Re: 8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system

Posted on 2021-04-02, 19:54

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I have an A8NSLI Premium working with a kit of 4x2GB PC3200R (Infineon) and 8GB usable in Win7 (64bit) - with one Graphics Card installed. BUT: with a second Graphics Card (SLI) it recognize "8GB installed (4GB usable)", same in Win7 (64bit). Does the A8N32 SLI has the same effect to the available …

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-09, 07:55

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Fastest AGP cards available from ATi with proper 16-bit dithering - Radeon X1950XT. 16 bit? Why? Each DX9 game supports 32bit! Already a Geforce3 had hardly any speed differences between 16bit and 32bit. If you need nice 16bit dithering, i recommend a 3Dfx - Voodoo2 or Voodoo3. Very compatible with …

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Re: Geforce 6600 vs Geforce FX 5950 ultra.

Posted on 2020-12-08, 20:17

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It depends on what your goal is. A FX5950 is a very nice and rare high-end card, which handles all games from DX5 to DX8, with drivers for Win9x to WinXP. If you are only interested in DX9 in WinXP or higher, a 6600 is clearly better, the one without GT should be a bit above the FX5950, the GT …

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Re: Help overclocking an AMD 5x86 133

Posted on 2020-11-18, 21:57

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Three guesses from my side: 1. If you have a VLB IDE controller replace it with an ISA type. The VLB is not specified for two cards @40MHz. It is difficult to find a combination of cards, board and CPU which is running stable at 40MHz. 2. replace the Power supply or at least the capacitors at the …

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Re: AMD DX4 100MHz build

Posted on 2020-11-16, 18:39

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Very nice system. I like the composition, very harmonious. Also the old Microsoft mouse and the Typhoon speakers fit very well into the picture. Maybe a S3 864, Mach64 or CL GD5434 would fit a bit better into the time context, but that's high level criticism. The Philips CD drive was my very first, …

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Re: Any point upgrading vlb card?

Posted on 2020-11-11, 21:45

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Ok, for Win95 SVGA gaming a better graphics card with decent Windows Accelerating would give a good speedup. Avoid the ET4000 and the ARK from my list above. But i think for really fluid SVGA gaming you will need a PC a class higher - Pentium MMX, K6-2, 6x86MX or better. The SVGA version was …

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Re: Any point upgrading vlb card?

Posted on 2020-11-11, 19:39

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Your Board and CPU should have enough speed for this game. And C&C is a simple VGA (320x200) game. I played it in 95 with a 486 SX 50MHz and i cannot remember, that is was very slow. As i played without FPU, i think the POD83 would give no advantage over the Am5x86. Maybe it is an incompatibility of …

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Re: How to configure 486 Mainboard correctly for Am5x86 X5-133 ADZ

Posted on 2020-11-03, 16:21

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Set the jumper for iDX4 and JC8 for 2x

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Re: Need Video card for P3-933mhz. computer ( 2001 )

Posted on 2020-11-03, 07:34

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I have a similar system, first with a GF3 and now with an 8500. they are both good, compatible and fast cards with good focus for a system from 2001. The 8500 is a bit faster and has a bit better graphics quality and it is a bit more "special".

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Re: Can someone please identify this Graphics Card?

Posted on 2020-11-01, 06:01

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I think it‘s an FX5700

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Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM VLB - Memory upgrade

Posted on 2020-10-31, 07:01

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I tested with several graphics benchmarks in Win95 @ 800x600x32bit. There seems to be no physical Impact in memory Performance. Why should games lead to a different behavior of the graphics memory because of an memory upgrade? In general I think 800x600 gaming is to much for a (Socket 3) VLB system. …

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Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM VLB - Memory upgrade

Posted on 2020-10-30, 19:35

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I have tested the expansion module with the 8 chips on both the VLB and the PCI variant with the 4 chips and it works. There is no loss of speed under both DOS and Windows. Now i have a 4MB S3 Vision968 VLB 😀

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Re: What display do you use for gaming ?

Posted on 2020-10-26, 15:06

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DOS with VGA/SVGA - 15" CRT Sony Multiscan 100ES / 4:3 Windows 98 / 2000 - 17" CRT Nokia 447XiPlus / 4:3 Windows XP / Windows 7 - 20" LCD Samsung SyncMaster 204Ts / 4:3 Windows 10 - 34" LCD Dell AW3420DW / 21:9 Since the display is the most important interface between man and PC, I attach great …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-20, 12:06

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:33: I got me one of these: Indeed an underrated tool. You forgot the UV eraser in your bucket list. 😉 And ... be carefully with flashing UEFI ROMS external .

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Re: AMD X2 3800+ build?

Posted on 2020-10-17, 06:01

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Where is the mismatch? It‘s a solid XP combination - apart from the fact that only 3GB of your 4GB RAM can be used. You have a late AGP system with a late graphics upgrade solution. You can use the additional graphics power to enjoy higher AA/AF levels and max out the resolution and details.. The …

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Re: 486 and SVGA, almost bearable performance but not quite

Posted on 2020-10-07, 13:10

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You already have a very perfomant component selection for a Socket3 486. The graphics card is also already at the top end of the performance scale. With a few improvements (more cache, different board) you might be able to get out +10%. In the mid-90s 15FPS were already considered fluid, so a …

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Re: Recommended good (but cheap) GPU for Tualatin system

Posted on 2020-10-02, 07:16

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I support the viewpoint of appiah4. I have also had very good experience with a Radeon 8500 in a PIII system and can highly recommend this combination. However, the 8500 is not very cheap to get. Now and then the 8500LE cards, which are slightly clocked down, go away at very low prices. From the …

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Re: S3 Vision 968 VLB replica

Posted on 2020-10-01, 18:23

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-09-30, 19:03: IBM DAC - 175 Mhz, TI DAC - 220 Mhz. Cannot be true, I have a Stealth 64 Video PCI with 220MHz IBM DAC and a Spea Mercury PCI with 175MHz TI DAC.

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Re: Troubleshooting Hercules Dynamite VLB card (Tseng ET4000)

Posted on 2020-09-28, 04:43

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The problem is in the signal path between the DAC and the connector. Check the whole path for the red color. I suspect the choke (the big black round B1-B5 next to the plug) EDIT I took a closer look to your pictures. It seems there is more wrong than a missing color. So the root cause seems to be …

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Re: Soundcards for SS7 build

Posted on 2020-09-25, 12:33

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dionb has recognized the problem correctly. I deliberately did not mention the AWE with a wavetable about the WTH in the proposals. On the one hand my AWE version (CT3990) has the really annoying HNB and on the other hand the jerkers in Tie-Fighter are really shitty. I had a SB16 + SCB55 in my …

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