3dfx Archive - What is the "best" setup for Voodoo card

MrFossey

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Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo
Reply #15 - 13.04.07 at 17:40:48

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well like I mentioned the Thoroubred A runs @ 2000Mhz , has 256KB L2 & 266Mhz FSB the other QthlonXP 2400+

Almost correct. The AMD Athlon XP 2400+ only exists as an Thoroughbred B CPU Wink

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The Thoroughbred A version didn't scale well and wasn't suitable for the high clock frequency the XP2400+ requires.

The fastest AMD Athlon XP CPU with an Thoroughbred A core runs at 1800MHz and is better known as the XP2200+. (Which is only one step faster then the fastest Palomino :X). Luckily AMD managed to revise the Thoroughbred since the original one (escpecially the very first ones) didn't scale better then the best Palomino cores.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo
Reply #16 - 13.04.07 at 17:52:17

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Almost correct. The AMD Athlon XP 2400+ only exists as an Thoroughbred B CPU Wink

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The Thoroughbred A version didn't scale well and wasn't suitable for the high clock frequency the XP2400+ requires.

The fastest AMD Athlon XP CPU with an Thoroughbred A core runs at 1800MHz and is better known as the XP2200+. (Which is only one step faster then the fastest Palomino :X). Luckily AMD managed to revise the Thoroughbred since the original one (escpecially the very first ones) didn't scale better then the best Palomino cores.

nope the AXP 2400+ consists of a Thoroughbred -B CPU as Thorton CPU:

that BaliusC site is the most reliable CPU source in The BeNeLuX area, the owner of that Site is also a Moderator of the largest hardware site of The Netherlands / Belgium aka Tweakers.net
http://tweakers.net/

His info is hardly false Wink

, the only mistake he made is the DDR sppeds of the FSB heh, 166Mhz DDR should bet 333Mhz DDR or 166Mhz Physical heh, nobody is perfect Wink

I got mixed up with the AthlonXP /MP 2200+ which is indeed a T-Bred A heh.

The CPU I have is an AMD AthlonXP Thoroughbred-B 2700+ CPU which runs @ 2167Mhz, it has a 333Mhz DDR aka 166Mhz Physical FSB and has an L2 of 256KB.

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MrFossey Junior Member Offline \o/ Posts: 76	Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo Reply #17 - 13.04.07 at 18:32:31 I meant only the Thoroughbred B instead of Thoroughbred A/B and forgot the Thorton ^^. But indeed, it's Thoroughbred B and Thorton. About the FSB's, they seem correct to me. It's a 133MHz DDR bus. Otherwise it would be DDR333? . After all 166MHz DDR is not 333MHz but still 166MHz (333MT/s).
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo
Reply #18 - 13.04.07 at 18:35:18

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I meant only the Thoroughbred B instead of Thoroughbred A/B and forgot the Thorton ^^. But indeed, it's Thoroughbred B and Thorton.

About the FSB's, they seem correct to me. It's a 133MHz DDR bus. Otherwise it would be DDR333? Wink

. After all 166MHz DDR is not 333MHz but still 166MHz (333MT/s).

oh yeah got mixxed up there hahaha gonna have Dinner now Lips Sealed

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Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo
Reply #19 - 16.04.07 at 15:40:22

hey guys,

just found another board, called the MSI KT3 Ultra 2
MSI Part No.MS-6380E

It has the following chipset:

Chipset
• VIA® KT333 Chipset
- FSB @200/266/333 MHz
- AGP 4X and PCI Advanced high performance memory controller
• VIA® VT8235 Chipset
- Integrated Direct Sound AC'97 audio
- Dual channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode EIDE controller
- ACPI
- Integrated USB 2.0 controller

Is that the good chipset for 333Mhz fsb athlonXpP / voodoo5 combo??

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Aerocool Strike-X Air
SuperMicro H8DAE
Dual Opteron 280 @ 2.4Ghz (4 cores)
4 x 1GB PC3200
3DFX Voodoo5 5500MAC PCI
WD 160GB ATA100/133
Diamond MonsterSound MX300
Windows2000 SP4

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: What is the "best" setup for Voodoo
Reply #20 - 16.04.07 at 16:41:54

DDR333 is nice

aka PC-2700.

The MSI KT3 Ultra2 isn't an advised Mobo for a Voodoo 5 6000 setup for all the other cards it's a safe one.

The VIA Apollo KT333 chipset is like I said the best chipset for all 3dfx AGP x2/x4 as PCI cards it's als the best chipset for Voodoo4/5 AGP cards.

Only not all VIA Apollo KT333 chipset based Mobo's are V6K safe, for that part read this V6K FAQ before go'n for a V6K it's self

http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/v6k_faq.htm

But if a V6K setup isn't your thing that MSI will do fine.

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