Over 5k!! Nicely done and looking forward to the writeup. I love it

AGP Power Improver

Thoughts on agp power adder?

Could be a really nice idea! makes it easier, my solution for now is a fat wire between 3.3V from PSU to the closest capacitor, whilst also massively increasing the capacity of it + adding a big fat ceramic cap inbetween 😀

Sadly this is the most I can do, if I increase GPU core / mem by even one single MHz it starts artifacting. No 5400 for me I guess 🙁

Which gfx card? Looks like some kinda gf2? Which model?

The last result was with a Gainward GeForce 3 Ti 200 😀

I have been thinking about one thing. Is it possible to use the BIOS chip from a ASUS p5a on a Gigabyte ga-5ax?
I have both at P5A and a ga-5ax. I have noticed that the ga-5ax can run higher bus speeds on then the p5a board, but it is slower. Could it be the BIOS?
Is the BIOS on a p5a better then the BIOS on the ga-5ax?

What do you guys think?

Necrodude wrote on 2023-01-01, 23:25:

I have been thinking about one thing. Is it possible to use the BIOS chip from a ASUS p5a on a Gigabyte ga-5ax? I have both at P […]
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I have been thinking about one thing. Is it possible to use the BIOS chip from a ASUS p5a on a Gigabyte ga-5ax?
I have both at P5A and a ga-5ax. I have noticed that the ga-5ax can run higher bus speeds on then the p5a board, but it is slower. Could it be the BIOS?
Is the BIOS on a p5a better then the BIOS on the ga-5ax?

What do you guys think?

Earlier in the thread someone modded the gigabyte bios. Flip back a bit and check it out 😀

Oerg866 wrote on 2022-12-21, 17:41:

Could be a really nice idea! makes it easier, my solution for now is a fat wire between 3.3V from PSU to the closest capacitor, […]
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Could be a really nice idea! makes it easier, my solution for now is a fat wire between 3.3V from PSU to the closest capacitor, whilst also massively increasing the capacity of it + adding a big fat ceramic cap inbetween 😀

Sadly this is the most I can do, if I increase GPU core / mem by even one single MHz it starts artifacting. No 5400 for me I guess 🙁

Thats an awe score! Can you raise the FSB? And is the 1024kb cache fully working on rev E chipset?

Skalabala wrote on 2023-02-19, 04:15:

Oerg866 wrote on 2022-12-21, 17:41:

Could be a really nice idea! makes it easier, my solution for now is a fat wire between 3.3V from PSU to the closest capacitor, […]
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Could be a really nice idea! makes it easier, my solution for now is a fat wire between 3.3V from PSU to the closest capacitor, whilst also massively increasing the capacity of it + adding a big fat ceramic cap inbetween 😀

Sadly this is the most I can do, if I increase GPU core / mem by even one single MHz it starts artifacting. No 5400 for me I guess 🙁

Thats an awe score! Can you raise the FSB? And is the 1024kb cache fully working on rev E chipset?

Thanks!

1. No, sadly any higher FSB and it becomes very unstable
2. Yes, it is fully working 😀

Remember that using win95 gives you a 30-50 point boost 😀

I'm using 98Lite which already gives me the boost 😁

Hey all
Was inspired by this thread a few years back.. finally got around to building up my ASUS p5a system.

My CPU score seems to be low compared to my friends MVP3 system running identical specs..

-- Specs --
K6-2+ 570 modified to K6-3+ @ 6x100
ASUS P5A Rev1.6 ALI-G *Resistor Mod to Fix Slowdown*
2x128MB Infineon PC-100 CL2
MSI Geforce2 TI 64MB (7.76 driver reporting as GTS)
Onboard ESS SOLO-1 Audio

--Drivers--
- ALI 1.82 AGP
- ALI IDE 3.56
- 7.76 Nvidia
- Windows 98SE, DX7
- ALI AGP Registry Tweaked
- BIOS Tuned
- NO other tweaks yet..

--3DMARK 99 Score--
-4754 3DMarks
-8336 CPU 3Dmarks

--3DMARK 2000 Score--
- 4315 3DMarks

--Bios Settings--

--Resistor Mod--

Nice...

My score on a shitty VIA system

System
EPoX/ProNiX EP-58MVP3C-M
128MB PC133 SD-Ram
K6 Mod III 600
Geforce 2 MX 200

This my score of my Microstar MS-5169

System
Microstar MS-5169
128MB PC133 SD Memory
AMD K6 III Mod to 600Mhz (Original was AMD K6 II 570 Mhz Before MOD)
Creative CT6970 (NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra)

SWZSSR wrote on 2023-04-13, 06:42:

Hey all
Was inspired by this thread a few years back.. finally got around to building up my ASUS p5a system.

My CPU score seems to be low compared to my friends MVP3 system running identical specs..

It does seem slow. Wonder why, your 3dmark 2000 should be close to 5000.

SWZSSR wrote on 2023-04-13, 06:42:

Hey all Was inspired by this thread a few years back.. finally got around to building up my ASUS p5a system. […]
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Hey all
Was inspired by this thread a few years back.. finally got around to building up my ASUS p5a system.

My CPU score seems to be low compared to my friends MVP3 system running identical specs..

-- Specs --
K6-2+ 570 modified to K6-3+ @ 6x100
ASUS P5A Rev1.6 ALI-G *Resistor Mod to Fix Slowdown*
2x128MB Infineon PC-100 CL2
MSI Geforce2 TI 64MB (7.76 driver reporting as GTS)
Onboard ESS SOLO-1 Audio

--Drivers--
- ALI 1.82 AGP
- ALI IDE 3.56
- 7.76 Nvidia
- Windows 98SE, DX7
- ALI AGP Registry Tweaked
- BIOS Tuned
- NO other tweaks yet..

--3DMARK 99 Score--
-4754 3DMarks
-8336 CPU 3Dmarks
2.jpg

--3DMARK 2000 Score--
- 4315 3DMarks
1.jpg

--Bios Settings--
BIOS.jpg

--Resistor Mod--
MOD.jpg

I also have a P5A board with a k6-3+ 400mhz cpu @616 (112x5.5)
I get 5K points in 3dmark 2000. I am using a Geforce2 Ti gpu.
I have used WPCREDIT to get a nice boost in the scores. I am using WPCRset to load the settings at the startup.

here is my settings

I am also using CTU and a couple of other nice little programs to get some extra juice.

WPCRset valuas are typical for ALi boards?
What is CTU?

lukas12p wrote on 2023-04-23, 12:48:

WPCRset valuas are typical for ALi boards?
What is CTU?

I really dont know. I guess some of the settings are. I copied some of the settings from another vogoners YT video.
The other settings are done by lots of hours trial and error.

CTU stands for central tweaking unit, and can be found at
https://www.philscomputerlab.com/k6-2-2-3-resources.html

I am using a couple of the tools found on that page.

Thanks

flakes wrote on 2023-04-13, 10:09:

Nice... […]
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Nice...

My score on a shitty VIA system
1.jpg
System
EPoX/ProNiX EP-58MVP3C-M
128MB PC133 SD-Ram
K6 Mod III 600
Geforce 2 MX 200

It’s not the VIA system.. replace the user and Stryke.. )