Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 06:21

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Truthfully, you don't really need dual channel for Win 98 (the performance difference between single and dual channel is negligible). Just one 2 GB module will do just fine. Wow you were absolutely correct, thank you so much! After removing the extra memory stick the 3dmark score increased to 36.3k …

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 05:45

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bloodem wrote on 2024-02-20, 04:24: Most likely, it’s because you are using 4GB of memory (a known issue). Drop it to 2 GB or less and performance should greatly improve. Whoa this is unexpected. Is this really true? So a dual channel 1GB + 1GB memory will work better than 2GB + 2GB memory?

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Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 04:14

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I'm building a Win98 retro project of my own, using a PCI-e motherboard along with ATI Radeon X850 XT PE. For comparison reference, I used this video: https://youtu.be/abYeIixYrbk?si=zwENhTIkGUDwhTDQ&t=770. But for some reason there's quite a gap between stats in that video vs. what I'm getting. The …

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Re: Different behavior of same sound card in different motherboards

Posted on 2024-02-14, 23:18

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Hi P5PKL-AM/PS has the pci bus behind a pci-e to pci bridge. Maybe legacy ports aren't propagated. SB support on wdm drivers is pure sw, vxd drivers use acceleration from hw that need access to legacy ports. Wdm drivers don't include fm music emulation, you can try to select general midi music. …

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Different behavior of same sound card in different motherboards

Posted on 2024-02-14, 11:12

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Hi again! I'm a beginner in all this so apologies if this is a noob question. I have two motherboards: ASRock 775i65G and Asus P5PKL-AM/PS. And a sound card: Labway A301-G50 Yamaha XG YMF724F-V. For both motherboards, I did a fresh install of Win98 SE. Immediately after that I installed the sound …

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Re: Controlling heating and power (PSU) issues in GPU

Posted on 2024-02-12, 08:14

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For that specific PC a modern budget Bronze rated PSU from a "popular" known brand that's at least 300-350watts would be fine. That makes sense. I was not comfortable suggesting anything specific, as OP seems to be based in India and I am not familiar with what options (and their quality) are …

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How to slow down Win95 Aladdin?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 21:03

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I'm trying to play East point software's Aladdin for windows. I'm running it on Windows 98 SE. But it runs too fast, like this: https://imgur.com/917geWO Is there any way to run it at normal speed (on Win98)?

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Re: Controlling heating and power (PSU) issues in GPU

Posted on 2024-02-10, 21:38

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There a few points of importance here a) the power connector on the video card is a 6 Pin PCI Express (PCIe) Power Cable Connector and ONLY uses 12V. b) the first (non working) power supply is rated at 15A on the 12V rail whereas the second ("working") on is rated at 16A, which makes it …

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Controlling heating and power (PSU) issues in GPU

Posted on 2024-02-10, 19:40

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This is a follow-up to this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=98748. Made a new thread since it's quite a different topic I wanted to ask about. Just to re-iterate, I have a X850 XT Platinum Edition GPU. Motherboard is Asus P5PKL-AM/PS motherboard with a Pentium dual core CPU. …

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Re: Same wire from PSU has a sata connector and molex one - can I use for both SSD and GPU?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 05:02

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Never heard of Zebronics before. How many SATA and Molex are on each of the two NON-mobo leads ? What motherboard are you using ? Just curious SSD do not require much amps....so assuming the PSU can deliver even 2/3 of what is on the label you should be ok unless running some Athlon cpu that need …

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Same wire from PSU has a sata connector and molex one - can I use for both SSD and GPU?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 04:16

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Hi! I have a BX500 SSD, Radeon X850 XT PCIe and a P5PKL-AM/PS motherboard. This is the PSU I have: IMG_1050.jpg The PSU has 4 wires coming out - one with that 20+4 pin connector, one with a 4 pin connector, one with a molex pin + sata pin (say wire A), and another with a molex pin + sata pin (say …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 22:25

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The good news is that either is actually an Aureal chip that has been re-marked as a C4624 for some odd (to me) reason OR some company cloned a Vortex chip AND marked it wrong . The first scenario is most likely. If we add all this together, it seems very likely that your card is cheaply designed …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 21:34

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That is not a Vortex 2 (aka Aureal AU8830 based card ), unless the main chip is remarked . EDIT : Your card's PCB looks a lot like the one in this thread . https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=73820 Except yours has Vortex Intex branding on PCB and obviously the markings on the main chip . …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 20:16

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Could you post a photo of the humming card, both front & back . Here they are: https://imgur.com/a/JhEwflj And another thing - even when I use the normal sound card, if I turn the volume all the way to max, then I can hear a very very slight hum if I put my ear right next to the speaker (WITHOUT …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 19:23

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Could you post a photo of the humming card, both front & back . Here they are: https://imgur.com/a/JhEwflj And another thing - even when I use the normal sound card, if I turn the volume all the way to max, then I can hear a very very slight hum if I put my ear right next to the speaker (WITHOUT …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 18:05

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Very sorry for the double post. But I thought a video would illustrate the issue better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEO97wBTXbs

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 17:55

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Another bit of info that hopefully helps with debugging - there are 4 slots in the sound card - "in", "front", "back", "mic". Switching between front and back doesn't eliminate humming - just that the volume output of the "back" slot is higher. For both front and back slots (the only difference …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 17:07

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Quick update - I just tested the two sound cards (the working one - CS4281 and the problematic one - vortex 2) on a different motherboard (P5KPL-AM/PS). Again, clear audio with CS4281 and still humming sound with vortex 2. Seems pretty definitive now that it's a sound card issue. Is there any way to …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 16:40

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> both USB powered Did you power them from the PC's USB ports, or from some external PSU? And were you consistent with where everything was plugged in (including the outlet in case of external power)? Yes, same USB port for both speakers. There's no external power for either speaker I guess I'll …

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Re: Continuous humming noise after installing sound card

Posted on 2024-02-03, 16:08

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That sounds like it might be a ground loop, except for the fact that doing nothing more than swapping in the old sound card fixes it. As a test, can you plug in headphones directly to the sound card instead of the speakers ( which I presume are AC mains powered )? Maybe the issue is linked to an …

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