Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database
Posted on 2012-07-09, 19:17
I have made about 25 entries to the 3dBench 1.0 section and 4 entries to the 1.0c section. I'm not sure where the magic sort button is, but you'll want to press it.
Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
Posted on 2012-07-09, 18:27
sliderider wrote: ...but I don't have enough cases or power supplies to go around for all my projects. Ain't that the truth!
Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
Posted on 2012-07-09, 17:40
The Abit VP6 contains the same chipset as the ASUS CUV4X-DLS (VIA Apollo Pro 133A). I wonder if it is more stable? The BSOD issues I had with the ASUS were usually from the SCSI controller, however I see the Abit board has onboard ATA instead. Do you have long-term experience using the Abit VP6 as …
Re: Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-09, 17:11
Won't running IDE DMA offer the same performance advantage as SCSI? Systems prior to Pentium with 430FX usually had PIO IDE which was indeed CPU crippling. When I've used PCI IDE cards on a 486, I fairly sure it would peg the system's data throughput. I got around 25MB/s, AFAIR. Though I'm unsure …
Re: Very demanding 3D games to run on a 486
Posted on 2012-07-09, 16:27
A great idea! Well, the point is to see how a 486 performs, so no Pentium Overdrive. The Cyrix 5x86 also doesn't clock as high AFAIK so it should be pretty equal in performance to a faster clocked AMD 5x86. You may want to prefer to the comparative charts in the Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison . …
Re: Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-09, 15:36
If you are using a Shuttle HOT-433, I do not recommend using SCSI on Windows 2000. There are bus mastering issues and it won't boot. A HOT-433 w/SCSI and NT4.0 should be solid. The HOT-433 is a little flakey in my opinion. A HOT-433 w/SCSI and Win98SE should be fairly stable, but I've seen some …
Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
Posted on 2012-07-09, 15:01
That Tyan S2688 board and the Intel SDS2 seem very similar to the SuperMicro P3TDE, with the exception of the missing AGP port. The SuperMicro P3TDE also has the HE-SL chipset, however the advantage of the Tyan and SDS2 boards seem to be the extra 2 DIMMs. I'd be very curious to know if any Tualatin …
Re: Storage options on 486, feedback
Posted on 2012-07-09, 14:47
Anonymous Coward is refering to using a SCSI host controller and an ACARD AEC7720U IDE-to-SCSI (50-pin) adapter. These go for about $100-150. It essentially lets you hook an IDE CD-ROM, harddrive, or Compact Flash card adapter to the 50-pin SCSI bus on an ISA or PCI SCSI card. The CF card will be …
Re: 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database
Posted on 2012-07-09, 12:46
Any thought on grabbing the 3dBench results from the Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison? There's quite a few results contained in there which aren't published here. All the information required should be in the pdf.
Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
Posted on 2012-07-09, 05:57
Share your experience with dual Tualatin setups. My story: I went with a relatively inexpensive solution from Intel for my dual Tualatin. It is an Intel SAI2 motherboard. They are cheap on eBay, about $30 new, with lots of surplus. In fact, I have as second one NIB in the closet. The board is based …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-09, 05:49
Wow a dual PIII-1.4. When Intel was busy ramming pee4 down everyone's throat I was dreaming about a dual PIII 1.4. I wonder which platform you went with. You mean for the wife's computer? I went with a relatively inexpensive solution from Intel. It is an Intel SAI2 motherboard. They are cheap on …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-09, 04:10
feipoa: Is that your only machine for new stuff? I guess it has problems with Youtube videos without stuttering, and especially all HD material I guess are non-watchable. Also programs that requires to be updated to work, like Skype, Steam, etc will be a resource hog. Yes, this is the only machine …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-08, 15:52
I guess Feipoa won the thread :p Props for using the same box since then. Did I win anything? I could really use an AMD K5-PR200 right now. My PR166 just won't cut it at 133 MHz to complete the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison. If it is any indicator as to my personality, I've also been using the …
Re: New PC emulator - PCDude
Posted on 2012-07-08, 05:15
Alegend45 wrote: github.com/Alegend45/PCDude Website is rather sluggish on the world's fastest 486.
Re: Tyan Tiger 100 Performance Problems. (Big Pics Inside)
Posted on 2012-07-08, 02:25
Chewhacca, please try a single non-coppermine CPU with a single stick of 128 MB PC100 RAM and report back. It would also be helpful if you provided BIOS photos of which settings you are using.
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-07, 20:20
Nice thread topic! Towards the end of 1998, my 486 was beginning to feel a bit on the slow side, even though it was PCI-based and ran an AMD X5-133ADZ. I used this 486 for 2 years, from Jan 1997 until Dec. 1998. I had tolerated the 486 for so long because I was never a game player and websites …
Re: Tyan Tiger 100 Performance Problems. (Big Pics Inside)
Posted on 2012-07-07, 17:38
You said you tried different CPUs. What speed CPUs did you try? Did you try anything pre-coppermine, like 450-600 MHz CPUs? What happens when you downgrade the BIOS to an older version? Attached is a Memtest v4.00 screenshot of what my Dell Precision Workstation 410 gets. It is also a dual slot 1 …
Re: Geforce 6200 in older systems...
Posted on 2012-07-07, 15:11
Thanks for that clarification. I've never had to do this modification before. Does anyone here have a Matrox P690 PCI or Matrox P750 AGP? I'd be very curious to see how these 2D cards perform with Tom2D. Matrox cards are supposed to be very 2D focused. From the current price of these cards on eBay ( …
Re: My Socket 4 Motherboard. The ultimate 486 replacement?
Posted on 2012-07-07, 12:38
I was able to source 10 ns cache for '256', '512', and '1024' chips. They will come from old stock warehouses in China. I recommend reading through this thread, http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=262795 and also the sub-link contained therein. I had extended my IC sourcing service to all other …
Re: Geforce 6200 in older systems...
Posted on 2012-07-07, 10:30
Ok, I see you used some other slocket and did the Tualatin adaption yourself. I assume the green line is a conducting wire (a short), but what is the state of the two other yellow highlighted pins (DYN_OE, and RESET2)?
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