What retro things have you done today?

paradigm · 4 Aug 2020 at 07:20

cee-S-dee said:
Just Picked up what i think is a Voodoo 3 2000 AGP for £10

Awesome score if true. Should be pretty easy to identify even from low res pictures!

cee-S-dee · 4 Aug 2020 at 09:28

paradigm said:
Awesome score if true. Should be pretty easy to identify even from low res pictures!

Here's the listing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VGA-grap...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

paradigm · 4 Aug 2020 at 09:41

@cee-S-dee, Awesome, that's 100% a V3 2000.

Possible scratched traces on the rear near the PCI bracket though.

cee-S-dee · 4 Aug 2020 at 09:52

@paradigm yeah i just noticed that just looking at the photos. Hopefully its just top layer and not actually damaged the trace. Will see when it gets here.

paradigm · 4 Aug 2020 at 11:49

TNT2 Pro arrived. Well packaged for a change and looks in lovely condition!

LewisRaz · 4 Aug 2020 at 15:24

Doesnt even look used. Bargain!

paradigm · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:25

@almoststew1990, the Intel D975XBX2 arrived today (that seller has some great turnaround time!). Can't test it yet as still not found my QX6700. I guess I "could" technically test it with a Pentium D... but eeew.

hohum · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:25

It's a 16MB card I'm guessing? Can't argue for the price you paid. Can be surprisingly tricky to find a TNT2 that isn't an M64!

paradigm · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:25

hohum said:
It's a 16MB card I'm guessing? Can't argue for the price you paid. Can be surprisingly tricky to find a TNT2 that isn't an M64!

~~32MB!~~ No, you are right 16MB. I was looking at a 32MB card as well, but it was 3 times the price!

I'll be happy with this one, as you say it's not a VANTA or M64.

almoststew1990 · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:31

paradigm said:
@almoststew1990, the Intel D975XBX2 arrived today (that seller has some great turnaround time!). Can't test it yet as still not found my QX6700. I guess I "could" technically test it with a Pentium D... but eeew.

I did that just to rule out a not up to date BIOS as a potential reason for it not posting with my Q6600

LewisRaz · 4 Aug 2020 at 17:51

Had some spare time home alone so finally got the last bits cleared up that get to stay out for use.

Have ordered some peroxide to have a go on the plastics of the 486. Make some use of this nice sun we are having. Going to take the stickers off of it too I think.

Duke · 4 Aug 2020 at 20:53

Yes that'll retro bright and clean up a treat

vanpeebles · 5 Aug 2020 at 09:51

paradigm · 5 Aug 2020 at 10:31

Well the TNT2 Pro works and is surprisingly (unsurprisingly really, I had a TNT2 Ultra back in the day and gamed on it) playable in Quake III Arena. It seems to suck hard at Quake 2 though!

Quake 2:
640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x960
64.3 fps | 36.1 fps | 29.9 fps | 19.6 fps

Quake 3 Arena:
640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024
123.2 fps | 81.0 fps | 55.9 fps | 34.3 fps

hohum · 5 Aug 2020 at 11:49

@vanpeebles That's awesome

It's a replica case for the original hardware I assume? Been many years since I had one but still remember it fondly.

@paradigm That Q2 score doesn't seem right? Unless the renderer is really that bad...

LewisRaz · 5 Aug 2020 at 11:50

What is it about Q2 that they dont like? Never really played much of that back in the day and only played the steam version for the first few levels.
Q3A however... That was my game for a long long time. I need to acquire that again. I wonder if my voodoo3 can handle that.

Been bothering auctions for a few big box games lately. Managed to get Theme hospital in "like new" condition so that can replace my "EA classics" big box version. Also managed to get the 1st GTA in big box for a good price although the condition is poor. Be one to upgrade if the chance arises.

paradigm · 5 Aug 2020 at 12:03

LewisRaz said:
What is it about Q2 that they dont like? Never really played much of that back in the day and only played the steam version for the first few levels.
Q3A however... That was my game for a long long time. I need to acquire that again. I wonder if my voodoo3 can handle that.

No idea, I think I'm having issues turning off vsync with the TNT2 and Quake 2, which is possibly impacting the 640x480 and 800x600 averages (unlikely to be affecting the higher two resolutions given the framerates). I'll try a few Q2 console commands to see if I can fix the issue.

As for your V3, it will run Quake 3 just fine (16-bit colour/texture anyway). Quake 3 was more than playable on my K6-3 with a Voodoo 3 3000.

vanpeebles · 5 Aug 2020 at 12:07

hohum said:
@vanpeebles That's awesome It's a replica case for the original hardware I assume? Been many years since I had one but still remember it fondly.

@paradigm That Q2 score doesn't seem right? Unless the renderer is really that bad...

just speccy 128k compatible, it's got kempston and SD built in etc but fits a 48k case.

LewisRaz · 5 Aug 2020 at 12:15

paradigm said:
No idea, I think I'm having issues turning off vsync with the TNT2 and Quake 2, which is possibly impacting the 640x480 and 800x600 averages (unlikely to be affecting the higher two resolutions given the framerates). I'll try a few Q2 console commands to see if I can fix the issue.

As for your V3, it will run Quake 3 just fine (16-bit colour/texture anyway). Quake 3 was more than playable on my K6-3 with a Voodoo 3 3000.

You are quite a way off philscomputerlabs results. Although he was using a pentium 4.

https://youtu.be/k-gMtOkxv4E?t=996

paradigm · 5 Aug 2020 at 12:42

LewisRaz said:
You are quite a way off philscomputerlabs results. Although he was using a pentium 4.

https://youtu.be/k-gMtOkxv4E?t=996

I'm using a P4!