Re: Looking for Suggestions to Max my Build

Posted on 2024-09-26, 19:10

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by agent_x007

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you have v1.0 version of that board, try getting Core 2 Duo E6600 or Core 2 Duo E6700. 2x 1GB is nice to have on XP, less important on 2000 (depends on stuff you want to, or plan to, run).

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Re: Best AGP card for P4 2.8Ghz

Posted on 2024-09-06, 20:20

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It's up to user to decide how powerful his WinXP PC needs to be. You certainly can't run a GTA IV on Pentium 4 though. Why Core 2 instead modern ? Because it's usually drop-in swap from P4 and very cheap. Freeing main PC to do whatever. Not everyone has space to have few PCs for each "era" of games …

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Re: Core 2 Duo 775 or Pentium 4 775, which has better compatibility with Windows 98?

Posted on 2024-09-05, 18:21

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by agent_x007

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I thought that was ConRoe865PE ?

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-08-27, 18:57

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And then there is this : LINK

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Re: Optimal Pentium 4 setup

Posted on 2024-08-25, 21:15

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There is quite a bit more to memory performance on 775 than just frequency and timings. But to get those extra features you need mid range later boards at least (like straps settings, "Performance Level" boosters). Also, FSB speed is limiting factor on DDR3, since 1066MT/s FSB allows only 1066MT/s …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-08-25, 14:05

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You don't need a CPU driver for CPU to work though ? Also, you can disable cores and Hyper Threading within BIOS in almost (if not) all LGA 1366 boards. Same goes for later generation ones obviously. Radeon X8x0 series will run on official Catalyst 6.2 Win98 driver no problem (at least it did for me …

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Re: ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA, Intel Pentium E5800 - why is there no Vcore option?!

Posted on 2024-08-25, 12:46

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by agent_x007

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Visual PDC E5800 VID mod : https://i.imgur.com/4z44M0g.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7qkprL3.png Short version : You can check on VID table I attached above how different VID pins adjust Vcore. If you have CPU with default VID between 1.225V and 1.3125V, a simple bridge between VID4 and VSS will give you …

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Re: Optimal Pentium 4 setup

Posted on 2024-08-25, 12:32

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The striker 2 only shows 2gb sticks in its qvl And the chipset only supported 8gb Max https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NForce_700 I highly doubt those other boards worked with more than 8 Well, Rampage Extreme also doesn't have offcial 16GB support, but works fine to me (and I can OC no problem, as …

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Re: ASUS Sabertooth X79 and Windows XP

Posted on 2024-08-24, 21:57

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Use AsMedia ASM1061 or Marvell 88SE9128 SATA ports to install Windows XP on, data drive can be anywhere. IF you want X79 SATA ports for Windows XP OS driver regardless of problems : I recommend either different way of driver integration, different driver version, modified drivers (such SATA drivers …

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Re: Optimal Pentium 4 setup

Posted on 2024-08-24, 21:38

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Well you are limited to 16Gb if your Northbridge can handle it but you wont get any overclocking from running 16Gb as the Northbridge will be stretched running that amount, stick to two 4Gb fast modules and you'll be golden. Even my X48 Rampage cant handle overclocking with 16Gb due to how hot the …

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Re: XP/Vista dual-boot gaming rig

Posted on 2024-08-17, 15:59

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by agent_x007

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GemCookie wrote on 2024-08-17, 07:55: What the... that's practically my main PC, except that I have a Q9550 and an SSD. Pro tip : Don't update drivers on main PC to version 555.xy or newer.

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Re: nVidia Forceware driver 77.72 patch for 512MB VGAs

Posted on 2024-08-17, 11:48

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Have a archive file : LINK Also, it returned 404, because it doesn't use https protocol (required at this point on all websites) : Try here : http://windows98.xf.cz:8080 file you are looking for is "nvc7772p.zip [1 MB]"

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Re: Bizarre Windows XP Device Manager Error

Posted on 2024-08-16, 12:27

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by agent_x007

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Try to launch device manager from run command ? Shortcut : Windows + R Type : devmgmt. msc

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Re: ATI HD3850 AGP XP 32bit best drivers

Posted on 2024-08-16, 12:21

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Catalyst 7.10 is first driver with RV670 support... I go with Catalyst 9.1 as my go-to driver, and change it if platform/card has issues on it with specific games (alternatives include 10.2, 11.x or 12.1).

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Re: GeForce4 MX 4000 vs. GeForce 4 MX 440

Posted on 2024-08-16, 12:00

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MX440 = V8170DDR/D/64M (has DVI port), but which uses DDR with 64-bit memory bus (VRAM is rated at 5ns). MX4000 = BFG MX4000 with DDR1 and 64-bit (the one with Elixir 5ns memory) and it that can work with both 333MT/s and 400MT/s speeds. Would be nice to have a GPU-z or AIDA64/Everest Ultimate …

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Re: Windows XP setup BSOD on z77 Sabertooth system.

Posted on 2024-07-13, 16:10

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by agent_x007

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Disable USB 3.0 and any device that doesn't have XP drivers (hard drive controllers/USB). If you want less issues, try using Windows XP Integral Edition.

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Re: Best DDR1 2GB kit for overclocking on XP (AMD S939)

Posted on 2024-07-11, 23:01

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by agent_x007

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Search for 400MHz CL2(.2.2.5), with more frequency with same timings being best option (and 2.3.2.5/8 being next best thing).

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Re: Fastest AGP card ever made.

Posted on 2024-06-17, 16:49

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by agent_x007

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I prefer 6800 XT AGP 😉 (bridgeless GPU to AGP)

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-06-08, 14:42

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yeah but the original windows 10 1511 does support the agp bridge chip apparenty - i can see the via bridge chip driver in the device manager - and im using the 3850 which has the rialto bridge chip - but im not even getting the gtx570 to be detected on the pcie bus at the moment - 1511 windows 10 …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-06-08, 08:54

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AGP won't work with Win10, since there is no GART/chipset AGP driver for Win10 (you may try to disable Driver Signature Enforcement if you have WinVIsta/7 AGP driver). As last option disable ATI AGP card/port in device manager, and see if Windows 10 is better. Trying to make Win10 on such board with …

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