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Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 pci
15.12.03 at 02:37:27

Greetings all!

My 5500 pci has been patiently waiting to be put in an updated system and I have some time and some cash to finally put it back in service. I will be running Win98SE and I was wondering just how well the card will scale with a modern p4 processor...

Will the card be able to utilize say, a 2.8Ghz CPU or is anything over 2Ghz overkill?

Thank you for any well-reasoned opinions or experiences shared!

mcmd

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Micha Senior Member Offline Got milk? Posts: 317 Gender:	Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 Reply #1 - 15.12.03 at 09:42:30 according to new hardware t&l games: the higher your cpu scales, the better performance you'll get. that's because the voodoo5 doesn't has hardware t&l support and so the cpu has to perform those effects.. 8)
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mcmd Guest	Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 Reply #2 - 16.12.03 at 02:07:21 So how about this setup for Win98SE GLIDE gaming goodness: Intel D865PERLL Mobo Intel P4 2.8Ghz - 800FSB My (underused) V5 5500 PCI Kingston HyperX KHX3200AK2/512 512MB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Memory mcmd
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Micha Senior Member Offline Got milk? Posts: 317 Gender:	Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 Reply #3 - 16.12.03 at 11:58:54 already bought the setup? then it's worth a try.. elseway, if you didn't bought this setup yet, make sure agp2x is supported by the new mainboard. beside i would claim you'd run better with win2k on such a system which evently - as i've seen it - runs glide games at the same range or faster than win98.
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mcmd Guest	Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 Reply #4 - 16.12.03 at 12:04:07 The system has not been bought yet. Since my V5 5500 is a PCI card, I don't have to worry about AGP compatibility. Thanks for the tip on Windows 2K. The board supports it and maybe I can find a copy and give it a try! mcmd
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Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500
Reply #5 - 16.12.03 at 12:17:24

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Since my V5 5500 is a PCI card, I don't have to worry about AGP compatibility.

ah sure..sorry, just forgot that. Wink

with win2k you should have higher compatibility to the actual pc improvements..know what i mean ..(win98 evently doesn't support firewire, usb 2.0 and the whole other stuff)

get service pack 4 (released august 2003) for the maximum..if you like to, you can also try winxp+sp1, but i won't do, because it's always a little bit tricky as we're dealing here with a voodoo5.

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Reply #6 - 16.12.03 at 17:03:04

Yeah, I agree with you about XP - that's why I figured I would stick with 98SE and stay away from Win2K core. I decided to leave some of the newer technologies behind (Hyper-Threading especially since Win9X won't support) for a "simple", very high-powered Win98SE box to enjoy my legacy glide games and if lucky, some of the newer Q3 apps such as Jedi Academy.

If I go XP (sometime when Longhorn appears probably), I have a pair of V2's ready (for SLI) to pair with a Radeon 9800 level card or better to try out! Grin

Thank you again for your thoughts!

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Reply #7 - 16.12.03 at 22:30:50

of course win98se supports USB 2.0, firewire or USB keys

you have to install, *cough* A DRIVER! Tongue

how frickin' hard is that

on the other hand I'm still waiting for amigamerlin 3.0

BTW : win2k "supports" hyper-threading, but badly; so you end up losing performance with it activated
this hyperthreading thing will only work properly on win XP and linux ..

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mcmd Guest	Re: Opinions for "new" p4 system w/5500 Reply #8 - 17.12.03 at 15:03:50 Quote: on the other hand I'm still waiting for amigamerlin 3.0 Blaz, Me too - do you guys know what the MESA "driver" or toolset is all about? mcmd
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Reply #9 - 17.12.03 at 16:58:18

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of course win98se supports USB 2.0, firewire or USB keys

you have to install, *cough* A DRIVER! Tongue

how frickin' hard is that

yep, but no native support by win98. at least, you won't get 'full' usb/firewire performance with win98, so you stay better with win2k core in this respect. that's why i prefer win2k at all...even hyper threading problems should be cleaned out by sp4, but i didn't checked it so far.

@mcmd: here's the thread that should help:
http://www.falconfly-central.de/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=drivers;action=displa...

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