Re: Found an online store with multiple VLB ATI Mach64 cards (pricey)
Posted on 2020-01-24, 18:46
Funny thing is there is1 company that makes new “vintage” graphics cards for about that price. New VLB cards?
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2020-01-24, 18:39
BTW does anyone have dedicated win9x driver for this card?
Re: Intel 430HX and >64M cacheable RAM
Posted on 2020-01-24, 15:49
if you google for GA-586HX images, you may see several boards that have such chips plugged into the second tag socket. Revision probably matters. Or maybe it's early BIOS version bug.
Re: Questions about VLB video ram ?
Posted on 2020-01-24, 15:40
found a while ago some 4Mb Elpida chips rated for 25ns/100MHz from ebay. While overkill in speed, they work perfectly with my VLB and PCI video cards, that take such memory. EDO chips won't work on old VLB cards.
Re: Intel 430HX and >64M cacheable RAM
Posted on 2020-01-24, 12:55
I think additional TAG must match size of the one which is soldered on board. 256Kb COAST modules TAG usually won't match.
Re: Can't get L2 cache work in UM486V motherboard when am5x86 CPU is inserted
Posted on 2020-01-24, 12:45
I managed to get my Am5x86 running at 150mhz using 3 x 50mhz. So this somewhat compensates for the lack of L2 Am5x86 150-160Mhz without L2 cache is more or less equal to 120Mhz 486DX4 with L2 cache.
Re: A few thoughts on life, the universe and everything
Posted on 2020-01-24, 05:33
It's all about the Pentiums, baby.
Re: Found an online store with multiple VLB ATI Mach64 cards (pricey)
Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:07
Rare and supposedly very fast (64-bit memory access). Latter is wasted on 486 anyway, due to poor CPU performance. P.S. Aaaand it's gone. Someone was really looking forward to pimp their 486 VLB system.
Re: Intel 430HX and >64M cacheable RAM
Posted on 2020-01-24, 02:51
According to the manual, you need to install additional SRAM to cache 512Mb. And yeah, 16kx8 chips only (15ns or better).
Re: Socket 3 vs Socket 4 build
Posted on 2020-01-23, 20:01
why would you want a GUS playing GUS is overrated, yes.
Re: Dual Slot 1/Socket 7
Posted on 2020-01-23, 19:57
Re: Visual difference between Glide & Direct3D in W9X era games
Posted on 2020-01-23, 17:40
Just to be clear. Cards without multitexturing do not render additional sky layers. For example the moon/planet is missing on the first shot. Additional layers are present in the software renderer.
Re: Socket 3 vs Socket 4 build
Posted on 2020-01-23, 15:42
I don't know if I should make a separated topic about this or not but, what was the common capacity of an HDD in 1993/1994 and 1995/1996? Just buy 512Mb-1Gb IDE DOM or use CF card via adapter.
Re: Visual difference between Glide & Direct3D in W9X era games
Posted on 2020-01-23, 15:00
The reason is: I recall textures looking quite different up close and being rather disappointed when my new PC back in 1999 came with a TNT2 where games actually looked worse because up close textures were a blurry mess whereas the Voodoo applied some kind of detailed texture up close. Just use …
Re: About Voodoo 2 pass through cable
Posted on 2020-01-23, 14:44
I am looking for a more definite solution If it's not CRT or cheap and old LCD, your solution is to connect your video card and Voodoo into separate inputs.
Re: Radeon 9600SE not working?
Posted on 2020-01-23, 14:33
IT'S DEAD, JIM.
Re: About Voodoo 2 pass through cable
Posted on 2020-01-23, 12:46
You don't need pass through cable. It's a convenience, not a necessity. Just reconnect VGA cable after launching a game or connect Voodoo to a separate input on your monitor.
Re: IWILL P54TS oddities
Posted on 2020-01-23, 11:34
And so I've switched to pipeline burst cache (COAST module). SpeedSys results: L2 cache ON (Pipeline Burst) 430FX L2 cache Pipeline Burst.gif And other benchmarks: L2 cache ON (Pipeline Burst) 3Dbench 1.0c - 123.3 fps Doom - 1174 realticks / 63.6 fps PCPlayer 320x480 - 36.7 fps PCPlayer 640x480 - 16 …
Re: The World's Fastest 486
Posted on 2020-01-23, 10:10
VLB, Not PCI. M912 Is this “Symphony” chipset any good ? Nothing spectacular. Also SIMM30, which is a pain.
Re: The World's Fastest 486
Posted on 2020-01-22, 23:49
Probably PCCHIPS M912 Rev 1.7, the one without fake cache soldered on.
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