Re: Performance of a P3-s 1.4 GHz & GeForce 4 Ti 4400 combo

Posted on 2021-12-20, 09:13

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Zaza le Nounours wrote on 2021-12-19, 13:38: ... Benchmarks also seem a bit disappointing : I get ~9800 in 3Dmark 2000 and ~8500 in 3Dmark 2001. ... My P3-S 1400 hits ~7900 in 3Dmark 2001 with a GF4 Ti 4200 and ~8900 with a Ti 4600. So your machine reaching 8500 seems perfectly fine.

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Re: What's the dumbest retro mistake you've made?

Posted on 2021-11-30, 14:24

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Besides the obvious "throwing out old stuff and regretting it later", I once connected an AT PSU to a Socket 7 motherboard the wrong way round (P8 to P9 and vice versa) because I was in a hurry and didn't pay attention. Bang goes the tantalum cap, quite spectacular. Luckily after replacing the cap, …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2021-11-22, 09:10

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That 3DMark seems under half what it should be, I was getting better than that on Socket A. Unless FX5950 really does suck that bad on DX8, I'd have been running a Gf4200 at somewhere near 4600 clocks. Edit: dang "nature" particularly slaughtered it, I was in the 30s with a GF3 Well, in a …

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Re: Terrible 3Dmark2001 scores on P3-S 1400 system

Posted on 2021-11-17, 14:47

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I have now ruled out Win2k, the Promise SATA controller and the Audigy2 sound card as possible problem sources. I removed both cards and booted the computer using a Live-CD of Win XP (Hirens Boot CD) and ran SuperPI, which gave the same lousy results (just under 4 Minutes for calculating 1M). Will …

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Re: Terrible 3Dmark2001 scores on P3-S 1400 system

Posted on 2021-11-11, 21:14

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No additional USB controller card, but for the HDD I am using a Promise SATA 300 TX2plus controller. Haven't had any issues with these in the past, though. But I might try hooking up the disk to the IDE controller using a simple SATA to IDE converter and see if it makes any difference.

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Re: Terrible 3Dmark2001 scores on P3-S 1400 system

Posted on 2021-11-11, 19:09

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What FSB is the system running at? It's humming along nicely at 133 * 10.5 = 1400 MHz. Verified with WCPUID and Everest. I get around 8150 points in that benchmark on windows 98SE. Used detonators 44.03 and VIA 694T mainbord. Can you run 3DMark'99 and tell me how many CPU points you get? I noticed …

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Re: Terrible 3Dmark2001 scores on P3-S 1400 system

Posted on 2021-11-11, 11:01

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Good hint. I checked CPU and Memory scores with PCMark2002. CPU Score ~2100 (should be in the 4400 range) Mem Score ~1350 (should be around 2700) So CPU and memory performance is also about half of what it should be. Edit: Super PI v1.1 1M even worse: 3m 55s (should be around 1m 45s)

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Terrible 3Dmark2001 scores on P3-S 1400 system

Posted on 2021-11-11, 10:01

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Hi guys, I am currently putting together a new P3-S Tualatin system. Mainboard is a Fujitsu Siemens D1219 (i815E chipset), 512 MB RAM, Windows 2000. Problem: Terrible 3D performance with different video cards. I have other systems with similar configurations so I can compare. GeForce 4 Ti4200 --> …

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Re: OpenSource project PyInventory -> Web based management to catalog things including state and location etc. using Pyt

Posted on 2021-11-02, 10:28

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Good to see that this is still under active development! I tried to set pyInventory up on my own VPS with Docker in production mode. My config is a bit different because I am using Traefik as a reverse proxy and therefore kicked Caddy out. I managed to get everything up and running (django container …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-31, 11:12

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Great find, congrats! Afaik there are no drivers that work reliably for Win2k or Win XP, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. I have one of these cards in my collection as well. A bit of a glutton for dual-chip VGA / GPUs - no matter how much they struggled at the time. There’s something haphazard …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-29, 11:29

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Just to get back on topic: I found some goodies on the local classifieds that are still on their way to me. - Two Fujitsu-Siemens D1215 motherboards, which is the mATX variant of the D1219 Tualatin-capable S370 board. - GeForce 7950GT AGP ( might be defective according to the seller, but lets hope …

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Re: Wanna build a Windows 98 gaming PC, but could use some pointers

Posted on 2021-10-20, 06:49

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Thanks for the tips. I came across an AWE64 gold CT4390, is that any good? It looks all shiny and stuff. Great card, but usually extremely overpriced these days. They often fetch >100€ or even 150€ on eBay, personally I wouldn't spend more than 50€ on one. I have two of them, got them both for much …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-10-11, 18:59

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Working on my “Home Theater Media Center NAS” computers. I have two 5,1 Mac Pro’s I have loaded with large hard drives and SSDs I added Wifi cards and upgraded the CPU’s to Dual Six-core Xeon x5675’s @ 3.0-to-3.4ghz For a total of 12-cores and 24-threads each. It only costs $50 for a pair of x5675 …

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Re: Tulip TC-44: BIOS Updates + Jumper Settings ?!?

Posted on 2021-10-07, 07:10

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added: the Tulip Vision Line dt 5/120 does not have a Reset button but the pins for it may be there... Exactly, there is no Reset button on the front panel so I'd stop looking for the pin... The PWR/HDD indicator on the Tulip is a bi-color LED (green and orange). There are different types of those: …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-06, 11:38

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In the past weeks I managed to get my hand on not only one, but two Radeon HD4870X2 cards with the somewhat rare Arctic Cooling aftermarket cooler. Haven't tested them yet, though. Now I need to get a Crossfire-capable motherboard and a 1000W power supply. Any recommendations on motherboard/CPU …

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Re: Tulip TC-44: BIOS Updates + Jumper Settings ?!?

Posted on 2021-10-06, 11:30

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I have a Vision Line dt 5/120 under my desk, so I could probably determine the pinout of the J11 connector with a multimeter, but since my free time is very limited at the moment, you'd probably be faster with trial-and-error.

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Re: Anyone recommend a good slot 1 mobo for a Pentium 2 cpu?

Posted on 2021-10-01, 06:51

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I'd say go with anything with a 440BX chipset, look for AGP, ISA and maybe SB-LINK connector. THG did a massive review of such boards in 1998 which can still be found here: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/review-slot-1-motherboards-intel-440bx-chipset,67.html On the last page the recommended …

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Re: Is the 440BX chipset compatible with registered ECC memory?

Posted on 2021-09-09, 12:03

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I don't have any first-hand experience with reg. ECC on 440BX, but here is an extensive guide that might answer some of your questions: https://web.archive.org/web/20180103032407/ht … ram_bx_faq.html

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Re: Anyone ever paint their cases back in the day?

Posted on 2021-08-09, 06:34

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In ca. 2002 when case modding took off, I had the side and top panel of my beige box cut with a laser cutter (a friend's dad had access to one at work). I then painted both of them black and threw in two blue cold cathode tubes. I can dig out photos some time, but I even still have that case. Of …

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Re: The Flying Dutchman: Tulip Vision Line dt 5/120 (upgraded)

Posted on 2021-07-12, 18:58

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That's a beauty, thank you for sharing! I am glad that one more of these nice little machines has found its way to a collector instead of the recycler.

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