I went with the NOX Hummer Alpha 500w 80+. It has 3x 4pin molex instead of 4x like indicated in the page, and the 24pin ATX power connector is really 24pin instead of 20+4pin, so I had to divide it in 20+4pin with a knife :evil: With the previous PSU the board would lock up once every 2 ou 3 reboots …

Thanks for the info. I always wondered how Phil was running those demos :) I looked for the cheapest PSU with 80+ certification and found these two: https://kolink.eu/Home/psu-1/core-series/kolink-core-psu---500w---80-plus.html https://www.nox-xtreme.com/en/power-supplies/hummer-alpha-500w I'm …

The 6200 is out of place here, but if it's your only option I guess will do the job, somehow. In fact I'm curious what it can do compared to a GeForce 256DDR or GeForce 2 GTS with half of the ROPs, almost double the core frequency and less memory bandwidth If you can, post 3DMark 2000/2001 and some …

Out of all my games only C&C Generals didn't like my 6800 so may not be a beg deal for you either. Not planning to play C&C, mostly "mainstream" games. There's always GOG + XP in case something goes south, but that's kinda cheating... With the exception of your graphics card, your rig should even …

Great! I just couldn't wait for the weekend so I quickly put it all together in the tower where the motherboard is currently installed. Other than having to stick the GPU fan wires up a molex (doesn't have a plug for some reason), and having to replace the DVD-RW and IDE cable for another set …

About 2 years ago I started messing around with the idea of building retro machines with a 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 and a Pentium 3 1Ghz, plus a bunch of Athlon XP I had collecting dust, but as usual life/work got in the way and the project was put on hold... over the last month I started watching a bunch …

Bells and whistles in dos is External Midi, AWE, GUS The AWE is good at 2 of these (cant to GUS, Only a GUS card can do that) Bad choice of words... I meant the best sound I could get from the best card in that bunch. CT2290, SB16 Support, Yamaha OPL CT2940, SB16 Support, If it has a YMF chip then …

P3 1Ghz will be aimed at late dos gaming so I'd argue True OPL isn't the focus here. So with that out of the way. DOS/ISA AWE64, Doesn't really matter which one Win/PCI SBLive I went with the P3 1Ghz because it's the recommended CPU speed for the Voodoo 3, but I would like to have OPL under MS-DOS …

gerwin wrote: Better check the capacitors of these boards before trying to power them up. It is likely these aged very poorly. Too late, I already did! But just to see if they were working 😉

I recently replaced a Pentium 3 1000 Mhz that had been running XP 24/7 for the last 10 years on a Matsonic board. Uptime record without rebooting was 7 months!! Unfortunately the fan connectors no longer work but I can use molex adaptors to replace them. I've been watching some videos from …