Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:39

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This one is quite unstable in 98. Mainly due to it having 1 gig of ram. Use patchmem and you'll be able to use even more RAM without any issues. I recently did some benchmarks on a similar socket A system on a KT880 with 2 GB RAM in dual channel: perfect stability, had no issues (with patchmem). …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:30

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I use 3 socket A retro machines - they can be pretty flexible: 1st - Athlon 1333 thunderbird -> but pan on experimenting with an AMD Geode NX1750 witch has an unlocked multiplier. - FIC AD11 (AMD 760 + DDR) - Voodoo 4 4500 - Creative CT4850 - DOS/Windows 98 Great for running late dos games in VESA …

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Re: 486-VIP-IO2: No POST: No video out

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:18

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Also I flashed "1164g701.zip" and nothing. Same with CMOS clear, does that need to be done while the system is offline? am I supposed to remove the battery? I found a pin compatible RAM module from the other 486 and tried that, nothing. "KOREA B007 9451 FFF HM514400BS7" printed on the ICs so it's …

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Re: 486-VIP-IO2: No POST: No video out

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:15

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VLB and ISA are completly different busses... a VLB card will not run off the ISA bus alone...

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 11:15

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Taking old designs and remaking them on a 7 nm process is cheap. What you're proposing requires re-designing old hardware, adding a CPU and GPU on the same die, and fitting it to a new process. It is EXPENSIVE. You can't just take a clawhammer core and a R350 GPU , die shrink them and then super …

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Re: The Ultimate Hardware 2019 (UH19) project- a stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2021-06-19, 11:08

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Found some inaccuracies in the specs of the Aopen 6VIA/ZX85 (6via85): http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/7956 - the motherboard supports FSB 66/100/133(OC)--> page only lists FSB66/100 - it supports Celeron (Mendocino), Celeron (Coppemine) and Pentium III (Coppermine) --> page only lists …

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Re: Which of these two motherboards would you chose for a high end Win98 System?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 07:33

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I don‘t think it is a board issue. Rather drivers and/or ram constellation? How much ram are you running and what patches do you have installed? I did get a audigy ZS2 because I needed the dos drivers and emulation running. Something which can’t be achieved with the onboard sound. Ok what Games are …

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Re: 486-VIP-IO2: No POST: No video out

Posted on 2021-06-19, 07:27

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the board is also picky about ram, and will not beep with no ram installed (witch is very weird). Most of the time if your FIC VIP-IO/IO2/GIO/VP2 will not post, it's because of ram it does not like, not because of the video card. My advice for getting the board running is: - use a better supported …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 07:21

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So... I have this idea. A small, low-cost, low-power computer, like the Raspberry Pi, but 100% compatible with Windows 98 and heavily optimized for parallel floating-point operations. Like... imagine that I talked to AMD and convinced them to make fresh chips that combined a single Athlon 64 core, …

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Re: My Ideas for a Ultimate Windows 98 Gaming PC

Posted on 2021-05-26, 20:09

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My "ultimate win98 PC" has these specs: Athlon 64 4000+ (single core) ADA4000DKA5CF (socket 939) ECS KV2 Extreme (VIA K8T800 PRO) Leadtek Geforce 6800 AGP 512MB DDR400 (2x256MB) Yamaha DS-XG YMF744 It blows trough any win98 game and some XP games @ 1600x1200, but will only play some, late 90's dos …

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Re: Aopen AX59 pro with general instability

Posted on 2021-04-21, 18:06

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Thank you for your precious advice. I agree it is a very good board mainly thanks to the wide voltage selection. I will test the mb again before order the capacitors, as a matter of fact, I was able to overclock my k6-3+ to 600 mhz, but I just tested it with 1mb super pi without issues, while with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-07, 07:14

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I bit the bullet and bought a Cyrix MediaGX motherboard from ebay. It was 140$ including shipping from the US and inport tax, witch is pretty steap from my point of view. Pretty pissed I had to pay double what the seller was asking (~68$) beacuse of exuberant shipping fees and import tax. Not sure …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-06, 15:59

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I bit the bullet and bought a Cyrix MediaGX motherboard from ebay. It was 140$ including shipping from the US and inport tax, witch is pretty steap from my point of view. Pretty pissed I had to pay double what the seller was asking (~68$) beacuse of exuberant shipping fees and import tax. Not sure …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-06, 10:43

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I was a bit worried, not only cause a lot of the copper is straight up gone, but because the traces seem to be burned. That's legitimately impressive damage. And it's just as impressive that it still works. I am definitely curious as to what the hell could have caused it! It's really intense damage …

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Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2021-03-06, 10:31

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Asus p5a, rock solid boards. Aopen ax59pro also very good. The ali board you are pointing at at ebay doesn't have agp.... ^This. I prefer the AX59 PRO over the P5A since the asus can be very quirky, especially regarding the AGP slot (weak voltage regulator depending on revision). But if you get a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-31, 18:46

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This beauty arrived today. - Out: S3 Trio64V+ - In: RivaTNT2 PRO Really happy with the results. Now I can enjoy some good old 3D games with smooth graphics, but my search for a MX 400 PCI still strong. Wow, what an odd thing that is. I would check that with Everest or RivaTuner or some other …

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Re: How to know if a video card is 64bit or 128bit?

Posted on 2021-01-23, 20:14

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Cards with 4 ram chips are 64 bit most of the time and cards with 8 chips are 128bit... but it heavily depends on the type of ram chip the card is using. If i'm not mistaking, cards with BGA ram chips (small square ones) only need four chips for a 128bit memory bus. Someone will correct me if I'm …

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Re: Need help finding childhood Super 7 mobo w/ big Dragonfly on box (ALI Aladdin chipset)

Posted on 2021-01-17, 18:39

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This made me happy :D And more data for UH19 as a bonus. Same here. I'm glad OP managed to find exactly what he was looking for. Had a shot at trying to rebuild my first PC as well, but a crucial component is out of reach so I gave up. What's the component? The cpu (cyrix 5x86-133gp), case and …

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Re: Need help finding childhood Super 7 mobo w/ big Dragonfly on box (ALI Aladdin chipset)

Posted on 2021-01-16, 19:15

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Pierre32 wrote on 2021-01-11, 01:06: This made me happy 😁 And more data for UH19 as a bonus. Same here. I'm glad OP managed to find exactly what he was looking for. Had a shot at trying to rebuild my first PC as well, but a crucial component is out of reach so I gave up.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-16, 19:06

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2021-01-16, 06:44: I did a very expensive thing. Looking forward to it! Where did you get it? Can't find anything about the card on google.

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