Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on 2022-03-22, 09:54

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Welcome to club 5000!! Thank you! But... I was already in the club for some years, since I bought my first Asus P5A board (which, to this day, is still my fastest). :-D However, this is the first time I'm seeing over 5000 points with a non-Asus board (TL;DR, not sure if anyone else in this thread …

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Re: Voodoo 1 with Riva Tnt2 as 2D Card?

Posted on 2022-03-17, 18:43

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FYI, even with a Voodoo 2, you can still experience issues related to speed in certain statically linked DOS games (black screen / out of range / checkerboard patterns). It's unclear if this is a hardware/design issue or a software issue with the way some of these games initiate the Glide API (my …

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Re: Socket A or 754/939 for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2022-03-17, 15:37

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Quick Update: I stumbled upon a fairly priced 4200 Ti so I might get it today while it's still up for sale lol. Thing is, I think it's only AGP 4x not 8x, are the speed differences that big ? The AGP 4X variants are more desirable, they work with driver version 30.82, and based on my experience …

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Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on 2022-03-17, 13:36

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I was just about to put the motherboard in the box :-D Don't have Sandra, but I've attached the Aida64 cache & memory benchmark (I hope that's OK). The memory numbers are a bit better than what I got with the Asus P5A in the recent video that I uploaded , but then again, the Asus was running @ …

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Re: Socket A or 754/939 for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2022-03-17, 11:27

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What do you guys think would be the more appropriate card ? After looking at some benchmarks / comparisons, I think the 9600XT beats the FX5500. So the idea of this "high performing" rig is to be able to play most of the Win98 era games on high details while retaining full FPS without instabilities …

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Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

Posted on 2022-03-17, 10:32

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I did a K6-2+ to K6-3+ mod yesterday, and as I was testing the 'new & improved' CPU on a Gigabyte GA-5AA rev 3.2, I realized that this board got a pretty substantial boost in performance with those extra 128 KB of L2 cache that the CPU gained. The board's performance was pretty underwhelming with a …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-16, 20:39

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Yes, they seem to be OK. Personally, I've last bought 1 x 5 pcs from this seller, and already replaced 3 without any issues.

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Re: Socket A or 754/939 for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2022-03-16, 18:41

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why isn't nForce3 an option? k8n neo2 platinum + a64 4000+ san diego could be an option Indeed, I have the Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939 (based on the nForce 3 Ultra chipset) with a San Diego 4000+, and it's as solid as it gets for Windows 98. And did I mention that it's blazing fast too? (I know, …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2022-03-16, 14:29

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Doornkaat wrote on 2022-03-16, 13:00: Is... is this delidding ASMR? 😂 It could very well be, yeah 🤣

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2022-03-16, 11:14

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I have to say, @Sphere478 , when you first mentioned the possibility of modding a K6-2+ to a K6-3+, I kinda laughed it off, thinking that something like this would've been discovered a long time ago. Of course, in hindsight, it does make sense that such an option was never explored in the past. All …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-15, 11:08

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by bloodem

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Garrett W wrote on 2022-03-14, 07:47: Nice one, once again! Glad you liked it 😀

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Re: Tomb Raider II/III issues with RIVA TNT/TNT2 cards

Posted on 2022-03-15, 07:30

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That did it! Thanks! I tried some other stuff that was a bit wonky before and now the card is working more stable than it has ever been! So, did nVidia just stop caring about Win9X with their newer driver updates? The difference in reliability and stability is night and day! And here I was …

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Re: Tomb Raider II/III issues with RIVA TNT/TNT2 cards

Posted on 2022-03-15, 04:43

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I am running the ForceWare 71.84 driver on Windows 98 SE. This is your problem. Try an older driver like 7.76 and everything will work correctly (and it will also be faster, especially if you have a slower platform). Those issues you're seeing with the 71.84 driver are the reason why cards like the …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-14, 06:04

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As promised, NEW VIDEO (Asus P5A & AMD K6-2+ 550 OC @ 633 MHz Benchmark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUXrRnkrBE TEST SYSTEM REMINDER: MB: Asus P5A rev 1.04 CPU: AMD K6-2+ 550 MHz OC @ 633 MHz / FSB105 & 6 multi (2.1 volts) RAM: 128 MB SAMSUNG SDRAM PC133 (there are actually 2 x 128 MB modules, …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-13, 11:07

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Garrett W wrote on 2022-03-13, 10:52: UT is indeed a good CPU benchmark, be sure to run UTBench which is more indicative of actual gameplay, instead of the flyby intro. Yes, of course, everything is already prepared. 😀

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-12, 19:34

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Drakan is a DX6 game with a built-in benchmark. To activate it, start the game like this: C:\Drakan\Drakan.exe +fpstest The result will be recorded in fps.txt which gets created in the game's directory after the benchmark completes. Before that, run its config utility to select the wanted …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-12, 16:57

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Some dos benchmarks maybe? If the goal is to have the widest performance to cover as many years as possible they could come handy. Looking forward to see the video :) DOS will be covered in future videos, where I'll also explore how speed-flexible each platform is (and what quirks each platform …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-12, 16:10

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Things like this are often very different between european countries. In Germany the vast majority of residential buildings does not have AC while some form of heating is basically guranteed. It's usually only uncomfortably warm for a few weeks a year here while winter can get pretty cold for …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-12, 06:40

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The motherboard needs a chipset that can change FSB/Multipliers via software not all boards are capable of this or are compatible with the software that can do this. Well, it doesn't really need it, it's just needed if you're looking to squeeze every drop of performance out of it. Most motherboards …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?

Posted on 2022-03-12, 05:53

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Tested TNT2 Ultra AGP in Rev 3.2 board and performance issues are gone. 43fps Quake 3 (has sound card installed), 1752 3dmark 2000, 3651 3dmark99. Yes, don't think any nVIDIA cards have issues. There's something specific going on with the Voodoo 3, my guess is most other cards will work fine (maybe …

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