Re: don't have many retro rigs, what should i do?

Posted on 2011-04-29, 01:56

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by noshutdown

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yeah i can get some v3-2000s for $3-5USD each with ease, but i just don't. since i am a 3dfx hater, i never looked into glide games. after all, ID games are not glide exclusive. i also hate creative soundcards, with the 33cm awe32 being the only exception due to its length.

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don't have many retro rigs, what should i do?

Posted on 2011-04-28, 09:06

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by noshutdown

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i have only two of them: no.1: gigabyte 5ax rev4.1(not rev5.x :angry: ) k6-2+500 oc 550 samsung tc75 256m sdram wd 80gb harddisk creative awe32 ct3990 no.2: aopen ax3s max pentium3-s 1.4g winbond bh7 512m sdram hitachi 80gb harddisk diamond s90 and for video cards... i have a bunch of old 3d cards, …

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Re: 486 PCI chipsets comparison

Posted on 2011-04-28, 08:49

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by noshutdown

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add a quake2 crusher too, man!

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Re: What's the best PCI video card for a 486?

Posted on 2011-04-28, 08:41

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by noshutdown

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i remember there were some pci version of geforce8600, although a bit rare.

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Re: replacement for win98 sysmon?

Posted on 2011-04-27, 18:08

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by noshutdown

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yeah man maybe you are right, but a constant ~80% cpu load with no user tasks running sounds really unreasonable and useless, cpu is a k62+500.

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Re: 486 PCI chipsets comparison

Posted on 2011-04-27, 15:27

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by noshutdown

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what's the highest fsb supported by these boards?

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Re: VGA VLB Tseng STB ET4000 W32P video card, quick test

Posted on 2011-04-27, 15:20

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by noshutdown

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man i really love tseng's et3000/4000 pre-pci video cards, they are godlike in the dos days, but i only managed to get an isa et4000 with 512k ram, which could not even display 16bit colors. can you test your cards with quake2 crusher?(in software rendering mode of course) :happyhappy: but really, …

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replacement for win98 sysmon?

Posted on 2011-04-27, 15:12

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by noshutdown

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i just wanna see cpu load and free ram/used ram like in win2k/xp taskmanager, but the sysmon in win98 seems totally inaccurate. after running for some time, sysmon indicates a constant high cpu load(~80%), even when all other programs have been closed. 😠

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Re: question on socket7 boards onboard cache

Posted on 2010-11-27, 15:25

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by noshutdown

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yeah but the asus p5a seems to suck with k6-2+/k6-3+ cpus... and ali5 boards with 1mb is damn rare to find, what most possibly for me to find is gigabyte 5ax which has only 512k... can you compare and find how much difference between enabled and disabled onboard cache for a k6-2+/k6-3+ cpu? superpi …

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fastest chipset for 486?

Posted on 2010-11-27, 05:15

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by noshutdown

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its unlikely for me to assemble a 486 platform again, because i am too lazy to pick up a grandpa AT power supply. AFAIK there are intel, via, sis, ali, opti and more chipsets in the 486 age, which one supports the highest fsb? still, my ideal 486 is amd5x86-133 oc to 50*4, or even better, 66*3 if …

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Re: Windows ME

Posted on 2010-11-27, 05:11

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by noshutdown

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i tried winme years ago and all i have to say is that its indeed a lot more unstable than win98se. if your retro rig have less than 64mb of ram or a 486/sub-100 pentium, win95osr2 may be best choice. otherwise, go straight to win98se.

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Re: question on socket7 boards onboard cache

Posted on 2010-11-27, 04:08

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by noshutdown

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is this limitation due to the chipset or mainboard design? or in other words, are all ali5 boards in the same way?

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Re: question on socket7 boards onboard cache

Posted on 2010-11-26, 20:57

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by noshutdown

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thanks guyz. yes i can find a k6-2+(k6-3+ is damn rare here), and the board i can most possibly find is gigabyte 5ax, which seems to have no reports of trouble with k6-2+/k6-3+. the question is, how much difference does the on board cache(now works as L3) make when i install a k6-2+? and if i plug …

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question on socket7 boards onboard cache

Posted on 2010-11-26, 18:26

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by noshutdown

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i've seem some documents saying, that if a socket7 board has 512kb on board cache, it can only cache for up to 128mb of ram. is this limitation true? and does it mean when cpu access memory above 128mb it won't be cached, and will show a large slowdown? if things do work in this way it would be a …

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Re: Smallest BX chipset mobo?

Posted on 2010-11-21, 09:45

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by noshutdown

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Well, it did in a way... the IGP in the i810 chipset was based around the i740, with a couple updates. 810 is about as fast as a TNT so it is definitely improved.[/quote 810 is comparable to TNT? are you joking or something? i have a 815eb mainboard and a TNT SGRAM. 815eb scores ~900 in 3dmark2000, …

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Re: 3D Accelerator Comparison Thread

Posted on 2010-11-20, 15:36

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by noshutdown

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The only FX card in my sacred archive is a 5900 Ultra. :cool: But I'm not going above the GeForce 256 speed level for the retro testing here. Even this card's Quake 2 score kinda messed up the chart with its amazing power! (relatively) take it easy, i don't care pushing my E2160 and 7900GT to over …

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Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics

Posted on 2010-11-20, 13:44

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by noshutdown

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my rendition v1000 is slow as hell, what has gone wrong? card is creative 3d blaster, cpu is pentium3-s 1.4ghz, mainboard is aopen 815epb, and using v1000 ref driver and minigl from first page of this thread. glquake gets 8~9fps in 640*480*16, according the posts there should be more than 20... btw, …

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Re: Smallest BX chipset mobo?

Posted on 2010-11-20, 04:00

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by noshutdown

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BX was a high end performance chipset, and high end chipsets shouldn't make mini boards, they have to be large to show off their honorable status. only cheap chipsets goes to mini boards! 😁

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Re: S3 Savage running Crysis?

Posted on 2010-08-05, 01:00

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by noshutdown

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AFAIK savage3 has 2d only driver in win2k/xp, and while savage4 has 3d win2k/xp driver, it's very buggy aswell, S3 never had a stable 3d driver.

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two s3 virge/vx cards

Posted on 2010-08-01, 05:16

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by noshutdown

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from iodata and stb. both are functional, but only the iodata one has been tested throughout because my old win98 harddisk broke down just before i got the stb one, so i only powered up the computer with it. test results: 3dmark99max: 180pts 3dmark2000: 225pts glquake and quake2: both around 4~4. …

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