- Intel mainboard Pentium D" 940 (3.2GHz, 4MB L2, 800 MHz FSB)
- 4GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024)
- 250GB 7200 rpm SATA Hard Drive
- LightScribe 16X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
- 16X max. DVD-ROM
- 9-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio
- Realtec THX on main board
- Logitech X-230 2.1 Speakers
- WinTV-PVR-500 MCE Kit NTSC
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - 512MB DDR3 Diamond ATI Radeon HD 3850 , Ruby Edition
- Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports
- Microsoft(R) elite keyboard / Microsoft(R) wireless mouse 2.0
- HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
- case mounted OEM fan at rear.
- tye wrapped blue light fan blowing across video card, and side cover blue light fan cooling interior case
HP m7170n -- Asus mainboard "intel Pentium D" 3.0ghz dual core cpu, 2 gb 4x512 PC2-4200 memory
- 512MB DDR4 Diamond ATI Radeon HD 3870 , Ruby Edition
Western Digital sata 250 gig Windows XP pro media edition
Logitech laser cordless mouse
Z-Board (WoW version) multimedia keyboard (black)
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Realtec THX on main board
Klipsch THX 5.1 speakers
HP m7170n -- Asus mainboard "intel Pentium D" 3.0ghz dual core cpu, 2 gb 4x512 PC2-4200 memory
Xtasy Radeon x850 XT 256meg DDR3 (16 pipes) (pci-e x16)
Western Digital sata 250 gig Windows XP pro media edition
Logitech laser cordless mouse
Kensinton cordless multimedia keyboard (black)
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Realtec THX on main board (i have a spare Creative audigy 2 zs just in case)
Klipsch THX 5.1 speakers
- Intel mainboard Pentium D" 940 (3.2GHz, 4MB L2, 800 MHz FSB)
- 4GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024)
- 250GB 7200 rpm SATA Hard Drive
- LightScribe 16X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
- 16X max. DVD-ROM
- 9-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio
- Logitech X-230 2.1 Speakers
- WinTV-PVR-500 MCE Kit NTSC
- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - 512MB DDR3 VisionTek ATI Radeon X1600XT , XTREME GAMER'S EDITION
- Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports
- Microsoft(R) elite keyboard / Microsoft(R) wireless mouse 2.0
- HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
- case mounted OEM fan at rear.
- tye wrapped blue light fan blowing across XGE card heat sinks, and side cover blue light fan cooling XGE x1600xt
Two items with this d4500y custom built from HP. First; the Visiontek is my contribution to the new HP P.C.
I pulled out the OEM DDR ATI 1600 (256meg), and added 1/2 the crossfire ATI DDR3 x1600xt XGE - which I'll go crossfire
down the road a while.
Second, the dual core with ATI is fantastic ! ATI off loads all cpu bound API's to the second processor,
so your "software" runs in the first cpu, and the graphics runs in the second cpu. How cool is that!
oh, and again - four gig mem huh. Well the bios reports 4 gig mem. The OS reports 3.6 gig. Some programs report 2 gig !
The "warning" that comes with the four gig mem is that the system I/O still uses the upper ~ 1/2 gig memory.
go figure. Still thinking about this "feature" . Maybe I won't add another 2 gig to my other dual core P.C.
HP m7170n -- Asus mainboard "intel Pentium D" 3.0ghz dual core cpu, 2 gb 4x512 PC2-4200 memory
Xtasy Radeon x850 XT 256meg DDR3 (16 pipes) (pci-e x16)
Western Digital sata 250 gig Windows XP pro media edition
Logitech laser cordless mouse
Kensinton cordless multimedia keyboard (black)
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Realtec THX on main board (i have a spare Creative audigy 2 zs just in case)
Klipsch THX 5.1
-- Intel mainboard "intel" D865PERL (3.2ghz intel Northwood cpu, 2gb 4x512 PC3200 ddr-sdram cas 3)
ATI Radeon x800 pro 256meg DDR (12 pipes) (agp 8x)
1280x1024x32 @75hz display setting HP f1903 lcd monitor
Western Digital ATA 250 gig and Maxtor ATA 200 gig. Windows XP pro upgraded from installed OEM Windows Home edition
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Microsoft Elite cordless keyboard
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Creative audigy 2 zs
Logitech z-680 THX 5.1, woof! my dog (brendled Lab Retriever) sits and listens
nic card 100 on mainboard
Sony 148 cdrom
HP dvd-writer dvd 400i
case mounted OEM fan at rear.
tye wrapped blue light fan cooling HDD's
2048 meg virtual memory cache allocated
HP m7170n -- Asus mainboard "intel Pentium D" 3.0ghz dual core cpu, 2 gb 4x512 PC2-4200 memory
Xtasy Radeon x850 XT 256meg DDR3 (16 pipes) (pci-e x16)
Western Digital sata 250 gig Windows XP pro media edition
Logitech laser cordless mouse
Kensinton cordless multimedia keyboard (black)
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Realtec THX on main board (i have a spare Creative audigy 2 zs just in case)
Klipsch THX 5.1, woof!
To help me sort out my AMD 64 3200+ bus timing problems I use CPU-Z and clockgen which also allows user tweaks to voltage's and Frequencies (multipliers).
The AGP video card I swap in the agp pro slot ATI Radeon x800 256meg DDR (12 pipes)
YES! I pulled the Nvidia something out of my HP a530n and stuck in the ATI 9800pro (whoa), then the ATI x800 (whoa)(whoa). 8x, fast writes, combining on, sitting on top of a nvidia agp slot. heh
** note: the number are greater than 25,000 when the "3Dmark2001se" all defaults are used.
** this number is what the x800 runs while i am playing the game.
1280x1024x32 @75hz display setting
Western Digital ATA 200 gig and Maxtor ATA 200 gig. Windows XP pro upgraded from installed OEM Windows Home edition
Microsoft cordless Elite mouse (black padded)
Microsoft Elite cordless keyboard (black padded)
** note: they both disappear when i play games with the lights out. drat!
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Creative audigy 2 zs
Logitech z-680 THX 5.1, woof! my dog (brendled Lab Retriever) sits and listens
HP a530n -- Asus mainboard AMD Athlon "clawhammer" 64 3200+ (2.0ghz cpu, 200mhz HTT, 200MHz memory, 1x512 PC3200 400ddr
PCI, AGP Pro/8X ® nvidia® nforce 150 chipset AMD 64 2.00 gig hz , 512meg PC3200 400mhz ddr (1x512meg)
** <Mike> at pretested cpu's is sending me two 512meg sticks of CAS2 400ddr ($134 each) and a 485 watt power supply,
** what the problem with the HPa530n seems to be is that PC3200 cas3 memory will not run at 400ddr when more than one memory stick is utilized. (in other words, you CAN'T run 400 mhz DDR with one gig memory or more. The memory bus shifts back to 166mhz and runs your PC3200 cas 3 400 ddr at 333 ddr.
note: the AMD HTT bus is not the FSB is not the memory bus. Great that the HTT bus can run 1600 mhz, but so what. All I am interested in here is getting my HP a530n up to one gig of 400 DDR and have the stinking memory bus stay at 200 mhz.
further note; NO the 400 DDR cas3 1 gig (2x512) running at 333 ddr will not work - crash big time all the time. So you have to pull one 512 out. Anyway I'll let you know here if the cas2's fix the memory bus shift (200 to 166) at one gig.
IF it doesn't fix the problem, then i'll get another main board that will work.
OKAY!! fast forward to one week later: the package was delivered. I'm now running the memory bus at rock solid 200mhz, the HTT at 200mhz (big wow ?) and the 2 each Corsair CMX512-3200C2 Xms3202v3.1 0410031-0 (all the numbers for you)
Xms3200 512mb 400mhz CL2, Ultra-performance DDR memory, Extreme Memory Speed XMS. The important thing to remember here is that "CL2". I noticed some Kingston XMS is still CL3. Anyway my prob was solved with the mem freq. and I am happy with the 1 gig !!
To help me sort out my AMD 64 3200+ bus timing problems I used CPU-Z and clockgen which also allows user tweaks to voltage's and Frequencies (multipliers).
The AGP video card I am using in the agp pro slot is the ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128meg DDR
YES! I pulled the Nvidia something out of my HP a530n and stuck in the ATI 9800pro (whoa). 8x, fast writes, combining on, sitting on top of a nvidia agp slot. heh
1280x1024x32 @75hz display setting
Western Digital ATA 200 gig and Maxtor ATA 200 gig. Windows XP pro upgraded from installed OEM Windows Home edition
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Microsoft Elite cordless keyboard
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
nforce chipset sound - Have a Creative audigy 2 zs ready to plug in, gotta fix the memory prob first, know what i mean.
Logitech z-680 THX 5.1
nvidia EtheRx 100 on mainboard
Sony 148 cdrom
HP dvd-writer dvd 400i
case mounted OEM fan at rear.
tye wrapped blue light fan cooling HDD's
2048 meg virtual memory cache allocated
okay so you got to ask. I've got this HP 873n P4 3.06 ghz PC sitting next to my HP a530n AMD 64 2.00 ghz, and they are virtually identical. So smoke some tires huh !
All I have right now is 3dmarks 2001 se to try on them. Here are the results, and I am impressed ! imagine what that little AMD 64 could do with the right parts !
Hp 873n (vintage 2002) Media Center (you can't build one for this price thing)
WindowsXP Media Edition (underneath is XPpro)
ati 9800pro 128ddr (cat 4.6's)
1280x1024x32 - AA 2x/4x, AF 2x/4x, trueform et al. App pref.
Directx 9.0b
WinTV/PVR PCI II
1 gig ddr 2700 (533 fsb)
2.5 P4 orig. now 3.06 P4
audigy 2 zs with logitech (5.1 thx) z-680 woof!
microsoft ff wheel (usb)
Hp-f1903 flatscreen
HP dvd writer hp200i
HP cd reader
300gig HDD (c drive 100gig NTFS, d drive 200gig Fat32)
Canary Yellow & Midnight Blue Sony CPU: 128 Bit "Emotion Engine"
System Clock: 300 MHz
System Memory: 32 MB Direct Rambus
Memory Bus Bandwidth: 3.2 GB per second
Co-Processor: FPU (FPMA x 1, FPD x 1)
Vector Units: VU0 and VU1 (FPA x 9, FPD x 1)
Floating Point Performance: 6.2 GFLOPS
3D CG GT: 66 million Polygons Per Second
Compressed Image Decoder: MPEG2
Graphics: "Graphics Synthesizer", component video output
Canary Yellow PS2 (US - NTSC)
40 gig internal HDD (FF XI)
Dual Shock 2 Controller (Canary Yellow)
network adapter
matching Vertical Stand (Canary Yellow) DVD remote add-on (a must)
Midnight Blue PS2 (Japan - NTSC)
Dual Shock 2 Controller (Midnight Blue)
Network Adapter (Ethernet)
40GB internal HDD
matching Vertical Stand (Midnight Blue)
increased DVD capability, DVD-R, DVD-RW, R+, and RW+, DVD progressive scan
BB Navigator (PS2's internet browser software)
Infrared port built in, for Sony's new generation remote control unit
Supports opening and closing the tray, as well as turning the system on and off, through the remote control
Reduced fan noise by 75%, improved control of air flow
FF X-2 (US - NTSC) great challenge - great fun
FF X-2 international + last Mission (Japan - NTSC) ready for the new levels
19.7" LCD Sharp AQUOS TV (4:3 480p/NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Using component video for Optimal (excellent) game display from PS2's (don't confuse component with multi-av)
Logitech USB keyboard
Logitech z-680 5.1 THX sound system
** I did just upgrade my HP Media Center 873n desktop PC (US) from the 2.5ghz P4 to the 3.06gig P4, this was in Feb 2004
** my Canary Yellow & Midnight Blue Playstation 2's are connected (usb) to this PC coutesy Gameshark **
** if you are having problems finding those cpu upgrades, imho you need to email <Mike> at pretested cpu's
** within two emails <i use paypal> Mike had the 3.06ghz (retail boxed) shipping to me. i wish you the same luck.
** to make a long story short (or fast) you can tell the different between 2.5 amd 3.06
431 watt 12v P4 power supply {has the extra connectors for the P4 mainboard}.
The AGP video card I am using in the agp pro slot is the ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128meg DDR
1280x1024x32 @75hz display setting
Maxtor PCI ATA133 controller with Western Digital ATA100(D1) 120gig and Maxtor ATA133(D0) 120 gig.
400+ gig total for the Maxtor (Promise) controller. quarter terabytes total Windows XP pro
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Microsoft Elite cordless keyboard
HP 1903 Lcd flatscreen 19" (DVI)
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Klipsch THX 2.1 front speakers with sub-woofer
Monsoon speakers with sub-woofer (2.1) rear
Kingston EtheRx 100 network card for cable modem
Creative 52x cdrom
HP dvd-writer dvd200i
case mounted fan at rear.
tye wrapped fans cooling HDD's
Power supply has dual fans {adjustable}
431 watt 12v P4 power supply {has the extra connectors for the P4 mainboard}.
The AGP video card I am using in the agp pro slot is the ATI Radeon 9700 pro 128meg DDR
1024x768x32 @75hz display setting
Maxtor PCI ATA133 controller with Western Digital ATA100(D1) 120gig and Maxtor ATA133(D0) 80 gig.
200+ gig total for the Maxtor (Promise) controller. quarter terabytes total Windows ME
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Logitech iTouch keyboard
Sony SDM-S71 Lcd flatscreen 17" (analog)
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Monsoon speakers with sub-woofer
Kingston EtheRx network card for cable modem
Creative 52x cdrom
HP dvd-writer dvd100i
case mounted fan at rear.
tye wrapped fans cooling HDD's
Power supply has dual fans {adjustable}
800 meg virtual memory cache allocated
P4T-E 1.6ghz with the ATI Radeon 9700 pro 128meg DDR
431 watt 12v P4 power supply {has the extra connectors for the P4 mainboard}.
The AGP video card I am using in the agp pro slot is the 3D Prophet III TI500
1024x768x32 @75hz display setting
Maxtor PCI ATA133 controller with Segate (D1) 40 gig and Maxtor ATA133(D0) 80 gig.
120+ gig total for the Maxtor (Promise) controller. quarter terabytes total Windows ME
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Logitech iTouch keyboard
Viewsonic 17" GS771 Monitor (has the footprint of a 15" monitor)
Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum
Monsoon speakers with sub-woofer
Kingston EtheRx network card for cable modem
Creative 52x cdrom
HP dvd-writer dvd100i
case mounted fan at rear.
tye wrapped fans cooling HDD's
Power supply has dual fans {adjustable}
400 meg virtual memory cache allocated
P4T-E 1.6ghz with the 3D Prophet III Ti500 64Mb DDR
** note: today (May 17th 2002) ,Mike at pretestedcpus found me a socket 423 P4 1.8 gig processor
** so now i can keep this mainboard and boost up my investment to 1.8gig !
** HERE (finally) is the report on the 1.8gig Intel P4 the 3dmark2001se marks are good !
550 watt 12v P4 power supply {has the extra connectors for the P4 mainboard}.
The AGP video card I am using in the agp pro slot is the ATI 8500 Radeon (128meg)
1024x768x32 @85hz display setting Windows ME
Maxtor PCI ATA133 controller with Western Digital ATA100 120gig and Maxtor ATA100 40 gig.
160+ gig total for the Promise HDD's.
Primary controller (master and slave) each have the western digital 80gig HDD's with the 8meg cache
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Logitech iTouch cordless keyboard
Hewlett Packard F70 LCD flatscreen (17")(analog/DVI)
Sound Blaster Live! (pci)
Linksys LNE100 network card
Creative 52x cdrom
HP dvd100i dvd-writer
case mounted fan at rear.
tye wrapped fans cooling HDD's
tye wrapped fan blowing across cdroms
800 meg virtual memory cache allocated
P4t 1.4ghz with the ATI 8500 Radeon 128Mb DDR
P4T 1.8ghz with the ATI Radeon 8500 128Mb DDR
what can i say ?
whoa!
The Intel scales quite nicely doesn't it !
but it still pretty much all the same in a liquid Nitrogen atmosphere
used with Asus P3V4X main board VIA® Apollo Pro133A
has 4x AGP slot
The main board will accept Intel Pentium® II/III 233~933+ (1 gig) MHz Coppermine and Celeron processors. Asus P3V4X main board VIA® Apollo Pro133A with P3-933mhz EB cpu"cumine"
512meg 133mhz pc133 (6ns) memory dimms . I have set the
main board jumpers to 133mhz with a multiplier of 7.0
no reason to overclock anything just yet.
This is an excellent main board. If all this sounds good
to you, maybe you could check them out at http://www.asus.com
Windows 98se
The AGP video card I am using is the 3D Prophet II Ultra 64Mb DDR /or/ 3D Prophet III
I still have the 3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 for those 3Dfx sessions 8^)
800x600x32 @100hz display setting
Promise PCI ATA100 controller with IBM ATA100 30gig and Maxtor ATA100 20 gig.
60 gig total for the Promise HDD's.
Logitech cordless Trackman wheel
Logitech iTouch keyboard
Viewsonic 17" GS771 Monitor (has the footprint of a 15" monitor)
Sound Blaster Live! (pci)
USR sportster V90, external modem
ASUS CD-500 50x cdrom
HP 9300 cd writer
® Just Cooler' dual cooling fans mounted in a 5 1/4" slot
slot mounted fan blowing onto video card
400 meg virtual memory cache allocated
at 16bits 3dMark2000 rang up over 7500 things..with the 3D Prophet II Ultra 64Mb DDR
But I do not play anything at 16bits (unless it is with a 3Dfx card),
so with that said -- here is the results at 32 bits for the above system:
okay here are the 16 bit results {3D Prophet II Ultra 64Mb DDR}:
ASUS VIA® Apollo Pro133A AGP mainboard P3V4X with 733mhz BE cpu "cumine"
has 4x AGP slot
memory is PC-133 sdram 512meg
The 4x AGP video card I am using is the 3D Prophet II Ultra 64Mb DDR
note: in order to get this Herc card to work - I had to remove all maxtor HDD's and replace with WD's
on top of that I had to dump my fav Logitech trackball and go to the so-called cordless Logitech
Trackball {which really just has a small 'gap' between the business end and the receiving unit}
now I can say this PC configuration is stable {6.35, 6.5, or 7.52 drivers} {stable; however - wobbly}.
You know; I had forgotten about all the mish mosh tweeking and troubleshooting
I used to have to do until I switched over to the stable Voodoo's - now that my Voodoo's are out of my P.C.'s
what can I say - "looks like a timing prob." 8^)
But just where the heck we supposed to go now ? with 3Dfx gone and all ??
Gawd I dread having to have to purchase the 3D Profit III
One can only speculate that the InfiniteFX engine supports the Glide api (as in FX).
- seriously ! I'm stuck up here at the top of the video card mountain
know what I mean ? I bet you do 8^)
Promise PCI ATA100 HDD controller with IBM 30gig and WD 40gig ATA100.
90+ gig total for the HDD's.
Diamond Monster II Mx400 (pci),
Lynksys ethernet card (pci),
Kenwood true 72x cdrom
HP 9300 cd writer
Logitech cordless Marble
Viewsonic 17" GS771 Monitor (has the footprint of a 15" monitor)
1024x768x32 @85hz
400 meg virtual memory cache allocated
Asus P3V4X main board VIA® Apollo Pro133A with P3-733mhz EB cpu "cumine"
512meg 133mhz pc133 (6ns) memory dimms.
The AGP video card installed was the 3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 8^)
800x600x32 @100hz display setting
Promise PCI ATA100 controller with wd ATA100 30gig and wd ATA100 40 gig.
Logitech Trackman marble
Logitech keyboard
Viewsonic 17" GS771 Monitor (has the footprint of a 15" monitor)
Diamond Mx400
Linksys 10/100 network card
Kenwood true 72x cdrom
HP 9300 cd writer
PC system November 1999:
Asus P3B-F main board ® 440BX AGPset with PIII-500 cpu
memory is PC/100 8ns sdram 192meg
3Dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV
1024x768x32 @85hz
slot mounted fan blowing onto Voodoo3
300 meg virtual memory cache allocated
40 gig total for the HDD's.
Creative 128 (pci),
Telepath 56k modem (isa),
LinkSys ethernet card (pci),
42x cdrom
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used with socket 7 XA100 ATX main board
has AGP slot
uses PC100 (10ns) memory sdram dimms
The main board will accept any socket 7 CPU.
I have a P233mmx plugged in and since I am using the
100mhz pc100 (10ns) memory dimm (64meg) I have set the
main board jumpers to 100mhz with a multiplier of 2.5.
unfortunately, there is no multiplier setting for 2.33
to arrive at P233mhz speeds,
so i `tried' the nearest setting (2.5)..........
well what I have now is a P266mhz/P250mhz. It appears that the
Intel P233mmx CPU will overclock very nicely to 266mhz/250mhz !
This is an excellent main board. If all this sounds good
to you, maybe you could check them out at http://www.iwill.com.tw
This URL is right off the main board box
I had a Diamond Viper 330 4meg 3D 128 bit PCI in with this configuration
and was not using the AGP slot.
a good source for Hardware (motherboards & Video cards) overclocking information
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The video card I'm now using is a Diamond Viper 550 (16megs) AGP
the Viper 550 feeds two Diamond Monster Voodoo2's (8meggers) in SLI {3Dfx's V2 1000's}
In order to get this to work together, I mean by that - just plugging
the V550 into the XA-100 AGP slot caused havoc and lockups - big time.
To the point that all I had plugged into the PCI and ISA was nothing !
only the V550 and still the P.C. locked up.
[[[ I've built many PII 266mhz systems for other folks, using the V550
and the video board really runs great !! ]]]
I downloaded the version 1.4 AGP driver from iwill.com.tw
and now I had a working system. 3com ethernet (isa), Creative awe 64 (isa),
TelePath (USR 56K) (isa), two Diamond Monster Voodoo2's (8meg) (PCI) {3Dfx's V2 1000's}
and of course the Diamond Viper V550. I had to give up the 100 mhz setting
and drop the frequency down to the 83mhz setting. However; I still set in
3.0 for the multiplier. (250 mhz setting for the p233).
Now here comes the fun...
This morning I downloaded the new DirectX6 Voodoo2 reference drivers
Voodoo2 Software Kit v3.01 (Release Candidate 1)
and the new Diamond Viper V550 (DirectX6) drivers (version 4.10.01.0239)
I still have the V550 Performance set one notch down from full peg right.
and the 83mhz jumper in.
Not that anything is Locking up or crashing at the higher settings, I just
haven't moved the setting up yet.. I need to refill my Prozak prescription
first - and finish the seat belt installation on my computer chair !! 8^)
But I do have a great fast Machine !!
So far these smokin' boards are performing like i expected ! and more ?
I've set back in the 100mhz and have the V550 performance notch
clear to the right to turn the V550 on totally !
setting the mainboard from 83mhz to 100mhz gained one frame -- FPS = 122
**This installation really smoothed right out !! **
I will continue to adjust the V550 and Voodoo2 DirectX and Hardware
acceleration settings to achieve an optimal solution. What I see now
is excellent (faster than the V330 PCI with Voodoo2's in SLI) {3Dfx's V2 1000's}
I actually have better running (glide) games,
like a complete level of problems have been removed.
This could just be the fact that everything is a Diamond product.
and the drivers certainly are getting it together !!
they must be working overtime on getting that maximum acceleration from
their products.
What I need to do now is try the RIVA TNT Reference drivers and the
Voodoo2 reference drivers, if they expose more API control.
Along with obtaining complete listing of the 3Dfx Voodoo command set
I can further set these boards up.
**
122 FPS is P233mmx overclocked to 250mhz with V550 AGP and Voodoo2's in SLI, {3Dfx's V2 1000's}
800x600x32 and 175 FPS at 640x480x32
** Note: Happy to report to the consumer (us) that these same frame rates
** are valid ALSO using *only* ONE Voodoo2 {3Dfx's V2 1000}
** What happens with SLI
** is that you are able to increase the 3Dfx display size
** to 1024x768 and enjoy the same high frame rate
** you'd think the frame rate would be higher also..wouldn't you ?
** hmmmmmmmmmm........
** if you have one Voodoo2 or V2 1000 try these tests at 16 bit (high color)
** zounds egads and phenomenal !
**
further note: I do have the side of the Gateway case off to see if the P233 is turning in to a raisin !! 8^)
You can view what settings "SET SSTV2_"
I use now at http://www.smokeypoint.com/3dfx.htm
Of course I'll have to try this using a PII mainboard with the Voodoo2's.
which at 1024x768x32 is 112 FPS using the V550 AGP without one or two (SLI) Voodoo2's
The folks at STB [Viper equivalent is the STB 4400] think that
There will be no significant change going from a Voodoo2 (or SLI) {3Dfx's V2 1000's} and a
STB 128 (Viper 330) PCI to the Viper 550 (STB 4400) AGP feeding the (SLI)..
The AGP slot as I understand it, is 1x, so I can agree with STB to a certain
extent, and I will be looking for a 2x solution,
but I might think that the Graphics `flow' and
frame rate/rendering will "rock".
Latest development to System #1 (December 1998):
Purchased:
Mainboard: Asus 440bx AGP P2B
PII-400 mmx cpu
And moved this stuff over from the Socket 7 main board
I ran the same test as above and achieved a whooping frame rate of 125 !!
What gives ?
Is the socket 7 P233mmx really a class act ?
Maybe its current with today's software and games and nothing needs to be faster.
I ran a very graphical (just like the magazines eh..) test and the PII-400 remained
At 125 frames where the P233 dropped to a mere 65 frames.
Boy that's a show stopper isn't it ! 8^)
to amplify here, I ran the Maximum CD Forsaken benckmark.
The P233 gets an average 85 FPS while the P2-400 gets a solid 85 FPS.
The P233 will drop to 67, then be up at 92, and settle out at 85 FPS depending (as you well know)
on the more dreaded than feared graphics load.
I guess with the PII-400 I can sit back and relax while the software
catches up to utilize the capability Of the processor.
Instead of watch the P233 start to slow down and finally bog down under the load
Of the new games and software requirements. Question: when is that going to happen ?
Before the 1 gig hz cpus hit the market ? next year ?
I really think I could have waited to upgrade.
I'm not running that impressively faster, if at all faster.
I still need to run F-15, Longbow 2, QuakeII and do some 9g + corners,
But for now - Tomb Raider 3 is playing just like the P233 smooooooth and fast !
This is a asus (socket 7) PCI mainboard with a PCI V550 16meg. (1 Voodoo2 {3Dfx's V2 1000) P233mmx at 800x600x32
whisper hardware acceleration
I'll get back to you.
Purchased a Voodoo3 3500 back in February 99 and was waiting to take delivery !
I will report about its performance here and at http://www.smokeypoint.com/3dfx.htm
here are the newest spec's on the actually/finally "released July 1999" Voodoo3 3500 board
Voodoo3™ 3500 TV
Product Fact Sheet 16MB 2D/3D Accelerator and Advanced Multimedia System
PRODUCT FEATURES
Voodoo3 Integrated 128-Bit 2D/3D and video accelerator
Real-Time MPEG-2 Video and Audio Capture
Intelligent TV - Tuner, Digital VCR and FM Tuner
VisualReality™ Multimedia control application w/ Skin Technology
I'm waiting for the two or three slot agp.
imagine how fast one Diamond V550/STB 4400 (16 meg) agp ,
and two agp VooDoo2's (8meg each for 16megs) !
For now I will be moving one of my Voodoo2's over to the other P.C. to run SLI mode (PCI).
Of course by the time we can purchase motherboards with 3+ agp slots, it'll probably be
VooDoo10. Its looking good for decent frame rates again, maybe 80-100 this time.
Socket 7 has some things happening to it on the horizon , the agp 1x has migrated
to the Socket 7 motherboards, and (PC100 10ns/8ns) 100mhz memory SDram & System
that can be clocked at 66mhz, 75mhz, 83mhz, or 100mhz
I originally typed this on the overclocked 486, and use it still in the
same way. its a good internet machine -- But like all things,
my primary PC is now the 250mhz mmx. Once you get on those faster machines
its pretty difficult to pick up again on a slower one.
I thought that was fast ? yes sir! cutting edge, for how? many weeks ?
Still once you start doing the I/O you're sitting there waiting, waiting.
I/O is the modem connection (internet), the disk read/writes, the CD, the print.
The downloads. Of course now that faster modems are with us - the files to
download (size) have totally gotten out of hand.
OS's: Windows NT 4.0 workstation (server)
Windows 95/OSR2 and Windows 98
NT DOS
DOS 6.22
Windows 95 DOS
which *all* co-exist just fine.
Why ? For a well rounded development platform.
~400 meg is dedicated just to the OS's, and all
my apps work fine in their intended environment.
------------------------- Asus 440bx AGP mainboard with P2B PII-400 mmx cpu
memory is PC/100 8ns sdram 192meg
for the 2D/3D I've added a video Diamond Viper v770 ultra 32meg
22 gig total for the HDD's.
Creative 128 (pci),
Telepath 56k modem (isa),
LinkSys ethernet card (pci),
42x cdrom
two Diamond Monster Voodoo2's (SLI) {V2 1000's}.
AMD-X5-133. and 32 meg (parity) ram.
note: If you (are able to) set the system clock to 40mhz (VL)
I also had to set some jumpers on the 407e type motherboard to AMD 5x,
then the AMD-X5-133 will run at 160 mhz internally.
The AMD x5 runs just fine at 160mhz.
Benchmarks indicate P100 cpu speeds and better. The AMD FPU benchmarks slower
than the P100 as the Pentium has a better FPU. The frame rate comes in at 83.3
or.. simply put; the AMD coupled with the VLB is waaaay faster than the PCI video !
** For ~$55.00 I have P100 speeds and it shows. **
~ 3.2 gig HDD (Western Digital)
(2 850 meg HDD partitions) (1 1.6 HDD partitioned for 1.6meg)
Promise EIDE VL HDD controller running at 40mhz
6x TEAC IDE cd-rom [56E] plug and play (yes its really plug and play)
*[plug and play with Windows NT 4.0 also]*
~plug and play with NT 4.0 is a service you enable~
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 32 PNP 8 meg onboard
Tandy 70 watt amplifier with woofer
CH Pro Flight controller
Logitech Marble version 7.1 mouseware
#9 64 bit VL 2 meg Vram running at 40mhz vlb type is down to $90 now.
Iomega Zip drive (parallel port set for EPP) for backups
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My development platform was a Gateway 2000 P5-200
and it contained:
Intel 200mhz MMX Pentium
64 meg Synchronous DRAM
512k Pipelined Burst Cache
CrystalScan700 17" Monitor
STB 128 Velocity 4meg 2D/3D PCI
Diamond VooDoo2 8megs 3Dfx PCI
2.5gb, 2.0gb and 6.4gb EIDE HDD [partition Magic]
[The 6.4gb on the secondary, Mastered to the cdrom doesn't
appear to be slow, and works great !]
12x/16x CD-Rom
Ensoniq sound card
Altec Lansing ACS-41 speakers
Altec sub-woofer
Tandy sub-woofer/70 watt amplifier
Two Radio Shack speakers
TelePath (USR) 56 x2 internal modem
Logitech Marble
**interesting alternative to LBA mode**
Have Award Bios set for HDD NORMAL and use the Western Digital HDD disk
utility `DM' [Ontrack] for translation.
Had an unrecoverable error on the second HDD, 1st Fat table had a bad
sector rendering the HDD unusable. I loaded the Ontrack software forcing
the low level format `enabled' [DM/I] I low level formatted the IDE HDD
for 1.6 gig. The HDD was recalibrated for this P.C. installation by `DM/I'
The bad sector was marked and Ontrack returned the HDD back
to me with partitions set for 1.6, formatted and with a good FAT table.
The 1.6 gig HDD is now my E: drive.
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