Re: Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx

Posted on 2015-09-29, 19:45

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by joacim

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I didn't have a 3D accelerator at all. Used some onboard SiS chip with 1MB memory. I really wanted a 3D accelerator and a more current CPU, but had to wait until 2003 when I could buy that kind of stuff with my own money. Played a lot of Duke Nukem, Transport Tycoon Deluxe, Sim City 2000, Theme …

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Re: Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection

Posted on 2015-09-26, 15:06

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by joacim

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My collection isn't that big, so I don't have that many spares. Got 3x Voodoo3 3500 (compaq), a couple of Pentium 166 MMX and Athlon XP 2500+, two CUSL2 (one of them kills my wifi), a few intel NICs (forgot the model), and a bunch of FSP power supplies found in OEM builds and cases. The rest is your …

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Re: Baby K6-III+ Rebuild

Posted on 2015-08-03, 23:18

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by joacim

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That's a nice system. Always liked the way Baby AT systems looked. Nobody believes me when I tell then that I've cut my hands on old computer cases and parts. Got wounded many times by trying to pull out stuck molex and ide connectors. When they finally came loose, my hand would hit the nearest …

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Re: DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark (Quake)

Posted on 2015-05-17, 19:22

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by joacim

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Yeah. Demos run 3 times each. 😀 Which CPU is that exactly?

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Re: DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark (Quake)

Posted on 2015-05-17, 13:16

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by joacim

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CPU mostly stayed at 3.9 GHz with some dips down to 3.8 GHz. <...> Let me know if you need more information from me, or if you want me to rerun with different settings. If during measuring in demos there existed some monitoring GHz application like CPU-Z, then without this application your fps may …

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Re: DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark (Quake)

Posted on 2015-05-17, 09:43

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by joacim

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i5-4690 running at stock speeds. CPU mostly stayed at 3.9 GHz with some dips down to 3.8 GHz. 64-bit Windows 7. demo1: 969 frames 17.5 seconds 55.3 FPS 969 frames 17.5 seconds 55.3 FPS 969 frames 17.4 seconds 55.8 FPS 55.47 average FPS demo2: 985 frames 15.7 seconds 62.9 FPS 985 frames 15.6 seconds …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2015-04-30, 22:28

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by joacim

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Modern "cable management" is all about hiding the mess anyways. It gets pretty inconvenient when you have to pop off the other side panel whenever you need to add another cable, or one of your existing cables have to be moved. Leaving them in the main compartment is easy, convenient, and I don't …

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Re: tom's Hardware piece about building a vintage PC

Posted on 2015-04-17, 10:21

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by joacim

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There is a lot of wrong ideas and information in that article, but I don't really think it was that bad. Some of those comments (as always) are way worse. 😀

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Re: What's a good tdp vs performance CPU?

Posted on 2015-04-11, 21:44

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by joacim

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I think Intel is usually the winner here. Pentium III (Coppermine especially) had a lower TDP than the AMD Athlons. Don't know about their earlier CPUs as I've never really looked at their performance and TDP. Today Intel Core has a lower TDP than the AMD FX series. I think the AMD APUs can be more …

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Re: Win98SE or WinXP for Tualatin 1.4S+i815?

Posted on 2015-04-07, 21:10

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by joacim

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Think I would dualboot with Windows 98 and some random distribution of GNU+Linux. Especially if I wanted to hook the computer up to my network. Slackware, Crunchbang, and Arch should work well enough I think (if you avoid heavier desktop systems like GNOME and KDE). Not so suitable for the …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2015-03-15, 11:46

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by joacim

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After x58 / first-generation I7 platforms (Sandy bridge and later) we no longer can use xeon chips in desktop motherboards any more, as the newer generation xeons have an entirely different platform controller hub (PCH / AKA Chipset), and different socket (LGA-2011). You can buy LGA1150 Xeons, and …

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Re: Athlon 1000 vs XP 2000+

Posted on 2015-01-27, 08:23

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by joacim

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If you run a newer OS and browser, you can watch youtube videos without flash.

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Re: unusual memory failure

Posted on 2015-01-17, 16:41

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by joacim

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Might be worth testing with a few different builds of memtest86+. Both from memtest.org and from other sources. Just to exclude differences in compilers and versions of memtest86+. The errors OP got in test #7 might be the same false positives that I had. The errors in test #5 might be something …

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Re: unusual memory failure

Posted on 2015-01-17, 15:33

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by joacim

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Depending on which version of GCC Memtest86+ was built with, it can give false positives on test #7. The bootable binary from memtest.org should be good. http://i.imgur.com/135ZhKDl.jpg I changed RAM and CPU multiple times, so I just figured I had a bad motherboard. That was until I noticed the same …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-01-02, 01:51

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by joacim

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I feel a lot less like a hoarder after organising my piles of computer hardware into plastic bins and antistatic bags. My collection doesn't take up as much room anymore and I know where everything is. My hardware collection is nowhere near as bad as my games collection tho. I end up buying multiple …

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Re: Just curious..what is your oldest computer still in daily use for actual work?

Posted on 2014-12-29, 14:44

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by joacim

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The C2D is old, but I don't think they're slow. They're too slow for some games these days, but more than good enough for compiling the linux kernel and common desktop tasks. Compiling big stuff like firefox is no fun tho. It takes about two hours to compile firefox with my E7600, but only 20 …

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Re: Just curious..what is your oldest computer still in daily use for actual work?

Posted on 2014-12-29, 01:35

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by joacim

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This is my server and it is the oldest computer that use every day. It is where I host my bigger files and the backup of my main desktop. It isn't really that old and it is still very capable of common desktop tasks like 1080p video and word processing. I love this system. I've used the motherboard …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-12-19, 13:00

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by joacim

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Maybe it is my motherboard. It seems stable in games and when running Windows Me, but it have been a little strange in other ways. I might make a thread about it, instead of talking about it here. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-12-19, 11:33

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by joacim

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In your case I would try to jumper the slotket for 100 MHz FSB (even with a 133 MHz Coppermine CPU) and also set the voltage to 1.8V on the slotket (even pretty old versions of the VRM standrad supports 1.8V). This should make the system post. I messed around with the jumpers some more now. Set the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-12-18, 11:52

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by joacim

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I got my MS-6905 Master slot 1 adaptor today. It doesn't seem to work with my Abit BX6 2.0 and Pentium III 933. I've ordered a PIII 1000E to see if it works better with a 100 MHz FSB CPU. If that doesn't work, then I'll just stick to using a slot 1 CPU. I can just use my CUSL2 if I need a Pentium …

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