Re: Crazy prices for some retro hardware stuff.

Posted on 2018-10-30, 19:56

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by RaverX

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Voodoo5 PCI with box. $520 dollars pentium Pro motherboard + pentium pro 200 cpu (just motherboard with cpu) $100 dollars radeon 9800XT , no box, $200 dollars. Media vidion PAS16 with box $150 dollars soundblaster awe32 in box $130 dollars 9800xt seems quite overpriced (to me). I'd say that …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Brands

Posted on 2018-10-25, 22:32

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by RaverX

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I've had a look today at the system requirements for many games from about 1996-1999 (I have my Pentium 4 for 1999 and up.) and it looks to me like a Voodoo 1 won't hold me back. Most often it seems like the 32 MB RAM and/or my K6-2/266 is the limiting factor. In early games -1997, and 1996 games ( …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Brands

Posted on 2018-10-24, 20:49

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by RaverX

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Voodoo2 is a nice match for K6-2. Any Vooodoo2 should work fine, try to get a 12 mb card (8 mb cards are more rare, anyway, so there's a good chance you'll find that). Voodoo1 might be too slow, unless you want to play only early 3d games (Quake, Tomb Raider, etc). But if you go for V1 it would be …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo Brands

Posted on 2018-10-24, 13:39

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by RaverX

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Hey guys, Soon I'll be looking to get a 3dfx Voodoo card for one of my systems. Does it matter what brand I pick; Diamond, Magic3D, et cetera? Are there any brands I need to stay away from? I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon, Sincerely, Miko, Strahssis What card and what system? I …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-19, 19:23

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by RaverX

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True. 1998 was one of the best year, Voodoo2 and Riva TNT were huge leaps in 3d graphics. Late 1996 to early 2000 was awesome, a true golden era. We went from under 200 MHz CPUs/16-32 MB RAM/1 MB 2D video cards to 1 GHz/256 MB/32MB 3D video. 1997 was the milestone: from AT to ATX, AGP, USB... from …

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Re: Riva TNT (Diamond V550) and Quake1

Posted on 2018-10-18, 21:30

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by RaverX

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Now, is Riva TNT considered a better card than Voodoo cards? I have a 16MB version, is it good enough to play Unreal, Quake II, and III? Riva TNT is the direct competitor to the Voodoo2. Each card has pros and cons, I'll write pros for each card Riva TNT -newer, has some features that Voodoo2 is …

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Re: Average PC Specs for Low, Medium, and High-End PCs of late 1998 - early 1999

Posted on 2018-10-18, 20:09

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by RaverX

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Yes, 448 MB of RAM for a normal PC in late 98 is indeed a bit too much, if you want to be "periodically correct". Most motherboard with sdram slots had max. 3 slots, some *might* had 4 slots (but I think those appeared after the Pentium III launch, in the spring of 1999). There were 128 MB modules, …

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Re: PII-450Mhz XEON good for Quake 1 in Win98SE?

Posted on 2018-10-13, 22:35

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by RaverX

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I would still want to know the full configuration (or at least how much RAM do yo have). Try running the game this way (from command prompt or add the option to shortcut on desktop): winquake -heapsize 64000 Also, check the resolution of the game, I think the default is 320x240, but I'm not sure, it …

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Re: PII-450Mhz XEON good for Quake 1 in Win98SE?

Posted on 2018-10-13, 13:46

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1 - Its been a while, and I am rusty, can I used a PII in a PIII slot? (too lazy to consult Wikipedia! :blush: :blush: :blush: ) No. PIIs/PIIIs are slot 1, Xeons are slot 2, they are not compatible. There was a discussion if this can be done with adapters, but such adapters do not exist (or they …

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Re: Voodoo 2 combined with Voodoo 3

Posted on 2018-09-20, 23:25

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by RaverX

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FX5200 is garbage, especially 64 bit version. There were a lot of 5200 made, a lot had 64 bit memory, also clocked very low (memory). Ti4200 is a solid card, if you find one cheap get it. It's kinda new to be paired to V2, but still ok. It should play all games released before 2003 at 1600x1200 at …

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Re: Voodoo 2 combined with Voodoo 3

Posted on 2018-09-20, 19:08

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by RaverX

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PIII 800 is nice, very good for 1999-2001 games. I would pair that with TNT2 Ultra or Geforce DDR (rare and expensive). I guess GF2 MX would be a cheap alternative. Are you limited to ebay? On local trade sites or in flea markets you should find cards at very low prices.

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Re: Voodoo 2 combined with Voodoo 3

Posted on 2018-09-19, 19:34

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by RaverX

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Yes, it's doable, but I wouldn't do it. If you want the V2 only for some older games, better use something else as the main card, GF2 MX should work, but go for something more "high end" if you can, GF2 Ultra or at least GTS or, better GF3. You'll get better performance, 32 bit support, etc. That's …

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Re: What were the historical prices on high-end GPUs?

Posted on 2018-09-01, 22:40

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by RaverX

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I remember V2 price - 300 $ at launch. But 300 $ was a lot of money back then, it isn't only inflation, for me it's what I could buy with those mopney (well, not me, I was a teenager back then). Then there's was 5950 Ultra and Radeon 9800XT, they were both expensive: 500-600$. 8800 Ultra was one of …

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Re: P3-500mhz Slot-1 Build recommendations ?

Posted on 2018-08-23, 21:18

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by RaverX

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Memory - 512mb (more cause problems for W98, can be fixed) Graphics - Voodoo-3 AGP or (if you can) TNT2 Ultra + V2 SLI. Audio - Sound Blaster live 5.1 (or AWE 32 + a good midi daughterboard if you'll play older DOS games with midi music) CDROM should be enough, DVD wouldn't hurt Operating System - …

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Re: Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-23, 21:09

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by RaverX

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I wouldn't call i740 a bust. Like I said, it's not a rare card, but it's not a bad card either. For 3D (read games) Rage Pro is *much* better than Rage II. Rage II is similar with S3 Virge, it's a "decelerator". On the other hand Rage Pro is a bit faster than Voodoo 1. P200 MMX with Rage Pro would …

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Re: Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-22, 19:35

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by RaverX

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You bought the cards without having any idea about what you buy? That's strange, what if they were junk? OK, 25 USD isn't a fortune, but still... Fortunately, the cards are decent (in my opinion, anyway), but this shouldn't matter too much, if you like them it's great, if not... I mean, for a person …

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Re: Voodoo 2 with intel atom 230?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 20:00

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Even with a fan mounted to blow air on the card it wasn't 100% stable, it became stable only after I downclocked it from 90 MHz to 85 MHz. That is a clear indication that your card dying/malfunctioning and overall power of the system has nothing to do with it. That's possible, but how do you …

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Re: Voodoo 2 with intel atom 230?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 19:25

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You cant damage these cards with paring them with a cpu that is too fast but rather the performance caps out to where it is not worth running them with other hardware that is too fast to be worth it then the issue of 9x support ect on modern hardware. That's not true, there were quite a few …

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Re: Good heatsink for Socket 642 , 1ghz Athlon ?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 19:15

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by RaverX

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It's socket 462. not 642 😀 Almost any cooler will do the job, a good one would be aluminium, but with copper insertion, and a 92 mm fan, Titan made a lot of those, they should be easy to find and cheap. Just be careful to not crack the die when you mount the cooler.

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Re: Why Intel dropped the Slot processor form?

Posted on 2018-08-11, 21:31

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by RaverX

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I think it was all about the money. Slot 1 was basically a mini motherboard, it had a PCB with a connector, CPU and cache (for non coppermine CPUs) were soldered there. On top of that there was the plastic housing and very often the heatsing, plus (not always, but a lot of times) a fan. It was more …

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