Re: 98 SE and Core 2 Duo

Posted on 2024-05-16, 14:33

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Here you go. p5pe-vm.zip Hello. New member here. I'm a fan of retro PC building that's why when I need information, I always check this site to find information. I have a P5PE-VM with a Celeron 420, 512mb of ram, ATI Radeon X800 Pro AGP and I'm using this as my Windows 98 PC. I'm curious about this …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 21:40

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Pentium 4 is not retro? Are you kidding?! Just facts: - Pentium 4 was developed as a replacement for Pentium 2 - Pentium 4 appeared earlier than Pentium 3 Tualatin - Pentium 4 is older than VIA C3 - Pentium 4 is older than AMD Athlon XP - Pentium 4 started selling a month after 3dfx Voodoo 4 - …

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Re: Which 17\19 inches crt monitor choose

Posted on 2024-05-10, 20:06

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The best CRT monitor in 2024 will be the one with the least worn picture tube. Personally, I have 17 and 19 inches. The first one is more universal and preferable for low resolutions. The second one is better suited for high resolutions. From my own experience, I will say that it is better to buy a …

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Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 15:11

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by Kruton 9000

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In my memory, Windows XP was very buggy up until service pack 2. I wouldn’t even say that it was more stable than fully patched Windows 98, even despite the NT architecture. Not sure what your definition of "stable" is, but my last experience running 98SE on a desktop machine I foolishly ordered …

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Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 14:29

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[...] Overkill for 2003, but OP's talking of running XP SP3, and those SPs seriously bloated the OS. I'd say 2GB is absolute minimum for a decent experience on XP SP3, and even there I'd prefer more. Better alternative: don't install the SPs, particularly not SP2 and 3. Not really. I think modern …

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Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?

Posted on 2024-04-29, 22:26

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SP2 is the lowest I would downgrade to - as someone who has used both vanilla and SP1 versions, they tend to crash on certain machines when running games. Agreed. SP1 fixed a number of annoying bugs, including one that I still remember about the taskbar freezing up in certain circumstances. …

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Re: Choosing a GPU for a P4 build?

Posted on 2024-04-29, 19:07

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The best you could buy in 2003 where AMD Athlon + ATI Radeon. At that time I had a S478 Celeron with GeForce FX and it was a pain after a couple of years. Also P4 is a bottleneck for anything starting from high-end GeForce FXs. If you want flexible S478 build with good performance-compatibility …

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Re: 1997 period correct retro PC build

Posted on 2024-04-26, 09:44

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by Kruton 9000

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Voodoo2 is a 1998 card anyway... ;) Most of them were manufactured in 1998 or later, sure... but V2 was anounced in November 1997, so for me it would be good fit for 1997 PC, along with PII 300. You wouldn't have been able to buy Voodoo 2 in 1997 anyway. Why deceive yourself? However, it is not …

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Re: Matrox Mystique and Millennium plus successors

Posted on 2024-04-22, 09:26

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Thank you for the complete answer and the precious informations Do you think that this version is hybrid version you mentioned? The video chip is the old one but the memory is faster than common Mystique and the back is labelled as 220: 001.png 002.png Yes, that seems to be the case. MGA1064SG chip …

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Re: Matrox Mystique and Millennium plus successors

Posted on 2024-04-22, 08:56

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Millennium 1 is almost 2d-only card regardless of the chip and memory size that is used there. Very limited 3d functionality. Mystique and Mystique 220 cards have huge rendering quality, missing a lot of common features. Graphics looks more like on PlayStation 1 though some people like it. …

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Re: why did the voodoo 4 and 5 dont have hardware support for T&L

Posted on 2024-04-13, 08:09

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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2024-04-13, 04:37: ... and then Nvidia still took the misstep of the FX series while getting trounced by ATi's 9500\9700 and then 9600\9800 series... But FX series was developed by ex-3dfx engineers...

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Re: What is the deal with S3's Chrome cards?

Posted on 2024-04-05, 06:54

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I was working in a computer store at the time these were new and don't recall seeing them. We never had any for sale either. At this point, onboard graphics (including S3/Via) were "good enough" for the low end and would have priced these out. These products also had no future due to the whole …

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Re: Which Voodoo Card for a Pentium 166/200/233 MHz build?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 06:01

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My simple rule of Voodoo - Pentium matching: Voodoo 1 (or Rush) - Pentium 1 (incl. MMX) Voodoo 2 (or Banshee) - Pentium 2 Voodoo 3 (or Velocity 100) - Pentium 3 Voodoo 4 (or 5) - Pentium 4

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2024-04-01, 14:38

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Is the card overclocked with those 160/166Mhz settings? Nope. The card was running stock clocks. Here are some pics of the card https://imgur.com/a/jR9lfNo Looks like it´s even faster than the Savage 4 Extreme. Rare card. No, it isn't faster. It is Extreme's clocks indeed. Still faster than more …

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Re: The GeForce FX series. Faster than you think.

Posted on 2024-03-26, 14:31

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-03-26, 03:28: Or run comparison test against GF4 for a laugh. GeForce FXs starting from 5700 are faster than any of GF4s if CPU is fast enough (fast P4 or A64) . The difference is bigger with better quality.

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Re: Need benchmarks or reviews for asus s3 virge 3dp-v375dx

Posted on 2024-03-26, 11:56

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One specific question I can answer is that there essentially is no rare, valuable Virge card out there. They were affordable, sold by the truckload, and plenty are still out there and available for retro builds. I think it would be a bit of a waste chasing down any one specific model if you wanted …

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Re: Need benchmarks or reviews for asus s3 virge 3dp-v375dx

Posted on 2024-03-26, 11:25

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It is nice card for its purpose: DOS gaming and very early 3D. Asus card should be better than no name ones. I personally like them. Although it is not so rare. It uses video chip that was very common for its time and doesn't offer anything extra. Maybe because it was one of the earliest Asus video …

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Re: S3 virge dx vs software rendering

Posted on 2024-03-05, 07:10

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It should also be noted that Virge DX cards come with a wide range of clocks. Unbranded "no-name" models usually feature a modest core clock of 50 MHz and have slower memory, while high end offerings (e.g. from Diamond) work at 72 MHz and have faster memory. You can see this on the Virge DX page of …

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Re: Generic/uninteresting yet rare video cards?

Posted on 2024-02-03, 09:25

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I think most of uncommon 2d-only PCI cards are useless or less useful now. Rare ones? It's difficult to define without any statistics. Maybe such as: SIS 6202, 6205 Acer ALiCat I, ALiCat II, ALiCat III Alliance ProMotion AT25 OPTi 92C178, 82C264 Western Digital WD9710 MZ There are also rare late S3 …

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Re: Intel GMA 500 for retro, what can and can't be done? XP lowest? PowerVR useful?

Posted on 2024-01-28, 12:14

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What about a HP 2133 for a small C7 based system? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_2133_Mini-Note_PC I have one. Despite it is very good in theory, in practice it isn't. The main problem is that despite the stated compatibility of VIA Chrome9HC with Windows 9X in the drivers of later VIA chips, …

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