Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration? (FX 5700)

Posted on 2022-12-11, 08:09

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by igna78

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If you search via Google “Via PCI latency bug vogons” you will have to find out, but to simplify I'll give you a summary 😄 I'm not a technician so I apologize in advance if I express myself too simplistically 😉 Substantially, again due to chipset manufacturing and driver development problems, it may …

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration? (FX 5700)

Posted on 2022-12-10, 22:26

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by igna78

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The problems are related to: 1) Via chipset lacking in development and in compliance with standards (is famous PCI latency bug with SoundBlaster Live! cards and if I'm not mistaken Audigy) 2) FX5700 chip of more recent development and release than the previous ones (we're talking about the end of …

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration? (FX 5700)

Posted on 2022-12-10, 21:09

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by igna78

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If you can do a clean install of Win98, then Via drivers and then the suggested nVidia I would tell you that if you are using nVidia 53.04 - use Via 4.56

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration? (FX 5700)

Posted on 2022-12-10, 21:04

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by igna78

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Well, it seems the trouble is worse than lack of VIA drivers.. I've tried via 4-in-1 4.48, 5.08A, 4.43, 4.56 drivers (each of them - an another format to entire drive&fresh Win98SE), failed to enable AGP Texture on FX 5700.. :( By the way, I just replaced that card with Asus Radeon 9250 256 MB AGP …

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration? (FX 5700)

Posted on 2022-12-10, 21:03

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by igna78

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And to make it complete, thanks to Phil's ComputerLab, here is the direct link to download the drivers: Ver. 53.04 https://www.philscomputerlab.com/uploads/3/7/ … ia_9x_53.04.zip Ver. 81.98 https://www.philscomputerlab.com/uploads/3/7/ … ia_9x_81.98.zip

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 20:58

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by igna78

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Here you will find those who have already faced the problems related to the FX5700 chip (interesting thread) 😉 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=79275 But if you don't want to read everything, I tell you that he found the solution (to DirectX and Quake problems) using the Detonator drivers …

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Re: Supported AGP voltage and AGP Texture Acceleration?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 20:46

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by igna78

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Greetings. My mobo is: ASUS P4V800-X and it does not support 3.3V AGP cards. However it seems it does support AGP 4x/8x cards. The manual says "When you buy an AGP card, make sure that you ask for one with +1.5V or +0.8V specs" I got an ASUS V9570/TD 256 MB (GeForce FX 5700) card and I think this …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-11-25, 04:02

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by igna78

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Does the LT have Gravis Ultrasound support? Or is that what the Interwave chip does? Let me answer your question: logically, without the Interwave chip, the Orpheus II card behaves like a "normal" (or rather super-equipped ;-) ) OPL3 sound card with SoundBlaster/SoundBlasterPRO/Windows Sound System …

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Re: ELSA Synergy II -32 PCI: No VGA output - BIOS bit rot?

Posted on 2022-11-22, 07:58

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by igna78

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Hi everyone, This is my first post and I want to share a few details regarding this ELSA Synergy II -32 PCI. ElsaSynergy.jpg Specs: Bus: PCI Chipset: nVidia Riva TNT2 Memory: 32MB SGRAM Core Clock: 125 MHz Memory Clock: 150 MHz Memory Bus Width: 128 bit Symptoms: When the card was plugged in a PCI …

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Re: Iconic Sound Blaster CT numbers

Posted on 2022-11-09, 10:27

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by igna78

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A really nice idea to exhibit, as if it were a painting, the ISA audio evolution of Gravis and Creative 😄

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Re: MS-DOS games using Microsoft 98SE Wavetable Synth

Posted on 2022-11-07, 19:58

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by igna78

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in Marvin \ Sound

Hi, maybe I remember correctly, but the MS Wavetable Synth only works in Windows and not in DOS window. If you run a game in DOS window then you won't get any sound. I hope someone with more experience can say: hey you remembered wrong! ..and that it can then help you solve the problem 🤗

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Re: Roland SC-88 Pro (hopefully) helpful hints

Posted on 2022-10-12, 14:29

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by igna78

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Thank you for thai post. It’s great to have a quick guide to use of compatibility mode of SC-88 😄

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Re: VIA Chipset Issues with SSD and DMA

Posted on 2022-09-28, 22:04

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by igna78

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Thanks! I'll sure read through them. Meanwhile, another crazy discovery. I have two different ssd's with two different adapters. EVO+Gembird and m.2 one. Now on this setup, the m.2 adapter does not use the DMA, but performance is OK-ish (feels like PIO4 or simmilar). I seem to be able to use EVO+ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-28, 21:53

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by igna78

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Got this NOS built-in speakers for 5.25" bay (Stereo with additional small "boom" speaker under the center grid). The seller had several, so I've bought two to use for my PC-collection. Will use one with my 486 machine :-) IMG_20220928_161341 (SVGA).jpg Do I really like these speakers? Could you …

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Re: VIA Chipset Issues with SSD and DMA

Posted on 2022-09-28, 10:39

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by igna78

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Very interesting. 😄 Could you explain in detail (step by step) how you did it? Sorry but I don't have much experience with VIA chipset motherboards. Thank you for your time 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-18, 15:30

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by igna78

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Radical Vision wrote on 2022-09-18, 15:12: So what P2 models are unlocked then.. And if they dont clock much is whatever... Here you can find the answer Quick question about underclocking a Pentium 2 😉

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-18, 23:01

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by igna78

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A stupid question: but will the final cards have that weird shape on the back? ..ehm..but a normal, old-fashioned isa card wouldn't be better? Maybe green? 🤣🤗

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-18, 14:02

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by igna78

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@igna78 the search continues for pcmidi components - I cannot lie though: we have been keeping some tens of pcmidi parts to be used on Orpheus II so it can also exist in the wild... but when another stock is found it will be used for the rest of the cards :) I knew "my PCMidi daughter card for …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-18, 13:08

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by igna78

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Wonderful! I book now for one (I guess it will be starting complete with intelligent MPU). Maybe Orpheus II and the PCMIDI daughterboard for MK8330 come home together (my poor MK8330 card feels bare without it ;-) My birthday is in September, are you thinking of getting me a present? :-) (i.e. being …

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-02, 18:47

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by igna78

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Thanks for existing Vogons and thanks to all of you guys for what you do, advice, projects, help you give. Thanks everyone, thanks Vogons 🎁🎊🎉 Grazie tante Vogons! 🇮🇹

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