory controller and another has 512mb and a 64-bit memory controller. Which would be better? IMHO, avoid all 64-bit graphics cards where there is a 128-bit alternative. The 64-bit version will typically be a budget …

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