Getting the most out of a MMX system

Posted on 2018-02-17, 19:54

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Hi, I have some doubts about my Pentium MMX system, it runs okay but I'd like to get more performance, if it's possible. These are the specs: Pentium MMX 200 running at 75x3=225MHz PcChips M558 Chipset Utron w/512KB of onboard cache 64MB EDO RAM (4 sticks) Crystal CX4237B based sound card Alliance …

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Re: Good WinXP driver for Savage4 Xtreme?

Posted on 2018-02-17, 19:38

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You have to take in account that most Savage4 don't deal well with newer or overclocked AGP. Also, drivers were always lackluster. I have a Savage4 32MB that, in UT 2004 runs really bad and crashes a few minutes after started the game. These cards are very fiddly with the drivers.

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Re: AGP + PCIe on Multiboot system - Force default graphics adaptor?

Posted on 2018-02-17, 19:35

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what if you put the PCIe as primary and the AGP and secondary? Does DOS, 3.1 and 9x work wrong? Because i've had some boards that only started the GPU when a monitor was connected

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Re: What are some DirectX 7 compatible DX8/9 games?

Posted on 2018-02-11, 04:22

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Your graphic card is DirectX 6 capable, meaning it has no support for Hardware TnL, having said that, i know that these games should run (given enough VRAM and/or AGP aperture): Max Payne Max Payne 2 GTA 3 (12MB VRAM) GTA Vice City (16MB VRAM) GTA San Andreas (64MB VRAM) Need For speed all up to …

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2018-01-30, 10:16

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the lowest i've gone was using a Compaq K6-2 500 with 128MB of RAM and integrated Trident graphics (MVP4) with Damn Small Linux and Firefox 2, in 2014, used that machine until it's death, 1 year later. maybe it was simply too much for it. and later went using a netbook (atom 455, 2gb ram, 250gb hdd, …

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Re: Does PCI-E 4x have enough bandwidth?

Posted on 2018-01-28, 18:11

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Are both systems running similar memory configs? (clock speed, latencies, dual channel) Are both holding their clock? (overheating) Same version of WIndows? Same power settings? Enough space on the system drive? Same driver versions? Same driver settings? Aside from the hardware differences, …

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Re: What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?

Posted on 2018-01-24, 17:19

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by weldum

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i have some screw-ups too: -testing an ATX PSU with my main HDD and some low end mobo, everything got smoking, and i hadn't even turned on. The HDD got a broken fuse that was replaced and now works. -broke a Radeon 7950, the thing was really hot so i supposed i could fix that, cleaned the heatsink …

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Re: Unsure if SLI enabled - ABIT BP6, matched STB Voodoo 2 12MB cards

Posted on 2018-01-17, 23:04

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Have you tested each card separated and in otver board? Maybe one is faulty

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Re: Unsure if SLI enabled - ABIT BP6, matched STB Voodoo 2 12MB cards

Posted on 2018-01-17, 22:56

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SLI only works in Windows 9x/ME Not sure where you got that from, I've experienced SLI first hand with 2000 and XP, Win2k even has official 3DFX drivers. I'd be surprised if NT4 wasn't the same story, but never tried Well i've read in some sites that sli could only be enabled in 9x OS, through i …

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Re: Unsure if SLI enabled - ABIT BP6, matched STB Voodoo 2 12MB cards

Posted on 2018-01-17, 04:32

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I decided on Windows 2000 as the best OS choice for this machine, and have installed the FastVoodoo drivers. Certainly I can only select up to 800 x 600 resolution and the control panel info tab states SLI isn't enabled but then again doesn't detect anything else like MB of card etc. First off all, …

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Re: What 3.5 inch floppy drive is works with all 3.5 inch disks?

Posted on 2018-01-17, 04:23

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So it's just ridiculous, what I'm trying to do? If the problem is that you want to use all these weird floppies and such because of HDD space constraints, you should make use of a bigger HDD or SDD and a Disk Drive Overlay, such as EZ-Drive, to overcome Bios limitations. I'm pretty sure there are …

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Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 32MB AGP Compatibility Questions

Posted on 2018-01-15, 03:01

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I had the Diamond Stealth S540 AGP card. Got it within a couple of weeks after it showed up on the shelves for the very low price of $129 (for a 32MB card, that was low back then). At the time I was running a Matsonic Super Socket7 motherboard based on the Ali Aladdin V chipset and it worked well …

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Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 32MB AGP Compatibility Questions

Posted on 2018-01-14, 23:33

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I'm also interested in knowing whether or not the card will work with an overclocked AGP bus. I'll be using the card in an Asus P3B-F which has the Intel 440BX chipset. To get the full speed on my processor, I've overclocked the FSB to 133MHz, which unfortunately also overclocks the AGP bus. I've …

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Re: My Duron 892 rig

Posted on 2018-01-05, 22:34

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In some ways i miss pcchips and other cheap crappy brands, they made everything fun and somewhat painful

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Re: My P4 2.26 Rig

Posted on 2018-01-04, 17:14

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Beside the ugly DVI image quality I would high recommend the GF6200 over the FX5200. In dos they are nearly the same, but in windows the gf6200 is superbe. the shaders are good enough to display the ati-techdemos up to 9800; with 3danalyse the matrox reef demo is also very good! the fx5200 could …

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My P4 2.26 Rig

Posted on 2018-01-04, 07:28

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Good night Vogons users, another post about a computer not particularly good but meaningful to me. Let's go to the story: All of my computers are meaningful to me, in different ways, ranging from simple things up to almost everything you can imagine. This one is based on the first computer I've had …

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Re: My Duron 892 rig

Posted on 2018-01-03, 15:10

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Maybe, don't know really, but the processor is soldered. And about the OS, it runs really good, i only install the OS and the drivers, no other software is installed. Also, i really prefeer XP because 2000 has incompatibilities with some usb2.0 cards, and with any dos based os can't use NTFS, having …

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My Duron 892 rig

Posted on 2018-01-03, 08:05

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I'm making all the posts very close in time, hope there is no problem in that. Let's change things a little, first the history: This board is really good for what it is, the only problems that i had were because of the FSB being factory overclocked and no having options to correct the AGP nor PCI …

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Re: Pics of retro rigs browsing Vogons thread

Posted on 2018-01-03, 05:19

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later i will post pics of all my ones

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Re: Compaq D510 SFF "The Twins" Win98/XP Lan Rigs

Posted on 2018-01-03, 05:17

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by weldum

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that's a nice twin arrangement, I like a lot the case but it uses nonstandard PSU and motherboard, so no go. If it were more standard I had all my computers with these handy cases

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