Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on Today, 11:34

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Sphere478 wrote on Today, 11:30: Cpu being cool doesn’t mean the voltage is good. In my experience, they are very closely linked. I've yet to see an overvolted CPU (be it retro or modern) that stays 'cool'. Sphere478 wrote on Today, 11:30: But 2-2.1 is fine. Uhm, 2.0V is more than fine. It's the …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on Today, 07:19

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Most ppga I’ve seen can do 400 at 2-2.1 Yeah, it's very likely that it also works fine at 2.0, but I just went with 2.1, because the CPU is still stone cold at this voltage. In fact, I'm thinking of making this my first 100% passively cooled build. Later Edit: Yep, confirmed stable at 2.0V. I was …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:31

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H3nrik V! wrote on Yesterday, 10:05: That's 83 fsb? Everything must be crazy fast then, if IDE controller etc holds up to that 41 MHz pci Yeah, it's amazing to see games like NFS 4 High Stakes being extremely playable at this frequency (in conjunction with a Voodoo 3 PCI).

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on Yesterday, 09:33

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Thanks guys, will try my luck and see how it goes. :-) Well, made it work, but not how I had hoped. In my case, the red connection "L2 (required on some boards)" actually prevented the system from posting ("----" on the post analyzer card). Also, I'm now stuck with the 4x multiplier :cry: . But, …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 05:01

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Thanks guys, will try my luck and see how it goes. 😀

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2024-05-23, 14:28

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I'm thinking of modding one of my Tillamook 266 CPUs, but after skimming through the thread, it's still unclear to me if the 4x multiplier mod would actually lock it to 4x (as in, without the possibility of selecting lower multipliers, which would be unacceptable to me). FYI, I'd like to use it on …

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Re: For Win98 games you don't need a build faster than [...]

Posted on 2024-05-16, 11:10

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Everything released in 1999 and later just works out of the box in 2K/XP at least D3D titles. "Everything" is a big word. There are many that don't work out of the box and need unofficial patches or workarounds (just a few off the top of my head: Nocturne, NFS 4, NFS Porsche, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater …

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Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 09:39

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Bruno128 wrote on 2024-05-15, 23:17: predator_085 wrote on 2024-05-02, 10:06: GA-7IXE AMD Irongate = asking for trouble. Unstable chipset, flaky boards. Not sure about other boards, but the Gigabyte GA-7iXE is a very solid, stable board (I have many). Not the best overclocker, though...

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Re: For Win98 games you don't need a build faster than [...]

Posted on 2024-05-15, 16:40

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For me this would be an Athlon XP or Athlon 64 coupled with a GeForce 4 Ti 4200/4400/4600. Faster than that is cool 'just because', but it will rarely bring any real benefit unless you target insane resolutions, AA & AF + very high framerates. My fastest Win98 PC has a Core 2 Duo E8600 @ 4 GHz, 2 GB …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 16:09

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With just L1 & L2 cache disabled it performs like a mid-range 486. With either ACPI or ODCM throttling, it can hit 386 speeds and lower. ACPI throttling is quite problematic on most chipsets except for VIA. It apparently works, but when you test enough games you will find that it can cause …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 15:20

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2024-05-11, 02:49: When it comes to slowdown, P4 with ODCM (and optional SpeedStep) is pretty straightforward. Interesting, I've never tested this. Do we know what speed points can be hit with a CPU like, say, a 3 GHz Northwood? Last time I tried to slow down a P4 I was …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 10:08

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I think the Pentium 4 is not underrated for anything.. If anything, it is pretty overrated historically and on VOGONS. I agree. To me, the P4 platforms are simply boring. They do work well for the most part, but there's simply nothing special about them. They're not particularly good for Win XP, …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-24, 12:31

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I have the same board, and I run it with a Ti4200. It runs fine. However, a Voodoo 3 does not. That is quite strange. I have 4 x 6BXC rev 2.0 boards and also 2 x older rev 1.9 boards (which don't have the jumpers), and, still, Voodoo 3 3000 cards work fine with all of them. What issue are you …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-24, 08:44

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-6bxc-rev-2-0 is even worse, as seen on teh picture there is LDO right next to AGP slot LX8384 3.4V at 5A = ~17W max power to AGP slot. You might need to solder a wire between ATX 3.3V and AGP 3.3V, lifting output leg of LX8384 is optional. The 6BXC …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 11:02

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2024-04-19, 10:53: On a side note, are there any available heatsinks for the Pentium Pros still available or is it even more painful to find than mainboards/CPUs? I still have 2 black PPro 1MB around....had a dual-socket Iwill DP6NS system for years. You mean this? PS: no …

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Re: Voodoo3 desktop not sharp

Posted on 2024-04-18, 11:07

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Did you try your monitor's Auto Adjust button?

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 12:35

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You're welcome, glad it worked! 😀

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 05:55

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Truthfully, you don't really need dual channel for Win 98 (the performance difference between single and dual channel is negligible). Just one 2 GB module will do just fine.

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Re: Large discrepancy in Win98 graphics performance of X850 XT PE

Posted on 2024-02-20, 04:24

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Most likely, it’s because you are using 4GB of memory (a known issue). Drop it to 2 GB or less and performance should greatly improve.

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Re: Voodoo 2 4444SX

Posted on 2024-02-17, 16:31

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Just stumbled upon this thread and... I'm lost for words. Amazing work, @sdz!

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