Re: need recommendation of graph for this motherboard + P200 mmx
Posted on 2015-04-20, 06:48
yea voodoo 3 3500 AGP is what you want.
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2015-04-20, 06:45
darn ive hit a wall, board wont go over 291 bus, at 292 it wont boot into windows no matter what 🙁
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-20, 03:23
yea it did, but i also reset the cmos via jumper to rule that out previously
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-20, 01:55
im thinking something went wrong in the previous flash the previous owner did, at least it makes sense why he only wanted 12 bucks 🤣
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-20, 01:14
smart is fine, i finally flashed the bios on it, to the same bios it already had as a maybe, preformance is normal now.
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2015-04-20, 01:12
Non OC AMD Opteron 144 (San Diego @ 1800mhz), 1gb OCZ Gold DDR500, BFG 6800GS OC 92.91, Epox 9nda3j 5.10, Soundblaster Audigy, Window XP SP3 test1.JPG OC AMD Opteron 144 (San Diego @ 2474mhz 275 bus 4x HT), 1gb OCZ Gold DDR500, BFG 6800GS OC Unlocked 16pp6v @ 425/1100 92.91, Epox 9nda3j 5.10, …
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-19, 23:54
full specs Epox 9NDA3J 1gb DDR500 OCZ Gold Opteron 144 BFG 6800GS OC Soundblaster Audigy (tested with and without, and moved to every PCI slot) 500gb Seagate 7200.10 IDE DVD-RW IDE steps already taken Tested PNY Optimia DDR400, OZC Platnium DDR400, SuperTalent DDR 400, Tested running a single stick …
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-19, 23:49
nope, DMA is enabled, checked it and confirmed
Re: Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-19, 23:45
yea checked that, what i mean by slow is this, it takes 10 minutes to boot XP, doing anything is slow, and i mean slow slow slow. I've reset the Artic Freezer 64 with Antec Nanodiamond Tim, idle is 36c havn't been able to load it yet.
Terrible XP Preformance
Posted on 2015-04-19, 23:13
Ok so I've got my Opteron 144 with Epox 9NDA3J, and its just slow, runs like a dog kind of slow, and I'm really stumped on this one. Anyone have any ideas on how to maybe speed it up, or make it more useable?
New retro parts
Posted on 2015-04-19, 02:36
So I picked these up today Epox EP-9NDA3J Opteron 144 939 1gb OCZ Platnium DDR400 Geforce 3 Ti 500 Radeon 7500 x2 Antec Performance Plus PLUS1080AMG Case :D Plans for some of this is Board ram and cpu assemble into Antec Case, take 6800GS from AXP build and put into this board, put Ti 500 into AXP, …
Re: KT400 vs KT333
Posted on 2015-04-18, 22:08
yea but i wont be using the KT333 for that build, ill be using the KT133A, the KT333 vs KT400 was for my current athlon XP desktop, though I'm getting an opty 144 on an nforce 3 250 later today so my 6800 wont be in my AXP for long 🤣
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2015-04-18, 17:23
so may have another run to do shortly, a local has an Opteron 144 on an Nforce3 250 939 board for 12 bucks, im waiting to find out if he still has it, if he does 😁 though i cant use it for period correct, the venus core is from aug 2005, even though its just a server version of San Diego
Save some money
Posted on 2015-04-18, 09:30
So I have alot of older games on steam, is it possible to move them to my 98 box and get an exe from somewhere else to run the original games? such as Quake Quake II Hexen Dark Force II Jedi Knights Half Life, Opposing Forces, Blue Shift Heretic Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast Return to Castle …
Re: Gravis Grip Multiport Drivers
Posted on 2015-04-18, 08:09
ok well nm I got it, appearanly the gravis experince drivers will install the grip even though its not an option during the install, very strange but its working fine
Gravis Grip Multiport Drivers
Posted on 2015-04-18, 07:54
Ok so 98se doesn't include drivers for this device, I checked, and since the gravis website is no longer their i cant find drivers for this device, anyone have them? Driver guide only has half of the setup program for this thing. I'd ask Kensington since the appearantly own gravis, but what would be …
Re: tom's Hardware piece about building a vintage PC
Posted on 2015-04-18, 06:04
yall with your sound are spoiled, I didn't get sound in my computer until 2000, my dad said it wasn't important, i remember playing Civ II, SimCity 2000, and even Command and Conquer without Sounds Hah. I didn't have sound until late 90's when my family bought a new PC, before that we had a Windows …
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2015-04-18, 05:49
Very nice :) Much better performance clock for clock compared to my score! Its a bit of a mystery the different scaling :) yea I'd love to figure that out myself, I thought id do better than I did with my geforce 6 lol also interesting to notice the 6800GS turned into an Ultra Extreme isn't much …
Re: tom's Hardware piece about building a vintage PC
Posted on 2015-04-18, 04:37
yall with your sound are spoiled, I didn't get sound in my computer until 2000, my dad said it wasn't important, i remember playing Civ II, SimCity 2000, and even Command and Conquer without Sounds
Re: KT400 vs KT333
Posted on 2015-04-18, 04:35
nah I called a local shop, they have a T-Bird 1200C and T-Bird 1333 which seems more era correct. I think ill go with the T-Bird 1200C and focus on a computer build of the year 2000. Here is what I'm thinking Athlon T-Bird 1200C 3x128mb PC133 for 384mb Total Geforce 2 Ultra/GTS/Pro whichever I can …
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