Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2024-05-16, 21:36

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by Dothan Burger

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Highly impressive guys! Just when I thought this thread had run its course you guys pull out 2 amazing handmade builds. Can't wait to see what you guys build with these, keep us posted.

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 22:33

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by Dothan Burger

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I'll never look at an OLED TV or monitor again after the QD-OLED Alienware I owned that gave me massive migraines. I would feel this pressure behind my eyes that made me so sick I would throw up the next day. I thought I was getting sick and developing health issues but as soon as I switched back to …

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Re: 478 to 479 adapter anyone running one?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 00:31

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by Dothan Burger

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I was lucky enough to purchase an AOpen 479 board years ago in a lot of parts. I maxed out the CPU, and though this board has limited overclocking options (no CPU voltage adjustments) I was able to overclock the CPU by quite a bit. There is at least one member here who has an adapter on his Asus …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 01:37

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On my 17" & 19" CRT monitors I like 800x600 for Windows 98 desktop usage, it just looks so crisp. In games I really don't mind higher resolutions if the monitor can handle it. For LCD's I obviously like native. The best DVD playback I've ever witnessed was rage theater equipped ATi Rage 128pro or …

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Re: Modern GPU with VGA for CRT

Posted on 2024-05-04, 18:58

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by Dothan Burger

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Hi guys, i have a Crt Sony GDM F520 monitor. So here is the problem - it works great with radeon 9700 - the image quality is just superb, text and images are very sharp. Voodoo 3\5 - also great. Geforce 6600 - a little bit inferior in terms of sharpness but still good. But i want to push it further …

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Re: Why do the voodoo 4 and 5 not have hardware support for T&L?

Posted on 2024-05-01, 11:54

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by Dothan Burger

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Tests from 1999-2000 show minimal % difference when going from high to low end CPU in real games on GF256. That first T&L implementation wasnt hugely helping even on low end Celerons. Compare GF245 SDR and Savage 2000 in Q3 with Celeron 366 vs P3 700 https://www.anandtech.com/show/429/5 https:// …

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Re: Failed flash of a FireGL 8800 - Can it be saved?

Posted on 2024-04-29, 11:14

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by Dothan Burger

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You don't need to do anything in Win9x environment. Just force Radeon 8500 driver on it. For whatever reason the card was crashing on the ITX Llama board. You're right though it's running just fine on the K8V that I used to flash it, and it scored just behind my ti4200 nice! I always wanted R200 …

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Re: Failed flash of a FireGL 8800 - Can it be saved?

Posted on 2024-04-28, 16:57

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by Dothan Burger

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Apparently, I did save the original bios on the flash drive I was working with and after changing the bios to boot from PCI I was able to use the MV 2400 to flash the FireGL back to life. No more midnight flashing for me. Is there anyway to properly use this FireGL 8800 in windows 98?

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Re: RetroBox for late 90's to early 2000's games

Posted on 2024-04-28, 12:25

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Hey at least the cables aren't soldered, which would be annoying. They seem to be repurposed IDE cable connectors, which are readily available and you can easily DIY the longer cables - just crimp them on, e.g. in a vice. I guess that is certainly a viable option. Only question is if the signal …

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Re: Failed flash of a FireGL 8800 - Can it be saved?

Posted on 2024-04-28, 00:55

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by Dothan Burger

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Get PCI video card and reflash it again. I had one of those cheap Rage pro 8mb PCI cards sold on ebay and I must have added the flash all ATI cards modifier and it killed it too. And I didn't save the bios before I flashed because I was having problems with the Flashrom syntax. Now all I have is a …

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Failed flash of a FireGL 8800 - Can it be saved?

Posted on 2024-04-28, 00:31

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by Dothan Burger

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I tried Flashing a FireGL 8800 64mb to a Radeon 8500 because it wasn't working properly in 98SE. I goofed and now it doesn't post is there anything that can be done?

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Re: RetroBox for late 90's to early 2000's games

Posted on 2024-04-27, 16:46

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by Dothan Burger

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Finally the case has arrived! Box https://i.imgur.com/3KtJGTu.jpeg Nice little case https://i.imgur.com/G48Bh5c.jpeg Mouse for scale https://i.imgur.com/IOFYAiO.jpeg Comes with even a little screwdriver! https://i.imgur.com/rou0124.jpeg EDIT: Scaling the images down. I like it! How much did she …

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Re: Why do the voodoo 4 and 5 not have hardware support for T&L?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 17:25

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by Dothan Burger

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Doesn’t Midtown madness 2 let you toggle T&L?

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Re: RetroBox for late 90's to early 2000's games

Posted on 2024-04-16, 02:55

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by Dothan Burger

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Yeah, my thoughts exactly! All parts that were ordered have arrived now except the case. Now begins the search for a good soundcard. I want positional audio, I remeber the joy of Need for Speed 5 with EAX. Does anyone know if NFS games support Aureal Audio as well, or is it just EAX? Anyway, …

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Re: RetroBox for late 90's to early 2000's games

Posted on 2024-04-14, 21:57

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Ordered a few new parts. Case: I like how modern ITX cases have multiple slots for big GPU's, it lets you run a graphics card and sound card in a little tiny package. I did the same thing with a 945 chipset in an ITX case with a 7950gt and an Audigy. I expected a few issues at the retro LAN party I …

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

Posted on 2024-04-13, 20:31

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by Dothan Burger

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Didn't Geforce 3 and the Radeon 8500 have fixed function T&L units as well as vertex shaders? That would be quite redundant. A Techreport article refutes the Geforce 3 having it but says the Radeon 8500 did. Vertex shader — As in the GeForce3, the vertex shader replaces the old fixed-function …

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

Posted on 2024-04-13, 17:57

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by Dothan Burger

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Many HW TnL engine before the consumer revolution were actually embedded CPU(s) dedicated to the task to offload the main CPU It was common for i960, DSP or the Sony design (PS2 Vector Units). (In the Dx5/6 I remember at least one of the smaller vendor talked to us about a prototype card they were …

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Re: Help identifying this ASUS Motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-13, 04:02

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by Dothan Burger

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1003 is likely the first official BIOS, anything before 1003 isnt official but more of a beta version, its pretty cool yours was a 1001 release happy you can restore its original version. I think you're right it would be cool to just stay with the 1001 so it's all original. You saved this board for …

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Re: Help identifying this ASUS Motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-13, 01:46

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by Dothan Burger

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Was assuming you wanted try something older than v1003 originally linked by Trashbytes? Anyway, correct syntax is afudos /iK8VB1003.AMI Thank you! I was just confused because ASUS listed 1003 as the first bios. After grabbing Filezilla I can see now that your site has the 1001 bios, I'll go ahead …

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Re: Help identifying this ASUS Motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-13, 01:08

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by Dothan Burger

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Try here - ftp://ftp.tekwind.co.jp/pub/asustw/mb/sock754/k8v_basic/ Note of caution - see a few posts online for K8V series boards referring to the correct flash app to use when moving between early versions and 1003 & beyond " If your current BIOS is earlier than 1003 (e.g. 1001), please flash …

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