Mamba wrote on 2026-07-26, 05:36:

Ok. Reverted to 98SE. […]
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Ok.
Reverted to 98SE.

Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
I am getting 3200 points with Omega drivers and k6-III+ @600

Al wpcredit optimizations suggested gave me 50 points more, not so impressive.

Was expecting more since the gpu was supposed to be a match for gf2 GTS/Pro

It’s because of driver overhead. Older nVIDIA drivers were much better optimized for the K6-2/3 CPUs.
On the other hand, ATi never really had a properly optimized driver for the SS7 platform.

bloodem wrote on 2026-07-26, 05:58:

Mamba wrote on 2026-07-26, 05:36:

Ok. Reverted to 98SE. […]
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Ok.
Reverted to 98SE.

Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
I am getting 3200 points with Omega drivers and k6-III+ @600

Al wpcredit optimizations suggested gave me 50 points more, not so impressive.

Was expecting more since the gpu was supposed to be a match for gf2 GTS/Pro

It’s because of driver overhead. Older nVIDIA drivers were much better optimized for the K6-2/3 CPUs.
On the other hand, ATi never really had a properly optimized driver for the SS7 platform.

I am aware of that, still struggling to find online “7.76 ati equivalent”.
Nothing on first hand experience as well.
Guess I should be happy to see the card working.

Is AI at the point yet where it can write us cool drivers? 😀

it can't invent magic from nothing, but if you have register layout, chip specs, existing drivers etc. it's surprisingly good already

Sphere478 wrote on 2026-08-01, 02:30:

Is AI at the point yet where it can write us cool drivers? 😀

I tried it a year ago 🤣, no luck 🙁

LLMs were toddlers a year ago. give it a new shot today

Skalabala wrote on 2026-08-03, 23:05:

Sphere478 wrote on 2026-08-01, 02:30:

Is AI at the point yet where it can write us cool drivers? 😀

I tried it a year ago 🤣, no luck 🙁

It was able to write a jazz16 midi port switcher to switch between the onboard wave table, the wave blaster header and the external midi port.

But that was also with a lot of help on my part.

Skalabala wrote on 2017-02-12, 22:02:

Hi members :) It will be awesome if more members can join in with your fast K6 :D Show us your personal best. For now for clock […]
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Hi members 😀
It will be awesome if more members can join in with your fast K6 😁
Show us your personal best.
For now for clock speed under 600Mhz, this is my best.
CPU Z is part of the rules 😀

After 6 months, 300$, and 2x more gray hair, I have finally joined Skabala's silly 5k club =]

630MHZ AMD K6-3+ 400 ATZ @6x105 2.4v
Socket A cooler, copper base, modded (Bent) retention bracket
MX-7 thermal paste.
Tornado 60mm high flow fan
128MB ram CAS 2-2-2-5-8-8
Gigabyte GA5-AV Rev 4.1, F-4 bios
PNY GF-3 Ti200 @ 220x470
Det 7.76 driver
ALi AGP 1.82 driver
Turbo Mode Enabled (AGP 2x, GAT 2. Write Allocation Enabled W/Hole)
AGP Aperture 128mb
Win 98 SE
CTU 128mb Write Allocation Enabled.
Write Combining Enabled. (64mb Unchached/64mb Write Combined)
DX 7.0
5018 3DMark 2000

How’s Halo run on it?

Sphere478 wrote on Today, 02:55:

How’s Halo run on it?

Hi! Don't know, never played it!
I have seen your posts in this thread...nice work!
I am a ID software kinda guy, and a Return to Castle Wolfenstein "Enemy Territory" player since launch. (Still play online nightly at the "Buffalo Bad Ass" server)
Quake was my gateway drug into gaming in 1998. Lots of Half Life, Quake 3 Arena, and Unreal Touranment at LAN parties.

I did briefly try Tom Raider on it. Found a copy that I don't know where it came from, and tried it to see if the CD was good.
I game on my Ryzen 9 9950x/ RTX 5070 daily driver...a bit overkill for ET!
I have other K-6/Vintage systems for retro gaming that I am finishing putting togther.
This is strictly a bench machine.