Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-16, 08:34

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by Garrett W

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Nice thread and video capture, I'm impressed that this was captured directly with a phone! I have a Nehemiah 1.2 on an Advance 10T board (Apollo Pro133T based) that I run at 1.46GHz and it's plenty fast for my Voodoo5 in there, probably slightly faster than a Pentium III 733. Tempted to compare it …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-16, 08:24

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by Garrett W

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A k62/3+ Or k63 cpu should allow caching up to the max supported ram by the chipset. But no other socket 5/7 cpu can offer this That is true, thanks to those CPUs having on-die L2 cache. It surprises me that the chipset can only address 128mb. Which means that 2x128mb simms wouldn’t work. But makes …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-02-15, 18:59

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by Garrett W

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Remember that the i430VX has a max cacheable range of 64MB so it's pointless to go beyond that. It's slower actually. I am still a bit confused, because the above mentioned manual referres to 128MB onboard memory, whatever that is worth ... .. but anyway, I've just bought 2x 32MB for this board. …

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-02-14, 14:12

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by Garrett W

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Agreed with Bloodem, it should be safe to do so, especially for something short such as some benchmarking. Your call obviously, happy that you decided to join in the first place!

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Re: Pentium MMX 233 aiming for the stars!

Posted on 2022-02-14, 12:21

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by Garrett W

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OK Yes this is total cheating, but I bet a few were wondering. Motherboard is Epox EP-MVP3G5. I think it's still fair game. Thanks for the tests, they paint a nice picture on what's going on here. I presume 3x100 was unstable eh? Considering this PCI variant of the AGP8x version of MX440 probably …

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Re: Just had to share. Windows 10 on flopies.

Posted on 2022-02-13, 08:32

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Went ahead and pulled the trigger on this one lads Filename g0Zgf6q.jpg File size 90.97 KiB Views 782 views

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-02-12, 21:19

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by Garrett W

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I suspect that it's not something that PowerStrip does, but rather a driver option or registry entry that is not exposed as an option in the control panel for the card. PowerStrip detects it and then presents it as an option. I also suspect that it's probably some kind of faux emulation of the …

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Re: Pentium mmx 233 aiming for the stars

Posted on 2022-02-11, 21:22

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by Garrett W

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Here's mine: MMX 233 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee PCI OEM 430TX based board 64MB RAM Win95 OSR2.5 3DMark2000 - 640x480 16bit - 436 3Dmarks I might give it a go at 1024x768 just to see that Banshee way out of its league. I have a GeForce4 MX440 PCI that will really help out in this situation with TnL, but …

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Re: Which video card for Quake 2? (1997-era 3D accelerators; Canopus Pure3D?)

Posted on 2022-02-07, 07:52

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by Garrett W

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Pretty much what leileilol said. The Canopus Pure 3D card you mentioned also came as a 6MB version instead of the standard 4MB (or perhaps it was released solely as a 6MB? I forget.), which performed a bit better and allowed for higher resolution textures. In any case, none of the 1997 cards perform …

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Re: FF7 FFVII + AMD K62 + Voodoo 2 = CRASH after every battle

Posted on 2022-02-01, 19:17

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by Garrett W

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I'd try an older driver for the Voodoo2 perhaps. Which one are you using right now? Also, what is the rest of your system consisted of? One more thing, if you are running the K6-2 at 266MHz, it is barely, if any, faster than an Pentium MMX 233. K6-2 450 offers nowhere near the performance of the PII …

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Re: What year did Dual Core become inadequate for PC Gaming?

Posted on 2022-02-01, 14:44

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by Garrett W

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To answer your question on a dual-core PC for 2005-2009, grab an E8400 and never look back. It's very cheap, plenty fast (it was the go-to gaming CPU back in 2008-2009) and doesn't consume a whole lot of power and overclocks like a dream. Pair it with a decent P35 or P45 board and you're good to go. …

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Anyone here own an Aladdin 7 based board?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 14:47

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by Garrett W

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I was reminded of a thread on Beyond3D a while back where we were taking a look at the Aladdin 7 chipset. It is unclear to me if any boards sporting this chipset ever reached retail or if it only gained very limited ground in specific OEM solutions. So what's all the fuss about? This wasn't your …

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 13:17

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by Garrett W

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Honestly, if you are running anything that really benefits from more than 64MB RAM, then you're likely in need of a faster processor and system anyway. It sounds limiting, but even Win98SE is alright with 64MB. You have to realize that we are no longer using these systems as we would have back in …

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Re: Quake 2 OpenGL super low FPS

Posted on 2022-01-31, 11:44

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by Garrett W

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A few things to note: - The issue with Quake 2 is definitely the Microsoft OpenGL Software ICD, which means that it tries to accelerate in software. You obviously don't want that. Either the drivers did not install properly or there's some other shenanigans going on. An easy way to find out is to …

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2022-01-31, 10:48

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by Garrett W

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This is a beautiful thread, I especially appreciate you using different drivers. It's good to have some peace of mind that I ain't really losing much when using reference drivers 😀.

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Re: Will SDRAM-modules fit onto this Socket 7 Board (Soyo SY5VD)?

Posted on 2022-01-31, 10:36

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by Garrett W

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dionb is right, the clips don't really matter, the slots are there to accept SDRAM DIMMs, however the chipset is very particular when it comes to RAM. Try using a couple of 32MB sticks or perhaps a single 64MB PC66 or PC100 stick and see if it recognizes the full amount of RAM.

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1 - How to launch in 3D accelerated mode in Windows

Posted on 2022-01-29, 13:56

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by Garrett W

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Not going to comment on the multiplayer situation, just wanted to say that is a really nice board you have. However, it falls in the category I mentioned above, the 430TX chipset can only cache up to 64MB RAM. More RAM will work but it will be slower. I suggest removing some RAM to get better …

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Re: Pentium mmx 233 aiming for the stars

Posted on 2022-01-29, 09:17

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by Garrett W

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Here's mine: MMX 233 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee PCI OEM 430TX based board 64MB RAM Win95 OSR2.5 3DMark2000 - 640x480 16bit - 436 3Dmarks I might give it a go at 1024x768 just to see that Banshee way out of its league. I have a GeForce4 MX440 PCI that will really help out in this situation with TnL, but I'm …

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1 - How to launch in 3D accelerated mode in Windows

Posted on 2022-01-29, 08:52

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by Garrett W

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Not going to comment on the multiplayer situation, just wanted to say that is a really nice board you have. However, it falls in the category I mentioned above, the 430TX chipset can only cache up to 64MB RAM. More RAM will work but it will be slower. I suggest removing some RAM to get better …

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1 - How to launch in DirectX mode in Windows

Posted on 2022-01-28, 21:34

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by Garrett W

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As I explainen earlier, I would like not to run DOS Glide (GTAFX.EXE) because then I cant use my Sidewinder gamepad, however according to the readme file it support also DirectX and I would like to run the Windows executable so that it detects my voodoo and run the game in directdraw mode and have …

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