Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-09-01, 13:28
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Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-09-01, 13:21
I got a AWE32 for free from work, haven't tested it and bought the AWE64 Gold over it (with simmcon and 32mb EDO). Awesome card but find most of my games work well enough with either Vortex 2 or SB Live! hardware. I agree, AWE64 Gold is quite awesome. It's just too bad it doesn't have a real OPL3 …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-31, 11:49
If you aren't worried about general MIDI on the sound blaster, my vote is for a CT2800 or CT2900. They have real OPL synth and don't have the pops and crackles that other sound blasters have. Thanks for the suggestion. I see these are both SB16S, but I actually do want an EMU-8000 chip and memory …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-31, 10:29
Yep, earlier Sound Blasters up to AWE32 had really poor quality sound. As you've discovered Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry is a great test for this. Later SB16 Vibra's and I believe AWE64 have much higher quality sound and don't have the crackles and pops. I have a CT2800 Vibra that plays music …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-31, 06:32
@ RogueTrip: By design... lol, really? By design of the CT3900 or the AWE32 in general? If it's just the CT3900, I could be looking for another non-PnP model or perhaps a SB16 with daughterboard. I've read about the Riva 128ZX, but unfortunately very rare. There's just one model on eBay, but that …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-30, 20:23
Another update on my project :) I replaced the Riva128 with an AGP edition and this card runs fine with V2 SLI :D 3DMark benches will follow. Also picked up the AWE32 CT3900 today, which came in the retail box with install floppies and lots of manuals :D And OMG... this is now officialy the largest …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Super7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-30, 08:58
@ Jolaes76: It's based on the VIA VT6421A. I bought this one: http://cgi.ebay.nl/USB-2-eSata-SATA-Dos-Bootable-IDE-UDMA-PCI-Adapter-Card-/310153156105?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_InterfaceCards&hash=item4836919609 Works like a charm in Win9x, drivers are available at VIA site. Just make sure …
Re: My recently pimped and now finished(?) Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-29, 21:05
@ sliderider: I was using a Viper V550 (RivaTNT) AGP card. Tomorrow I'm gonna try a Viper V330 (Riva128) AGP card and see if that one maybe draws less power and works better with V2 SLI. The V3 3000 is a nice card, but I prefer the Riva series. The V3 (OK, it was an AGP version) didn't work with …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-29, 16:14
@ Jolaes76: guess you're right. I'm still working on this :P I have a question about V2 SLI: how is it possible that I get better results with a single V2 than with V2 SLI? :S:S:S At 800x600 16-bit 3DMark 99 MAX: 2700 3DMarks with a single card, and 2200 3DMarks with two cards in SLI mode. When …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-18, 15:10
@ Tetrium & RogueTrip2012: Thanks for your advices on the memory config. However 1 module of 256MB PC133 CAS2 or 128MB PC100 CAS2 (only double sided supported by my mobo) gives me the same issues with the timings. I do notice a difference in benchmarks at CAS2 and CAS3, so it's worth switching it …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-15, 16:08
Mixing EDO with SDRAM was only a temporary situation, while waiting for the new SDRAM (although it seemed to work just fine) With EDO RAM only I received about the same results with the K6 as with EDO mixed with SDRAM. EDO RAM speed was quite a bit faster on my P233 MMX (220 MB/sec vs 170MB/sec now …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-13, 23:18
@ Tetrium: I'm running it at 2.1V, which is the lowest voltage supported according to the mobo documentation. It will probably only require 1.6V/1.7V at this speed, but what the hell... if the chip dies I'll just order a new one! They're cheap after all :P @ ProfessorProfessorson: I managed to …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-11, 18:45
Received the AMD K6-III+ CPU today! Installed it, switched voltage and multiplier jumper, turned PC on and... BOOM... works like a charm ! :D Running @ 450Mhz (6 x 75) Here are some benches with the new CPU (also upgraded RAM to 4x32MB): 3DBench2: 324,9 PCPBench: 42,5 3DMark 99 MAX: 2699 3DMarks & …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-09, 10:48
Just order a K6-III+ from eBay ! 😁 + some extra memory (2x128MB) Those benchmarks looking good indeed! If it results in one of my games being incompatible, I will look into the K6-2(+). Thank you all for your advice! I will keep this topic updated on the progress 😉
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-09, 06:44
@Tetrium: limitless... I like the sound of that! Is this the seller you know? http://cgi.ebay.nl/AMD-K6-III-400-SOCKEL-7-BO … =item2eb6e486b0 This one has a quite low TDP, looks promising to run at 6x75 @ 2.1V.
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-09, 05:47
@Tetrium: that makes some sense :) Thanks for clearing it up. So with a multiplier of 6x and a reported stable FSB on this board of 75Mhz, I should probably be looking at any K6-2 450+ and underclock it if necessary. How does the on-die L2 cache of the K6-2+ effect cacheable RAM range on the mobo? ( …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-08, 17:29
Would you mind running 3DMark99max with the Voodoo2 again in 640 and 1024 and postig the results? Just gave it a shot: results are almost identical for all three resolutions. So the CPU is unable to keep up with the V2's, which is not a really big surprise ofcourse :) I might try Quake2 later on. …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-08, 15:39
I guess I'll present my P233 So7 rig aswell. You should ! I'm interested :) Have you come across any DOS based 3DFX games that support a resolution higher than 640x480 and thus utilize the Voodoo2 or even the V²SLI? The only DOS 3DFX game I can think of is GTA -> 800x600, but that's also supported …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-08, 09:16
Found this post while browsing the k6+ forums. May come in handy for you in case you want to up the cpu. http://k6plus.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=1758 Hmm.. now that's interesting. I might look into that :) Nice find, cheers! EDIT: On second thought: no I'm not gonna try this :) I …
Re: My recently pimped and now _finished_ Socket7 project (with pics!)
Posted on 2011-08-08, 09:09
Thank you all for the compliments on the build ! :) On the 3DFX setup: I agree with you guys that it's overkill (by far). Although I didn't perform any benchmarks with a single Voodoo2 card, for example GLQuake peforms really well at 1024x768 in 3DFX mode now! On the RIVA128 it runs like crap. I run …
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