First post, by retro games 100
- Rank
- l33t
Equipment.
Epox EP-8KTA3+Pro mobo
T-Bred 2400+ rated CPU
Voodoo3. Also tried a GF4
SiSoftware Sandra 2002 Pro
Result.
On the Multimedia test, I get:
Integer aEMMX/aSSE 975 it/s
Floating-Point aSSE 10684 it/s
The Integer result is approximately 10 times less than it should be. Also, the floating-point result should be a bit higher. When the two fractal images are displayed, one of them has corrupted graphics. I wonder if my T-Bred CPU is slightly damaged? One of its side edges looks very slightly "crumbled". BTW, I should be getting on with other work, but testing retro hardware is more fun than doing real life chores!
Edit: I've just noticed something else. It's not related to the problem above, but doesn't really warrant a new Vogons thread. This Epox board won't POST with a low powered 1.35v XP-M CPU. It's a 2200+ rated CPU. The interesting thing is that it POSTs fine on another identical board. The difference between the two boards must be the quality status of its capacitors. So, if you can't POST with a low powered CPU, it might work if the caps are fixed.