Re: K6-III / VIA MVP3 / Voodoo 3 AGP poor performance

Posted on 2022-01-19, 05:57

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by TrashPanda

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AGP its too picky and Bsods with the majority of the Vcards (tnt2, geforce 2 and 4) They are probably running at AGP 2x, which is a no-no for most SS7 boards. You can confirm this with Everest/Aida32/Aida64. You need to force AGP 1x - there are various ways of doing that: either by using some …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-19, 05:54

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by TrashPanda

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When you've got your DeLorean fixed up, the right year I think is 2005 to stock up on V5s, think they were dragging arse around $60 around then. If I had a time machine I would go back and buy bitcoin. Because then I would be a millionaire and could easily buy anything else I wanted at any price. …

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

Posted on 2022-01-19, 05:53

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by TrashPanda

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I've completed my repair and written a thorough log of the process and my experience. Lots of photos and some further investigation at the very end after having examined all of my synthesizers. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=85844 I also found cracks in solder joints (some quite large) …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 04:16

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by TrashPanda

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If it's expensive there better be good photos. There are some ebay sellers (cough*wiredforservice*) taking pics on a flip phone in their basement then asking 3x the normal price. If its out of focus and they are not willing to provide decent pics then they get added to the ignore this seller list.

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Re: PS2 keybord is not recognised but usable.

Posted on 2022-01-19, 03:55

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by TrashPanda

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What keyboard and what IBM PC exactly? Old IBM keyboards (Model F, Model M) were notoriously power-hungry, drawing many times as much as say a simple Cherry board. That meant that some systems (and KVM switches, and USB adapters) specifically have trouble with them if they can't supply all that …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-19, 03:48

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by TrashPanda

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On the subject of not paying too much, I need tact lessons on how to deal with a couple of types or maybe different sides of the same type of sellers... #1 He's got "too much to list" photos of multiple items, piled haphazard, giving the impression that he's got no time, doesn't know what anything …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-18, 11:41

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by TrashPanda

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If anyone is interested a Toshiba Deskstation V just appeared on eBay, a rather rare and hard to source bit of equipment.

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 10:49

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by TrashPanda

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What usually stops me from going overboard is asking “What am I going to do with this part?” Anything earlier than late Pentium is easy for me to ignore. Or AGP video cards at their twilight. Occasionally the process fails, though. I have a Voodoo4 4500 with which I have no plans, but I don’t want …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 10:46

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by TrashPanda

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debs3759 wrote on 2022-01-18, 10:43: Muz wrote on 2022-01-18, 09:32: How you guys get the money in the first place? It just appears in my bank account every so often 😀 Usually twice a month 🤣

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 10:37

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by TrashPanda

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How you guys get the money in the first place? Generally we work for a living and earn enough to have some free cash to throw at hobbies and such. I'm also willing to take a shot at "For Parts or Repair" auctions and sales, its how I got my G4 Ti 4600 and Dell Latitude 630D lappy, you can find some …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-18, 06:38

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cyclone3d wrote on 2022-01-18, 06:36: You, the 3dfx prices now are insane. I'm glad to say I've never spent more than about $35 for a v2 12MB or any Voodoo 3. My spare V5-5500, I snagged for $100 before the prices started to go crazy. $100 USD ? God I wish they were still at that price.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-18, 06:34

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by TrashPanda

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Holy SHIT at those Voodoo 2 prices... all 3dfx GPUs seem to be running stupid prices right now, Voodoo II and Voodoo5 5500 are the worst for it, there is a metric ton of Voodoo 3, Voodoo 1, Rush and Banshee models on eBay so prices range a fair bit but you can get some good deals if you hunt around …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 03:17

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by TrashPanda

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I started collecting about 15 or 20 years ago (I forget exactly). Have 500-600 graphics cards, 150+ motherboards, 1000s of CPUs, and still buying. I'll never get round to testing them all, so tell myself that my addiction is an investment :) 600 GPUs O_o sweet baby Jesus, the fun I could have …

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Re: How do you keep old machine Windows 95/98 stable and no crash?

Posted on 2022-01-18, 02:23

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by TrashPanda

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There is a good quote that seem like it would fit what the OP is asking here

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 02:10

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by TrashPanda

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I'm nearly at the point that dropping 800-1000 AUD for a Voodoo5 5500 might be worth it just to have it off my list, I have pretty much everything else I wanted except that GPU. If the V5 55000 remakes were cheaper Id buy one of them but they are even more expensive. Overall what I consider a …

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Re: Toshiba Tecra 500 questions

Posted on 2022-01-17, 16:00

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by TrashPanda

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Does this machine support booting from CD? What HDD interface does the Tecra use? Could I swap out the HDD for an SD card/CF card for example? Every Toshiba laptop that contains CD-Rom is able to boot from it. I'm sure there proprietary interface, you lucky if seller left caddy with hdd adapter …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 15:52

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Just be aware that the first game -Enhanced Edition has issues, I've tried a number of times to play it and it simply wont render correctly on my 2080ti, tired it on the 3080ti and got the same result, seems to be an issue with it being a DX9 game and well neither GPU can do DX9 without being …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 15:24

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The Witcher 1 was the first game CD Projekt Red developed and while they were ambitious with some aspects of the game (a bit too much actually.. the game got released as a janky mess and in some parts still is) they clearly didn't want to tie the game to the book storyline and has very little to do …

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Re: Windows XP sound card that supports A3D and EAX?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:21

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by TrashPanda

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You can install windows XP on almost any hardware. If you want a machine that can comfortably run windows 10 and windows XP you have lots of options. For sound cards, that really isn't a reason not to use an X-Fi card. The X-Fi extreme music or the SB0770 cards are cheap and easy to find and have …

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Re: Something for lovers of bad video cards (youtube)

Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:14

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Tried to do something about bad graphics cards - entry episode must be about famous S3 ViRGE. So if you thinking about buying one, rather watch this video. It might save you some money :lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ljjj4LTDc This should be a fun watch . .S3 had some absolute stinkers in …

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