Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-02-08, 13:25
Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix - 3dfx Banshee PCI
Re: voodoo3 pci price
Posted on 2015-02-08, 11:40
I guess it depends on the location. Here in Czech Republic I only saw Powercolor non-TV for sale once (since 2006 when I have started collecting 3dfx stuff). Reference 3dfx models are much more common here. Over the years I have noticed maybe 8-10 V4 AGP (3 of them are now mine :cool: ) and at least …
Re: voodoo3 pci price
Posted on 2015-02-08, 10:53
Actually, the Powercolor V4 (especially the non-TV OUT model using "full size" PCB) are usually considered more rare and expensive than 3dfx V4 AGP. Also the Powercolor variants may not support AGP 4x (1.5V) and using it in a AGP 4x/8x MB can damage the card.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-01-31, 10:03
Just a note to the i430NX - supports 512MB FPM (not EDO) and has no cacheable limit. However in comparison to modern socket 7 chipsets, this one runs very slow. P166 @ i430NX is ~ 30 - 40% slower than P166 @ Aladdin V.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-01-21, 21:17
These Toshiba laptops are very nice... I have couple of them myself, only TFT variants though. ----------- Athlon 64 FX-51 just arrived 😀
Re: SDRAM and 440FX
Posted on 2015-01-17, 12:31
i440FX doesn't support SDRAM. EDO DIMM works with i450KX/GX, i440FX and perhaps even some i440LX/BX boards... but I'm not sure about these.
Re: How many PC compatibles do you guys own?
Posted on 2015-01-08, 16:53
obobskivich wrote: I want to see how a GeForce 8800GTS fits into a mini ITX machine. 🤣 It depends on the case used - there are plenty of them supporting large PCI-E VGAs. I'm using this one http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-itx-eli … eries/elite130/
Re: How many PC compatibles do you guys own?
Posted on 2015-01-07, 07:39
It is good I'm not the one with most computers. :D Here is the list: 1. Core i5 3330 - my main PC for daily work 2. Core i5 2500K - PCI-E graphic cards test rig 3. Pentium G2130 + GF8800 GTS - mini ITX windows XP retro PC 4. Celeron G550 - linux based home server (NAS, IPTV, ad other things) 5. …
Re: Pentium Pro and Windows 95/98 for old DOS games?
Posted on 2015-01-04, 11:56
AllUrBaseRBelong2Us wrote: Do most of the 200's seem to overclock without any trouble? Yes, I have six of them here (4x 200/256, 1x 200/512, 1x 200/1M) and all of them working just fine at 233 MHz. The 1MB variant however runs very hot and requires good cooling.
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-12-30, 22:23
Nice score! Here is a nice Athlon X2 score, AM2 but still 0.09 micron K8 :) Athlon X2 6000+ @ 3450 MHz --screenshot-- A64 X2 at 3,45 GHz, impressive! And 50k score is very nice, too. :) Too bad the 3DMark 01 doesn't benefit from more CPU cores. I could fire up my dual Opteron 280 rig - four K8 …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-12-30, 22:14
It seems to be typical windows issue caused by write buffer or something. When I start the file copy, copy status bar jumps instantly to 50% with speed of 10 MB/s (wrong, of course ). Then the copy status is frozen until all data are transferred.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-12-30, 16:04
Two questions: How fast is it? and What does it sound like? Reading speed is 230 KB/s, write speed is impossible to measure, but most likely is slower. Sound is really quiet and decent for size and age of this drive. It sounds like a HDD. I have recorded a short video. Pardon the low quality and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-12-30, 00:51
I have something special today :) Ricoh RO-5030E - magneto-optical drive + 560 MB rewritable disc. This thing is quite old, manufactured in 1989. Interface is a standard 50pin SCSI, working fine in Windows 98 and XP, using Adaptec 2940UW. The disc itself is double-sided and contains two separate …
Re: Pentium Pro and Windows 95/98 for old DOS games?
Posted on 2014-12-29, 11:22
I agree, Pentium Pro for DOS games is quite an overkill. Still - if OP likes this platform (and already have all necessary components), there is no problem using it. I'm not comparing performance of PPro and K6-2 just by the clock. What I'm saying is that average performance based on ~ 30 benchmarks …
Re: Pentium Pro and Windows 95/98 for old DOS games?
Posted on 2014-12-29, 02:46
Actually Pentium Pro in 16bit applications is not that bad. Performance is similar to the classic Pentium P54 or Pentium MMX at the same clock, much faster than any 486. I have one retro PC with Pentium Pro @ 233 MHz and DOS games are running very well. In 32bit, the PPro 200 MHz is almost on par …
Re: Building High-End PC 2004
Posted on 2014-12-28, 21:24
Best PC for playing games based on components made in 2004 is by far: Athlon 64 socket 939 Radeon X800 XT PE nForce3 MB Stay away from VIA chipsets if you can (for all platforms). They suffer from AGP problems, SATA incompatibility and performance is usually worse than Intel / nForce. However for …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-12-28, 21:03
Nice score for a Netburst. My overclocked A64 3700+ (San Diego) is a little bit slower. 😀
Re: 256mb 72 pin EDO?
Posted on 2014-12-28, 11:15
In theory, these modules could work on i440FX socket 8 boards. Although most of them states 512 MB as a maximum amount of RAM. The chipset itself does support 1 GB - I had no problem using 4x 256MB 168pin ECC EDO DIMM.
Re: which vga/3d card for Pentium 1 233MMX?
Posted on 2014-12-28, 11:04
Actually, 3DMark 99 is CPU bound quite a lot. 100 points difference isn't that much - it can be caused by better driver optimalisation or maybe the Voodoo3's unified memory architecture (3DMark likes high memory bandwith). Here is an example how Voodoo2 and 3 scores in 3DM99 with strong CPU. Voodoo2 …
Re: which vga/3d card for Pentium 1 233MMX?
Posted on 2014-12-28, 00:12
About the CPU limitation of Voodoos: Voodoo Graphics / Rush -> Pentium 166 Voodoo2 / Banshee -> Pentium 2 400 / K6-3 500 Voodoo2 SLI -> Pentium 3 800 / Athlon 800 Voodoo3/4 -> Pentium 3 1000 / Athlon 1000 Voodoo5 -> Pentium 4 3GHz+ / Athlon XP 2GHz+ With these CPUs 99% games in the given time frame …
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