Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2020-02-08, 19:47

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by aaronkatrini

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Hi, this the link to the Driver I use: https://www.3dfxzone.it/download/?object=3dfx&objid=392 Make sure to Uninstall the old and reboot after installing the new, after that reboot again. I don't see no artifacts, but the benchmark score is very low (~400). I get around 2300-2500 with a Duron 700 or …

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2020-02-08, 17:32

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by aaronkatrini

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I personally use AmigaMerlin 2.5 SE for the V3 in WinXP. To me it is very stable and offers great performance. Can you please check under WinXP with said driver while giving a go at 3Dmark 2000? I find this setup to be a fastest and easy way to find if a card is faulty or not. Let us know... 😀

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Re: 2D speed of graphic card ?

Posted on 2020-02-07, 16:15

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by aaronkatrini

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According to Toms2D benchmark, the 9xxx series of cards do pretty well. Maybe a cheap Radeon 9250 could be perfect for what you're looking. From the cards you listed, the V3 3000 should be the fastest being the newer card. However, the 3dfx cards are known for better used for 3D... What games are …

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Re: Help me find a FAN for the Voodoo 4 4500 :)

Posted on 2020-02-07, 15:04

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by aaronkatrini

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@Doornkaat, that Datasheet link was a sweet touch, thank you!!!

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Re: Help me find a FAN for the Voodoo 4 4500 :)

Posted on 2020-02-07, 14:28

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by aaronkatrini

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Thank you all for your suggestions, I'm very happy to see there is many choices! I managed to test the card, and apparently it isn't completely dead!! :D I got a small heatsink and I put just a little bit of thermal paste and kept my finger so it wouldn't fall. It manages to boot into the OS in 4- …

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Help me find a FAN for the Voodoo 4 4500 :)

Posted on 2020-02-06, 21:09

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by aaronkatrini

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Hi all, I recently managed to buy a V4 for 25 euro on ebay because wrongly advertised as a Banshee. Here is the photo from the Listing: https://imgur.com/UndYRCx So yeah, it doesn't come with a Heatsink and a Fan. I don't know the story of this card, 99% it doesn't work, but there is this slight …

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Re: I think it's time to include first gen phenom

Posted on 2020-02-06, 15:13

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by aaronkatrini

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Growing up with the Phenom as a high end solution, makes me feel old reading this thread, but I think it's fair now. As per browsing, Chrome is known for chugging Ram, but Firefox does the same with Cpu. I recommend Vivaldi as an alternative for not powerful enough systems running Win 10.

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-04, 11:38

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by aaronkatrini

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so I found the photo of the photo of the S3... https://imgur.com/a/AwDcFrm It is the VESA Digital Flat Panel, Doornkaat was correct! :) And the description on wikipedia of the connector seems to match what I remembered : "DFP was superseded by DVI because of a low maximum resolution of 1280 × 1024" …

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-04, 11:25

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by aaronkatrini

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unfortunately was not working and I sent for recycling ... oh silly me I remember there was also a S3 card with this connector, maybe I could find a photo of that one... I will be updating soon

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-04, 09:57

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by aaronkatrini

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Oh no, The connector is more "square"... Very similar to the one Op showed

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-04, 07:49

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by aaronkatrini

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Nope unfortunately, I feel so bad for not remembering its name. It could go up to a resolution that had the 1024 number, so I guess up to 1280x1024 or 1024x786... The quest finding that connector name continues...

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-03, 22:06

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by aaronkatrini

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Fair enough. But what was the name of that weird digital connector, that was launched just before Dvi, but could only do up to certain resolutions, but then got discontinued when Dvi came out. I don't remember its name, and the connector was similar if not identical to the one Op showed. I had an …

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Re: Help identify vid capture breakout cable

Posted on 2020-02-03, 10:40

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by aaronkatrini

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I might be mistaken, but that doesnt seem an Ati cable. It was called something else... Early Digital signal, just before Dvi came out...? I had a Fx5200 with that connector, or a similar one, don't quite remember, I need to check 😀

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Re: Really small SDCards

Posted on 2020-02-03, 10:38

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by aaronkatrini

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I've seen 16, 32 and 64 Mb SD cards! They can be found inside old Cameras. Go to a local flea market and look inside early 2000 cameras, you'll find many of them.

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Re: Help needed with repairing missing capacitor on SiS6326 PCI video card

Posted on 2020-01-31, 09:44

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by aaronkatrini

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I'm no expert, but my opinion would be to desolder the CB14 and measure its capacitance and find another Smd Cap with the same value to put on the CB15.

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Re: Compaq Pentium 166

Posted on 2020-01-30, 15:39

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by aaronkatrini

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Win98 doesn't support natively drives bigger than 30gb, some hdd have a jumper to limit the capacity just so it can be recognized by the Win98 system. About the sound card. Yeah, first try out what you already have, but personally I'd go for a cheap Vibra 16 Isa, it should fit what you're after. …

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Re: For P1 MMX: s3(1996) or Matrox(1997) ?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 21:36

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by aaronkatrini

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The question is why are you comparing these two cards? If you have both, try them and then decide what works best for you. If you're looking for purchase advice then you should consider other cards aswell. 😀

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Re: SIS chipset? What are your experiences?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 07:05

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by aaronkatrini

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I had a SiS mAtx motherboard that was stable. But even though it had universal Agp, some agp revisions didn't work. I also flashed the latest bios to no avail. It didn't worked with my V3 after installing the driver of the video card. Just blank screen after the reboot. I prefer Via Universal Agp …

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Re: Need to Identify type of mainboard (MSI MS6119) for correct Bios

Posted on 2020-01-27, 12:28

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by aaronkatrini

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I think I had this exact motherboard some time ago, I just sold it on amibay last month. It is an awesome motherboard! Congratulations :) I remember I wanted to put a 80Gb Hdd on it and I remember updating the BIOS with that version that says "Support IDE HDD size over 65GB" So it would be "Version …

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Re: HMC ISA Video Card doesn't go past through the Bios Splash-Screen, Ideas?

Posted on 2020-01-26, 12:38

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by aaronkatrini

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Searching by FCCID I found this listing on eBay: I7USVGA 86304 16 bit USA 512KB HMC HM86304 SVGA Video Graphics card Apparently this guy has more or less the same card, and the jumpers are configured in the same way as my card. And he is getting the same VGA Bios Splash-Screen, so it is nearly …

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