Re: L2 cache speed

Posted on 2011-05-11, 22:41

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by Tetrium

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feipoa, If you have a Pentium 133 and a Pentium 100, and first benchmark the Pentium 100 @ 100Mhz, then run the Pentium 133 @ 100Mhz, they will run the exact same speed 😉 133 is just the maximum rated speed. Same thing with cache chips, it's their rated speed.

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Re: L2 cache speed

Posted on 2011-05-11, 21:31

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by Tetrium

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Old Thrashbarg basically said it all 😉

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Re: Computer refuses to boot after moving the mobo to a new case?

Posted on 2011-05-11, 21:29

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by Tetrium

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Best thing to do in cases like these is to put the board on a flat cardboard box and start testing with the basic minimum.

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Re: L2 cache speed

Posted on 2011-05-11, 16:33

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by Tetrium

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Why does tag ram have to be faster? Same speed should suffice.

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Re: Collectible video cards

Posted on 2011-05-11, 14:58

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My (incomplete) list: Voodoo 1 Voodoo 2 Voodoo 3 (all versions, but the speedier the better ;) ) Banshee Velocity Rendition 2100 Geforce 256 Voodoo 4 Voodoo 5 Radeon 9600 Pro/XT 256MB Kyro (all/any) GeForce 7600 DDR3 Radeon 4670 1GB Radeon 5670 1GB And then some of the Radeons/Geforces that I never …

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2011-05-11, 13:28

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by Tetrium

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Plz ban this person: CHECKANDGETBACK Made 2 threads trying to sell stuff Links: Topic 28448 Topic 28447 Note:both posts are identical

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Re: Duke Nukem Forever...and ever......and ever.........and ever............?

Posted on 2011-05-11, 06:49

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In June? I'll believe it when I see it on the shelves! 😜

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Re: Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor?

Posted on 2011-05-10, 21:18

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Update:I finally got 2 of those p&d adapters and they work! Unfortunately one of my V3 3500's still won't display anything even though it gives the one single beep. Theres probably something else wrong with the connector. But anyway, standard p&d adapters will work for V3 3500's ;) Edit:Note, you'll …

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Re: 1st complete socket 7

Posted on 2011-05-10, 21:06

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I once used the USB port taken from the front panel of a late 90s or early 2000s Pavilion and I remember before I could do anything with it on another motherboard, I had to change the connector's pinout. HP didn't use the standard pinout. Wow...that's pretty important stuff right there. Any idea …

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Re: Got a Banshee to go with my Rush

Posted on 2011-05-10, 17:46

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by Tetrium

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Those are basically 8MB Voodoo 3 AGP cards with a registry tweak to disable 1 of those 2 texture thingies, right?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-05-10, 14:45

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Just a note, you mounted the cooler backwards ;) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/5702949176_d6ef33f201_d.jpg Edit:About the same picture, the pic is really small but could you check the 3 caps directly to the right of the PS/2 connectors? Judging from the light, it "appears" as if the middle …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-05-10, 10:36

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Part of the reason why AMD chips of this age die faster is because they tend to put out MUCH more heat, often the Athlons produce twice as much as the Intel Coppermines. Frankly, I find it more surprising to hear about a P4 burning up, those are supposed to clock down in case of overheating to …

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2011-05-10, 10:29

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I think something like this is a good idea. Would it be possible for us to report spam posts to moderators? I'm sure theres plenty people willing to help out but don't know how to handle spam posts properly 😉

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-05-10, 10:15

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Just a note, you mounted the cooler backwards ;) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/5702949176_d6ef33f201_d.jpg ipad 2 cases ipad cases leather iPad2 cases Go advertise somewhere else. Better remove the link parts in your quote, or change them to something else which is funny :P I changed them to …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 idenfitication / drivers

Posted on 2011-05-10, 10:13

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by Tetrium

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What strikes me is that the card is a Vortex 2 while the chip itself has a big printed "Vortex" written on it. As I've got 1 card with "Vortex 2" written on the chip I assumed the other couple I have, that have "Vortex" written on it, were automatically Vortex 1 cards. I should go check what they …

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Re: 1st complete socket 7

Posted on 2011-05-09, 19:31

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by Tetrium

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when I was chronologically advancing through years LMAO!! :D Anyway, yes I reckon many of us Vogoners wanted something when it was unavailable to us and now want to find out what they were really like ;) I was once doing repairs on my mothers computer and happened to spot that the guy (one of those …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-05-09, 19:14

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The clamshell laptop does look cute though, shame it's not very practical. I heard on the news that Apple surpassed Google as most valuable brand (though Google told me the same thing had already happened in 2008). Gotta admit, Apple has come from the bottom of the pit basically. The Apple craze …

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Re: What else is a bit like Diablo 1 and 2

Posted on 2011-05-09, 07:31

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How does Sacred fit into these? I'm not familiar with any of the others

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-05-08, 10:56

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SavantStrike wrote: Nice! That Pentium looks like it's an overdrive The Pentium is a Pentium MMX boxed version. It has the same little glued heatsink and fan except that the fan draws it's power from the cable instead of directly from the CPU 😉.

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Re: USB mouse and DOS feasible?

Posted on 2011-05-08, 09:44

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I've got a small lot of these as well (may not be the exact same model though), these are excellent mice!! Like em a lot! Often these were rebranded as Dell, HP and Fujitsu also ;) Edit:One problem some of these mice have, sometimes the mouse pointer teleports to some random location, but hey, I got …

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