Re: KT133 Kinetiz 7E-A and Duron 1800

Posted on 2010-03-17, 22:03

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by swaaye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I remember the old Slot A boards needing quality PSUs. AMD even had an approved PSU list on their site. An Enlight 300W was recommended a lot, I remember. I'm sure that there were a lot of really poor PSUs in use by people. Those things that come with cases, for example :shocked: . Athlon needed a …

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Re: FREE* Intel VS440FX mobo + CPU + RAM

Posted on 2010-03-16, 20:26

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by swaaye

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PayPal works. Or an Amazon gift card 🤣

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Re: FREE* Intel VS440FX mobo + CPU + RAM

Posted on 2010-03-16, 18:54

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by swaaye

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Well a quick look at the post office web site prices says probably $20 to ship to the Netherlands for example. What u guys think? I don't have a specific IO shield, but if you look at the photo you can see that it has few ports and most of the "generic ATX" case shields work. I think Amigaz was the …

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Re: FREE* Intel VS440FX mobo + CPU + RAM

Posted on 2010-03-15, 17:52

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by swaaye

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Yup it's one of those black PPros in the newer packaging. Amigaz, nobody had these CPUs back then because they cost over $2000. They were for DB servers or something, but now they are nearly free so everybody needs one. :D Most PPros were the 256K L2 variety, but maybe some few had the 512K ones but …

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FREE* Intel VS440FX mobo + CPU + RAM

Posted on 2010-03-15, 00:27

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by swaaye

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:D you pay shipping A friend of mine wanted me to set up a retro rig for him but I should have known better because he was never gonna use it. Now he's moved and gave it to me. I have too much retro goodness around already and have two of these now. Intel VS440FX "Venus" Socket 8 motherboard ( …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-13, 22:13

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by swaaye

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Now, to save the honor of 3dfx, the Voodoo3 3000 has a nice cooling design. Yup I liked Voodoo3's cooling. No fans. The thing is they ran so hot that it became a "hot topic" on the web back then. The ASIC was designed for it, and the boards themselves have heat dissipation pads designed into them …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-13, 20:09

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by swaaye

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There are plenty of single-slot passive video cards today that have GPUs that put out significantly more heat than VSA-100. Quality cooling designs were not a priority back in 2000, especially for the gamer market. I don't know how many of those ~40mm fans that I've had to replace, but those things …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-13, 05:06

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by swaaye

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Ideally, I'd prefer passive cooling... but I'll hookup my Asaka fans to my fan controller and give that a test first. The current heatsinks on the 5500 are ridiculously skimpy. I prefer passive too but I don't like trying to pop off those glued-on heatsinks. I've popped a GPU or two off the board …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-12, 20:29

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by swaaye

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I posted, right here in this thread on this very page, a photo of my Voodoo5 5500. It has a 5volted 80mm fan that is not plugged into the card at all. Sure some fans wont start on 5v, but most will. Test it a few times. I've never run into a vid card that won't run without a fan connected. Sure some …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-09, 19:56

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by swaaye

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I have problems with both Vortex and Live! cards in my 440BX mobo. Also probs with NICs and IDE cards. The PCI bus was still a mess back then. Picky on what goes in each slot and who's sharing IRQs. Also, XP is better than 9x. I've seen XP be perfectly stable while 9x just freezes up with the same …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-08, 20:47

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by swaaye

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All my attempts to run it on anything past 3dfx have been in vain. It does work on the V3 2000, so perhaps it will run on my V5 5500. It does work on Voodoo5. I had it working with a GeForce FX 5950. I think it will run on NV TNT thru GeForce FX at least. It tends to not like ATI cards. The only …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-08, 02:53

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by swaaye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No fan is too weak. You just need to have SOME airflow.

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-07, 22:00

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by swaaye

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ux-3, Dominion Wars ran on my Radeon X850 in XP. I couldn't believe it! :D That game is so incredibly picky about what cards it will even load up on. It ran so wonderfully smooth too, with that GPU and the Athlon 64 X2 in that comp! Bliss. BTW, I solved Voodoo5 noise. 80mm on 5 volts. Held on with …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-07, 04:57

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by swaaye

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Carmageddon is the only DOS Glide game I've tried. That one essentially works out of the box if you have the Max Pack. Details are in the DOS forum here.

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-06, 21:42

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by swaaye

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That sounds like a good find with the way the cards have gotten expensive. I think I paid more than that for my 5500 AGP. BTW, don't try to use the card in a AGP 1.5v-only mobo. It only works in slots that can provide the old 3.3v signal.

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Re: Do older graphics card draw power from the +12V rail??

Posted on 2010-03-05, 23:22

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by swaaye

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Well that is why they could put a 160W PSU in a P4 2.0 GHz. With a GeForce 4 MX, a PCI modem, 1 HDD and a microATX mobo, I'm thinking max load would be around 100W? I'm fairly sure it was an early Northwood P4 2.0, which according to Wikipedia is a ~55W CPU when loaded down. My wording on the "very …

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Re: Do older graphics card draw power from the +12V rail??

Posted on 2010-03-05, 21:07

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by swaaye

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They would use very low power components beyond the P4. One of my friends had a Gateway P4 that came with one of those sub 200W PSUs. It was fine with its GeForce 4 MX. But put in a Radeon 9700 and that changed. :) Why mess with less than a 300W? Get one of those nice 80 Plus PSUs and be joyful. …

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-05, 20:53

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by swaaye

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I've never owned a Voodoo 5 and i can't imagine the drivers being very good considering the cards incredibly short lifespan... were there many driver updates and does it run stable with most games? Is it worth replacing my 2x12mb Voodoo 2 SLI/ ATI Rage Fury Maxx setup for a single Voodoo 5? It's …

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Re: Tie Fighter DOS - High Graphics

Posted on 2010-03-05, 00:32

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by swaaye

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The DOS Collector's CDROM edition is the last with the MIDI that makes the game. 😁 I can barely stand the later versions that use the looping CD audio. The graphics are pretty texture mapped stuff but the character of the game is gone without the MIDI.

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Re: Building a win98SE pc for early 3D games, opinions welcome

Posted on 2010-03-04, 19:22

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by swaaye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I like pumping old games through a Voodoo5 5500 just to get the FSAA. It really makes the games look great. I don't know how good the D3D driver is overall but it was fine for Shadows of the Empire and Jedi Knight.

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