TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[MaxiPro800]

Have won a few retro goodies:

- ASUS ISA-486SV2 w/ Intel 486DX2 (unknown speed)
- PC Chips M577 w/ Cyrix M II (again, unknown speed)
- Leadtek Winfast A6200TD 128MB 128bit
- S3 Trio 3D 2x 4MB AGP
- S3 Trio 64v+ 2MB PCI

Photos once I receive them (Tuesday ETA) as well as cleaning them - at least the M577 is horribly dirty.

Hopefully the cache on it is actually 1MB, as that enables me to go and source a nice K6-2 in place of the Cyrix (unless the M II is actually worth something against nearly any K6-2). As well as the 486 mobo, as I also have an DX2-80 (albeit it's an AMD) sitting in a drawer waiting to be used.

 

[Trekkie4]

Actually speaking of Asus V3800 cards, I'm messing around with mine as we speak. It may not be Ultra like yours, but I did get to OC the heck out of it, all the way up to 166/200MHz.


3DMark 99


3DMark 2000
This is where things got a lot more interesting...


I also took the liberty of comparing my own, overclocked V3700 Pro with Ultra ... at least according to the bench results found online, but this is ridiculous!

 

[Mr.Scott]

One of my older TNT Pro results. Note the overclocks on both the card and CPU. CPU is an Athlon 750 Pluto core. I still have all of this.

 

[Trekkie4]

One of my older TNT Pro results. Note the overclocks on both the card and CPU. CPU is an Athlon 750 Pluto core. I still have all of this.

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Hmm, I see you're running the original 800x600 resolution here, I might give it a try with mine & see how close I can get to your results.

By the way, I also noticed that your memory is running at 186MHz (compared to mine, at 200) but your GPU is clocked at 178 (mine is running @ 166MHz) so I might bump it up, myself to 178 & see what happens... Theoretically, I SHOULD be seeing similar results, since I'm running a P3 @ 933MHz. Well, either that or magic smoke

 

[Mr.Scott]

Core is more important than memory in most GPU benchs.
So is resolution. Always try to run the res at the benchs original requirement. Scores will be higher for sure.

 

[Trekkie4]

Core is more important than memory in most GPU benchs.
So is resolution. Always try to run the res at the benchs original requirement. Scores will be higher for sure.

Thanks for the tip!

I'll give it a try as soon as I restore back the system database, I got Acronis True Image working as we speak. Somehow, with all these driver updates & changes I've managed to mess up my Win98 installation

 

[QuietBob]

This was my first attempt with s754 Venice E6:

I own the slowest s754 rig one could put together. Yours looks almost like a race car next to mine

I got my hands on a Asrock 4CoreDual-Sata2 motherboard. I wanted to make a ultimate AGP test system.

Nice rig, make sure to test it with the HD3850. I've got a similar build on the AM2NF3-VSTA. The Intel platform should be a bit faster in games, depending on how far you can push the CPU. Anyway, I'm always up for comparisons!

 

[Trekkie4]

Core is more important than memory in most GPU benchs.
So is resolution. Always try to run the res at the benchs original requirement. Scores will be higher for sure.

Nope, the highest I could go without artifacts was 170/200 ... your config (178/186) seems incompatible with my Asus card. Nevertheless, I scored 6080 3DMarks (using your same configuration, 800x600) along with 13864 CPU 3DMarks

 

[framebuffer]

Core2 Duo E7500, a little closer than usual

 

[Space Lynx]

that's a nice camera you are using @framebuffer very well done

 

[freeagent]

Wow I haven't seen PowerStrip in sooo long! Wow

I haven't really had the urge to build old but the last year or so I have been feeling the itch to own hardware that I used to own, or maybe something a little nicer. Something from when I got into the hobby in the early to mid 2000s. I am a hoarder so I have most of my system pics from when I got my first digi cam back around when socket a was still hoppin.

I'm sure if I were to look now it would be slim pickins.. maybe I will have a peek..

 

[stef]

I own the slowest s754 rig one could put together. Yours looks almost like a race car next to mine

What are the specs?
I used to have Sempron 2500 as a backup rig. I guess thats as low as you could go on s754.

 

[QuietBob]

What are the specs?
I used to have Sempron 2500 as a backup rig. I guess thats as low as you could go on s754.

Same CPU, running Win7 for good measure. I've posted this earlier, so here's the specs. When the most powerful component in your system is your hard drive

 

[framebuffer]

look at this little beast (Radeon X800 SE)

managed to clock it from 425/400 to 555/555 (limit is around +10MHz for both)
+30% is really impressive in my opinion, definitely deserved to get a better heat sink! (RAM chip's don't have any at the moment)

 

[stef]

Nice. X800SE were known to be good overclockers.

 

[framebuffer]

that's a nice camera you are using @framebuffer very well done

thanks! it's the usual trusty A6000

Nice. X800SE were known to be good overclockers.

to be honest I had not much memories about this model, at the time I had the X800Pro-VIVO @XT and I was not expecting such frequencies from the SE
well, having seen that they are 2ns I hoped that the RAM would have been able to keep at least the nominal frequency, but the GPU was a surprise.

now the 6800LE@12-6@355/730 vs X800SE@8-6@555/1110 comparison will be a little less obvious

 

[Apocalypsee]

I believe the core itself plays big roles here, R420 based X800SE can be clocked higher than, say R430 110nm version. Can that one be unlocked to 12 pipes, or even 16 pipes?

 

[stef]

I think not.
Only x800/x850 Pro Vivo AGP (and not all of them), and X800GTO2 models.

 

[Liquid Cool]

Case is Antec SX630II, a tank of a case . Very similar to Chieftecs of the era.
Maybe not so period-correct for an early Athlon64 build, but I had nothing better to put into at the time.

Stef...

I have a black m-ATX version of your Antec case, although there are some subtle differences. Please also pardon me for my poor photography skills...I ran out to the garage real quick and took a fast snapshot of the front plate with my tablet. The front port cover/case badge locations are reversed from yours. I thought that was interesting.

This pc case recently just came back to me. I originally built the pc for someone back in 2009, I remember the date because it was the same week I received my first m-itx motherboard. The DFI LANParty MI P55-T36. For a mini-itx motherboard lover, it's just something you never forget.... The case might have a little dust on it, but I didn't see any scratches...overall, it appears to be in mint condition. I'll be packing it away until I can use it. I also saw a Lian Li V351 out there, I believe that one is from 2008 and I think it's still new.



Best,

Liquid Cool

 

[stef]

now the 6800LE@12-6@355/730 vs X800SE@8-6@555/1110 comparison will be a little less obvious

I think X800SE will score better.

 

[WhitetailAni]

Here's my PCI PhysX card, good as new!

Spoiler

Repasted with MX-4, and has a fan that moves a lot of air at only 9V.
Sadly, I can't really use it until my P4/XP gaming rig is done (which won't be until June/July at the earliest), but at least it looks nice.

For reference, the fan cost me $5 and I traded the card for a Dell QuietKey SK-1000REW (that I got for free).

 

[lexluthermiester]

Core2 Duo E7500, a little closer than usual

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That is a beautiful photo!

 

[framebuffer]

Hi Falks!
My project regarding the GeForce 6800LE and the Radeon X800SE is online
link: https://framebuffer.io ( https://framebuffer.io/project/project-6800le-x800se )

It's not a full review/comparison but more an explorative project to see how much hidden potential the cards have and how much was possible to unlock/overclock them
Any feedback is welcome

 

[stef]

Great article @framebuffer.
I've looked around, and it's actually easier to find Pro/XT then SE .

 

[MaxiPro800]

Well, just assembled two retro machines and finished an earlier one done before these two.

First PC (the one I've finished touching up before the second and third PCs):
JNC RJA-52 case
AMD K6-2 500MHz "Chomper XT"
LuckyTech P5MVP3-99X mobo (MVP3, w/ patched BIOS)
3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 16MB w/TV AGP2x
Soundblaster Live! 5.1 CT4830
HKC SZ-430PDR 430W PSU
Realtek RTL8139D PCI NIC
80GB Seagate IDE HDD
NEC DVD-RW
Windows 98 SE

Second PC:

KME case (I think it's a CX-0853 but I'm not sure)
Pentium 3 500MHz "Katmai"
Acorp 6VIA81P-133 mobo (VIA 693)
Geforce FX5200 128MB
P&O LC-B400ATX 400W PSU
MSI DVD-RW + LG CD-RW
15GB Quantum/Maxtor HDD
384MB RAM
Sound Blaster SB16 PCI CT5803
RTL8139C PCI NIC
Windows 98 SE

Third PC:

Linkworld 3210 case
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton"
Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ Rev1
ASUS Geforce 6200 128MB AGP8x
ANS LC-B400ATX PSU (recapped)
TSSTCorp SH-222 DVD-RW (similar to my main PC's 224DB but IDE instead of SATA)
74GB WD Raptor WD740
256MB RAM (currently)
Windows XP Pro SP2