OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 hours agoAncient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configurationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkAncient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configurationwww.tomshardware.comOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresupernight52@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoI’m surprised someone managed to get this to work pretty much at all. Figured it would just burst into flames as soon as the MOBO tried to pass power to that card.
minus-squaremilagemayvary@mstdn.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours ago@supernight52 @OldQWERTYbastard That’s what the PCI-X to PCI adaptor is for, keeping the angry pixy smoke in & pushing the 1’s & 0’s. :computerfairies:
I’m surprised someone managed to get this to work pretty much at all. Figured it would just burst into flames as soon as the MOBO tried to pass power to that card.
@supernight52 @OldQWERTYbastard
That’s what the PCI-X to PCI adaptor is for, keeping the angry pixy smoke in & pushing the 1’s & 0’s. :computerfairies: