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Re: Trying to get newish PCI Graphics cards working on pre AGP motherboards

Posted on 2018-04-23, 06:41

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

its the PCI revision, the FX series and above are for PCI 2.2/2.3 stictly while your board is very likely PCI 2.1, and sorry to say it the way Nvidia designed it and ATI it simply wont work. Remember PCI 2.2 was from 1998, and 2.1 is from 95, Nvidia likely didn't imagine anyone running a 2003 card …

Re: Trash to Treasure side project: Voodoo 3 3000 Restoration

Posted on 2018-04-23, 06:36

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

well id look for a low profile 1u cpu cooler that's wide enough to drill some new holes into, then secure it with 4 bolts, spring loaded with nuts and felt washers on the backside, should work quite well, and be way more reliable than any old pushpin

Re: MELTDOWN and SPECTRE vulnerabilities and older hardware?

Posted on 2018-04-20, 04:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No intel cpu since and including the Pentium Pro is safe to use unpatched. Itanium and early Atoms don't suffer it (but who uses them?). What this means for older hardware is that, pre Win7, there will be no 'official' patches, so basically any old OS (9X, ME, 2K, XP, Vista, unpatched old linux …

Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 11:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

honestly a GTX 660 Ti can play games up through 2017, its a little faster than a GT1030 and matches a GTX 750 Ti, the only limiting factor is the 2gb of vram on the 660 Ti, but even most games at 1080p today and all at 720p are still in your wheelhouse. You can also overclock that CPU to 3.8-4.0 and …

Re: Matching GPU & CPU Performance

Posted on 2018-04-19, 06:01

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Fusion wrote: If you want to match and have awesome performance, find the fastest CPU that came out the same year your cards did. not always a match that way, in recent history, the 7800GTX 512 reached its potential with Core 2, while the GTX 280 needed a fast i7 to reach its true potential

Re: Trash to Treasure side project: Voodoo 3 3000 Restoration

Posted on 2018-04-19, 05:59

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

nah alot of times a recycler will rip things like the heatsink off for metal scrap

Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 23:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That depends on the p4, there are enough dimension 8100s though for everyone

Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 22:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think anything rare, high-end, or unusual will be what's desirable/valuable in the future. Generally, I don't think today's hardware- or anything past maybe 2005- will be as big of a deal as older hardware at all. It'll be outdated, but it won't be retro, and the appeal will be even more fringe …

Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 20:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think retro hardware such as 2/3/486 and even Pentium I/II/III generation computers have gained importance due to their ability to run software that newer computers cannot run well, if at all. Before Windows XP, a lot of software was very hardware sensitive, and speed sensitive. Sometimes just a …

Re: how to replace Acrylic Windows

Posted on 2018-04-17, 19:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well the case is one of the old ones with a handle and a side mount 80mm, UV purple but im going to i think replace it with UV Green and paint the case a solid flat black, with Red LED fans

Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 14:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd say yes most of it will, minus budget boards and the like, high end GPU's, good quality Ram, Mobos and i5/i7 cpu's as well as AMD Phenom II/Ryzen, I cant see the FX becoming collectible.

Re: how to replace Acrylic Windows

Posted on 2018-04-17, 14:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

what about drilling the screw holes for the mounting to the side panel, as well as the cutout on one of them for the 80mm fan

how to replace Acrylic Windows

Posted on 2018-04-17, 13:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So I've got to older early 2000's cases with scratched and scared clear acrylic windows, I know I can buy replacement sheets of the stuff, but whats the best way to cut and drill it to fit

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Posted on 2018-04-17, 12:57

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I'm just going to play ring around the rosey with the PCI cards till it all works again 🤣. Cards in system Sound Blaster Live PCI Slot 6 Intel 10/100 Nic PCI Slot 5 Via USB 2.0 Card PCI Slot 4 SIL 3114 Card PCI Slot 3 Voodoo 3 AGP Slot 1 IRQ's are 1/6, 2/5, 3, 4 Shared just gotta play with it

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Posted on 2018-04-17, 12:56

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

inserted Voodoo 3, now my network card can't be inatalized IRQ conflict, and the USB ports no longer work same yellow question mark of resource conflict 🤣

Re: Geforce FX5800 Ultra - Serious, Serious £££

Posted on 2018-04-17, 12:55

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

No. They were NOT . They Really Were NOT . They were a match for the R300 at best case scenarios and got demolished when AA AF came into question . This whole misconception that NV30 was actually good for anything is really funny, it's a testament to how good nV marketing always was I suppose. The …

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Posted on 2018-04-17, 12:43

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

well right now i put in the voodoo and now im stuck in IRQ hell but ill solve that

Re: SLI PCI-e... which 2 cards would you use, for this mobo?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 01:48

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

SLI 7900gtx is max useful really

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP

Posted on 2018-04-17, 01:47

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I'll get it installed tomorrow

Re: GTX 280 Issues (on the edge of Retro)

Posted on 2018-04-16, 18:56

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

it's rearly the solder balls that break, its the die breaking from the substrate, it will happen again

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