Re: is it just me or does SB Live! drivers suck?
Posted on 2014-03-18, 18:11
Liveware 3 is probably the best driver for 98SE. Here's a little history of Live drivers http://books.google.com/books?id=tKO-truWww8C … epage&q&f=false
Re: ALLADIN V with Radeon 9800 FREEZING
Posted on 2014-03-18, 00:03
I also haven't had any issues with Matrox and various Nvidia cards (mostly cheap M64 cards). I have an ASUS P5A and have had problems with Matrox G200. I haven't used the mobo in years so I can't remember more instability examples. But you can run a web search and find problems with almost any card …
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-17, 22:00
vetz wrote: Won't argue with you on that. I'm sure there are variables. I haven't done in depth testing of all my AGP cards, but maybe that could be a project 😉 In my experience it seems NVIDIA cards are more tolerant. I've had the most problems with ATI and Matrox.
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-17, 21:47
Well that's just super but lets get real. Some 440BX motherboards and some AGP video cards don't work correctly at 133 MHz / 89 MHz AGP. You're way out of spec. It is probably a combination of variables, like some motherboards are built better, some 440BX chips clock up better, and some AGP video …
Re: P3 1ghz + FX5950 + 512mb SDRam Games Limit!
Posted on 2014-03-17, 21:41
Yep, of the NV3x cards, the FX 5700 is rather undesirable because it can't run the oldest FX drivers. The 6000 series cards are of course trouble too in this way.
Re: Beware the acetone!
Posted on 2014-03-17, 18:24
I like citrus cleaners if alcohol wont dissolve something. It smells like oranges and cleans super too! I have some Goof Off if it is extra resilient gunk but I prefer to avoid it... The Arctic Silver Arcticlean TIM remover is citrus based btw.
Re: ALLADIN V with Radeon 9800 FREEZING
Posted on 2014-03-17, 18:19
Yeah usually the AGP support of those Super 7 boards isn't stable unless you stick to 3dfx cards. 3dfx cards use minimal AGP features.
Re: ALLADIN V with Radeon 9800 FREEZING
Posted on 2014-03-17, 18:16
Well apparently he has a 9800 with 3.3v support. But anyway, Super 7 AGP (VIA and ALI) usually only works fully stable with 3dfx AGP cards .
Re: P3 1ghz + FX5950 + 512mb SDRam Games Limit!
Posted on 2014-03-17, 18:10
Force 4x MSAA, anisotropic filtering and run 1920x1200 and you will appreciate as much GPU as you can get if you also want 60fps.
Re: Matrox Parnella?
Posted on 2014-03-17, 01:13
Did you post a photo of it? Does it have the shrill screamer fan that my original Parhelia has?
Re: vulnerabilities windows xp and how to cope with it?
Posted on 2014-03-17, 01:01
I think someone should set up an install of original XP and run it with a direct internet connection and see what happens. 😀
Re: Best drivers for TNT2
Posted on 2014-03-16, 22:25
Looking at Anandtech's old TNT 2 Ultra reviews, it does look like 70 fps is manageable at 1024x768. 32-bit color drops it to 40fps which is >40% performance loss (ouch). Quake 2 might match its color depth to the desktop color depth. Check that. It might be running 32-bit when you think it isn't. …
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-16, 20:28
As I said there are some 820 boards with ISA, otherwise yes VIA. Or just get a 100MHz FSB PIII-E instead of that PIII-EB you have. Others here like Duron/Athlon + KT133A for their high-performance board w/ ISA desires.
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-16, 20:07
The problem there is that 815 boards don't have ISA slots. The 820 chipset itself is fine. The problems were with the memory translator hub that allowed boards to use SDRAM instead of RDRAM.
Re: Best drivers for TNT2
Posted on 2014-03-16, 20:04
What does "very lackluster performance" mean? It is a TNT2. One tip is to avoid 32-bit color with cards of that age.
Re: Socket 7 Voodoo vs. Voodoo 2 CPU Scaling
Posted on 2014-03-16, 19:05
An interesting tidbit about Voodoo1 is it has only partial triangle setup hardware. Voodoo2 has full triangle setup (though Glide needs to be v2.5+). This means slightly lower CPU usage. I imagine Voodoo2 is improved in other ways as well that reduce misc bottlenecks.
Re: Matrox Parnella?
Posted on 2014-03-16, 18:56
A full-on Parhelia 512 is about the speed of a midrange GF4 TI and has the same features essentially. It's going to struggle pushing 3 screens at 2400x600 or so in even 2002-3 games. Here's a DVI capture of me running UT2003 on one at 1024x768, including FPS stats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-16, 18:52
Nahkri wrote: Or u could get a bx board and run it at 133mhz,a lot of them offer the option and run without problems. You need to mention the caveat of 90MHz AGP causing problems with most AGP cards, whether those problems are subtle or serious. More often than not this setup does not work …
Re: Good board for P3 866 w/ ISA and ideally AGP?
Posted on 2014-03-16, 18:46
I think it would need to be VIA-based or an Intel 820-based board using RDRAM. Some 440BX boards can be run stably at 133 but you pretty much need to forgo AGP if you want reliability. ISA and PCI can be kept within spec on some later 440BX boards but the chipset lacks the proper divider for AGP. …
Re: Versions of the SB PCI 128
Posted on 2014-03-16, 18:31
PCI 64 and 128 are just relabeled Ensoniq AudioPCI boards. PCI 128's name relates to its 128 note polyphony for its lame software wavetable synth. In other words, it is meaningless marketing. These cards have zero hardware acceleration. Very basic. Get a Live or Vortex 2 for your PCI needs.
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