Re: Has anybody got a Matrox card to operate at AGP 2x on a VIA MVP3 chipset?

Posted on 2021-06-25, 19:55

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by bloodem

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This was actually a pretty common thing during the SS7 era. Once video card manufacturers realized that VIA and Ali chipsets have major AGP issues (particularly @ AGP 2x), they added driver functionality that permanently locks the AGP speed at 1x on these chipsets. I'm guessing that they received a …

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Re: ATI Windows 9x DDC/EDID override

Posted on 2021-06-25, 19:34

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Are you using DVI or VGA? I would suggest to just use VGA and bypass all the DVI dual link nightmares with single link cards. You can also get access to 1920x1440 with VGA whereas DVI single link can not handle it. Yes, I'm always using VGA - not only because I can achieve higher resolutions, but …

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Re: GeForce 3 Ti 200 recap with Panasonic FR low ESR: bulging cap 20 minutes after replacement... fake caps?!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 18:40

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by bloodem

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My guess is, that only one was bad. Yeah, it looks like this was the case. TME does not sell fakes btw , they are a reputable retailer just in case anyone is wondering about that Yes, I can attest to that. I've always had very good experience with them. I was insinuating that the silkscreen on the …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-25, 18:33

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by bloodem

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The incompatibilities are mentioned on the Vogons wiki . Also, LGR has a video which showcases what happens when you use a Voodoo1 with > 4 MB. Haven't tested it myself (since I don't have any 6 MB Voodoo 1 cards :-) ), but this seems like something that would be easily fixed by the SST_TMUMEM_SIZE …

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Re: GeForce 3 Ti 200 recap with Panasonic FR low ESR: bulging cap 20 minutes after replacement... fake caps?!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 17:00

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by bloodem

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Maybe the capacitor needed to be higher voltage in that spot ? Or perhaps ripple current rating was being exceeded No, all nine original caps were 1000 uF / 6.3V. Regarding ripple current, I'm not excluding this possibility, but it's very unlikely that some cheapo Teapo 20-year-old caps had better …

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Re: GeForce 3 Ti 200 recap with Panasonic FR low ESR: bulging cap 20 minutes after replacement... fake caps?!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 16:10

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by bloodem

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Actually the Panasonic FR series do look like that, I bought some from Digi-Key a while back and they look identical to yours. That doesn't rule out the possibility of those being fakes, but they look legit to me. Regarding the cap that bulged, are you sure the polarity is correct? I know you …

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Re: GeForce 3 Ti 200 recap with Panasonic FR low ESR: bulging cap 20 minutes after replacement... fake caps?!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 15:37

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by bloodem

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Well, that was my first thought too, but then I checked the official spec sheet for EEUFR0J102 and... they are in fact B/W. So... very strange. I bought them from TME.eu, and my experience with them has been extremely good so far.

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GeForce 3 Ti 200 recap with Panasonic FR low ESR: bulging cap 20 minutes after replacement... fake caps?!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 15:27

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by bloodem

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So... this is the first time I'm seeing something like this. I have a Palit GeForce 3 Ti 200 which is extremely overclockable (it has been running 100% stable at Ti 500 clocks: 240 MHz core / 250 MHz memory). So I've long since wanted to give it a special treatment: - replace the GPU cooler - …

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Re: GPU for 440BX machine with 133 MHz bus?

Posted on 2021-06-25, 13:32

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Not all Voodoo3 models will work at 89Mhz. I tried mine last week and it crashed at 89Mhz but worked perfectly fine at 66Mhz. I have another model to test though. In my experience most of them work (in fact I now have 5 x Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, one of them which I just received and tested today), and …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-24, 18:33

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Edit: Pass on the Voodoo 3/2SLI, maybe go with a Banshee option? Should do well on that CPU, maybe less money too. Not so much... a Banshee is still a bottleneck even @ 640 x 480 in many games (like GLQuake, for example). Of course, it is DEFINITELY much better than a Voodoo 1 in every way (except …

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Re: ATI Windows 9x DDC/EDID override

Posted on 2021-06-24, 14:56

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And with NVidia cards it's easy in both 98 and XP. ATI makes it hard in Win9x. I actually have a similar issue with nVIDIA cards and my monitor whenever I install Detonator 4x.xx or newer drivers in Windows 98. My monitor in particular (an AOC 1440p 75 Hz display) exposes two EDID modes (not sure …

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

Posted on 2021-06-23, 09:22

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by bloodem

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-06-23, 08:34: Then why every single one of my PC builds include a 3DFX Voodoo card ?! Because you like Diablo 2 very much? 🤣

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

Posted on 2021-06-22, 12:38

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Man, it makes me angry seeing so many people invest the time and energy to try and give constructive answers and explanations to someone who clearly does not deserve them.

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-22, 08:03

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by bloodem

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Yeah, that is completely true, but it has nothing to do with the card being a bottleneck for those CPUs or not. :-) Back then a Voodoo was mind blowing anyway, nobody even considered the bottleneck factor, because there wasn't anything else to compare it to :-D When the Voodoo came out, everybody …

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Re: Fastest CPU for a voodoo 1 while maintaining DOS glide compatibility

Posted on 2021-06-21, 16:59

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Interesting findings, but man... I have a hard time understanding the usefulness of running a P4 with a... Voodoo 1, when even Pentium MMX CPUs are bottlenecked by this card :-D Even if you want to build the ultimate all-rounder, a Voodoo 2 would be much more versatile, with better image quality and …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-21, 13:05

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It might be a bottleneck even for an MMX 166. I ran some benchmarks and compared them to this Anandtech review from 1998. Somehow, I'm getting similar frame rates as their Pentium II 266 system. Maybe some of the patches and drivers that weren't available at that time helped, but it's still evident …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-21, 08:43

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Great build, except for that Voodoo 1, which is a severe bottleneck for the Tillamook, even more so when overclocked. 😀 I would save the Voodoo 1 for a Pentium MMX 166 build or something like that, and go with a Voodoo 2 (or even a Voodoo 3) for this one.

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Re: My overkill Windows 9x build (period adjacent...ish)

Posted on 2021-06-21, 05:38

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by bloodem

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I actually tested this, on both socket 939 and LGA775 PCs, and can confirm that (at least in Windows 98 games and benchmarks) there is no performance difference between single and dual channel memory. PS: nice build, bZbZbZ 😀

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:42

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Don't thank me, thank Rudolph R. Loew for creating this amazing patch (may he rest in peace!), and his family for making it publicly available free of charge.

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 12:36

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by bloodem

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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 with a KT880 & 2 GB RAM in dual channel: perfect stability, had no issues (with patchmem).

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