Very nice! Packing lots of CPU power that;s for sure. This machine begs to receive a V5 🤣

I've got a V5 but was nervous about using it with this board. I used it only with the Seattle because I knew it would be safe. I'll probably relent...

Hmm, this does look remarkably versatile. Would you throw in some 3dmark01 numbers too?

boxpressed wrote:

I've got a V5 but was nervous about using it with this board. I used it only with the Seattle because I knew it would be safe. I'll probably relent...

Actually, I know how you feel. I usually just use a V3 and the V5 stays tucked away 😊

philscomputerlab wrote:

boxpressed wrote:

I've got a V5 but was nervous about using it with this board. I used it only with the Seattle because I knew it would be safe. I'll probably relent...

Actually, I know how you feel. I usually just use a V3 and the V5 stays tucked away 😊

I don't own a V5, but if I did, I don't think I would use it as a daily driver. They seem kind of fragile (i.e. short lifespan).

blank001 wrote:

Hmm, this does look remarkably versatile. Would you throw in some 3dmark01 numbers too?

Sure, here you go. I used the Ti4600 with 45.23 drivers. 8933 3DMarks.

Would going to 512MB memory make any difference in the score?

Nice! I think you'd be safely over 10k if you added a WinXP partition.

I'd like to keep this a Win98SE ship, despite my less-than period-correct hardware and DX8. I think everything I have was available within a year of the official release of XP (released 8/2002, the 2400+ Thoroughbred was the most recent component), so this would be my "Windows XP? I'm happy with 98SE" build. 😀

I seem to remember that when I upgraded in 2000 to a AMD Duron 650@900 that my old SB16 couldn't keep up in Windows games, I got a lot of stuttering,
which is why I went across to a SBLIVE at the time.
I still have that machine and You can successfully use the ISA bus sound card in Dos with a floppy boot, and use the PCI sound card in Win98se. In my case
Windows doesn't even pick up that there is a ISA sound card there as it isn't Plug and Play, and causes no conflicts.

The SB16 is about to go to a Dos build that I am acquiring parts for, the AMD Athlon 1200MP as it is now will become primarily a Windows 98 machine, but I'll still use it
for Dos games that require Pentium performance levels.

boxpressed wrote:

I've got a V5 but was nervous about using it with this board. I used it only with the Seattle because I knew it would be safe. I'll probably relent...

Actually could you expand on what you mean by safe?

A little paranoia on my part. Because the part is rare, I don't want to risk putting it in an AGP slot that MIGHT not be 3.3v, even though the slots are keyed so that incompatible cards won't physically fit. I think I read some kind of warning on the falconfly.de site that made me extra wary, especially on non-P2/P3 boards like the Soyo. I knew that the SE440BX-2 would be compatible.

This, perhaps?
http://www.falconfly.de/identify-3dfx.htm

Warning […]
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Warning

All Banshee, Voodoo3 and Voodoo5 AGP Cards are 2xAGP 3.3V only!
Do not use in modern 4x/8x AGP 1.5V only Motherboards!
Failure to comply can cause damage to both the Card and the Motherboard!
Consult your Motherboard manual for 2xAGP 3.3V support before use!

Only the retail 3dfx built Voodoo4 4500 AGP is 4xAGP 1.5V capable.
(the Powercolor Evilking Voodoo4 and the rare 3dfx Voodoo4 4500 "L" Shaped variants are confirmed to be 2xAGP 3.3V only)

Ha, ha. That's it. A true horror story.

I'm just trying to follow along. So... is the worry that your Soyo has an unkeyed universal slot, and that /might/ have just been laziness on Soyo's part and it's really a 1.5-only?

They don't exactly say in the manual, though they say 1x/2x/4x so wouldn't it have to be true universal?

Love that Soyo manual:

If you are using an AGP card, please push your AGP card down real hard. You may have to push VERY hard without the AGP card moun […]
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If you are using an AGP card, please push your AGP card down
real hard. You may have to push VERY hard without the AGP
card mounting screw. Make sure not to insert the card the other
way around.

No, just irrational jitters. As I said, I'll probably relent once I know that the V5 is working as it should. It was my first time testing the card, so I didn't want any motherboard problems to make me think there was an issue with the card.

I got a couple of new video cards and benched them with 3DMark01. The results are somewhat surprising to me.

BFG GEFORCE 6800GT OC / 71.84

ATI 9800 PRO AIW / CATALYST 3.4