Re: Diagnosing an Asus V6800 DDR
Posted on 2023-09-10, 13:05
The first thing I'd try would be to check if there are any loose solder joints on the memory IC legs.
Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics
Posted on 2023-09-08, 18:11
That was indeed the cause of the issue. Removing the second 2 GB RAM stick brought Win9x performance much closer to that of WinXP. I've only tested Quake 2 and 3 so far, but it was enough to see the difference. I'll post more detailed benchmarks a bit later. Also, my E8600 CPU has arrived, and it …
Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics
Posted on 2023-09-08, 10:13
Your benchmark scores are quite low, indeed. Off the top of my head, even though I don't recall exact numbers, I seem to remember having a similar performance issue when I ran the benchmarks on Win98 with 4GB RAM in dual channel. This is the reason why I reverted to using a single 2GB DIMM. Not sure …
Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card
Posted on 2023-08-29, 18:27
Thank you very much! Though, I would really prefer to have a known working binary BIOS dump with NVFlash or similar tool. Hopefully there's someone out there that has it. The problem is that the card I'm trying to repair had, among other things, a VERY corrupt BIOS. Even worse, I had to desolder the …
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-29, 16:32
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-08-29, 16:05: BTW, which track are those screenshots from? It's from the Moscow track.
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-29, 14:29
Anyway, nice to see that your Voodoo 2 is working! Thank you. After having replaced 4 memory ICs in vain, I finally understood that it was the FBI's fault all along. :-) Back to TD5, I actually didn't have the patch, downloaded and installed it now. The patch has made the "fog" effect much less …
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-29, 14:05
What a coincidence. I am in process of building an Obsidian2 X-24 mATX machine. It should be done later tonight. I’ll check it if someone hasn’t tested by then. I mean, I don't wanna say that I hate you, but... yeah, I do hate you! :grin: Anyway, I was just testing one of my Voodoo 2 cards after …
BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card
Posted on 2023-08-29, 04:39
I tried searching for this card's BIOS everywhere, but I only found one for the regular V770. If someone can do a quick dump and send it to me, I'd appreciate it. 😀
Re: help slow boot
Posted on 2023-08-28, 16:25
Well, one obvious solution would be to disable the himem memory testing by editing config.sys: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF However, this would probably just mitigate the effect, not fix the actual root cause. So, ideally, you should try and identify what is causing this slowdown. For …
Re: Faulty Voodoo 2?
Posted on 2023-08-26, 12:36
I have a basically pristine Creative Voodoo 2 CT6670. Looks like it´s never been used. It has EXACTLY the same error log with mojo as Donut King back in 2019 with his card. FBI Memory shows 0 MB and TMU PowerOn Sense is 0xdead. Has anybody an idea what causes this? This may not necessarily be the …
Re: (NEW RECORD) "Ultimate" Windows 98 Gaming PC build 7900GTX + 4.89GHz E8600 + 2GB DDR2 1066MHz + ASUS Maximus II For
Posted on 2023-08-18, 15:43
Are any of you able to bench Quake 3 for me on an nVidia PCIe card on Windows 98 please? Thanks If it helps, for comparison purposes, here are the results with a Core 2 Duo E8600 @ 4 GHz + ATI Radeon X850XT PCIe: Quake 3 640 x 480 x 16: 979.0 FPS Quake 3 640 x 480 x 32: 976.0 FPS Quake 3 1024 x 768 …
Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working
Posted on 2023-08-17, 14:26
Well, the card was sold as a "Radeon 7500", with the word "Mobility" missing. Not a fraud on the seller's part (the ones who made the card committed that), but it can definitely be considered a false listing. It is technically eligible for a refund. For sure it is. :-) The Mobility 7500 is a worse …
Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working
Posted on 2023-08-17, 14:05
Funny little bug in 3DMArk 99, first two games have a framecap @38fps, but everything else is working. That's not a bug (well, on second thought, it might count as a 3DMark99 bug, yes), it's simply VSYNC which is active (your monitor's refresh rate is probably 75 Hz and 38 FPS is roughly half, …
Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working
Posted on 2023-08-12, 01:02
Demolition-Man wrote on 2023-08-11, 16:13: No response from the seller... I'd be happy to test the drivers, but not until next week. Stay tuned. 😉 You don’t need a response from the seller, in fact ‘no response’ is a good thing.
Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working
Posted on 2023-08-11, 04:36
It was a private purchase from an ebay auction. There is no return option. What does that mean? There is no such thing on eBay and you are still covered by the buyer protection. If the item was sold as New or Used and you received a fake card, you can open a case and you WILL win it. It's as simple …
Re: ATI Radeon 7500 PCI not working
Posted on 2023-08-10, 14:55
The Mobility Radeon 7500 on a discrete PCI graphics card. Now that's a true Frankenstein card! 😁 PS: yeah, you got screwed! PPS: awesome Chinese "warranty void" sticker on that GPU. 😁
Re: Asus TX97-X mb
Posted on 2023-08-09, 17:42
It's one of the best 430TX boards, and the fact that it's ATX makes it all the more special.
Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming
Posted on 2023-08-09, 12:54
~1% faster then i815 :-) Yes, but not relevant. What is relevant/interesting is the fact that this older chipset, which has all the advantages that I mentioned, is also (a bit) faster. And this is precisely why the 440BX was and still is so loved by many to this day. PC133 CL2 RAM has less input …
Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming
Posted on 2023-08-09, 11:20
440BX is interesting only for one thing - the ability to support 1 GB of RAM. Everything else is worse (or no better) than i815. That's definitely not why the 440BX chipset is interesting/appealing to retro enthusiasts like me. People generally use these boards for Win98 gaming (an OS which doesn't …
Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming
Posted on 2023-08-09, 08:23
I disagree slightly, I think the overclockability of this chipset is a bit exaggerated. I've encountered plenty of 440BX boards that were marginal or plainly failed stability tests at 133MHz. I'd agree the majority can do it with an ample safety margin, but it's not as universal as it's made out to …
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