Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-01-27, 09:11

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I'll really have to check it now. I'm quite sure that I set the 2/4x jumped and she posted at 160, it was only a month ago. I'll check it later today and post a picture. What's the model number off your Am486?

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Re: Issues with a PowerVR PCX2 (Matrox m3D)

Posted on 2012-01-27, 08:27

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Damn the PCX2 is a finicky b**ch. I can confirm the card is working, but I had to clean the contacts with a white eraser, remove all PCI cards and try the card in each slot to check if it works. Finally, the thing finally fired up in PCI Slot 1 (3rd try), directly adjacent to the passively cooled …

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Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-01-27, 06:50

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by maddmaxstar

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I'll pull apart that system and try tinkering with the settings. I'm kinda curious at seeing how the thing fares at running at 4x33 anyway.

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Re: Diamond 3D II Voodoo2 Drivers?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 06:19

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Falconfly.de is a great place for 3DFX drivers of all types (Originals for all cards on Win9x/2000, 3rd party drivers for WinXP and later), and I can vouch for them for the Diamond Monster 3D II 12mb, as I have one myself that works perfectly with the drivers from that page.

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Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-01-27, 04:53

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I found the hidden jumper combo on the Asus TXP4 for the 83MHz FSB! For future reference, the jumper settings are: FS0: 2-3 FS1: 1-2 FS2: 1-2 It appears to be up and running and stable, though I haven't done anything with it. I'll put the Voodoo2 (8mb STB) back in and do some tests, try some games, …

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Re: A look at my Retro PC Collection, 486's and more.

Posted on 2012-01-27, 04:26

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You own one of these, http://www.chipdb.org/img-amd-a80486dx4...6b-247.htm or these, http://www.chipdb.org/img-amd-am486-dx4...gc-251.htm Actually, the two I own are: The 120MHz SV8B "Enhanced" version with 8kb of Writeback cache. http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/80486/AMD-A80486DX4-120SV8B.html The …

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Re: Issues with a PowerVR PCX2 (Matrox m3D)

Posted on 2012-01-27, 04:03

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It's partner card will be a Voodoo3. I'm hoping to use it with my Voodoo3 3000 so I can do TV out, maybe record some sample videos for my youtube channel, perhaps show some contrasts between Glide and SGL, for no other good reason than "because I can" :P However, that said, how does the PCX2 fair …

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Re: Issues with a PowerVR PCX2 (Matrox m3D)

Posted on 2012-01-26, 17:22

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Cool, I'll try moving the card around. It's in PCI Slot #2, I seem to recall hearing something about Slot#2 sharing resources with the AGP slot. So in the end that sort of message means that the PCX2 is not responding?

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2012-01-26, 09:40

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I used to have a Cyrix system back in the day., an IBM (Cyrix) 6x86L-PR200+. Funky little chip, decent performance for it's time. I still have the CPU. My only Cyrix-based Retro system now though is my 486DLC, which uses a Cyrix-made Ti486DLC-40. Offers some quick DOS gaming, and an 8MHz turbo mode …

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Issues with a PowerVR PCX2 (Matrox m3D)

Posted on 2012-01-26, 09:09

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I have a Matrox m3D, got it used out of a stack of recycle cards at work. I've had it for a few years now as a conversation piece and a collectors item, but just recently decided to put it in my K6-2+ and fire it up to see if the thing even works. The card seems to have detected OK, drivers are …

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Re: Trident 9440 vs. S3 Trio/Virge

Posted on 2012-01-26, 08:00

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I have a Trident 9440 in one of my machines. Lousy card, I'd rather be running an S3, especially a Virge. If you had more options than that, I'd hunt down a card with an ATI Rage I/II/II+ chipset, like a 3D Charger, 3D Xpression or an Xpert 98 card. The last drivers for those are still available on …

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Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-01-26, 07:50

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Gah! I just popped the cover off of the K6-2/400, turns out it's not a an Asus TX97-E board, but a TXP4. It's still running a hacked BIOS I put on it long ago to support the 6x multiplyer, but the FSB only goes up as far as 75MHz. So far it seems to be running fine at 450 (6x75) using an …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-26, 04:50

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Just finished my CPU upgrade on my Thinkpad A20m. Just installed a PIII-800 CPU, however because the mainboard doesn't support speedstep (previous chip was a Celeron 500), the CPU's locked at 650. It's fast enough so no worries. In the end it was able to crunch 1M a full minute faster than the …

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Re: quake sound blaster question

Posted on 2012-01-26, 02:14

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Did you try running SET to see if the SET BLASTER= string is set? It may need a string added to autoexec.bat to add the Blaster perimeters for DOS games that rely on them. "SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T6" is the typical string for an SB16, but it may vary card to card. Also, I'm not certain about this, …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-26, 01:36

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Here's photo evidence:

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Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-01-26, 00:50

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by maddmaxstar

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I'll try it and post my results. I have a 3Com 3C905-TX in the TX97-E system, so that should be fine. It's the Voodoo2 (And the accompanying Trident 9440) I'm worried about. Plus if theres issues with the onboard IDE controller, there may be issues there as well, though I believe the Motherboard …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-01-26, 00:48

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Want! Just joined Amibay, but won't yet let me post. Just letting you know I'm in.

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Re: A look at my Retro PC Collection, 486's and more.

Posted on 2012-01-26, 00:39

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That AMD 120 is still a very nice CPU though. Just lacks the faster FPU (and maybe the L1 cache, not sure about that). There's 8k of L1 Cache on the Am486. the normal versions had write through and the Enhanced versions were Write-back. I think back in the day I would have kept the Cyrix 5x86 …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-26, 00:18

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Result: Cyrix MII 300Mhz GA-5AX 128MB SDRAM PC-100(cl?) 11m 23.560s The BIOS recognized it as a 350Mhz CPU, but I assume this is incorrect. It is jumpered for 3x100Mhz A MII 300 running at 3x100? Is it an MII 433 or is it an MII 300 running overclocked? Just wondering if that's why it's not …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-26, 00:05

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I just re-tested my Mobile Celeron 500MHz (IBM Thinkpad A20m) this time running Win2000 SP4. 4m 6.975s That's an impressive jump from when running in Win9x, I wonder if SuperPi runs faster under Win2000/XP than in 9x (no 32bit on 16bit APLs to screw with)...

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