Re: Abit VP6 Dual p3

Posted on 2021-07-13, 04:52

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by nd22

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That is a very nice system! I also have a dual P3 1000/VP6 system that is running perfectly fine with XP. Performance is excellent for all games up to 2002 and it feels snappier than a single socket Tualatin - I know, this is blasphemy 😀 !

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-19, 09:11

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by nd22

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This is a situation that I encountered in the vast majority of games, not only in AoE2 or RTS in general! Today if I want to play a game from let's say 2006, I would like to play it at maximum settings so I can enjoy every single graphical/audio/physics enhancement that I was unable back than. …

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Re: Fastest pc you have win98 on? (besides emulation)

Posted on 2021-06-17, 07:05

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by nd22

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Does Windows Me counts or no 😀?

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-14, 02:44

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Doornkaat wrote on 2021-06-13, 13:00: You always knew shit was about to go down when the game suddenly lagged. 😄 Exactly 😀) ! Played recently and during attacks if the CPU was not up to it it lagged horribly! Resolution has nothing to do with it - it simply needs raw horsepower to calculate all …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-13, 12:14

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by nd22

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As far as AoE is concerned, I remember playing AoE2 just fine back in the day, on a K6-2 500. With all due respect this is not true! I have done numerous tests in AoE2 and not even a Tualatin 1400s can play this game at this settings: highest difficulty; 7 enemy AI in 4 different teams; huge map; …

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Re: Windows 7 Retro?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 10:43

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by nd22

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Windows 7 still has some support left in the form of the embedded version until October 14, 2024 so in my opinion it is not retro! I consider Windows 5.X and any previous version to be retro as it is very difficult to be used on the modern web but 6.X and later are not retro even if for example 7 is …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 08:47

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by nd22

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Nforce2 fares very poorly in 98SE. I have done several tests and the difference in synthetic benchmarks is around 5% however in real worlds tests such as games it is even bigger - around 10%! Via KT880 looses to nforce2 under Windows XP but wins under 98SE!

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Re: Old Videos Cards On New Systems (OVCONS)

Posted on 2021-06-07, 07:19

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by nd22

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Since when 1080Ti is old? I still use my sandy bridge as my daily driver and is 10 years old! 2600k+ 16gb ram + asus p67 deluxe + geforce 660ti does NOT feel in any way slow or old! Many people do not consider even LGA 775 to be old as still use Core 2 quad as day to day systems! Personally I …

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Re: Yet another Abit de-Teapofied (almost)

Posted on 2021-05-31, 09:06

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by nd22

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Great board! I still got my original KR7A that I bought back in 2002 with Duron 1300! Abit made such fantastic boards! I am also collecting every Abit board, graphic card etc and I can get my hands on! I have absolutely no experience in soldering but this skill is absolutely required for collectors! …

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Re: Win98SE GeForce Video Cards (Directx8 / Drivers/ Etc)

Posted on 2021-05-29, 09:34

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by nd22

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As I understand you got a dual CPU system! I would use Windows 2000 on that machine because 98SE can only use 1 CPU! I also have several dual CPU systems: On my Abit VP6 with Pentium 3 1000mhz and 2gb of ram I use geforce3 ti 500 and i t runs just fine; all 2000 -2001 games run at the highest …

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Re: Win98SE GeForce Video Cards (Directx8 / Drivers/ Etc)

Posted on 2021-05-28, 08:10

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by nd22

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Please put exact rig specifications so we all know what you are talking about! The most powerful 98Se GPU with native support would be a geforce 6800 ultra/radeon X850 XT PE but those are stupidly expensive! Recommended only if you want to play at 1600*1200 max settings when a geforce2 ultra would …

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Re: Athlon64, Turion users: Why do you choose those processors?

Posted on 2021-05-28, 06:11

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I got many socket 754 and 939 systems and I think there are several advantages over socket 462: 1. you no longer need a PSU with a strong 5V rail because the above 2 platforms will draw most of the current from the 12V rail. Socket 462 will draw a lot of current from the 5V rail even with the …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-05-27, 05:31

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by nd22

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Socket 462/A is perfectly suited for retro-gaming. It is actually its main purpose today. Asrock K7S41 has a SIS 741 chipset and supports 98SE. It would be an overkill Windows 98 machine with Athlon XP 3000 and would run any late Windows 98 era games perfectly at high resolutions and high details …

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Re: 9x vs 2k/XP for Socket A with 3GB of DDR RAM

Posted on 2021-05-25, 08:13

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by nd22

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I think you should set the memory frequency to coincide with the CPU bus! That is: FSB/Dram = 1/1. It provides the highest performance on socket 462! Example: Barton 3000 - 333mhz FSB works best with DDR333 and NOT with DDR400!

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Re: 7800GS issues occuring

Posted on 2021-05-25, 08:04

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by nd22

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Did you applied new thermal compound? Did you cleaned thoroughly the card? Does the card works OK in BIOS?

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Re: Games to test for comparison

Posted on 2021-05-12, 09:37

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by nd22

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It depends on the settings you want to use, but for the most part the cards you selected are good in games up to 2004 at most at low resolutions! If you select maximum in game settings - that means all options activated and the highest setting selected none of them can run any major title from 2005 …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2021-05-07, 09:32

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by nd22

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Motherboards to be used - all Abit boards from my collection: Stage 1: FSB 200/266 - The beginning ! 1. Via KT133/133A: KT7-raid; KT7A; KT7A-raid 2. AMD 760: KG7-raid 3. VIA KT266/266A: KR7A; KR7A-Raid 4. NVIDIA 415: NV7-133R Stage 2: FSB 333 - The climb! 1. VIA KT333: KX7-333, AT7-MAX 2. VIA KT400/ …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2021-05-07, 09:12

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by nd22

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I consider that the ultimate socket A platform tests are not finished so I will include new ones as I make them but for now I decided to continue with socket 462 from a different angle: instead of choosing the end of the era I decided that I will go with the beginning of socket 462. The end goal is …

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Re: age of empires 2 bad performance on pentium iii

Posted on 2021-05-04, 06:30

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Done over the weekend more tests: 1. Pentium 4 2000 Willamette on Abit BE7-raid with 2*1gb ram: result unplayable! 2. Pentium 4 2800 Northwood on Abit BE7-raid with 2*1gb ram: result very good! 2. Athlon 64 3000 Newcastle on Abit AN8-SLI with 2*1gb ram: result very playable, no problems whatsoever! …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2021-05-03, 07:49

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by nd22

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Here are the PC Mark 2002 & 2004 & 2005 results - I did only the HDD tests and nothing else - the results are very, very close to those done by various review sites back in the day:

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