Re: WIP: Tualatin P3 system, My 1st post on Vogons

Posted on 2012-05-12, 19:21

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by sepultribe

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welcome to the forums. that is a nice p3t build. i don't like creative much but it is often a necessity in order to get eax comp. you might want to look into an aureal soundcard, they were the direct competitor of SB in that era. much better 3d sound where it was supported.

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Re: well-hated geforce2 GTS rocking 3dmark99max?

Posted on 2012-05-12, 18:39

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by sepultribe

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A challenger appears!!! http://imgur.com/IL0Hv 2x amd 2800+ @ 2400 cas 2 133fsb (150oc) voodoo 5 @ stock speeds. winXP. I'm almost certain I have a GF2 in my box-o'-video cards. this is a fun challenge! are you using a 760mpx server m/b with 66mhz pci-x and a pci v5 on this one? Yes it is a Msi …

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Re: well-hated geforce2 GTS rocking 3dmark99max?

Posted on 2012-05-12, 14:30

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by sepultribe

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luckybob wrote: A challenger appears!!! http://imgur.com/IL0Hv 2x amd 2800+ @ 2400 cas 2 133fsb (150oc) voodoo 5 @ stock speeds. winXP. I'm almost certain I have a GF2 in my box-o'-video cards. this is a fun challenge! are you using a 760mpx server m/b with 66mhz pci-x and a pci v5 on this one?

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Re: game demos/shareware/etc ftp or similar

Posted on 2012-05-12, 14:16

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by sepultribe

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Some of the files on MBnet.fi are also available on cd roms, that were available to subscribers. I am no longer a subscriber, but I have some old cd roms still left from them. I could upload them somewhere, but I am not sure if it is legal, there are no full versions of programs on cds so maybe it …

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Re: What are the BEST (retro) system specs for running a wide range of old DOS games?

Posted on 2012-05-12, 14:06

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Is there any compatibility gains when using a 66MHz FSB P2 over a 100MHz FSB P2? Not sure about compatibility, but has a huge impact when you have L1 disabled but L2 still enabled. Take a look here: http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6906/timemachinefsbscaling.png What program do you use to disable …

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Re: game demos/shareware/etc ftp or similar

Posted on 2012-05-11, 18:15

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by sepultribe

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yes i knew about textfiles, didnt know about the archived tucows tho, thanks for that.

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game demos/shareware/etc ftp or similar

Posted on 2012-05-10, 22:17

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by sepultribe

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i've been looking around for old game demos/themes/shareware to download but mostly i found dead links and servers. gamedomain had a lot of stuff but is offline for some years now. anyone knows if something similar exists nowadays?

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Re: Carmageddon: Reincarnation Kickstarter by Stainless Games

Posted on 2012-05-10, 15:27

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by sepultribe

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everyone and their mom is doing a kickstarter nowadays. based on what they say in the pledge options it seems to me they're looking more to make you pay as much money as possible by promising big things to make you look cool rather than focusing on making a good game. i think its going to suck

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Re: Windows Gaming 96-2004 Questions

Posted on 2012-05-07, 20:36

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by sepultribe

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also add a Vortex 2 soundcard, you won't regret it. there werea lot of games that supported Aureal3D and rumor has it that is was vastly superior to early EAX. http://www.quantexzone.com/index.php/vortex-o … orting-3d-audio

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Re: Windows Gaming 96-2004 Questions

Posted on 2012-05-07, 19:50

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by sepultribe

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Sure, and if you use nLite, you can even cut them out of the XP installation entirely. But I'm wondering what's this about a fresh install of XP SP3 being slowed down by "updates". tha wouldn't be a very wise thing to do, you might want to re-enable them occasionaly to connect to the internet, use …

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Re: Sourcing parts for an oldskool SMP rig

Posted on 2012-05-07, 19:39

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by sepultribe

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Is the Voodoo2 pass through cable just a standard VGA male-female? The card did not have one and I'm wondering if I'll be able to sub in a standard VGA with a male-female adapter instead. from what i have read you can use a regular vga extension cable, but make sure its got good shielding and as …

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Re: Windows Gaming 96-2004 Questions

Posted on 2012-05-07, 19:18

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by sepultribe

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That makes sense if you have a bunch of drives with substantially different performance sitting around, I guess. But regarding the updates? you can run xp flawlessly on a 512mb system as long as you disable resource-hogging services and visual themes. there are plenty of websites recommending …

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Re: Voodoo2 16mb do they exist?

Posted on 2012-05-07, 00:24

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Voodoo2 hardware specification http://darwin-3dfx.sourceforge.net/voodoo2.pdf - 2 or 4 MBytes of SGRAM* or SDRAM* frame buffer memory - 2, 4, 8, or 16 MBytes of SGRAM* or SDRAM* texture memory HOLY CRAP ON A STICK.... "66 MHz PCI Bus 2.1 compliant" That just KILLED my slot a rig. Now I have to find …

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Re: cpu identification (pentium mmx)

Posted on 2012-05-06, 18:03

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by sepultribe

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a plastic mmx 166. ok thanks. i will need to find a way to get the heatsink off, otherwise i won't find out what's the real model of my cpu. From the look of that picture it looks like you can remove the fan, or did you try that already? just removing the fan and not the whole heat sink. It kinda …

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Re: cpu identification (pentium mmx)

Posted on 2012-05-04, 09:22

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by sepultribe

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a plastic mmx 166. ok thanks. i will need to find a way to get the heatsink off, otherwise i won't find out what's the real model of my cpu.

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Re: cpu identification (pentium mmx)

Posted on 2012-05-03, 21:31

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Yes, SL27J should be a black plastic Pentium MMX 200MHz, I have one here. I cannot find another Ceramic SL27J on the net so far. The text on your CPU seems more clean and white then on the ceramic pentiums I have here. thank you for answering. is your heatsink/fan glued ontop the cpu? i can't get …

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Re: cpu identification (pentium mmx)

Posted on 2012-05-03, 20:43

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by sepultribe

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yes please do. i found some pics of mmx processors http://www.cpu-collection.de/?l0=co&l1=Intel&l2=Pentium+MMX#FV80503233 the mmx i have looks closer to the 166mhz edition. http://www.cpu-collection.de/showimage.php?i=Intel_Pentium_A80503166_87400329-0172&s=big&tb=2&r=0 from what i see pink is …

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cpu identification (pentium mmx)

Posted on 2012-05-03, 19:14

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by sepultribe

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hey everyone. i had found this old pc case some time ago, it had a pentium mmx , a voodoo1 plus a rendition v2100 and a sb awe32 pnp and i was very happy. but the cpu was giving me problems (random hangups). i have the impression it's fake. not that it is a true intel pentium mmx, but that is it a …

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Re: Near final iteration of 3dfx build.

Posted on 2011-11-21, 10:30

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that looks great RogueTrip2012 😉. did you drill the voodoo to install the fan screws? ps: can u give some more info on recapping the v3? ps2: can you play voodoo 1/2 games with the v3 3000?

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Re: If you had to choose....

Posted on 2011-11-20, 20:10

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Yes! But the challenge is finding a system that is compatible with W98 and has drivers for W98. At least that's what I heard a few times here... I have a couple of s478 boards from 2002 that I'm pretty sure support Win98, maybe I should give them a try. My period correct 1999 Katmai 600mhz machine …

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