Re: Pentium 66 MHz vs 75 MHz shoot out (on a level field)
Posted on 2020-02-04, 13:17
There's no 3x multiplier. So such comparison can be only done with 100Mhz Pentium.
Re: Pentium 66 MHz vs 75 MHz shoot out (on a level field)
Posted on 2020-02-04, 12:45
Ahem, 50 Mhz bus has 2/3 divider for PCI. Intel weren't that dumb. As for the bus difference itself, early Pentiums had quite anemic performance, which couldn't use its at full potential anyway. That's why Pentium Overdrive for Socket 3 doesn't feel as complete outsider, compared to P66 or P75, even …
Re: Upgrading Socket 4 L2 cache to 2048k (ECS SI5PI MB)
Posted on 2020-02-04, 10:34
A little know fact is that burst cache wasn't actually invention of the Intel Triton chipset. 430LX/NX as well as SiS 801 do support burst SRAMs too It's probably doesn't matter without COAST module slot.
Re: Memtest86+: does it also test cache memory?
Posted on 2020-02-04, 08:29
Just use Prime95.
Re: Upgrading Socket 4 L2 cache to 2048k (ECS SI5PI MB)
Posted on 2020-02-04, 00:24
In Triton era Intel experimented with cache-less EDO RAM designs, but it wasn't working. Well, good ol' Triton can perform slower with async L2 cache enabled in some tests.
Re: Does Pentium Pro need a heatsink + cooler.
Posted on 2020-02-04, 00:15
Technically it's just better to obtain the cheapest option with the socket clip included and mount some decent Socket 370/Socket A cooler instead.
Re: Upgrading Socket 4 L2 cache to 2048k (ECS SI5PI MB)
Posted on 2020-02-03, 22:42
Asynchronous cache does not benefit the Pentium significantly, because the difference between L2 cache and RAM performance is small. 66 Mhz bus and 64-bit memory access are made it somewhat redundant. The only DOS app showing some improvement over 1024k is Quake (20.1fps vs 19.8fps) How much it …
Re: Help with an older motherboard ABit BE6 rev. 1.0A
Posted on 2020-02-03, 20:20
There is no way to overclock a Pentium3 733/fsb 133 to 1.000 Mhz. It's possible to achieve on select few boards with i815EP/i815EPT chipset. Regardless of what is said of what can and can’t be done, I will try to overclock it anyway, for science. Ultimately I’m happy with it running at 733MHz. The …
Re: HP branded Matrox Millennium II ?
Posted on 2020-02-03, 20:10
Those are not HP manufactured cards, they were just sold by Matrox specifically to HP as OEM spare parts (upgrade, customer warranty, etc). I think, only Compaq did their own Matrox cards of that era. Then again, maybe they had a contract with Matrox to manufacture Compaq branded cards for them.
Re: Which Voodoo with Matrox Millenium II and PPro 200 ?
Posted on 2020-02-03, 20:04
Depends on your wallet and availability. Voodoo 1 is more cheap option (usually), but performance is not optimal for a Pentium Pro system.
Re: 6800XT AGP VS. 5900XT AGP
Posted on 2020-02-03, 12:59
NV15, NV20, NV25, NV28, NV30, NV35 and NV38 have 4 pixel pipelines with 2 TMUs on each pipeline
Re: AGP vs PCIe
Posted on 2020-02-03, 12:57
PCI-E works just fine in win9x, no additional drivers required. It's more or less like PCI on steroids.
Re: Sorting out memory issues on AthlonXP
Posted on 2020-02-02, 21:26
I assumed extra bandwith of Dual channel would be useful if you run DDR in asynchronous mode Nforce 2 chipset is not optimized for async mode, so it doesn't really matter if dual channel can fully saturate FSB bandwidth.
Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures
Posted on 2020-02-02, 18:51
There was one discussion about GeForce 2 and Matrox G400 image quality, which mentioned Homeworld. Apparently the colors are off on a hardware without palettized texture support. Unfortunately the video is down.
Re: Pci cards roundup on dos
Posted on 2020-02-02, 18:39
Trident 9440 series is horrible. It's more or less fine as VLB card for a 486 system (CPU is too weak anyway in most cases), but PCI version does not scale gracefully.
Re: Matrox 2064W-R3 Millenium 1 Jazz no scrolling problem ?
Posted on 2020-02-01, 17:51
I have this card and it has at least one bug with the Build engine. Visplanes (ceiling, floors) are bugged on high resolution (1280x1024, 1600x1200). I think Millenium 1, 4MB(1996) is a lot better than my so praised S3Trio64V+ 1-2MB(1996). It's more appopriate to compare it with S3 Trio64V2/DX with …
Re: Hardware museum website and YouTube channel
Posted on 2020-02-01, 09:31
and since most of my games are Steam-based That's not a problem, DRM can be disabled.
Re: Hardware museum website and YouTube channel
Posted on 2020-02-01, 04:06
I agree GF7 win7 drivers are not perfect, but neither is Catalyst 10.2 legacy Then why not use Windows XP with more appropriate drivers?
Re: My collection of Late-era AGP cards
Posted on 2020-02-01, 03:47
What is extremely rare? How many were manufactured? The card itself is not rare , because normal FX5800 and FX5800 Ultra are identical. Not to mention Quadro FX 1000 and 2000 variations, which are still commonly sold one ebay. Everyone are going crazy for the infamous cooler and authentic Ultra …
Re: Until what date is a pc with ISA bus needed?
Posted on 2020-02-01, 03:31
The gap between the power of the 5x86 160 and the CPU required in 1996 shouldn't be huge, but I don't have much experience to say this. There's a very huge gap with highres VESA modes.
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