Re: What's this? Cyrix MXi?
Posted on 2012-04-13, 13:55
Yeah what kind of socket is that anyway?
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-04-13, 09:49
Funny you say that. I just picked up an SiS 5598 based board and a Cyrix MII-333 just installing that now. Looks like the 5598 has 128mb max for caching ram. I'm going to try 64mb in the 430TX to see if that makes any difference. I never knew about this cache ram limit until this year!
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-04-12, 23:11
The Pentium 233MMX was $US12. The one I was bidding on in Australia went for $50! The ATC motherboard doesn't seem to like anything faster than 166MHz though. I suspect a bios update would help, but i haven't done that yet. Yes the MX4000 is a pretty crappy card by todays standards but it is faster …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-04-11, 11:34
Probably but I've only got 2000. I put a GeForce MX 4000 card in it and got 15fps! The HW t&l seems to help somewhat.
Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics
Posted on 2012-03-25, 23:47
Here are my benchmarks. I did them a few years ago, I no longer have the P3 system so I cannot do anymore that we can easily compare. 3dmark isn't kind on 3dfx cards :) http://michaeldale.com.au/files/3dfx/Benchmark%20Screen%20Shot.png I also have some of a TNT2 vs Voodoo3/4 somewhere. Basically a …
Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics
Posted on 2012-03-25, 22:39
I have a bunch of benchmarks from Voodoo 1 to Voodoo 5 on the same system. I'll upload them when I get a chance.
My Epson EL2 286 w/Photos
Posted on 2012-03-25, 06:06
Hi All, Here is an interesting machine that I picked up off the side of the road when I was young and have kept it ever since. It still works great (although the BIOS battery is dead, and the BIOS is stored on a floppy disk, which I don't have) and has a few interesting features. Specs: AMD 286 …
Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics
Posted on 2012-03-25, 02:56
I'm pretty sure the voodoo 4s are just keyed wrong. I don't think any 3dfx card work on 4x slots.
Re: Help with Tseng ET4000AX - Color Depth and Memory Questions
Posted on 2012-03-25, 02:22
IMHO it looks like everything is configured correctly and your card is simply a 512k model, and yes I believe 1mb should allow more colours but I'm not 100% sure on this.
Re: Multimedia SuperTandy TL/2
Posted on 2012-03-25, 02:08
Wow that is really cool!
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-16, 12:35
Oh and here are some benchmarks before the Voodoo started to die. Quake 3 Demo Timedemo DEMO001 - 640x480 Default Settings for Voodoo Pentium 133MHz: ~9fps Pentium 166MMX: ~10.5fps 3DMark 2000 Pentium 133MHz: N/A Pentium 166MMX: 378 3D marks
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-16, 11:56
Good idea SquallStrife, I might try this. My HDD is running in PIO mode, so I suspect I need to replace the cable anyway. It looks like my other Voodoo 2 is having issues now :( I'm getting graphical artifacting in 3d games. Going to hook up and fan and see if it is a heat problem, but the Voodoo …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-15, 10:13
It looks like one of my Voodoo 2s might be dead 🙁 Windows 98 crashes straight after boot with it installed. I have tested my other one and it looks okay.
Re: S3 Vision864 with 3 864 chips = 24bit color at "high" resolutions
Posted on 2012-03-15, 08:29
I'm looking forward to seeing how it works! Pretty nice purchase I would say.
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-15, 06:32
It's alive! Current Specs: Pentium 133 ATC-5030 Socket 7 motherboard with 512k Cache (430TX) 4mb SiS 6326 PCI Video Card 20GB Seagate IDE HDD 256MB PC133 SD-RAM DVD/RW IDE (pretty new) ATX Case (pretty new too) There is nothing else in it just yet. Windows 98se is currently installing! I've also …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-15, 03:47
I just got the motherboard. I might get some time tonight to try it. The FSB settings look pretty easy, and 83MHz is listed.
Re: Cyrix appreciation thread
Posted on 2012-03-14, 02:14
$50 including another motherboard (aside from the VX board)? Correct. An MMX would have been faster, but getting another motherboard meant I was able to build my younger brother a computer for nothing 😀
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:59
Sounds good enough for what I will use it for. I don't really want to use ISA. I remember my Duron 800 machine had an ISA sound card and it really hurt the performance of the system when playing games. The SB Live! increased FPS by around 6 to 9 over the old ISA card. I want to have as few …
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:52
Wow awesome. I don't even know how I got it, or why I didn't throw it out! That is awesome it will be in my Pentium 1 box!
Re: I'm building a Socket 7 PC
Posted on 2012-03-13, 05:48
What about this? I don't even remember where I got it! Creative Ensoniq ES1370
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