Reply 20 of 37, by matt102498
wrote:AGP Aperture doesn't need to be larger than 32MB for that card (or any card really) - it won't influence its performance, at least if it were in a "properly matched" system (that is, there's no real performance gains to having outrageously big AGP Aperture, especially for a card with 256MB of onboard memory). In general I'd say the card is massively overkill/pointless for a K6-2 though
The 5950 would be better suited in a Pentium 4. 😀
I doubt you'll get the Theater 650 to work "at a bearable speed" either - it's hung up by the (comparatively) dog-slow CPU. Theater 650 came out in 2006; it's FAR too new/modern to be expected to work nicely with such an ancient (relatively speaking) machine (really, the CPU just isn't up to the level of multimedia performance you're expecting). Again, it would be better suited in a Pentium 4 (or higher).
My everyday PC is actually a Pentium 4 478 EE Abit IC7 MAX-III with an AGP HD 4670 which still does everything I want including HD youtube streaming. Wasn't a retro build though, just old.
You downgraded me to a K6-2!! 🤣, I think I do have too high of hopes for a K6-III though, and that I'm remembering this processor for what it was during its prime.
Because the analog tuner on the TV-wonder 650 has a built in hardware encoder I'm hoping to try an external HD tuner box and allow the graphics processor to decode the stream if the QAM stream is too much to handle. (fingers crossed)
wrote:Nice system! K6-III's are some of the best choices for retro gaming.
Any card with external power (especially with dual slot blow dryer) just isn't good for legacy purposes IMO; power hungry, more dust, hot and noisy, and expensive to fix. Geforce FX series was the worst GPU nvidia ever made BTW. Radeon 9xxx were way better despite being from Geforce 4 era; 9xxx had to be the best cards ever actually, next to the 8800 gtx IMO.
Use a brand-new power supply with old hardware always. make sure no bulging capacitors exist.
Thanks!
I actually have the ASUS version of the card so it's practically a single slot (only cost $25 because the board is slightly warped)
New PS and absolutely no bulging capacitors on the MVP3G5. This thing looked like it came from the factory when I bought it.
I actually owned an old 9800 AIW pro that was keyed correctly but didn't work 😢
wrote:have u ever had audio problems with ur AGP video card and the au8830? […]
have u ever had audio problems with ur AGP video card and the au8830?
I have a very similar setup to yours, and i cant get the au8830 to work correctly for more then 3-4 seconds, after that no sounds.
It appears to be a latecy problem which happens when an AGP video card is used together with a pci audio card on mvp3 chipset boards.Have you ever had it? If yes, how did u fix it?
Which driver versions are u using for chipset, AGP card and vortex 2?
Are you using win98 right?
I'm using windows xp. I do have the pci latency issue though, at least I think. I finally got around to testing the sound card after I got my directx 8&9 tests working. There are bad crackling noises and what appears to be high CPU usage whenever sounds play. I think if I can fix this issue my DVDs will play smoother. The sound doesn't completely go out on me ever though. I had heard the XP drivers were done well, and I blocked them from updating already.
wrote:As a fan of cramming as stuff into old things as possible because "Why not?", I like it. 😀
Since you seem to be trying to turn it into an old jack-of-all-trades beast: that motherboard should be able to cache the full 768MB if you boost the L2 (L3!) cache to the full 2MB. If you're set on multimedia, you probably should consider an MPEG2 decoder (an XCard would be even better if you can find one).
Thanks! I was hoping to see what this processor was capable of because I remember how mean it seemed when I first had one. Late night watching the ATI rage dawning demo when I was supposed to be asleep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjkgLC3w7Xw
I'll also be out of slots if I get 2 Diamond monster 3DIIs which prevents the XCard. I'm really hoping this graphics card can handle it.
The cache is at 2mb now, and the way the chipset is designed restricts cacheable memory to 512mb (the board is actually advertised to only support 384mb, but I think it was here that I learned how to get around that, and of others with 1.5gb socket 7s. 🤣, now that has to be overkill.)
Glad to finally see that old Direct X box spin relatively stutter free at DX9 levels though!
Main Rig: ABIT IC7-MAXIII P4 EE 3.4GHz 4GB OCZ Platinum HIS Radeon 4670HD AGP 120Gb OCZ SSD
Retro: EPoX MVP3G5 K6-III 450 768 CL2 ASUS Geforce 5950 Ultra Aureal Vortex
Looking for: IBM PS/1 supporting 64mb ram