Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-13, 15:43

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Here's something very unsual to see - Zida Tomato 6DXP Rev 1.1. Yep, that's a Pentium Pro board, with DIMM slots and 4x multiplier. Filename Zida Tomato 6DXP 1.jpg File size 1.44 MiB Views 772 views Filename Zida Tomato 6DXP 2.jpg File size 1.36 MiB Views 772 views Filename Zida Tomato 6DXP 3.jpg …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-13, 12:21

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-13, 11:44

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I don't think it's "the best" driver for TNT2. The whole point was to show how earlier drivers are better for slow CPUs. And hey, it's 5. 32 vs 28. 32 , aka 23 version gap difference For Quadro 4, 28.32 is the earliest supported driver, and I very much doubt that any newer driver will improve the …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-13, 10:55

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It's impossible to install Detonator 5.32 on Quadro 4, for obvious reason.

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2019-12-13, 10:52

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by The Serpent Rider

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Interesting project.

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Re: Jesus Christ Simulator

Posted on 2019-12-13, 07:42

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by The Serpent Rider

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That's some high grade trolling. And the publisher just loves to do that: https://store.steampowered.com/app/682990/Drug_Dealer_Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/756800/Contraband_Police https://store.steampowered.com/app/855740/Bum_Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/950620/ …

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Re: EAX in DOOM 3

Posted on 2019-12-13, 07:25

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by The Serpent Rider

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EAX 5.0 enhance previous EAX iterations too.

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Re: CT2830 vs CT3980 Socket 7 Build?

Posted on 2019-12-13, 07:13

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by The Serpent Rider

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but it is also my understanding it is one of the last to use a Yamaha chip? No. CT1747 was manufactured for Creative by Yamaha. It has authentic OPL3 and overall the best SB16/AWE32 series chip you can get.

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Re: Would Super Socket 7 be enough for Win98 Games?

Posted on 2019-12-13, 04:50

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by The Serpent Rider

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but I would however like a little more power to be able to play the late 90’s windows 98 games like Revolt, Messiah, and Urban Chaos to name a few. Able to play - yes. Comfortable gameplay - no.

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 - 5ns ram?

Posted on 2019-12-12, 21:40

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by The Serpent Rider

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Nothing out of ordinary. It may or may not overclock to 200Mhz, depending on graphic chip quality.

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Re: Any recommended AGP GPU card for 300w psu?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 17:56

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by The Serpent Rider

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I'll post my recommendation from this thread. Works for PIII systems too.

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Re: Decent Cooling for Socket 462/A

Posted on 2019-12-10, 17:43

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by The Serpent Rider

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While recommending some super coolers like Big Typhoon is fine and dandy. They just won't fit into many early ATX cases.

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Re: Flash AGP Card Help

Posted on 2019-12-10, 17:36

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by The Serpent Rider

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If the BIOS does not have priority options it may halt on AGP card error. Use another board.

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Re: Flash AGP Card Help

Posted on 2019-12-10, 16:23

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by The Serpent Rider

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Use any board which allows to boot from PCI video.

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Re: can I install a Pentium 200 in socket5?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 11:17

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by The Serpent Rider

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Suggestion: Time to upgrade to Socket 7!

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-12-09, 21:21

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by The Serpent Rider

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I recently acquired an ATI Rage 128 VR 8MB and a K6-2 266MHz- maybe I could use those, and overclock the K6-2, Unfortunately, early ATi cards are bad option for AMD K6-2, because they don't support 3DNow! instruction set. You should look for any 3dfx, Nvdia TNT+ or S3 Savage 4. In that priority …

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Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-12-09, 19:46

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by The Serpent Rider

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The K6 FPU is a lot slower than the P6 FPU in the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and Pentium III With 3dfx card, AMD K6-2 400Mhz/66Mhz is more or less on par with Pentium Pro 200Mhz 256Kb or Pentium II 200Mhz.

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Re: I'm a daddy...

Posted on 2019-12-09, 18:56

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by The Serpent Rider

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Observation: The neverending dilemma of meatbags and their genetical half-clones.

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Re: can I install a Pentium 200 in socket5?

Posted on 2019-12-09, 18:36

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by The Serpent Rider

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You can install Pentium 200. Although you need 3x multiplier support.

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Re: Super Socket 7 Win98SE masochism (work in progress)

Posted on 2019-12-09, 13:01

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by The Serpent Rider

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(not bad for a IBM Deskstar from 2002, *knock-on-wood* Well, it's not the infamous "DTLA" lineup.

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