Re: nGlide 3dfx wrapper performance hit

Posted on 2022-09-07, 14:44

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akula65 wrote on 2022-09-07, 13:55: Actually, there are D3D and OpenGL rasterizers available from Papyrus: oh cheers, thanks for that... do u know if there is a chance that they could also work with papyrus's indycar2 and nascar2?

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nGlide 3dfx wrapper performance hit

Posted on 2022-09-07, 12:53

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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hi guys, im looking to run a few racing games (that only support glide) on a retro machine but without a voodoo card.. i have a p933 with an nvidia fx5000 series card... think it is the 5500... im wondering how much of a performance hit the wrapper takes on the system.. eg ... i want to play Grand …

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need help to id some cards

Posted on 2022-09-06, 08:46

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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can anyone help id these cards ... i asked the seller for info on his pci cards but he didnt know much but did send me these pics

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Re: blank screen, no post .. another dead board

Posted on 2022-09-02, 13:57

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-09-02, 13:46: yes, anyone with dead "it" should be really happy now 😀 if the "it" is their it, and it fixes the it then they will be very happy their it now works as good as my it does.. ("it" is a nice word)

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Re: blank screen, no post .. another dead board

Posted on 2022-09-02, 13:26

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guys EXCITING news... it came to life today... i took everything off the MB and just put back the CPU and video card and just the power button lead... no RAM or anything else... when i powered it on it gave 1-3-3-1 beeps.. so that means its not totally dead.. i then put 1 stick of 64mb pc133 RAM in …

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Re: P2/3 cpu identifying wrongly.. way wrong speeds and hangs

Posted on 2022-09-01, 17:41

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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oops ... yeah GA-686LX ... thats the one.. the gigabyte site has an updated bios available (dated 2001) which is 4 years newer than the 1997 bios that is on it at the moment... worth a try, whats the worst that could happen 😉

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Re: P2/3 cpu identifying wrongly.. way wrong speeds and hangs

Posted on 2022-09-01, 16:51

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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gigabyte GA-696LX internet doesnt know what that is bios-patcher should fix p3 identification internet??? MB im guessing u meant :) ohh a bios update... yep makes sense ... thing is ... thats scary... last time i did that was back in the early 00's... killed my $400 video card.. the only other …

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Re: blank screen, no post .. another dead board

Posted on 2022-09-01, 16:47

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What a weird post. "I bought a vintage car and it doesnt start! At first it was cranking but now there is no reaction. I think its a common problem". What exactly were your expectations when posting this? :) I was kind of hoping someone might have a success story where they actually got theirs …

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Re: ebay enters the ashbin of history

Posted on 2022-09-01, 16:18

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i went to list something a few months ago and when i got to the end and about to list it had a charge... there shouldnt have been a listing fee but there was for some reason... so i sent a msg and got a reply that it was just a "glitch" and if i send another msg after the sale they will refund the …

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blank screen, no post .. another dead board

Posted on 2022-09-01, 15:47

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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so i bought a bx board the other week... got round to testing it tonight.. well it wont show anything on the video card... just stays blank ... no beeps... nothing ... it would turn the power supply fan on (for a bit, now it wont even do that).. yes i pulled all the cards out, ram, reseated, tried …

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P2/3 cpu identifying wrongly.. way wrong speeds and hangs

Posted on 2022-09-01, 14:17

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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hi there, ive got a gigabyte GA-696LX rev 1D motherboard here and various p2/p3 cpus im trying out in it.. i have only just started testing this board.. but it posts and seems ok.. when i put a 350 p2 in it it shows as a 233 ... that is good and to be expected.. the board had jumpers set to 266 (4x) …

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Re: The Wrapper Collection Project

Posted on 2022-08-29, 17:50

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Deffnator wrote on 2021-08-14, 00:22: Was there any progress on Emulating Rendition video cards? Those would be really handy for Papyrus games and vQuake emulation. yes id really like to know this too , be great to be able to play indycar racing II / cart racing at its highest visual quality

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Re: Finding my first build specs- what board was it.. (clues inside)

Posted on 2022-08-27, 14:02

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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a bit more research... ive found this one.. and the model number sounds familiar ECS P5SJ-B anyone got one for sale?

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Re: Finding my first build specs- what board was it.. (clues inside)

Posted on 2022-08-27, 08:30

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this pic is shown under the PC CHIPS https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/pcchips-m571-v3.2-a .... but it is an A PM9100... it really seems to fit the bill.. the user manual for the M571 also shows 4.5x jumpers which is the max i could go on the K6-2 450 (4.5x 83 = 375).. and it shows the Sis …

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Re: Finding my first build specs- what board was it.. (clues inside)

Posted on 2022-08-27, 08:09

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yeah, i dont think it was the PC chips board as that name just doesnt ring a bell, though it does visually look like it ... pretty sure it didnt have a graphical bios... was likely AWARD bios.. could have been the Amptron PM-8500... though i seem to remember the chipset chips having a different logo …

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Finding my first build specs- what board was it.. (clues inside)

Posted on 2022-08-27, 05:39

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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this is back in 1998 (i think) my first "upgrade" i did .. i cant remember the make or model of the MB... all i know was that it was CHEAP!... i fitted a cyrix MII Pr266(or 300)..and then put in a AMD K62 450 (running at 375MHZ - 83MHZ fsb) the board had (heres the clues that i remember) - SD ram …

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Re: P2 350 cpu into a LX 66mhz board.. voltages safe?

Posted on 2022-08-21, 02:17

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thx guys thats super helpful... now i can put it all together and see if it will POST..

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Re: P2 350 cpu into a LX 66mhz board.. voltages safe?

Posted on 2022-08-20, 08:36

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Ydee ... the board is a GA-686LX rev. 1D... i havent had it running yet so am note sure what the bios will give me access to.. im thinking that being that the board is a later revision it will probably have support for the later 2.0V 66MHz bus P2's... would the vreg be the rc5041m raytheon (near the …

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Re: P2 350 cpu into a LX 66mhz board.. voltages safe?

Posted on 2022-08-20, 08:33

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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Ydee ... the board is a GA-686LX rev. 1D... i havent had it running yet so am note sure what the bios will give me access to.. im thinking that being that the board is a later revision it will probably have support for the later 2.0V 66MHz bus P2's... would the vreg be the rc5041m raytheon (near the …

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Re: P2 350 cpu into a LX 66mhz board.. voltages safe?

Posted on 2022-08-20, 06:14

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by kennyPENTIUMpowers

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You'll probably be fine, but it's best to to check the specs of the VRM chip, it'll be a small chip near the caps and mosfets near your CPU socket. If it can supply 2.0v, it'll do so if the CPU asks for that. hi had a look on the board and find 2 voltage regs near where you said NEC k2941 and …

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