Re: Overclocken barrier

Posted on 2017-12-05, 06:20

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You may need a lot more than +0,1V to get 2,6GHz+ from Barton (2V). Athlom XPs do not like 3GHz speed (just like 130nm Athlon64s). I think what holds you back it's either MB (chipset), VRM (no air flow over MOSFETs with water cooling) or PSU with underpowered 5V rail.

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Futuremark Forums is closing December 1 2017

Posted on 2017-11-28, 22:20

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in Release Announcements

If you need something, better print it. Admin announcement : I know many of you will be sorely disappointed by this news. But there's no avoiding the fact that activity on our forum today is a fraction of what it was in its prime. Those of you that have been here the longest will remember that it …

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Re: AGP Universal - Actual compatability list

Posted on 2017-11-28, 10:59

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by agent_x007

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in Marvin \ Video

Just a reminder, x2 is 3.3v, x4 is 1.5v, and x8 is 0.8v "x2"/"x4"/"x8" doesn't mean anything in this case. It's AGP 1.0, AGP 2.0, and AGP 3.0 you are after. AGP 1.0 is 3,3V and supports 1x/2x speed (depending on chipset). AGP 2.0 is 1,5V and supports 1x/2x/4x speeds (specs : LINK ) AGP 3.0 is 0,8V …

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Re: (Maybe a Few) Question(s) Regarding SATA Drives and Drivers Under Windows 98 SE and XP

Posted on 2017-11-27, 17:20

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I used FastTrak S150 TX4 SATA PCI controller without addidng drivers (Plug & Play) to install Win 98 SE on 4TB drive (format done in Win 7 installer). As was said earlier, you set SATA to "IDE Compatibility mode", and you don't need to worry about anything (if everything works like it should). SATA …

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Re: Win98SE - Best AGP Vs Best PCIe

Posted on 2017-11-26, 09:31

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in Marvin \ Video

Best NV AGP = 7900 GT (24PS/8VS) [7800/7900 GS with 20PS/7VS are second best] Not correct. It will be this order for best NV AGP: 7950 Gt > 7900 GT > 7900 GS > 7800 GS [550MHz core,24PS/8VS] > [450MHz core,24PS/8VS] > [450MHz core,20PS/7VS] > [375MHz core,16PS/8VS] Pretty sure you can overclock …

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Re: Win98SE - Best AGP Vs Best PCIe

Posted on 2017-11-25, 19:55

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in Marvin \ Video

Best NV AGP = 7900 GT (24PS/8VS) [7800/7900 GS with 20PS/7VS are second best] Best NV PCI-e = 7900* GT(X) 7800 GTX [512MB*] (*depends on how your config reacts to 512MB VRAM, driver installation (even moded one), may fail on 512MB versions in some cases). Best ATI PCI-e = X800/X850 XT PE (source : …

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Re: Recommend me graphics benchmarking software

Posted on 2017-11-23, 10:59

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by agent_x007

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in Marvin \ Video

3D Mark 03, Crysis 2 (using Crysis 2 Benchmark Tool), Quake III Arena.

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2017-11-11, 21:33

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in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

BTW, do you have any Yamaha PCI cards to try in DOS, e.g YMF7X4? I have heard they work with X58/ ICH10 chipsets using DSDMA TSR. Yes, I do :) I tested my YMF 724E-V (PCI). It does work (both OPL and SB emulation). Without TSR loaded, only Music works (and IRQs keep reseting after "/s" command …

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Re: P3 600B on Asus P2B 1.04

Posted on 2017-11-11, 15:06

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think RAM for 440BX simply needs to be a Dual Sided 256MB module* (not sure if there is anything more needed than that). *in other words, Low density (like @up said) 1GB didn't worked from start, however trying few things make it work (manually setting stuff with one DIMM and then adding more …

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Re: P3 600B on Asus P2B 1.04

Posted on 2017-11-11, 08:43

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yep the same one, great to see someone have that board, even it have IDE RAID so nice... Can you try to run Tualatin 1.4GHz with slotket adapter, i want to know if it is possible. I see all the great features of the BX2000 here as well, good quality SanYo caps right to the slot, Dual BIOS, x4 …

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Re: P3 600B on Asus P2B 1.04

Posted on 2017-11-10, 19:59

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Radical Vision wrote: And oo boy the Gigabyte BX2000+ is insane all the positive things form BX2000 and it have also blue color and maybe support for Tualatin processors.... Like this one ? Filename Gigabyte 2000+.jpg File size 1.23 MiB Views 732 views Filename 9800 XT 440BX + Tualatin mini.png …

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2017-11-07, 13:14

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in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Update : LINK Current configuration : CPU : Core i7 980X (w/BOX cooling) MB : Rampage II Extreme (BIOS 2101) RAM : Corsair 3x4GB (12GB total) GPU1 : GeForce 7800 GTX (Reference) GPU2 : GeForce GTX 780 Ti (Reference) SC1 : Aureal Vortex 2 + DreamBlaster X2 SC2 : Auzen X-Fi Forte HDD0 : Transcend …

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Re: TMU & Pipeline Clarification

Posted on 2017-11-06, 15:52

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in Marvin \ Video

With TMUs it's all about what a texture unit can do in a single pass. Multiple TMUs per ROP are good to have if you got many effects that rely on textures, compared to pixel operations you want to do per second (example, games from Voodoo 2 and up to DX7/DX8 era). With DX9 and later, the most …

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-11-05, 01:21

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Yeah... I wanted to patch Talkie on DOS version (Fail on my part...). I used DOS version of the game with this patch : LINK - still a "no go" :( Considering what I tried to do, it still works "OK"... Going to try Talkie version... EDIT : Yup, works great on DOS 6.22 :) Here's MP3 (may be a bit …

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-11-04, 23:16

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in Marvin \ Sound

I'm using switches, because without them game simply uses Vortex 2 emulation sound path. 3.2 Playing it in DOS ===================== - Run "monkey r1" for playing with Roland MT-32 music. - Run "monkey r" for playing with General MIDI music. - Run "monkey a" for playing with AdLib music. - The game …

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-11-04, 16:27

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in Marvin \ Sound

For anyone interested :) Secret of Monkey Island (Intro) on DreamBlaster X2 w/GUS 1.0 (command line used - "monkey r") : LINK Same game, however this time I used Aureal Vortex 2 emulation : LINK ^both files are MP3 48kHz @ 320kbit/s (created from 192kHz @ 24-bit original recording [I'm using ASUS …

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Re: How do you recognize if Memory is FPM or EDO

Posted on 2017-11-04, 09:20

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

TC7400AJ6 = FPM ("00" after "TC74") : Filename FPM.jpg File size 689.68 KiB Views 818 views Trick works 😀

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2017-11-02, 06:44

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Yes, Rampage II Extreme uses X58 chipset :) No BIOS mods or BIOS hacks needed (I'm using latest official release). However, my board has few legacy options build-in (which can be seen on my first video, @6:40). Don't know how crucial they are for Win98 to work, but other boards may not have them. …

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Re: "Madness", One retro PC to rule them all :)

Posted on 2017-11-01, 19:38

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by agent_x007

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Update : Now I get why Aureal Vortex 2 SB16 emulation music quality may be considered "subpar" :D Day of the Tentacle ("Intro", YT video) : Aureal Vortex 2 (SB16 emulation) vs. DreamBlaster X2 (General MIDI + GUD 1.0). AV2 : LINK DB X2 : LINK For anyone interested in how sound was recorded : I …

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Re: PCI-Express 16x Graphics Adapter into PCI-E 8x Slot

Posted on 2017-10-31, 19:30

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by agent_x007

in Milliways

in Milliways

But, there is no point in doing this. Almost all "PCI-E 8x" type slots are designed to be x8 electrical and x16 mechanical (so there is no need to modify them) OR are full x16 electrical however half of PCI-e lanes are shared with something else (and if connected it makes x16 into x8 one). The only …

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