Re: Help! GPUs recommendations for P3 Tualatin 1.4ghz

Posted on 2022-09-25, 05:04

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by stef80

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@Victorkorp99 Out of those you have, probably GeForce 6200 and Radeon 9550. As already recommended, GeForce4 Ti would fit nice and is period-correct and cheap. I would also add GeForce3, which is P3 period-correct. Obtainable performance options: Radeon 9600 variants (Pro / XT), Radeon 9500Pro, …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-09-24, 10:13

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by stef80

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Refurbished Abit KV7. Original NB cooler fan was stuck so I gave it a passive cooler from my "old heatsinks" box. Works nice for the KT600 chipset. Also coverd some exposed traces on the back of the motherboard with UV solder mask. Traces lead to AGP slot which seems to work, so I hope there's no …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-23, 20:31

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First SL2YK arrived today, so far so good: Filename 20220923_222042.jpg File size 1.4 MiB Views 1606 views Filename 20220923_220112.jpg File size 1.39 MiB Views 1606 views ... on BH6, cool as cucumber (mid 20s °C) and pretty silent ... as slot-1 coolers go.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-23, 06:04

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by stef80

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I love that board. Very nice find and great price. What are you going to put in it? Was thinking of P2 300 SL2YK that should arrive soon. They were supposed to reach 450 due to faster L2. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclocking-special,94.html I wonder if the SL2YK would be the same as …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-23, 03:53

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by stef80

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Picked up yesterday: Abit BH6 rev 1.02 in surprisingly good condition, for Abit anyways ... very clean and no bulged caps: 20220922_122939.jpg I had to dust it off and use some contact cleaner on ram slots, no issues other than that. Posts with 768MB. I love that board. Very nice find and great …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-22, 11:16

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by stef80

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Croatian auction site. Though I also order a lot from kleinanzeigen via Mailboxde 😁. You win some, you loose some. I got 2 busted Voodoo1s recently which I payed a lot more.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-22, 11:07

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by stef80

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~12€, local market auction Starting CPU voltage is 1.35V ... would be nice for Tualatins.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-22, 10:39

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by stef80

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Picked up yesterday: Abit BH6 rev 1.02 in surprisingly good condition, for Abit anyways ... very clean and no bulged caps: Filename 20220922_122939.jpg File size 714.16 KiB Views 1369 views I had to dust it off and use some contact cleaner on ram slots, no issues other than that. Posts with 768MB.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-20, 13:03

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by stef80

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What about nForce Abit ? 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-20, 10:52

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by stef80

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(and yes you are correct, 1 actual core stepping code can have many different sSpecs attached: https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium-II/Intel-Pentium%20II%20400%20-%2080523PY400512PE%20(B80523P400512E).html dB0 (Q562, SL2U5, SL2U6, SL2X2, SL2YM, SL3EE) ) Makes sense, at least in context of P2 300s …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-20, 06:59

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by stef80

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Managed to get my hands on two "new old stock" Asus boards. Tusl2 I bought from a friend who got 10 such boards from a guy who had computer parts business years ago. All of the boards had a pattern of 3 bad caps that needed to be replaced. P5A came from ebay.de. It's revision 1.04 ... so K6-3+ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-19, 10:55

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by stef80

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Managed to get my hands on two "new old stock" Asus boards. 20220919_122943.jpg 20220919_123025.jpg 20220919_123055.jpg and: 20220919_123558.jpg 20220919_124141.jpg Tusl2 I bought from a friend who got 10 such boards from a guy who had computer parts business years ago. All of the boards had a …

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Re: 3Com 3C595-TX Windows XP drivers?

Posted on 2022-09-17, 10:15

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by stef80

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I had similar problem searching for driver for another 3Com card. At the end I bought bunch of D-Link DFE-500TX cards from one eBayer. Digital DEC / Intel Tulip chipset. Works out of the box on 9x/Me/2000/XP, no driver needed. I think they were also used on Windows NT / DEC Alpha. Great Linux/*NIX …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-17, 07:25

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by stef80

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I played the ebay lottery and won :) An unlocked Pentium II 400! Pentium2_400_SL2SH.jpg The auction had no photo of the production date but the description said it is an SL2SH. That's the dA1 stepping so I had high hopes that it could be an earlier model. In any case, for 15 Euro shipped it …

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Re: Video card for Win98 gaming

Posted on 2022-09-12, 06:45

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by stef80

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Thank you. Thinking about getting an FX5700 for nglide support. 3dfx are super pricey. Pricey card if you can find it (non LE / VE variants) . It comes with 3.6ns memory (550MHz). FX5900XT is more common and easier to fit good aftermarket cooler. Regarding drivers and nGlide, later ones are better …

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Re: My top-build, a parts-surplus proof-of-concept

Posted on 2022-09-10, 10:07

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by stef80

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Great rig, sensible components, and not "underdog" at all. Radeon 9200 is probably around GF3 performance wise. Most of them had DVI, unlike GeForce. And yes, GeForce2 Pro and MX usually went with ~1GHz Pentiums III and Athlons.

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Re: Which way to go - a dilemma

Posted on 2022-09-10, 09:13

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by stef80

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HD3850/HD4670 are definitely X2/Core2Duo material, since driver has bigger CPU overhead. AsRock 4Core mobos have 800MHz FSB chipset and not so great power regulation. Most appropriate CPU would be Pentium E5800 of which you can expect ~3.6GHz, maybe more ... depending on the chip. It makes more …

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Re: nGlide 3dfx wrapper performance hit

Posted on 2022-09-08, 14:04

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by stef80

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Copying requirements from nGlide's site: For the most games (running at full speed) this configuration is good enough Processor:Intel / AMD at 2.0 GHz Graphics card:Compatible with DirectX 9.0 or Vulkan 1.0 Operating system:Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 I'd guess that with half the speed a lot of …

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Re: The Graphics card of the year 1997

Posted on 2022-09-06, 15:38

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by stef80

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About $330.00 in today's money, accounting for ~84% inflation.

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Re: The Graphics card of the year 1997

Posted on 2022-09-06, 15:02

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by stef80

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Oetker wrote on 2022-09-06, 14:42: I had a similar system back in 1996, it came with a 2mb Virge card. Did same ... on a bulbous 14" CRT 😁. Jedi Knight, Outlaws, Grim Fandango, Commandos: Behind enemy lines, Wing Commander Propehecy ... all that was playable in "software emulation" on 166 MMX.

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