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 2026-09-02, 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.

Made a score board as of 9/2/2026

3DMark2000
#1 Skalabala @ 5608 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#2 Nedrodude @ 5171 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#3 austinham @ 5032 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#4 Mentat-vvo @ 5026 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#5 bloodem @ 5021 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#6 $SOLID$ Necro @ 5018 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#7 galanopu @ 4968 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#8 Supercordo @ 4933 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#9 Mamba @ 4710 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#10 Aebtdom @ 4660 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#11 Repo Man11 @ 4556 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#12 imperious @ 4496 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#13 SWZSSR @ 4315 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#14 lukas12p @ 4306 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#15 pa1983 @ 4038 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#16 pshipkov @ 3628 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#17 elianda @ 3253 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#18 sphere478 @ 3143 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

supercordo wrote on 2026-09-02, 05:15:

Made a score board as of 9/2/2026 […]
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Made a score board as of 9/2/2026

3DMark2000
#1 Skalabala @ 5608 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#2 Nedrodude @ 5171 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#3 austinham @ 5032 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#4 Mentat-vvo @ 5026 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#5 bloodem @ 5021 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#6 $SOLID$ Necro @ 5018 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#7 galanopu @ 4968 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#8 Supercordo @ 4933 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#9 Mamba @ 4710 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#10 Aebtdom @ 4660 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#11 Repo Man11 @ 4556 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#12 imperious @ 4496 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#13 SWZSSR @ 4315 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#14 lukas12p @ 4306 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#15 pa1983 @ 4038 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#16 pshipkov @ 3628 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#17 elianda @ 3253 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#18 sphere478 @ 3143 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

this would be better if people mentioned what the cpu was marked as .. and also what the fsb and multipliers are..
just clicked on #18 to have a look and none of that info was there, just the scores..

kennyPENTIUMpowers wrote on 2026-09-02, 08:18:

supercordo wrote on 2026-09-02, 05:15:

Made a score board as of 9/2/2026 […]
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Made a score board as of 9/2/2026

3DMark2000
#1 Skalabala @ 5608 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#2 Nedrodude @ 5171 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#3 austinham @ 5032 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#4 Mentat-vvo @ 5026 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#5 bloodem @ 5021 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#6 $SOLID$ Necro @ 5018 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#7 galanopu @ 4968 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#8 Supercordo @ 4933 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#9 Mamba @ 4710 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#10 Aebtdom @ 4660 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#11 Repo Man11 @ 4556 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#12 imperious @ 4496 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#13 SWZSSR @ 4315 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#14 lukas12p @ 4306 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#15 pa1983 @ 4038 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#16 pshipkov @ 3628 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#17 elianda @ 3253 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.
#18 sphere478 @ 3143 Re: AMD K6 3DMARK, aiming for stars.

this would be better if people mentioned what the cpu was marked as .. and also what the fsb and multipliers are..
just clicked on #18 to have a look and none of that info was there, just the scores..

Oh well.

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I miss K-6.com, we lost so much info when it shut down, like steppings and OC results from them.
I used to run a OC forum section at PimpRig.com, and I would track/edit everyones scores and rank on the first post.
(Proto HWBOT)
It seems like you can't edit posts here, so that won't work .
Any ideas? I would love to see a form of it come back here.
Your hardware collection is prime for it, I have been lurking for a while and love the socket A "Stars" thread you made.

yeah, this thread didnt really start with any rules like cpu-z in the screen shot. It not a competition, Just friendly overclocking.

supercordo wrote on 2026-09-03, 00:32:

yeah, this thread didnt really start with any rules like cpu-z in the screen shot. It not a competition, Just friendly overclocking.

I always put CpuZ settings.
Even other settings if possible.