Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 12:04
Give them a go! Should be interesting...
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 11:57
Sure, the CPU shouldn't matter that much... I used 3dbench 1.0! Board shouldn't matter I think, I loaded BIOS defaults and that was it. Now there is was a setting for ISA bus speed, but that is also on Auto (BIOS defaults) and I believe it was set to BCL2/4 or something on thise lines... Good point …
Re: 386DX40 build
Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:50
What about this: Everyone has some space in the bathroom / toilet 🤣
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:37
2D acceleration really. No idea what benchmark would be suitable though. I guess this is way more interesting for your 386. On my machine I would just put in my AGP card 😁
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:23
OAK were pretty slow. Similar to Trident I would think...
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:14
Yea Doom is way to demanding for a 386. Even 3dbench won't score high enough to really show a difference. Hence why I used a fast Pentium MMX, to really show the bottleneck.
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:10
Updated the photo of the ET4000 (didn't have the flash on). Thanks for posting that review dirkmirk! I guess windows benchmarks would show more differences, but I think it would be a real pain finding all the drivers LOL Unless W98 has drivers built in? I could have gotten a 4MB ISA Number 9, but it …
Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 08:51
Sure! Also, for anyone that's wondering, an AGP card scores ~ 150 fps...
Quick ISA GA card roundup
Posted on 2011-03-04, 07:34
I got some ISA VGA cards recently, so I thought I do a quick roundup. Just like all the hardware sites do it, I decided to use a fast CPU, so that the differences come to light. CPU: Intel Pentium MMX 233 Benchmark used: 3DBENCH http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9097/img0021w.jpg http://img14. …
Re: Slot 1 440BX @ 155 MHz FSB?
Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:06
Apparently Nvidia AGP cards are more resilient to overclocking.
Re: 386DX40 build
Posted on 2011-03-03, 14:24
You got to think in 3D. Buy a bunk bed, sleep at the top, PCs go down the bottom 🤣
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-02, 22:42
Simulating a CPU one doesn't have is totally fine. I'm assuming the FSB won't be touched, simply the multi changed. E.g. running a 200MMX at 233. I would do the same thing with a K6 to be honest. Pick the highest model one has, and simulate all the lower models. But I don't want results past their …
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:44
Nope, no overclocking 🤣
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:01
Yushatak wrote: How about Landmark Speed Test? I like it, it scales well.. Sounds good! Could you upload it here and a few of us try it out?
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-02, 09:57
But wouldn't that mean that 486's are simply faster then what the old version benches to? Or are the results like "486 33Mhz benches as good as Pentium 1 100Mhz" much higher? I mean, if a 486 can bench higher using the new version, doesn't that still mean the 486 simply can run this fast?? 486 …
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-01, 22:23
Offering non freeware programs for download is not the ideal way to do things. At least Symantec is still around and might or might not care at some point... Good point... I have one question though, is it really necessary to use 2 different versions of the program? What happens if we use just one …
Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?
Posted on 2011-03-01, 13:18
Bottom left is for resistance. Top left for DC Voltage, Top right for AC Voltage. The Current ones on the right I wouldn't worry about. Useful is the bottom one, it should beep when you have a line (testing wires). That setting and DC Voltage is likely the settings you will be using. For Voltage, …
Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-03-01, 13:02
Sounds good! What other benchmarks (that scale will) could we add? Is there a SuperPi for DOS?
Re: flight sim recommendation
Posted on 2011-03-01, 12:34
I remember really getting into F15 Strike Eagle. It was the 2nd game in the series I believe. The PC speaker engine sound was really something. Missiles where quite easy to get rid off (drop a flare, turn 90). Landing was quite tricky though...
Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion
Posted on 2011-02-28, 23:57
Discussion for an upcoming project! Some thoughts: Boot disk: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7581/createbootdisk.png This Boot disk is minimal, lot's of free space: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4339/freecapacity.png I have attached two ZIP files. One for 486 and slower which includes: 3dbench …
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