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Re: Phil’s massive Windows 98 SE graphics benchmarks project

Posted on 2015-10-28, 12:22

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Cool project. Hopefully those graphs are somewhat automated! I'd love to see a Voodoo 4 4500 in there at some stage 😀

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2015-10-26, 10:35

by mwdmeyer

in Milliways

Currently drive a Saab 9-3 😁 How is that 130i? I'm thinking it is time to replace the Saab and the 1 series looks good. Previously had a Honda Accord V6-L

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-21, 09:37

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some new CPUs for my collection, Cyrix 387 math coprocessor, AMD 486Dx2/80 and 1.3Ghz willamette P4!

Re: need a new AGP card

Posted on 2015-10-18, 02:01

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had an X800 Pro AGP back when it was new. I picked it over the 6600GT due to the small performance increase. I still have the card and it did work well in HL2 etc. Saying this it was a very hot and loud card. Something that I try and avoid these days. It depends on exactly what you are after, but …

Re: 3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread

Posted on 2015-10-13, 23:16

by mwdmeyer

in Milliways

I have one of those cards, purchase new after 3dfx died. http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/File:Powe … odoo_4_4500.jpg

Re: LCD monitor VGA compatibility database

Posted on 2015-10-12, 03:08

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

^^ I'm a dope, didn't realize there was a Vogons wiki. Of course there is... Sorry for the delay I've approved your account on the wiki. I really need to setup an email to alert me when people have requested an account. Although you can always email me directly to get me to approve in future …

Re: Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection

Posted on 2015-09-25, 07:24

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I purchased a box of 10x TNT2 M64s for a retro lan, only used 2 or 3! I also have ~8 Voodoo 2s and a number of Voodoo 3s. These cards are great so if I ever see them for sale cheaply I normally pick them up.

Re: What Videocard or Soundcard you want to see remade?

Posted on 2015-09-23, 08:08

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Die shrunk VSA100 running at 250MHz+ maybe with DDR (so VSA101?) on a 1.5v AGP bus (with more ram, optional). Basically I feel that 3dfx didn't push the VSA100 chip hard enough. I feel that if the V4 was ~6month earlier and running at 200MHz+ it may have competed with the Geforce 2 MX.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-09-22, 11:18

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I posted this over at OCAU but thought I'd post here too. Voodoo 3500 (OEM version).

Re: New member, first build Dual Pentium Pro

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:21

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ System Specs

Awesome, now you just need the P2 Overdrive chips 😁 download/file.php?id=13276

Re: Heat mitigation on a poorly-designed 1997 PMMX laptop

Posted on 2015-06-26, 04:49

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Maybe this? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-Mobile-Penti … =item518f56964f Although looks more like a standard desktop chip.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-24, 11:42

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

kanecvr wrote: I'll open a thread and post pictures if anyone is interested. Yes please! I haven't tested myself but I still believe that a Pentium MMX is faster than a K6-2 at pure FPU clock for clock without 3dnow. Were there any FPU improvements in the K6 vs the K6-2?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-06-24, 10:26

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I purchased a bunch of K6-2s! The most interesting to me is the K6-2 300MHz. Why? I really want to see how a Pentium MMX vs K6-2 goes in FPU performance (Quake 2, Quake 3 etc). Also I want to test 66 vs 100MHz FSB

Re: Windows NT 4.0 on Pentium 133

Posted on 2015-05-14, 08:45

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I believe the main issue was lack of ram. So 32mb+ should be fine. My 486 with 40MB ram works on NT4 pretty nicely.

Re: GPU that makes sense paired with a late 6x86

Posted on 2015-05-04, 09:03

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Voodoo 3 sounds like a good choice to me!

Re: What is your favorite vintage Video Card?

Posted on 2015-04-10, 01:08

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ System Specs

I really like my Voodoo 4. Faster than a Voodoo 3, has 32bit colour, runs cooler and 32mb ram. It is a great card. Didn't do well in market at the time as the Geforce 2 MX was faster/better, but the Voodoo 4 compared to all the TNT2s (even the ultra) is a lot faster.

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-04-05, 05:21

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had a retro lan yesterday. Computers ranging from Pentium 2 400MHz up to Pentium 4 2.66GHz. The majority of the machines were Pentium 3s running Windows 98, with a single Athlon 1.2GHz. 11 computers/players in total. We played: UT, Q3A, Tribes, AOE2 and RA2. It was great fun 😁

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-30, 10:03

by mwdmeyer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here you go: http://www.falconfly.de/identify-3dfx.htm 392-0465-BOAR10 ATC-2465 (Sticker) ColorMaster VoodooMania Voodoo Dragon http://www.falconfly.de/identify/ColorMaster_ … nia_Voodoo1.jpg Might be made by ATC but rebranded, but maybe not!