I was thinking the same thing until the agp comment. Being I didn't know enough about it I just went with it.
Was looking for 6200's with power connectors. But only found 6200's that were dual gpu. rarely on ebay. Jaton Video-348PCI-Quad nVidia GeForce 6200
6pin power connector. but the reviews on it were mostly compatibility issues. That's if I could find one for sale.

But then again if power is the issue the bad capacitors aren't helping. I will try the cards again after rebuild.

Thanks. 😀

What lead me down the path of this is;
nvidia's last Windows 9x driver was 81.98. Of the models supported by it is the 6 series. Of those I only found that the 6200 series of them had a pci version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_6_series

Got windows 98 se running last night. Things are looking up.

Wow, started to think you were loosing interest. Please PM me if you need to find this gorgeous hardware a new home.

feipoa wrote:

Wow, started to think you were loosing interest. Please PM me if you need to find this gorgeous hardware a new home.

Once I finish making everything perfect in every detail. And I know for a fact everything is working, and have ran burn in tests. I'm probably going to play a few games on it. Get performance numbers, FPS on a few games. Then make a youtube video, take some pictures.

After all that, then I might sell it off to someone who would enjoy the history more than me. For me it's all about the learning during the build. After that it ends up in the massive pile of completed and uncompleted projects in the closet. Like the Dual Sun Ross Sparc 20 replica of the systems that compiled Toy Story, the Nextstation, the replica Apple powerbook duo 270/280c with a 2300 motherboard from Hackers, the list just goes on and on.

I love rebuilds. 😀

Well, you've described the hobby in a nutshell. I think variations in DNA are what enable one person to sell it, while another person simply can't let it go. I'd like to rebench the whole 386-133 MHz regime with dozens of games, so hopefully by the time I get to that point, you'll have reached the "let go" phase of the hobby.

Stick a Voodoo 1 in there and run some early FPS games 😀

Any chance that PF versions of Nx586 are running with the VLB motherboard?

thehinac - did you re-run any of your earlier tests on different VLB moherboard, or using a different PF version of the processor?

Hmm I don't think I have. I read else where they don't. But I've never tried it myself. If I do I'll post about it.

thehinac: You have spares of each right, just in case something breaks? If you have at least two VLB boards and two PF CPUs, loosing one won't be too painful?

Yeah I have spares. I can test it tomorrow and post results.

Oh, yes please! The folks over on CPU-World were also wondering the outcome of this combination. If it doesn't work, could you retest, both, the PF110 CPU and the VLB motherboard to ensure that they still work with their respective hardware? I suggest selecting your grubbiest pieces of hardware for the test, yet known working units.

Got it. Can do. I'll make some video proof of it.

Thanks thehinac, I don't have a PF CPU to test, but the VLB motherboard works nicely with P90 I got.

Looking forward to a positive answer.

thehinac wrote:

Got it. Can do. I'll make some video proof of it.

Hi thehinac, any positive outcome from those tests?

Also if you plan to part ways with one of the PF CPUs you have, please let me know - happy to give it a new home.

vmr_ wrote:

thehinac wrote:

Got it. Can do. I'll make some video proof of it.

Hi thehinac, any positive outcome from those tests?

Also if you plan to part ways with one of the PF CPUs you have, please let me know - happy to give it a new home.

Sorry bud, I've only worked on the pci version since I last posted. I'll rebuild the VL soon.

Well I finally got it done. It's been on and off again.

I went though (12) PCI video cards to find one that would work.

Ether it wouldn't post, beep at me, lock up, or drivers were to new for the PF110.

I settled on a Creative CT6700 Riva TNT 16MB for the primary.
Dual matching Voodoo2's 12MB
And a AWE32 with two 1MB simms.
Loaded on a 8GB Compact Flash from Sandisk.

For now she's complete. The NexGen PF110 Voodoo2 SLi rig.

I settled on a Creative CT6700 Riva TNT 16MB for the primary.

Everything up to GeForce 4 MX (or Quadro counterpart) should work too.

The Serpent Rider wrote:

I settled on a Creative CT6700 Riva TNT 16MB for the primary.

Everything up to GeForce 4 MX (or Quadro counterpart) should work too.

Actually the Geforce FX5200 256MB PNY branded, worked perfect until I tried loading the latest drivers. Up tell that point it had no issues.

Well after a quick check the same drivers that worked for Riva TNT have support for the FX5200 also. So I'll pop it in and check it out.

I would have never opened the INF file if you wouldn't have talked about the 4 MX. Thanks man. 😁

The GF4 MX400 may offer a slidge edge over the FX on older systems. Re: Best PCI VGA for a K6-III+ But if you're using the Voodoo2, it probably doesn't matter. I use a Voodoo2 in my PF110 system as well.

feipoa wrote:

The GF4 MX400 may offer a slidge edge over the FX on older systems. Re: Best PCI VGA for a K6-III+ But if you're using the Voodoo2, it probably doesn't matter. I use a Voodoo2 in my PF110 system as well.

Gotcha, hmmm... Even at 800x600 I feel I'd be more bus/cpu bound than GPU. Like it wouldn't at some point. But that would take some testing.

Do you have any photos of your rig? I'd love to see the inside of your build!