temporarily condensing for space

Posted on 2021-12-07, 22:05

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by candle_86

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So I need to condense, alot of my comps are going into storage because of a move comming up. What do yall think about this rig, and what drivers for 98SE do yall recommend, this is going to replace my Pentium 233MMX, K6-3 550, Athlon 700, and Pentium 3 933 rigs for 98SE, as well as my XP rigs of P4 …

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Post up your Benchmarks for your systems

Posted on 2021-11-25, 02:04

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by candle_86

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So I know we have the mega threads, but just because show them all off at once, here are mine for all the retro's currently running, and my Defination of Retro may not be yours, that's cool, its retro to me Filename benchmarks.png File size 40.74 KiB Views 132 views

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Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2021-11-25, 02:00

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by candle_86

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considering how CPU bottlenecked it is, you ideally want a card that uses a sub 10 series driver, so I'd stick to TNT2/GF2/GF3, or a Voodoo because they have really good 3dnow support, avoid ATI as their 3dnow support was always trash I'm not sure about the graphics performance wouldn't be improve …

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Re: PSU for Socket A - Athlon XP 3000+

Posted on 2021-11-23, 15:45

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by candle_86

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You can also look for late gen Nforce2 or KT880 based boards, alot of them have the 12v plug, your looking for boards that came out after Athlon 64 though, so alot of them wont have the best overclocking, but they have the P4 Plug

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Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2021-11-23, 15:41

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by candle_86

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considering how CPU bottlenecked it is, you ideally want a card that uses a sub 10 series driver, so I'd stick to TNT2/GF2/GF3, or a Voodoo because they have really good 3dnow support, avoid ATI as their 3dnow support was always trash

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Re: New motherboards for old sockets.

Posted on 2021-11-23, 07:45

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by candle_86

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problem is likely that for a Super Socket 7 board you need 4 layers, socket 370 is also 4 layers, and i think socket 462 is 5-6 layers. It's just way more complex, though I wouldn't object to a VIA MVP3 with the 686B, i think ATA100 ect would be nice, or a KT266A based Slot A board, heck maybe an …

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Re: Question on AGP ports

Posted on 2021-11-22, 18:09

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by candle_86

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well i havn't seen an HD4650 that mentions AGP 4x compliant, they all say only AGP 8x which leads me to assume they require .8 V

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Re: Any restoration tips when it comes to rust on PC case and scratches?

Posted on 2021-11-22, 16:39

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by candle_86

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the Arcylic can be repaired unless the scratches are deep, what i did on my Switch 810 is hit it with 80 grit, then 240, then 800, then 1000, then 1500, then 2000, then 3000 grit, then hit it with a polishing compound like you'd use on headlights and it looks new

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Re: Question on AGP ports

Posted on 2021-11-22, 15:58

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by candle_86

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some very late AGP 3.0 cards don't support the 1.5V from AGP 2.0 thats correct, It should be a very limited group of late ATI cards however that require .8V AGP 3.0, for 99% of AGP 8x cards they are 4x/8x and use 1.5/.8V AGP depending on slot. Some really late cards like the X1950Pro, HD3850, HD4650 …

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Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-11-22, 15:42

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by candle_86

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Since you benefitted from the 6800GT the implication is the opposite. No its really not, I'm not sure what your missing here, my 6800GT preformed no better than a 6600GT, if i wanted it faster I would have needed a faster cpu Oh, I see. Your CPU can "drive it", just not fast enough to outperform …

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Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-11-22, 13:45

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by candle_86

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That seems to be an interesting lapse of reason. Do you agree that with same graphics card framerates on the XP3000 would be smaller? No what it implies is that the Athlon XP 3000 couldn't drive a 6800GT Since you benefitted from the 6800GT the implication is the opposite. No its really not, I'm …

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Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-11-22, 06:44

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by candle_86

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no if my FPS with a 6800GT and an Athlon XP3000 is the same as my buddy with an Athlon 64 and a 6600GT then it means the AXP can't drive the 6800GT, which isn't really suprising, the Athlon XP ran out of gas around mid 2003, the 2004 era cards where for A64/Pentium 4 HT which operated on a totally …

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Re: Simulate Socket 754

Posted on 2021-11-22, 05:51

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by candle_86

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i just need a GF3 🤣

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Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-11-22, 05:51

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by candle_86

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The best you're going to do considering you're limited by AGP and Nvidia is a 6800 GT/Ultra. Personally I wouldn't pay the premium of an Ultra considering a GT is so close in performance. The last few 6800 GTs I saw sell on ebay went for $70-$80 USD. Not sure if that's a price you're willing to pay …

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Re: Simulate Socket 754

Posted on 2021-11-21, 23:37

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its the capicitor rot problem, and I want a good board, ive got 2 compaq 754 boards, they are AGP though, I've got 3 939 HP boards, but I'm puttig it into a nice windowed case with cold cathodes so I'd prefer ATX form factor boards with PCIe. This board is SLI though, I could easily and cheaply find …

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Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-11-21, 22:58

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by candle_86

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The best you're going to do considering you're limited by AGP and Nvidia is a 6800 GT/Ultra. Personally I wouldn't pay the premium of an Ultra considering a GT is so close in performance. The last few 6800 GTs I saw sell on ebay went for $70-$80 USD. Not sure if that's a price you're willing to pay …

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Simulate Socket 754

Posted on 2021-11-21, 22:50

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by candle_86

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So I want something between my Athlon 64 4600 939/w SLI 7950GT and my Athlon XP 2800 /w 9800 Pro, and I was using my Pentium 4 3.4 to do this but then my 7800GS died and I just havn't had anything. I then thought I do have an M2N-E SLI with a bad Channel A, so it can only run in single channel, and …

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Re: New processors for old sockets.

Posted on 2021-11-12, 03:19

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by candle_86

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I can't see designing new cpus but I do sometimes wonder what if and did a new run of k6-3 but at say 130 or 90nm, maybe increase l2 from 256k to 2mb. Or a new Pentium MMX but at 90nm with 2mb l2 on die and supporting 100mhz fsb. Or even via releasing the MVP3 chipset but now with the 686b …

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Re: Pentium 66 cooling

Posted on 2021-11-10, 20:54

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by candle_86

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I decided to rob the fan from my pentium 133, and just gave it an Athlon Thunderbird cooper baseplate cooler for the Pentium 133, and took its 40mm fan to stick ontop of this aluminum heatsink, the 86-box discord suggested it also. If anyone hears about new old stock socket 4 coolers let me know, …

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Pentium 66 cooling

Posted on 2021-11-10, 20:38

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by candle_86

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So I got a Batman's revenge with a Pentium 66. The original heatsink retention frame was with the board but the heat sink was not so I managed to adapt a small aluminum one with some zip ties on it'll be a picture you'll see it. The question is after looking at the picture do I need to actively cool …

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