Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 21:05

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by winuser3162

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I obtained an intel pentium pro from a random assorted box of cpus i bought a while back and ever since i got the processor it has just been sitting on my shelf as a shelf piece. i was wondering if anyone here has had any experience using these processors, is it worth spending the money on a socket …

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:37

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i live in central canada and since everyone here upgrades so fast and throws the rest to ewastes, it makes it particullarily hard to find good stuff, sometimes i will get lucky and get something for free from a friend or family member but generally speaking nothing ever comes up in the wild at …

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:35

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In India the situation is worse than anywhere else. Retro computing is virtually unheard of. I am yet to find someone who has retrocomputing interest. It is extremely hard to even find a decent s478 board. Being a heavily populated nation with little space, most homes dispose off the older PCs and …

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:30

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Unknown_K summarised it pretty well As e-waste facilities grew and general recycling became more prevalent there was also a growth in online selling. the result is that the stuff for free is becoming an ever smaller proportion of the total stuff being discarded, being squeezed out. the flow of …

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:02

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VivienM wrote on 2024-04-18, 00:57: zuldan wrote on 2024-04-17, 08:24: Would a Q9650 be any good? I hear they don’t run as hot. Q9650 or QX9650? The Q9650 is a 95W TDP... i have a core 2 quad 9650, would that be an upgrade to the qx 6700?

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 17:00

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QX6700 has early stepping which, on average, has less overclocking headroom. Outside of limited scenarios when you can't overclock FSB, regular Q6600 with G0 stepping is more preferable. QX6850 is other matter and pretty decent. i have a q6600 too but im gonna continue using my qx6700 since i dont …

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 16:57

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I wonder how far the Q9550 would have gotten me compared to the 2500K. :) I jumped from Q9550 to Haswell Xeon E3-1230 v3 in 2014 which I'm still using as my main rig. I feel like I could have stayed with Q9550 far longer and been mostly fine, only recently opening multiple tabs at the same time in …

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Re: Help with Rage128 Pro

Posted on 2024-04-12, 19:07

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if the part number is from an apple computer that may be your problem,i wouldnt trust that seller if you bought two of the same card, both have numbers that indicate the card came from an apple system and they both dont work on your motherboard. It could be possible that apple and dell were sharing …

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dual PCB quadro 4500 X2 found in ewaste

Posted on 2024-04-12, 15:58

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a friend of mine gave me a very interesting quadro card he found in an ewaste that still works, i believe it is a quadro 4500 X2. this card features dual PCB's stacked on stop of eachother in something that seems like a card with built in sli. has anyone ever owned one of these unique cards before …

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Re: Tiny 486 build - SBC with ISA backplane

Posted on 2024-04-12, 15:39

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by winuser3162

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this would be a killer system to bring to a DOOM lan party!

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-12, 15:36

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theelf wrote on 2024-04-11, 23:17: Here in spain is very easy to found whatever you need, from a Xt motherboard to CRTs, sound blaster cards,whatever looks like i need to take a trip to spain!

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-12, 05:39

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Until 2 years ago it was not hard finding mid 1990 to mid 2000's parts or computers for reasonable in my area, then last year it became increasingly hard and now near impossible or way over priced. I think perhaps the Covid lockdowns had a hand in this, people with a ton of free time and cash to …

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Re: How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-11, 20:21

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-11, 20:10: Yeah I'd get a Sound Canvas module if I saw one locally under $60 or so, but not interested enough otherwise. seems like the best thing to do at this point is to take the risk and search out abandond buildings for left over PC's.

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How hard is it to find retro/vintage computer hardware where you live?

Posted on 2024-04-11, 19:05

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by winuser3162

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i live in central canada and since everyone here upgrades so fast and throws the rest to ewastes, it makes it particullarily hard to find good stuff, sometimes i will get lucky and get something for free from a friend or family member but generally speaking nothing ever comes up in the wild at …

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odd problem with Riva TNT2 m64

Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:33

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so i have a riva TNT2 M64 that i want to install in my windows 98 build along with my 750 MHZ slot 1 P3, this computer is running Win 98 SE. when i install the card and boot into windows 98 it just shows up in device manager as "standard VGA graphics" or something of that sort, not a big problem. …

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sound cards and music production

Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:04

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ive been curiously thinking to myself about this for awhile now, did techno, house and electronic music producers of the 1990s and early 2000s need powerful soundcards to render and play the music that they were making? if anyone here was a producer, DJ or musician in electronic music back then id …

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 16:18

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It's not very rare, but it's a decent find. I think most people aim to get the Penryn versions (QX9650, etc.) so the Conroe ones aren't as sought after. The qx9650 is probably one of my dream computer parts, tagt chip has some serious power. Also how are you able to add the machines you have under …

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Re: Issue with my diamond voodoo 1, please help

Posted on 2024-04-10, 15:23

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Try to eliminate possibilities. Is it a windows issue? Test the card on a fresh, temporary installation (even on a different HDD if you don't want to format the current installation until proven bad) Is it a win95 issue for some weird reason? Confirm that the card still works as it used to do in a …

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Re: Issue with my diamond voodoo 1, please help

Posted on 2024-04-10, 15:22

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marxveix wrote on 2024-04-10, 12:32: Test your card with dos and voodoo games, does it work there? I’ll test it in dos this afternoon as I haven’t done that yet and give an update on how that goes.

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Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 15:15

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I got a core 2 extreme qx6700 for basically free in a lot with other parts and have it installed in my main windows xp build. (2 8800GTX’s in SLI, SB Audigy 2ZS, 780i SLI Mobo) I’ve heard things about these cpus being on the rarer, pricier side and wanted to know if I did good for a cpu that came in …

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