Re: P3 Coppermine Voltage in GA-6BXC Rev 2.0 Mobo

Posted on 2024-02-10, 08:27

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2024-02-10, 08:15: Amazing thank you, that’s great. I’ve tested the cpu and posted without issues at 1ghz, I haven’t tried anything else yet with it. You're welcome! That's an amazing combo you've got there (and that 1 GHz/100 MHz FSB Coppermine is quite rare and sought-after). …

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Re: P3 Coppermine Voltage in GA-6BXC Rev 2.0 Mobo

Posted on 2024-02-10, 07:19

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First of all, you should not be concerned with voltage on a 440BX motherboard. The CPU itself requests the voltage (through the voltage request signal), and if the motherboard can't provide it, no voltage will be supplied (so, indeed, no POST). There is no risk of damage, if that's your main concern …

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Re: VIDEO BENCHMARKS (Original title: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all)

Posted on 2024-02-08, 15:35

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Can I get a sanity check please? Is Quake3 1.32 (or 1.32C) incompatible with the Ezra-T (or similar?). I get constant crashing while trying to run timedemo, but it works fine with the earlier release. Benchmark should be 1024x768, everything maxxed out and both color depth and texture depth set to …

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Re: Super Socket 7 + K6 2+ 500 MHz running slow

Posted on 2023-11-21, 17:30

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Vendest wrote on 2023-11-20, 17:23: I may have set a DIP switch wrongly or could the CPU be defective? It's very hard to believe that it's the CPU's fault. I would say that it's most likely related to the motherboard itself (possibly Jan's patched BIOS does not work properly on all MB revisions?)

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 16:44

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As a rule, I do not overclock my old hardware. I might do a run or two, just to scratch the itch, but its not the 90's anymore. If I want a faster computer, I have a AMD 5950X system to my right. if i'm trying to play a game thats too much for a ppro, i'll break out my Pentium 3. :P I generally …

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 09:07

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Never had any problems running 1MB version @ 233Mhz. Tested at least 10 CPUs over the years... But it does get hot! With 1MB version running at 233Mhz I've sold the 333MHz overdrive as it's not that much faster. Interesting! All three of my 1MB CPUs are unstable at 233 MHz, but they do work fine at …

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 05:33

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The GAMING differences between 256k, 512k, and 1024k are negligible. 256k to 1024k is only ~5-10% uplift in gaming and windows benchmarks. In my experience, the 256/512KB versions overclock much better, they’re usually fully stable @ 233 MHz, while none of my 1MB chips can do it. So, in this case, …

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Re: Tweak Quake2 and win a 3DFX Voodoo2 3D accelerator card

Posted on 2023-11-14, 18:18

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The Voodoo5 5500 performs like crasy in Quake2. I have a Slot A Athlon 850 system with a Voodoo5 5500. I get around 220 frames per second on my voodoo5. And around 135 with the Voodoo4. The Voodoo2 SLI , Voodoo3 card all get above 100 frames per second. The Geforce cards I tried (Gf 256 DDR, GF2 MX …

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Re: Tweak Quake2 and win a 3DFX Voodoo2 3D accelerator card

Posted on 2023-11-14, 06:55

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You can use ANY graphic card you like up to DirectX 7.0 Here is a list of DirectX 7.0 cards https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/?directx=7.0&sort=name [...] 3DFX Voodoo5 and newer 3DFX cards are banned. The reason for this is that Voodoo5 cards performs like crazy in Quake2, and they are also …

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Re: VIDEO BENCHMARKS (Original title: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all)

Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:17

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What is a safe voltage range for Neh.'s? I got my 1.0 to 1.26 but anything over that it becomes unstable. My two best Nehemiah CPUs (which are 1.2 GHz SKUs), can reach a stable 1.53 GHz @ 1.55V. That's a 27% overclock. The other five can only go up to 1.46 GHz (21% overclock). So, if your 1 GHz …

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Re: DOS drivers for Aztech Multimedia Pro 16 IIB-3D (I38-SN96103)

Posted on 2023-10-18, 14:16

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by bloodem

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Thanks for this thread. I obtained this card after testing a similar card with the AZT2316A (the larger version of the IC). The driver for the AZT2316A is incompatible with the AZT2316R, so your attachment helped. I'm glad it was helpful. :-) My question is what's the advantage of the 7332s opamp …

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Re: How do you overclock an NVIDIA RIVA 128 in MS-DOS?

Posted on 2023-10-16, 15:10

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egbertjan wrote on 2023-10-16, 15:02: [...] Duke Nukem 3D [...] 800x600 [...] K6 3+ [...] enough CPU power available under MS-DOS 6.22 Uhm... that's far from being enough CPU power for Duke Nukem running at 800 x 600 (not to mention Quake).

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Re: MB-8433UUD Bad BIOS?

Posted on 2023-10-12, 03:42

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Repo Man11 wrote on 2023-10-12, 01:28: There are motherboards that will not POST if the CMOS/RTC battery is dead. The 8433UUD is not one of those boards, though (I have three of these). It does POST just fine with a dead RTC battery, however you won’t be able to boot into any OS (because it forgets …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-26, 19:16

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@bloodem Could you give your 1400 Thunderbird a short run in Prime95 (in place large FFT's), and measure the 5V rail with a multimeter? Oh, sorry, missed your message (i.e.: forgot about it :-D ). Anyway, I can't test the Thunderbird right now, because it's in storage (in a different city). Glad …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 11:06

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Seems he doesn't sell in Europe. It doesn't show up when I search on German ebay (It's out of stock anyway, but even in the past auctions it's not there). Seems like someone was faster than you. It was in stock when I pasted the link (btw, I'm also from Europe). :-) Either way, this seller never …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 09:01

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Unfortunately Ezra CPUs are pretty much impossible to get. (At least that's my experience in the last few years) There was a very reliable seller from China who had a ton of 1 GHz Ezra-T CPUs up until 6 - 12 months ago, but the stock has since dried up. He still has normal Ezra CPUs @ 800 MHz , …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 06:10

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PS. VIA C3 has more collectible value than practical value. I think so. It's actually extremely practical. An Ezra-T (with a bit of very easy overclocking) has a top speed similar to a Pentium 3 Katmai @ 600 MHz , and a speed flexibility better than that of a Pentium MMX (you can basically hit most …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2023-09-22, 11:16

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@bloodem How are the "Segotep ATX-500WH" PSUs holding up ?? I found (also in RO) this Segotep PSU that is somehow even cheaper :" ATX-500W12 " And somehow states 200W on +5V & +3.3V, although it has the same 30Amps as the "ATX-500WH" which states only 180W . No issues to report! I'm using them in …

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Re: BIOS for Diamond Viper V770 Ultra video card

Posted on 2023-09-22, 04:09

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Thanks a bunch, man! Appreciate it! 😀

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Re: Athlon64 3400+ / Asus K8V-MX / 5900XT / Audigy1

Posted on 2023-09-16, 12:57

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Re-pasted my Leadtek 5900XT and lubricated the fan. Just a word of warning to anyone else who may want to do this: Leadtek used some pretty strong epoxy for gluing the heatsink to the GPU. I had to carefully slide a razor blade in-between the two and slowly cut the epoxy away. That weird stuff had …

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