Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-09, 11:47

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I'm curious if the percent gain is reduced at resolutions of 1024x768 or greater. For the most part is doesn't (see Incoming). Quake 2 fps didn't change at all. I didn't tested it, but Quake 3 fps will probably drop slightly, due to scenes heavy on fillrate (alpha textures). Then again, with proper …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-08, 22:37

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Penium Pro 233Mhz 256Kb cache 80Mb RAM EDO Intel VS440FX 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 PCI with official driver 1.07.00 WHQL Windows 98 SE (no additional updates) DirectX 7.0a =========================================================================== Windows: Quake 2 v3.20 OpenGL ICD (without Vsync, 640x480 …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-12-08, 20:43

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And so I've decided to investigate further and to compare Riva TNT2 PCI on two different driver versions: 28.32 and 5.32. The goal is to see how much driver overhead much older version will allow to reduce. Riva TNT2 PCI is a very weak card, with core and memory clocks rated at 125/150. So all tests …

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Re: Voodoo graphics mod 4 to 8mb

Posted on 2019-12-08, 17:16

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800x600 resolution, yo Try to downclock Voodoo 2 to 50Mhz and you will see how miserably it struggles to run many games at 800x600. While it's unknown how much Voodoo 2 is better on clock-for-clock basis (without multitexturing), it's safe to assume that Voodoo 1 would be at least slightly worse.

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Re: Creative Labs CT6710 NVidia Riva TNT vertical bars

Posted on 2019-12-08, 11:42

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Tantalum in an odd package. That's tantalum in a "modern" package.

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Re: Voodoo graphics mod 4 to 8mb

Posted on 2019-12-08, 11:37

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While adding more texture memory certainly has some benefit, I doubt that adding more frame buffer memory will help in any significant way.

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Re: Creative Labs CT6710 NVidia Riva TNT vertical bars

Posted on 2019-12-08, 08:41

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Don't expect great picture quality from Riva TNT.

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Re: Decent Cooling for Socket 462/A

Posted on 2019-12-07, 10:57

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Titan CU5TB

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2019-12-06, 15:53

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I think driver version is important too. New drivers are more bloated.

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Re: Tron: Evolution SecuROM DRM expiration

Posted on 2019-12-06, 01:04

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He is annoying as fuck and gets obsessively hung up on things You know that he does this on purpose, right?

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-05, 15:10

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Can't decide between those two Depends. Intel still has Management Engine, which some find bothersome.

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-05, 13:12

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From what I have read, what the 386 cannot do but which can do the 286 are very specific things, but which are of interest to a close circle of enthusiasts. Pretty much that. Personally, I chose not to mess with 286 or something lower. Since you can emulate 286 experience on 386DX just by switching …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2019-12-04, 22:24

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This applies to digital games, but I don't see why physical copies of games sold with a Steam activation key wouldn't also be covered. It won't work this easy. For that to work, the original owner must have capabilities to deactivate retail (CD key) games from an account, similar to Windows retail …

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 22:06

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by The Serpent Rider

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SMP is not the same thing.

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 21:34

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It's optimised for multicore support benchmark though. GPU driver is also optimised.

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Re: Tron: Evolution SecuROM DRM expiration

Posted on 2019-12-04, 21:25

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Damn you EULAs and the people who write them Actually, Steam are selling goods mostly, regardless of what their own or third-party EULA claims. EULA can't overwrite the law.

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 21:07

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by The Serpent Rider

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For example in my tests stock C2D E6300 (1.86 GHz) is 35% faster than 4.8 GHz P4 651. I think it's not that bad. And, In all fairness, it needs to be compared to 2M cache Conroe.

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Re: VIA C3 and ASUS CU4VX

Posted on 2019-12-04, 20:58

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by The Serpent Rider

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There were few threads on Vogons dedicated to C3 benchmarks and performance.

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-04, 10:39

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by The Serpent Rider

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Spectre and Meltdown fiasco showed that Intel had very questionable engineering all this time, which finally bited them in the ass. That and the continuing struggles with 10nm process are major blow to their market domination.

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 08:14

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Cedar Mill can achieve 5Ghz though.

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