Re: Nvidia adaptergate

Posted on 2022-11-07, 19:14

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I think it is all a bit too early to say yay or nay on the AMD cards. Until we see some real world independent benchmarks, then the jury is still out. Even then, we don't know what driver improvements and developer optimizations might come int time, from either company. I expect that on the top end …

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Re: Nvidia adaptergate

Posted on 2022-11-02, 16:24

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nVidia knew exactly the problems they were going to encounter. They knew and considered the risk as "acceptable" They HAD to know. Think they didn't test these disasters before releasing them? They knew that there would be issues, just like they knew people would buy them anyway. They will continue …

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Re: Nvidia adaptergate

Posted on 2022-11-02, 14:26

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nVidia knew exactly the problems they were going to encounter. They knew and considered the risk as "acceptable" They HAD to know. Think they didn't test these disasters before releasing them? They knew that there would be issues, just like they knew people would buy them anyway. They will continue …

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Re: Game environments that left a lasting impression

Posted on 2022-11-02, 14:08

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My picks in no particular order: - Unreal -Half Life -Deus Ex -Serious Sam -Fable -Max Payne and Max Payne 2 I am sure there are others but those are off the top of my head.

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Re: How's everyone doing these days?

Posted on 2022-11-01, 21:36

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-10-31, 10:30: I may have just scored a pentium 1 366 :p Welcome back! Now that is cool.

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Re: Is it possible to have multiple video card on a win 98 machine ?

Posted on 2022-10-27, 21:35

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Yes, I use a AGP Radeon 8500 and a PCI Voodoo 3 in one of my rigs. Just have to switch primary in the BIOS. Nut agree the Geforce 7600 is going to be problematic at best with Win98.

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Re: What era of computers do you draw the line at collecting and/or using?

Posted on 2022-10-17, 16:17

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I have nostalgia as far back as 386 era. My first PC was a crummy Packard Bell Legend with a 386sx. That said, I don't currently have anything older than a 486 and I probably never will. My favorite era is Socket 7. That was the time that I spent the most time with back in the day. The first …

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Re: Commander X16 of The 8-Bit Guy, can it be considered as the most nonsense neo-retro computer of all times?

Posted on 2022-10-14, 13:35

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I got the impression that he would like to use the machine as a "springboard" of sorts to market his own games. While that in itself is a neat idea...I don't see that being a successful venture. His Planet X series of games are pretty good but he has already made them available on so many other …

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Re: Rise CPU Aiming For The Stars!

Posted on 2022-10-13, 14:00

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Dang, I guess these chips are pretty rare. I was sure at least a few members would have one and be willing to throw up some benchmarks.

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Re: My top-build, a parts-surplus proof-of-concept

Posted on 2022-10-12, 16:48

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I have a Radeon 9250 with a 128bit memory bus. I find that it sits between my Radeon 7500 and Geforce 2 GTS, depending on the game/benchmark. Definitley not as fast as a my FireGL 8800 using Radeon 8500 drivers. But mine doesn't have that high of a core speed, and will not overclock at all. I have a …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-10-10, 17:32

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With that laptop, I finally settled on Windows 98 SE as the best option. Even with a RAM upgrade and a CPU upgrade, the driver support for Win98 (plus the write allocate utility that only ran on 98) meant that it was the best option of all that I tried. Yeah, that is what I am running on it. I have …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-10-07, 02:41

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With that laptop, I finally settled on Windows 98 SE as the best option. Even with a RAM upgrade and a CPU upgrade, the driver support for Win98 (plus the write allocate utility that only ran on 98) meant that it was the best option of all that I tried. Yeah, that is what I am running on it. I have …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-10-05, 22:37

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I picked up a 64 megabyte Asus GF2 MX today and tested it in my 5EMA; all else the same, this card scored about 500 points lower in 3D 2000 than the Quadro 2 Pro. That is interesting. Seems like those Quadro cards are binned pretty well. My GTS overclocks pretty well but it get's fairly toasty in …

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Re: Better video card options for this Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2022-10-05, 20:02

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I picked up a 64 megabyte Asus GF2 MX today and tested it in my 5EMA; all else the same, this card scored about 500 points lower in 3D 2000 than the Quadro 2 Pro. That is interesting. Seems like those Quadro cards are binned pretty well. My GTS overclocks pretty well but it get's fairly toasty in …

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Re: Rise CPU Aiming For The Stars!

Posted on 2022-09-25, 00:10

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Let's see those Rise/idragon scores!

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Re: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-09-24, 20:54

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-09-24, 20:26: Yeah 100x3.5 was my best also. Do we have a Rise aiming for the stars thread? Rise cpus are fun. Dang I don't know? If so there should be one. I don't have a Rise chip, but some day......

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Re: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-09-24, 17:02

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9800 pros aren’t too bad on ebay but lots of them have bad memory. And they don’t work with all ss7 mobos. Dono what the current state of 9700s is but I suspect it might be a good one to try also. In any case with what you have it seem the gf2 is probably going to be your top scorer, but a high mb …

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Re: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-09-24, 03:38

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You are matching my tyan s1564d, 66fsb, 512mb, simm k6-3+ 400 mhz, radeon 7500, win ME now :-) No chance you’ve found a way to get to 350 with a higher fsb have you? Drop the multi and raise the fsb? I assume you are 100x3.5 right now What driver are you using? 7.xx? Is what you want Read the k6-3+ …

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Re: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-09-23, 23:44

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Yeah. No more than 2.4v I’d say. You can of course do more but it probably wouldn’t even help and you risk the chip. Seems like most good binned 2.0/2.2v chips are around 350 on a overclock. My 400gp can do 350 My 300gps are a little less. Maybe 330 so you did good :) There may be a rare unicorn …

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Re: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-09-23, 16:37

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Based on that and the chipset, I’m suspecting 64 probably won’t do any better. I noticed a difference between 640 and 384mb on mvp3 but hadn’t tried 256 or 128 much. I’m thinking the threshold lies around 384mb🤔 may also depend on cpu and amount of cache installed. That score is better! 7500s are …

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