Posts by Gold Leader

  • Here's my 4th retro rebuild Gradinko SMP 2000, my Dual P3/EB 1000Mhz system with the ABiT VP6!

    Quote from Marlon

    You can run DX8.1 in HL2 and it looks so much better than DX 8.0.

    I got a black 128MB Radeon 8500 (not LE) with TSOP Memory.

    And not only that you have AT TruForm support in HL2 as well this is the first type of Tessellation basically, making characters look much better rendered and less square like combine this with FSAA x4 & AF x16 and HL2 will look much more lifelike despite using DX 8.1 with SM 1.4 support over the GF3 cards and Parhelia cards that had to do it with SM 1.3 instead and no TruForm at all, Parhelia does have Displacement Mapped Bump Mapping so it can do a similar thing like TruForm, but once a game does not support Displacement Mapped Bump mapping it runs the game without the extra effect.

    ATi's R200 was very high-end and ahead in time for it's timeline, but also the only SM 1.4 graphics chip of all time as well, which makes it quite unique.

  • Here's my 4th retro rebuild Gradinko SMP 2000, my Dual P3/EB 1000Mhz system with the ABiT VP6!

    Quote from Marlon

    Ah okay. :)

    Feel free to use ATi Trueform If you Like!

    Very pleasant in Halflife and welcome to the Radeon 8500 owner group! :thumbup:

    Yea many thank s for the warm welcome as well.

    In the long run I always wanted an original R200 based graphics card, later releases came with 128MB DDR SDRAM & DDR BGA ram chips as well, some of these models from 3rd Party vendors like the one from Hercules aka the 3D Prophet 8500 AGP 128MB DDR came with a nice blue PCB and ram sinks, always a card I'd be willing to add someday, as long I can find and afford one.

    The First Radeon I used was a Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro, I never experienced any ATi card before that one, after finding out that the Radeon 8500 has Shader Model 1.4, which is something I always wanted to explore and see what it has in difference if compared to Shader Model 1.3 for example.

    So the best way to find this out is to buy a real Radeon 8500 and go from there, which got me to this card from that Austrian ebayer.
    the card is also en-route from Austria to me as I last got notified by.

  • Here's my 4th retro rebuild Gradinko SMP 2000, my Dual P3/EB 1000Mhz system with the ABiT VP6!

    Quote from Marlon

    How did you get 11K in 3DMark01 with a Pentium III 1000EB?

    My current Pentium III 1000E build Tops Out at around 6,2K?

    that 3D mark score is from the seller of that R200 board, it's evidence that I bought a working card, I am sure he used a T-Bird 1400 or P4 2400 Northwood A or even faster I really have no idea, it's just a confirmation that the card works.

    6200 is more realistic for a R200, my Parhelia AGP 256MB DDR gets 6800+ in my AthlonXP 2200+, in 3D mark the Radeon 8500 could score higher than a Parhelia, in the end I never used a Radeon 8500 before this will be my first R200 experience, the R300 was the first ATi chip I used which was during week 25 of year 2002, just after the R200 era.

  • Here's my 4th retro rebuild Gradinko SMP 2000, my Dual P3/EB 1000Mhz system with the ABiT VP6!

    Hey all, well here's my 4th retro PC build also my first 2CPU system as well which contains the original CPU's & Mainboard from March 28, 2000, and the case I got in 2008 with the ram kit my dad gave me in 2008, but also the same coolers the system had in March 28, 2000, it's as authentic as I had it back then, just a different and better graphics card option, the 3dfx card I seek is a V4 4500 PCI, if anyone could spare me one please DM me about it, as I have plans for the V4 4500 PCI to V4 4800 PCI mod as well, but yea need a card for that first, which is for now a later worry.

    So here the original mainboard, CPU's & system memory, which I was able to buy back from an old friend in Adelaide South Australia for a very sweet deal.

    That are these parts:
    (Excluding the MSI card just above the HD 5870)

    Micro Star International MS9130 K8T Master 2-FAR Manual
    ABiT VP6 Manual
    ABit VP6 with VIA Apollo Pro 133A Chipset
    2x Intel Pentium !!!/EB Coppermine 1000Mhz CPU's SL4MF's with 1.70 Core Voltage each
    4x 512MB PC-133 ECC Reg HP/Micron Server Ram.
    Sapphire Vapor-X ATi Radeon HD 5870 PCI-E 1024MB 256Bit GDDR5


    Here a closeup of the CPU's & RAM.


    Here the new never used TITAN Majesty V's these are repacked Thermaltake Golden Orbs for Socket 370 that I picked up from a guy in Czech Republic for 56 Eur for the two:, and a pair of Intel Pentium !!!/EB Coppermine 1000Mhz SL52R 1.75v CPU's from March, 2001, and 11x original Intel Pentium !!! aluminum decals, never can have too many of these!








    Here the main graphics card I just picked up from a seller in Austria for just 99 Eur / 116 Eur incl Shipping!
    This will be my main graphics card for the Dual P3/EB 1000 system in the ABiT VP6

    ATi Radeon 8500 AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.A 0152
    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/236462296135Here

    Here the pics from the seller for reference and it's a working unit as well as the 3D Mark screenshot clearly shows:




    The Sound card is this Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Rev.A 1304; which I have laying here in my retro hardware collection, it's a fully working unit as well:






    Here the network card, an Intel Pro 1000 MT Desktop Adapter Rev.A 1504




    Here that Enermax EG565AX-VE 535 Watt PSU and it's indeed a new unit, made during week 27 of year 2006, it's new from old stock got it for 102 Eur incl shipping from France to my place in Netherlands.


    Here it from the insides very new and clean:


    And here Addtronics 7896A Server Tower with the two Seagate Barracuda V 250GB 7200 RPM HDD's each with 2MB Cache and the NEC 3500A 16x/40x DVD/CD RW Drive unit:


    So there you have it, once all parts are here as the mainboard, CPU's Ram and graphics card go, then I will start building it and make pics as I go until it is one and up and running WinXP Pro x86 USA + SP3.

    Stay tuned for more as I wait until all the parts have arrived 8)

  • Retro Grafikkarten mit DVI

    Matrox Millennium G550 Dual Head AGP 32MB 64Bit DDR SGR Rev.A 4102


    Matrox Parhelia LX P650 AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.B 4505


    Matrox Parhelia LX P750 AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.B 0905


    Matrox Parhelia AGP 256MB 256Bit DDR Rev.A 5103


    3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI Macintosh 64MB Rev.A1 2900


    ATi Radeon 8500 AGP 64MB 128Bit DDR Rev.A 0152


    Sapphire Atlantis Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition AGP 256MB 256Bit GDDR3 Rev.A 0448


    Leadtek WinFast A400 AGP 128MB 256Bit DDR Rev.A1 0441


    Leadtek WinFast A400GT AGP 256MB 256Bit GDDR3 Rev.B1 0450

  • a Voodoo2 driver version question

    Well I am running my Gainward V2's in SLI at 90Mhz, just for better lifespan, I clearly do not see the point in OCing these 27+ year old cards for a few fps more, it's just more unwanted heat in the end, even those that use flat copper heatsinks, overclocking such old cards is clearly a waste of time, some people at x-3dfx are doing this and it is truly unsettling...

  • Voodoo2's are dying, then again not sure how serious this video is.

    Yea I wasn't sure hence why I made the topic, but anyways glad I have made it likewise.

    So replacing all Ceramic capacitors with Polymer or Tantalum capacitors would be the key then.Here an other video explaining what is causing a Voodoo2 to crash in games, this guy has a ton of such related video content:

    Bits und Bolts - Voodoo2 Crashing Games? Here Is What To Do!

    Voodoo2 Crashing Games? Here Is What To Do!
    This video is brought to you by PCBWay #sponsored Loose Pins! No - not this time!We have two Voodoo2 cards that crash in some games. Both cards are from Diam...
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    I'll add this one as well:

    Bits und Bolts - Cracked 3Dfx Voodoo 2 chip - Let's dig deeper!

    Cracked 3Dfx Voodoo 2 chip - Let's dig deeper!
    What a shame! A Diamond Monster 3D II with a cracked 3Dfx chip - the FBI chip to be precise. Today, we are going to see if this chip has survived the harsh i...
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  • Voodoo2's are dying, then again not sure how serious this video is.

    Here's the video I just found, my Gainwards are well cared for and properly maintained by backfire so I for all I know I stand clear of this issue for now.

    Bits und Bolts - Voodoo2 Cards Are Dying! Do This Before It's Too Late!

    Voodoo2 Cards Are Dying! Do This Before It's Too Late!
    This video is brought to you by PCBWay #sponsored Faulty capacitors that cannot be detected using a thermal camera are one of my most disliked debugging task...
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    Backfire Does that video make any sense? I thought it was interesting to share regarding the Voodoo2 are dying debacle..
    The thing I don't get is that he uses old capacitors replace the broken ones, if doing recaps he may as well use brand new Tantalum capacitors and just get it done all the way like you did with my Gainwards.

  • Diskussion: ATI Radeon DDR MAXX

    From what I know there is a driver for the Radeon MAXX, it could also be that the Rage Fury MAXX driver kit could work with it or the Radeon DDR drivers, if I had the card I'd happily try it out, this is something I wish the owners of these cards would try and publish, so we can benefit from that knowledge as out interests would go, for odd reasons these owners are always hiding and not willing to really give out such details even that none of these cards ever saw daylight, it would be nice to know more about them in general...

    Ah well what can ya do about it, eh.

    As for Fermi I have a pair of GF100-375-A1's by EVGA, it's for my EVGA Tribute project:






    The GeForce GTX 480 was the most interesting NVIDIA card of all time, especially it's development.

  • Here Midi hit lists, of the 1970's & 1980's

    Hey all!

    Here all here it finally is then, my 1970's Pop & Disco Midi Hit List, it is consisted of roughly just under 60 tracks, this is ideal for people that love to play high quality midi music files on their Midi sound cards & DAC's and alike
    1970's Pop & Disco Midi Hit List.zip

    Just for the head's up, I did not make the midi music myself, just been hunting down good quality midi's that make a great compilation.

    Enjoy the vibes!

    Greets, Goldie 8)

  • 3DFX-The great journey continues!

    Hereby I am thanking Anthony for everything he has done for the entire 3dfx community for their 3dfx collectors and people within that are friends family as well.

    Anthony made the impossible --> possible, thanks to his SUX 6000, Snow White & Strange God reverse Engineered Voodoo5 6000 cards he made it possible and affordable for those that wanted to experience the 3dfx Goddess, his cards were not 2000, 5000 or even 15.000 USD they were 1500 USD , the actual value of a Rev.A 3700 in that sense, the most common revision, Anthony made it affordable for all, even being that 1500 USD is a high number it was in some ways doable for those that could not afford a card that went for 5K or even more.

    3dfx is for everyone and needs to be affordable for everyone, Anthony made that possible with his reverse engineered cards, it's also nice to see others giving a go at similar idea's as sdz has shown us, now with Anthony's designs in the open maybe others can give it a go, would be interesting to see what others come up with, something new to look forward to.

    But I am also going to thank ciacara72 for passing on Anthony's new feed and also his great support within the 3dfx community as well, you too deserve some credit bud.

    Where this all goes from now, well I guess we'll need to spread word and hope these projects land in the right hands, I made sure to download them and add them in my 3dfx archive, such works should never go lost, but always be well protected.

    Maybe I could make a Anthony 3dfx owners list on who has what and where the part is located, idea?

  • Nighthawk, my AMD 750 Slot A build!

    Quote from undertaker_2
    Quote from Gold Leader

    an original AMD Athlon aluminum case badge from 1999

    World class! :hre:
    If you ever run out of stickers, I still have about 60-70 left over from when I was self-employed in 199x!

    They're also from Athlon XP and Duron. Don't hesitate to ask. :) :spitze:

    Hey thanks I did some research the very first AMD K7 Athlons used AMD Athlon decals, these4 were from early 1999 and came out with the very first K7 Athlon CPU's, they look like this:


    These are 3D etched in that sense and are very difficult to find.
    The newer ones that came with Thunderbird Slot A and socket A CPU's are the decails I am have now, they have a white backdrop and a chromatic boarder, but as you can see the first generation AMD Athlon Aluminum Decals. they don't have the white backdrop at all.
    They have a completely chromatic backdrop instead, thereby bringing the AMD Athlon logo more forward, as the photo I added clearly shows.

    Here the four AMD Athlon stickers I have backhand, these are the newer releases from late 1999 - early 2000

    Quite different that the first gen decals, but if you have 1 or even2 of them first gen decals , please do send me a direct message of them, I would certainly be very willing to add/buy a few of those, if it's the same ones as I have, then don't worry about it.

  • Sämtliche 3dfx PCs von VoodooAlert vorgestellt!

    This is lovely system, this is definitely your best V2 SLI build tbh, excellent work!:respekt::respekt:

  • Something lovely arrived this week! Palit Gainward's Voodoo2 & Terratec EWS64XL boxed

    Well all has been going very well as the system goes, but HyperSnap is an utter clusterfuck so I removed that and did the needed regedits and also removed the remaining HPRSNAP.LDC files and what not else, I am going to use Fraps version 1.9d and I'll run the games in Direct3D mode with the V2 SLI setup so I can at least get some screenshots going, not the best of modes, but *sigh* it's something I guess ?(

    It would be amazing if someone could program a Glide supported screen capturing program that is free to use or even cost like 10 Eur/USD and not as annoying as HyperSnap DX 6+ are, less troublesome in that sense, so us 3Dfx Glide Gamers have something decent to use to make good screenshots when using 3dfx Glide API in our beloved 3Dfx Glide games, if only, right...