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RaptorZX3

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions.
Reply #15 - 08.09.13 at 16:59:53

lately i replaced the Power Man 300W for an Enermax 350W with 2 fans (bottom and exhaust), and replaced the P4 1.7Ghz with 256kb de L2 cache (Willamette) for a P4 1.6Ghz with 512kb of L2 cache. (Northwood).

i formatted again and re-installed everything correctly before installing video drivers, including the Via 4-in-1 drivers which improve the AGP and IDE speed a lot (i noticed a very big speed difference in the loadings of Windows and games)

Also, in the 3DFX settings, i switched the AGP speed from 1x to 2x, i don't know why it default to 1x...maybe for compatibility purpose if the board is only AGP 1x?

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions.
Reply #16 - 08.09.13 at 22:31:03

well i think this is nice now.

i remember buying a 19inch 16:9 monitor in a garage sale a month or so ago, for 10$, it's an Emachines E180HV, resolution is 1366x768, but it have a nice option in the screen to choose "forced widescreen" or "proportional" meaning if your Windows support only 5:4 or 4:3, it will go in this proportion, meaning it'll have vertical black bars on each side, but i don't really care, as i bought this screen especially for old PCs setup, and it have only a VGA connector on it, so i figured they might have optimized the VGA output a lot for a LCD monitor which doesn't have DVI on it.

So i plugged this monitor on my V5500, and it look nice so far, since the vertical resolution is 768, the screen isn't blurry in 1024x768, and i think this resolution is the best for Glide games.

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions.
Reply #17 - 09.09.13 at 07:14:38

RaptorZX3 wrote on 08.09.13 at 16:59:53:

Also, in the 3DFX settings, i switched the AGP speed from 1x to 2x, i don't know why it default to 1x...maybe for compatibility purpose if the board is only AGP 1x?

All V5 are only capable of AGP 1x, because the SLI between both VSA100 works with PCI66 (PCI @ 66MHz) protocol. So no advanced AGP and bus speed is only 66MHz (which is AGP1x).

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RaptorZX3 Full Member Offline Canadian 3DFX user Posts: 218 Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions. Reply #18 - 09.09.13 at 07:21:35 ah i see...so if i even switch AGP to 1x in the BIOS, performance will be the same?
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Loeschzwerg Senior Member Offline AAlchemy PSU maker :-) Posts: 396 Germany -> Bavaria -> Augsburg Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions. Reply #19 - 09.09.13 at 09:41:34 That's the case, yes
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RaptorZX3 Full Member Offline Canadian 3DFX user Posts: 218 Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Gender:	Re: Voodoo 5 5500 questions. Reply #20 - 11.09.13 at 01:47:11 which heatsink-fans would you recommend me when will come the time to replace those heatsinks on my V5500? i heard of a particular model, but i can't find a place with a cheap price...and low shipping.
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