Best driver for XP

Posted on 2017-06-19, 16:10

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Hi, I have some computers running XP that have Nvidia video cards. I've read in one older post and seen in Phil's videos that Detonator 45.23 is a safe bet for windows 9x users but, what's the best driver for XP? The cards are these: Geforce2 MX400 Geforce4 MX4000 running 9x is not an option, due to …

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Re: EZ-Drive Dynamic Drive Overlay

Posted on 2017-06-19, 04:49

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i've tried with virtualpc, virtualbox and vmware, can't mount the physical drive. nevermind, i've bought some new floppy disks and see what happens

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Re: EZ-Drive Dynamic Drive Overlay

Posted on 2017-06-16, 18:18

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Hi, I have an old 386SX laptop, that currently has an 80MB hdd. I want to change it for a 4GB Compact Flash, have the adaptor but can't install EZ-Drive due to not having floppy disks. Is there any way to install it without floppy?

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Re: Graphic problem S3 805 on Windows 95

Posted on 2017-05-31, 09:53

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by weldum

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how did you install the drivers?

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Re: which is better?

Posted on 2017-05-29, 01:46

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by weldum

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Could be, I have to figure out how to overclock on that limited bios, I'm used to more complete motherboards where the bios setup is better and more customizable.

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Re: which is better?

Posted on 2017-05-26, 00:42

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thanks, didn't know about that method

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Re: which is better?

Posted on 2017-05-25, 23:58

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The Socket 754 Sempron has a built in memory controller. All three systems use single channel DDR memory. ooh, didn't know that The Sempron should also be capable of being underclocked for any speed sensitive Win98 games. don't know about that, the bios in the mobo that i'm using is very limited, …

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Re: which is better?

Posted on 2017-05-25, 15:47

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ohh right. in some benchs both the sempron and athlon performed a lot better than the pentium 4, and the sempron was a little better in memory benchs against the athlon, possibly due to hypertransport? chances are that i never be able to upgrade these machines, either money problems or hard to find …

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which is better?

Posted on 2017-05-25, 15:13

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hi, i have three processors but i do not know which is better. the processors are these: AMD ATHLON XP 2400+ 2000 MHZ THOROUGHBRED SOCKET A AMD SEMPRON 2600+ 1600 MHZ PALERMO SOCKET 754 INTEL PENTIUM 4 2266 MHZ NORTHWOOD SOCKET 478 which one is the best? and the worst? if it helps, these are the …

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Re: Best 2D card

Posted on 2017-03-29, 04:28

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thanks I've noticed that the 9680 has directdraw support, while the 9440 not. the alliance AT24 only has directdraw support under windows 9x with the driver supplied by alliance. also, the 9680 gets detected and installed correctly in every windows since 98se, windows 95 installs a basic trident …

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Re: Best 2D card

Posted on 2017-03-29, 03:19

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ok, thanks. Is there any noticeable difference in between 60ns and 50ns in the memory? because the 9680 has vesa support and 60ns memory, but the 9440 has no vesa support at all and 50ns memory

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Best 2D card

Posted on 2017-03-28, 14:15

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hello, I have 3 2D-only PCI video cards. Buying a better one is not an option. I'm wondering which is better. Trident 9440 - 1MB 50ns Trident 9680 - 1MB 60ns Alliance ProMotion AT24 - 1MB 60ns The computer is this: PCChips M572 v1.2 with last patched bios AMD K6-2 450 @ 83.3x5.5 (458MHz) Intel …

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Re: Need help optimizing 386 bios settings...

Posted on 2016-04-04, 21:08

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I'm not sure, but in my 386 machine Polling Clock Select is at CLK2/5 and works very well. Maybe you should test every config with the Phil's VGA Benchmark. Like trial and error.

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Re: Max Cacheable Ram

Posted on 2016-03-22, 03:32

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cachechk tells me I have 56Mb cached via L1 cache (16kb) so I put 32mb edo and windows 95 and it works much better now. Thanks to everyone.

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Re: Max Cacheable Ram

Posted on 2016-03-21, 20:19

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Also, I've heard some people say the chipset auto configuration option in BIOS should be disabled to avoid performance problems. How do I configure the memory timings? Have to do trial and error? Thanks

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Re: Max Cacheable Ram

Posted on 2016-03-21, 19:36

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The problem is that I don't have any of these non-COAST sticks, and there are near zero possibilities to find one. I have to make it work without cache sticks.

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Max Cacheable Ram

Posted on 2016-03-21, 18:59

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Hello. I have a PCChips M919 V3.4 (the one with fake "Write Back" cache chips) that works very well but I want to know what is the max cacheable ram size. Currently it has 68MB (2x32MB EDO 60ns + 4x1MB FPM 60ns) Also, what's the best post 94 operating system for an AMD 5x86 133MHz?

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Re: Super Socket 7 Problem

Posted on 2016-03-10, 14:33

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don't worry, everything can be helpful

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-03-10, 01:57

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Mine is: Processor: AMD FX6100 @ 3.9GHz in games GPU: AMD RadeonHD 7750 1GB GDDR5 @ 1000/1250 again in games RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Mobo: AsRock N68-VS3 FX (before I had a Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 with 12GB ram but started to fail the usb ports) HDD: Hitachi 1TB + Seagate 500GB PSU: Thermaltake TR2 600W …

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Re: Super Socket 7 Problem

Posted on 2016-03-10, 01:35

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I've found the problem: Soyo SY-5EHM/5EH5 v1.0/1.1: http://s19.postimg.org/g1p738a37/Capturar_1.png Soyo SY-5EHM/5EH5 V1.3: http://s19.postimg.org/rs34km2vn/Capturar_2.png Was just a bad information problem. The manual I was using is for the v1.3, but there are small differences in between these …

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