Re: Comparison of graphics cards on a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2018-09-23, 02:23

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by feipoa

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As this is more of a workstation configuration that I'm working on - dual Tualatin, U320 SCSI, PCI-X - I'll probably go with a Quadro card given the 6800 uncertainty. Perhaps a Quadro4 900XGL (period correct to within 1 month), Quadro FX 1100, or Quadro FX 3000. I'll try to perform some kind of …

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Re: Troubleshooting dead MSI-branded GeForce 6800GT

Posted on 2018-09-23, 01:32

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by feipoa

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Well, the reality is that this card is not an MSI-branded card. I would have more passion to fix it if it was an MSI NX6800 with dual DVI ports. The 6800GT itself isn't all that rare and the the effort to troubleshoot it is probably not worth it for me right now. The card overall looks very clean, …

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Re: Recycle Pile Rescue NEC Ready with a Cyrix M II

Posted on 2018-09-22, 22:09

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by feipoa

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The MII 400GP appears to run fine in at MII 433 speeds in my Tyan board with Voodoo3. It runs Win98SE, W2K, and WinXP-SP3

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Re: Comparison of graphics cards on a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2018-09-22, 06:56

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by feipoa

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Thanks for the results. Are you able to compile a chart for easy viewing? Do you know how the 6600GT compared with the 6800GT on the PIII-S Tualatin? And how it compared against, say, a GF4 ti 4600, FX5900, etc? What issues did you encounter with the 7800GS?

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Comparison of graphics cards on a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2018-09-22, 00:27

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by feipoa

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Has anyone performed a comparison of graphics cards on single or dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz? I was wondering how far upwards you can squeeze more performance out of the Tualatin. Would a GeForce 6800 GT show any improvement on this platform compared to a 6600 GT? What about GF4 TI 4600. My attempt …

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Re: Troubleshooting dead MSI-branded GeForce 6800GT

Posted on 2018-09-22, 00:06

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OK. I think Serpent Rider is right - someone performed the ole switchero. The graphics chipset says GEFORCE 6800 U, which I assume is Ultra? I saw two different colours of heatsink compound - silver and white on the GPU. Why is the slot cover a double wide bracket? There was no short between 5v to …

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Troubleshooting dead MSI-branded GeForce 6800GT

Posted on 2018-09-21, 11:13

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by feipoa

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I have this boxed, yet dead, MSI NX6800GT graphics card. The box had definitely been opened previously, however the graphics card itself had no dust on it. The fan blade assembly was partially off the stater such that the blade was stuck on the plastic housing (ceased). I pressed the fan back in and …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-21, 09:43

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by feipoa

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I downloaded the v1.3 BIOS (11/27/1997) for the QDP Titanium 1B here, http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/Archive/Qdi%20-%20Legend/bios/socket_7/TITANIUM_IB/index.html I tried it on my Biostar 430TX board with a regular P233 MMX and it works fine. I tried it with the Tillamook and the screen remains blank …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-20, 11:23

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by feipoa

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I am pleased to report that the bridging ADSC# with ADS# allowed my Asus VX97 (i430VX-based) to work with L2 cache enabled. However, if I had BRDY# bridged with BRDYC#, the screen stayed blank at power-on. Unfortunately, the 4x mode did nothing. I couldn't get 4x with or without the 4x mod, and I …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-20, 10:20

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by feipoa

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For those with a 430TX board and working Tillamook w/L2 enabled, would you be willing to upload the BIOS here?

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-20, 03:17

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by feipoa

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Looks like my Tillamook boots up on my VX board, albiet at 2.8 V rather than the specified 1.9 V. This board doesn't have a 1.9 V setting and the lowest specified in the manual is 2.8 V. So what is it about certain 430TX boards which lets the Tillamook work? Is it purely BIOS So if I use another …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 22:45

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by feipoa

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Does anyone know what aspect of BIOS code is different form Tillamooks vs. non-Tillamooks?

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-09-19, 11:15

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by feipoa

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Has anyone had success performing he mod, whereby before the mod, the screen didn't turn on? I'm wanting to test this out on my Biostar 430tx board, but when I insert the Tilimock, all I get is a black screen. Wondering if my Tilimock is dead. I also tried removing DIP-28 cache TAG chip, which …

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Re: Absurd prices for vintage hardware?

Posted on 2018-09-17, 19:46

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by feipoa

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20 years ago, I'd have never thought people would be collecting obsolete computer parts. I wonder what's next. How about a collection of vintage microwaves?

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Re: Retrobrite + grow light

Posted on 2018-09-17, 18:17

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How about glowing light shining thru the shades in the middle of the night then?

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-17, 18:13

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by feipoa

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Wasn't there just one or two Windows security update from August? If you find out the culprit, let me know. After you said it worked a few days ago, I went ahead and installed them on all systems.

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-17, 10:00

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by feipoa

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Oh no. Did you defrag the hdd? Is the stutter occuring during HDD access? Are you able to track down exactly what updates cause this? Is it from Sept 2018?

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-17, 09:07

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by feipoa

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That is the system, but what benchmarks or tests did you use to gauge performance loss after installation of updates?

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Re: Recycle Pile Rescue NEC Ready with a Cyrix M II

Posted on 2018-09-17, 08:57

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by feipoa

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Oh, that case is just gorgeous, so much so that I typed "NEC Ready 9851" into eBay search to see if there were more. Anyone ever get busted liberating equpiment from recycle scrap piles? Where I live, there are cameras and dire warnings everywhere. Cyrix MII builds get no respect 'round these parts. …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-17, 05:44

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by feipoa

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Oh? I have all my PIII's with the POS2009 updates. What did you use to gauge performance loss? On my dual PIII-850, I noticed that the system felt like it responded more slowly after SP3, but haven't really played around with that system in an everyday setting since about 2012, so cannot say what …

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