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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #45 - 10.09.05 at 15:55:56 Quote: can i test it with this one? I don't see why not, just don't exceed 600-650 mhz, Merc won't work.
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #46 - 10.09.05 at 16:36:47 okay thank you...
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #47 - 10.09.05 at 17:11:50 Well the one I bought from Logical Madness runs fine @ 700MHz.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #48 - 10.09.05 at 19:17:46 Quote from Logical Madness- "Mercury System (Processors need to be downgraded to 600mhz each for 100% stability with subsystem)"
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Re: 2 monster, one aim
Reply #49 - 10.09.05 at 19:22:41

its the FSB

100works
133not
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Also be aware that Voodoo2 and Voodoo Banshee (Raven) based cards will likely not work with many newer motherboards due to a hardware incompatibility issue in the original 3Dfx chipset with a 133MHz front side bus (FSB). 133MHz front side bus is common among many modern day mainboards. Thus, if you are having problems installing or operating your Voodoo2 (Obsidian2) or Voodoo Banshee (Raven) based video card, please first verify that the motherboard for your computer system does not use a 133MHz FSB (try setting your system up to operate at 100MHz FSB if possible) and then verify you have installed the appropriate driver for the video card. Or consider getting a new graphics card such as from nVidia.

normal PIII 600 runs 100x6 all over 600 runs @133FSB

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #50 - 10.09.05 at 19:31:41 1) P3 was available up to 1.0 ghz on 100 mhz bus, my AAlchemy system has dual 850's on a GX+ board (8.5 x 100). 2) Bus speed of the cpu has no effect on PCI slots if not overclocked (33/66mhz)
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Re: 2 monster, one aim
Reply #51 - 10.09.05 at 19:37:41

I tried my old one with dual 1GHz CPUs running @ 100fsb and the sub-System would not engage. I haven't seen that yet on the LM machine. I only have one 600MHz cpu but as soon as I run across another one 600/512/100/2.05V SL3JT I'll be dropping them in just to be on the safe side Wink

Gary, you ran 650s for a time. Did your merc ever "not engage" under that configuration?

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #52 - 10.09.05 at 20:21:13 Quote: Gary, you ran 650s for a time. Did your merc ever "not engage" under that configuration? The green brick worked perfect under 650's.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #53 - 11.09.05 at 02:33:00 Maybe I should just look for a matched pair of 650s
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exxe God Member Offline ^^ Posts: 1316 germany	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #54 - 11.09.05 at 08:10:10 i test my merc with a ASUS P2B-DS rev1.06 (440BX based) 2x PIII 450 (100FSB) ATI AllInWonder PRO AGP 4 SCSI HDDs und Windows 98 the same system i use with my Miro Hiscore2 3D windows found 4 PCI PCI toPCI bridges and 8 Miro Hiscore2 3D
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #55 - 11.09.05 at 11:53:36 how did you test it? do you had a monitor connected to the mercury sys or did a second graphic card do the job?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #56 - 11.09.05 at 11:57:22 Quote: i test my merc with a ASUS P2B-DS rev1.06 (440BX based) 2x PIII 450 (100FSB) ATI AllInWonder PRO AGP 4 SCSI HDDs und Windows 98 Mercury doesn't run under '98. Install NT4 with a least service pack 3 and download the drivers from Quantum3D.
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #57 - 11.09.05 at 11:58:30 Quote: how did you test it? do you had a monitor connected to the mercury sys or did a second graphic card do the job? Mercury has no 2D, a second board is required. On the GX+ boards from intel there is on board 2D.
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #58 - 11.09.05 at 11:59:55 gary, does Win2000 work?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: 2 monster, one aim Reply #59 - 11.09.05 at 13:59:11 Technically no- Mercury is only supported by NT4. The real answer is a bit less clear, you can install the Mercury NT4 drivers under 2000 and my green brick works... but there is no control panel tab to tell you if it is working as a Mercury brick or 4 200SBi.
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