Re: Pentium CPU Game Changer that Helped Build the Internet and USA.

Posted on Yesterday, 15:16

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I had a Pentium 90 in 1995 with a Intel Zappa i430FX mainboard without any L2 Cache. I don't know the stepping anymore, but it was the not so beautiful ceramic version... It ran stable with 100 MHz (66MHz FSB). 120 MHz also booted, but for example in the game "The Need for Speed" the PC hung up …

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Re: Rendition Verite Thread

Posted on 2023-11-18, 20:16

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Has anyone tested if the Rebel Moon V1000 version works on a V2100/2200? Does this utility helps? https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=160&menustate=1,0 I found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKgkqOhvWYY Min 33:06: Rebel Moon on a Rendition V2x00, and yes, the solution is …

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Re: PP200 1MB Cache on AP440FX board?

Posted on 2023-11-15, 16:35

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Interesting! All three of my 1MB CPUs are unstable at 233 MHz, but they do work fine at stock speed. I only tested them on one Socket 8 motherboard, though, so that might explain it. Maybe it's a matter of increased power consumption with the overclocked 1 MB CPU, and my motherboard just doesn't …

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-22, 17:25

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This means, that the bios still says ~3,44V in the Hadware Monitor without any VIO Jumper? Same as position 1-2? 3,50V is only interesting for FSB133 on the i440BX, but for FSB 66/100 is 3,30V more than enough. Are you a wizard or something? Because that's exactly the value it says. And there is no …

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Re: Intel 440BX (Asus P3B-F) and universal AGP cards don't get along

Posted on 2023-09-21, 17:01

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I have also checked the AGP voltage, I don't have the oscilloscope but apparently, at least in my motherboard, there is no difference between VIO jumper in 1-2 position or no jumper at all. The reading was always ~3.5V. Instead in 2-3 position was >3.6V as the manual reports. This means, that the …

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Re: List of UNLOCKED Pentium II CPUs - A Quick Glance

Posted on 2023-09-21, 16:53

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The only problem of the Klamath is the high TDP of 43W for the 300MHz model. I would always prefer a Deschutes 300 for the half of the power consumption of a same clocked Kamath = less stress for the components, voltage regulator on this old i440LX/BX mainboards.

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-28, 09:45

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The Athlon XP-M FQQ4C 1.45V Barton Line has a TDP of ~45W, optimized for notebooks but also works on desktop mainboards, maybe the bios would recognize the CPU as "Unknown AMD K7 Processor" but it should still run fine. For example, I use an XP-M 2600+ in an Epox 8K3A+ (clocked to 2333Mhz, 166Mhz …

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Re: Pentium 3 1 GHz Tualatin or P3 1 GHZ Coppermine for Voodoo 3 200 agp card

Posted on 2023-07-26, 18:49

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Athlon XP-M with the IQYHA steppings are the best K7 Barton core versions, also overclocks like hell, with air cooling to 2,4-2,6GHz. I have a 2600+ IQYHA from week 51/year 2003, which runs fine with 2500MHz, 1.65V VCore Desktop Barton Default Voltage. I still have this CPU, bought in the year 2004 …

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Re: Pentium 3 1 GHz Tualatin or P3 1 GHZ Coppermine for Voodoo 3 200 agp card

Posted on 2023-07-26, 13:35

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An Athlon XP-M Mobile Barton with the IQYHA stepping would be the best Socket A variant. A free multiplier, only 1.45V default voltage and you can also change the multiplier on the fly. Should run on any desktop Socket A motherboard, which can handle Bartons.

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Re: Voodoo 3 with P3 933?

Posted on 2023-07-20, 18:44

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Interesting, thanks! I don't understand why Asus doesn't offer an official 3.30V setting on the P3B-F, useless and unnecessarily more load on the PCI/AGP/SDRAMs/ if you don't use an FSB133 processor... On the K7V-T (VIA KX133), for example, Asus says that 3.31V is the default voltage and should be …

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Re: Voodoo 3 with P3 933?

Posted on 2023-07-20, 17:50

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Don't know which of p2-series motherboard you use. But you need download manual and find Vio jumper. Hint. If jumper are 3-position and have choose only 3.5 or 3.65, just remove the jumper. It was be 3.3V Would be interesting, if this trick also works on a P3B-F? I use a 1 GHz PIII SL4KL CPU with …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-15, 15:01

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doublebuffer wrote on 2023-07-15, 13:05: Youtube has videos where they trash heaps of PPros... so painful to watch. They get maybe 50 cent worth of gold from each, destroying a 100$ cpu in the process. This is the modern consumer society.

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Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98

Posted on 2023-07-15, 15:00

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HanSolo wrote on 2023-07-13, 17:02: It's around 40 Cent/kWh. So if the system including monitor 40 cents is a lot, I would never pay that much. The last 10 years I have paid max. between 6 and 10 cents.

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Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98

Posted on 2023-07-12, 18:24

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Sound is going to be a problem as well as any 3d accelerated graphics. A decent choice would be a thin client with a Geode processor and a PCI slot for a video card. For Socket A, I would also look for a motherboard that allows undervolting down to ~1.1V VCore. An Athlon XP-M Barton with the IQYHA …

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Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98

Posted on 2023-07-12, 18:10

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What is the reasoning behind wanting a super low wattage Windows 98 machine? Countries like Germany have very high energy prices because of the Ukraine war, so I can understand that. A mini-PC with a first-generation Intel Atom single-core should also be a good choice, but I don't know about …

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Re: Pentium 2 450 do I need additional heat sink?

Posted on 2023-07-11, 11:32

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Some low freq. Pentium II (< ~300 Mhz) can be passively cooled, but even then, the cooler is massive and requires a good airflow in the case. Only recommendet for the later produced Pentium II 266/300 CPUs with 250 nm Deschutes core (~18,6W TDP). I would not do this with the older 350 nm Klamath …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-07, 17:00

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In my opinion, the Pentium Pro CPUs (the 256kb and 512kb versions, also have the highest gold content) are the most beautiful socket CPUs ever in CPU history.

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Re: Need help to identify Voodoo 2

Posted on 2023-07-03, 14:15

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Does anyone know the brand of this Voodoo2? I bought this card untested a few years ago. It works, but only with one disabled TMU unit (SSTV2_NUM_TMUS=1), and with boths TMUs are graphics glitches. Today, I have tried again (the first try was a 100% washing with water, because this card was very …

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Re: List of UNLOCKED Pentium II CPUs - A Quick Glance

Posted on 2023-06-28, 15:49

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Maybe an interesting locked Deschutes CPU: A Pentium II 350 SLU3 from 11 week/1999, Irland. This Deschutes CPU has the lowest multiplier of 3.5x. From 233 MHz until 466 MHz (66MHz FSB until 133MHz FSB). Also stable with 501MHz (143MHz FSB) at stock 2.00V voltage, the dB0 stepping makes ~500MHz …

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Re: List of UNLOCKED Pentium II CPUs - A Quick Glance

Posted on 2023-06-27, 18:35

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Thanks for your infos! I use a Pentium MMX 233 or my AMD K6-III+ system for speed sensitive DOS Games with SETMUL. Pentium MMX is still my favourite for this. For my Slot 1 Celeron Mendocino sys, the tool "Throttle" (http://www.oldskool.org/pc/throttle/DOS) is the way to go. Works good, but on too …

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