My Soyo Dragon, one of my favorites, a project that turned out well. I've played through Max Payne and Half Life on this system. After I had recapped it, I found there was a mod that could be done to allow the use of Palomino core CPUs (fellow Vogons members helped me track down some information that had been lost). I tried an Athlon mobile with it, but it was hit or miss on POSTing with that CPU so I gave up on it.

I hadn't powered this thing on in a while - it takes longer to POST than any other motherboard I've ever had. It doesn't seem to be a problem, just a quirk with this board, but you start to get nervous when you hit the switch and hear nothing but the fans for longer than you'd expect.

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-06-07, 18:47:

My Soyo Dragon, one of my favorites, a project that turned out well. I've played through Max Payne and Half Life on this system. After I had recapped it, I found there was a mod that could be done to allow the use of Palomino core CPUs (fellow Vogons members helped me track down some information that had been lost). I tried an Athlon mobile with it, but it was hit or miss on POSTing with that CPU so I gave up on it.

I hadn't powered this thing on in a while - it takes longer to POST than any other motherboard I've ever had. It doesn't seem to be a problem, just a quirk with this board, but you start to get nervous when you hit the switch and hear nothing but the fans for longer than you'd expect.

Need to select 1M in SuperPi before running the benchmark.

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:16:

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-06-07, 18:47:

My Soyo Dragon, one of my favorites, a project that turned out well. I've played through Max Payne and Half Life on this system. After I had recapped it, I found there was a mod that could be done to allow the use of Palomino core CPUs (fellow Vogons members helped me track down some information that had been lost). I tried an Athlon mobile with it, but it was hit or miss on POSTing with that CPU so I gave up on it.

I hadn't powered this thing on in a while - it takes longer to POST than any other motherboard I've ever had. It doesn't seem to be a problem, just a quirk with this board, but you start to get nervous when you hit the switch and hear nothing but the fans for longer than you'd expect.

Need to select 1M in SuperPi before running the benchmark.

Ah, I didn't notice, I've never used that benchmark before, thanks!

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:20:

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:16:

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-06-07, 18:47:

My Soyo Dragon, one of my favorites, a project that turned out well. I've played through Max Payne and Half Life on this system. After I had recapped it, I found there was a mod that could be done to allow the use of Palomino core CPUs (fellow Vogons members helped me track down some information that had been lost). I tried an Athlon mobile with it, but it was hit or miss on POSTing with that CPU so I gave up on it.

I hadn't powered this thing on in a while - it takes longer to POST than any other motherboard I've ever had. It doesn't seem to be a problem, just a quirk with this board, but you start to get nervous when you hit the switch and hear nothing but the fans for longer than you'd expect.

Need to select 1M in SuperPi before running the benchmark.

Ah, I didn't notice, I've never used that benchmark before, thanks!

You also need Super Pi Mod v1.5 XS. Its the second one down with the link on the first post.

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:41:

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:20:

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-07, 19:16:

Need to select 1M in SuperPi before running the benchmark.

Ah, I didn't notice, I've never used that benchmark before, thanks!

You also need Super Pi Mod v1.5 XS. Its the second one down with the link on the first post.

Third time is a charm!

Where you guys at????

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-10, 21:10:

Where you guys at????

I’m joining the competition. Couldn’t resist. Started with a 6600GT but it’s too slow to hit 20k+ in 3DMark. Going to swap it with a 7600GT then post some results.

Nice, welcome to the fun.

I'm still on the sides. Almost ready to snag a X800 but I still need a few more $$$ as I have some Pentium III projects on the sides, as well as maybe stocking on some XP-M chips - some advice on which XP-M to get would be welcome.

I do have the NF7 and 7N400 Pro2 ready.

PcBytes wrote on 2026-06-10, 22:02:

I'm still on the sides. Almost ready to snag a X800 but I still need a few more $$$ as I have some Pentium III projects on the sides, as well as maybe stocking on some XP-M chips - some advice on which XP-M to get would be welcome.

I do have the NF7 and 7N400 Pro2 ready.

2500+ seems to be the easiest good chip to find though good prices 2800+ come up every once in a while.

I am about to join the fun in hopefully not too long.

Have some more good RAM on the way and also an NF7 v2.0 which I hope is working.

Already have a couple A7N8X v2.0 (nforce 2 Ultra) as well as an EPOX 8VTAI (Via KT880).

Will also probably post some dual socket runs as I have a board with dual 2600+ in it.

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-10, 21:10:

Where you guys at????

Give a man a break 😉

Jk, had to wait for caps etc. to arrive for my K7S8X Rev3 - it runs 200+ MHz FSB without issues. Time for memory and chipset voltmods - but I was able to squeeze a lot more out of the T-Bred 2400.

supercordo wrote on 2026-06-10, 21:10:

Where you guys at????

I am busy with my real life.
I bought a DFI NFII Infinity board last week. It’s not quite where I’d like it to be for a good benchmark run yet. I’m considering using my best XP-M for a SuperPI 1M run.

zuldan wrote on 2026-06-10, 21:37:

I’m joining the competition. Couldn’t resist. Started with a 6600GT but it’s too slow to hit 20k+ in 3DMark. Going to swap it with a 7600GT then post some results.

Nice XFX card! I used the same card. I like it a lot.

PcBytes wrote on 2026-06-10, 22:02:

I'm still on the sides. Almost ready to snag a X800 but I still need a few more $$$ as I have some Pentium III projects on the sides, as well as maybe stocking on some XP-M chips - some advice on which XP-M to get would be welcome.

Look out for IDYHA / IQYHA / IQYFA / AQYHA steppings.

tehsiggi wrote on 2026-06-11, 05:43:

Jk, had to wait for caps etc. to arrive for my K7S8X Rev3 - it runs 200+ MHz FSB without issues. Time for memory and chipset voltmods - but I was able to squeeze a lot more out of the T-Bred 2400.

I think that’s a good result for a 746FX chipset. The 748 chipsets aren't significantly better. OC FSB depends highly on the multi. Going from ~240MHz @6x and slowest romsips to barely 200MHz / 11x and fastest romsips.
The chipset voltage on my board didn't change much; I increased it from 1.8 V to 2.0 V. The chipset seems to run significantly hotter then.
A memory voltmod would be interesting for me.

_digitalbath wrote on 2026-06-11, 10:05:

I am busy with my real life.

+1

_digitalbath wrote on 2026-06-11, 10:05:

I think that’s a good result for a 746FX chipset. The 748 chipsets aren't significantly better. OC FSB depends highly on the multi. Going from ~240MHz @6x and slowest romsips to barely 200MHz / 11x and fastest romsips.
The chipset voltage on my board didn't change much; I increased it from 1.8 V to 2.0 V. The chipset seems to run significantly hotter then.
A memory voltmod would be interesting for me.

Got the board to 212MHz FSB with the T-Bred A - memory etc. is a topic as well, of course. The BIOS - for whatever reason, does some funny things with the timings, even if hard-coded. But hey, it is what it is.
With 212MHz though I did not get more points in 3DMark01SE - even though I then had nearly the same CPU frequency. Will have to try some more - but life calls as well 😉

For the Voltage-Mod - I'll post it here once done, not too big of a deal. Interesting enough, the K7S8X already runs the memory at 2.7V per default.

Here's a run of SuperPi with the T-Bred 2400 overclocked. All on the K7S8X Rev.3.0 - I think this is where the journey of that tbred ends..

So I went ahead and bit the bullet on a 7600GS I previously used. Couldn't find GTs, the X1950 was way too sketchy for its price and X800s have gone crazy in prices.

I guess I'll mod it for active cooling then see where OC takes me.

tehsiggi wrote on 2026-06-11, 12:35:

Got the board to 212MHz FSB with the T-Bred A - memory etc. is a topic as well, of course. The BIOS - for whatever reason, does some funny things with the timings, even if hard-coded. But hey, it is what it is.
With 212MHz though I did not get more points in 3DMark01SE - even though I then had nearly the same CPU frequency. Will have to try some more - but life calls as well 😉

For the Voltage-Mod - I'll post it here once done, not too big of a deal. Interesting enough, the K7S8X already runs the memory at 2.7V per default.

thanks!

you can use cheepomemtweak to look at the timings.

_digitalbath wrote on 2026-06-11, 18:26:

tehsiggi wrote on 2026-06-11, 12:35:

Got the board to 212MHz FSB with the T-Bred A - memory etc. is a topic as well, of course. The BIOS - for whatever reason, does some funny things with the timings, even if hard-coded. But hey, it is what it is.
With 212MHz though I did not get more points in 3DMark01SE - even though I then had nearly the same CPU frequency. Will have to try some more - but life calls as well 😉

For the Voltage-Mod - I'll post it here once done, not too big of a deal. Interesting enough, the K7S8X already runs the memory at 2.7V per default.

thanks!

you can use cheepomemtweak to look at the timings.

Thanks, I'll give that a try the next days!

Here's the latest SuperPI run:

PcBytes wrote on 2026-06-11, 16:24:

So I went ahead and bit the bullet on a 7600GS I previously used. Couldn't find GTs, the X1950 was way too sketchy for its price and X800s have gone crazy in prices.

Wild to think that I just bought my X1950GT for 25€ 5 years ago..

Scores have been updated.

Going through my AGP cards. I already knew I had the Radeon 3850 and the Gainward 7800 GS ( really 7900GT ?). Completely forgot I had a 7950GT.

Pretty sure I have a Radeon 4670 as well.

This gon git gud 😁

I'll test with other high end AGP cards as well for the fun of it.

cyclone3d wrote on 2026-06-12, 01:25:

Going through my AGP cards. I already knew I had the Radeon 3850 and the Gainward 7800 GS ( really 7900GT ?). Completely forgot […]
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Going through my AGP cards. I already knew I had the Radeon 3850 and the Gainward 7800 GS ( really 7900GT ?). Completely forgot I had a 7950GT.

Pretty sure I have a Radeon 4670 as well.

This gon git gud 😁

I'll test with other high end AGP cards as well for the fun of it.

Welcome to the fun!!!!