Hi guys!
Sphere478 wrote on 2022-06-05, 12:02:
I’m very interested in hearing about your experience with that mvp4 board.
Is it overclockable?
I haven't had enough time to look much into it, because I have a couple of sound and video cards that I should test and, I don't know if it's them or the Soyo board that are acting up, but I'd like to sort that out while I have time to return them if needed.
I will let you know when I get into this one, just be aware that overclocking is something I am just learning, so my contribution will probably be modest at best 😀
Sphere478 wrote on 2022-06-05, 12:02:
Note about the 430tx board discussed earlier, it will top out at 256mb of ram, even if more can fit. If you plan on using anything except a k6-3, a k6-2+, or a k6-3+ then stick to 64mb of ram if you can.
Don't have anything better than K6-2 550 and actually never came across any of those. Even when I know that I shouldn't, I will benchmark with 64mb vs as much as I can and then decide... I might max some board even if it goes a bit slower, just for kicks 😜 (not necessarily with this fine board though)
Socket3 wrote on 2022-06-05, 15:46:AngryByDefault wrote on 2022-05-29, 15:54:
But maybe I am not so thrilled about it because of the MVP4BS7... ->
Man, I love this board! It is very compact for an AT board, or at least it gave me that impression, to the point I initially tried to mount it on the ATX header of my bench because it felt like an mATX board and not an AT.
I have the feeling it will become one of my favorite retro boards... Time will tell.
I was convince you'd like it. If you have the vga header try the on board Trident Blade 3D - you'll be surprised at how well it runs in both DOS and Direct3D/OpenGL! The southbridge is a VIA 82C686A witch has Ultra ATA66 support, unlike most MVP3 boards witch are limited to ATA33.
Fortunately it came with the video and audio brackets! I installed win 98 and their drivers just to check they where working but not much more than that yet.
Socket3 wrote on 2022-06-05, 15:46:
The on board sound (Advance Logic ALS-100 I believe) on the MVP4BS7 isn't horrible either. My Lucky Star P5MVP4 came with a yamaha codec but I can't remember witch one. What I do remember is that it had a tiny rectangular Yamaha chip labeled YMF232 or YMF236 or similar. Dos games sounded great.
Mine seems to have a VIA sound chip? That surprised me when I installed the drivers. I guess that is a testament of how much of a later Socket 7 board this one is...
Socket3 wrote on 2022-06-05, 15:46:
... possibly corrupted BIOS.
Bummer... I don't own an eeprom reader (not yet at least) but if there's any way I could help you with that do let me know.
Cheers.