Question about ram frequency in modern systems.

Posted on 2014-09-28, 15:06

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by Nahkri

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After years of sticking with the 775 platform,it's time to move on. Since i use the pc for gaming i'm inclined to choose an intel platform,but i'm disapointed that only the k versions are overclockable and even those only by raising the multiplier. My question is,since u can't overclock this …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2014-09-27, 14:53

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by Nahkri

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I tried with both dx 6.1 and 7,drivers only tried with latest drivers for the dx,gx from the s3 driver website. It's weird demo works ok,i tried tomb raider with the s3d patch and works ok,just the 3dmark benchmark hangs.Anyway i'm going back to the Matrox Mystique since both S3 chipset cards have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-27, 14:48

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by Nahkri

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NVIDIA NV1 - Diamond Edge 3D 3240XL Ver. 1.00 (NV1) 2MB PCI (Boxed) (1995) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/538/xayKW7.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/905/SpgaMD.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/746/VnxpfR.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/908 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-09-26, 16:56

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by Nahkri

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Got this for my Slot A machine without ISA: http://i.imgur.com/g9W5vjQl.jpg Was advertised as "PCI sound card" on ebay :D I do have a stack of Creative and M-Audio PCI sound cards, but I'm a Yamaha fanboy and this has the advantage of being period-correct. No idea if the mainboard will be able to …

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Re: Any use for a circa 2002 Athlon XP system?

Posted on 2014-09-26, 16:35

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by Nahkri

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The chipset on my Abit NF7-S v2.0 (nForce 2 Ultra 400) was good enough for me (stable, decent onboard audio), but the board itself caused some problems for me. The board could randomly shut down my computer and start blaring a siren-like sound through the PC speaker. It would do this every time I …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2014-09-26, 16:30

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by Nahkri

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I tried running 3dmark 99 on my stb nitro3d,s3 virge gx 4mb ram,but the pc hangs before test number 2 at processing textures. With the voodoo 1 the test runs without problems. The demo also runs fine on the virge. How long did you wait before aborting the test Nahkri? On mine, it took about 3 long …

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Re: Any use for a circa 2002 Athlon XP system?

Posted on 2014-09-26, 08:02

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by Nahkri

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I had socket A platforms from 2000-2007 and had no chipset problems. First i had a Soltek mb with via kt133 on windows98se,then an Epox with nforce2 windows 98se ,then Abit with nforce 2 ultra 400 and at work i used another Epox with nforce2 with igp both with windows xp and had absolutly no …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2014-09-25, 07:51

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by Nahkri

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I tried running 3dmark 99 on my stb nitro3d,s3 virge gx 4mb ram,but the pc hangs before test number 2 at processing textures. With the voodoo 1 the test runs without problems. The demo also runs fine on the virge.

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Re: Repository for old ATI drivers

Posted on 2014-09-25, 07:48

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by Nahkri

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Have u tried guru3d driver archive?

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2014-09-24, 13:29

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by Nahkri

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I bought the case as a used product,not so much becouse of the looks,but becouse it's spacious and has the psu mounted horizontaly,back in 2000-2001 i had an atx case which had the psu mounted vertically parallel with the motherboard,covering the cpu area and making acces to the cpu hard,plus u had …

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2014-09-23, 20:24

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by Nahkri

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Tetrium wrote: Are you still using that same PSU? I had one from the same brand and it was really cheaply built No,i,m using another psu,the 1 in the picture had swollen caps,i recovered the good caps and the fan from it and binned the rest.

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Re: MS-DOS Time-Machine Gaming - Mau1wurf1977's YT Videos

Posted on 2014-09-16, 14:06

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by Nahkri

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Weird thing,after i disabled dma from bios(after watching your video),the error in windows 95 device manager disapeared,after reanebleing from bios the error is back,seems as long as the drive works in pio 4 mode dma it's fine. I have to measure which 1 is faster pio 4 with dma enabled or udma 33 …

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Re: Can't install WinXP SP1 on AsRock K7S41 Mainboard

Posted on 2014-09-16, 06:53

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by Nahkri

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I had a similar problem of not beeing able to install windows xp on a socket A board,mine had via kt133 chipset,in my case upgrading bios to the latest version solved the problem.

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Re: Old harddrives -- any love?

Posted on 2014-09-14, 20:46

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by Nahkri

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I enjoy using hard drives for my retro rigs,the sound and feeling of a hard drive,makes part of the retro fun. Altough i admit neither of the drives i use are very old,2 40g from 2004 a Maxtor and a Western Digital and 1 80gb Western Digital from 2005,all of them are ide 100,7200rpm. I'm not too …

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Re: What were your first computer(s)?

Posted on 2014-09-12, 20:39

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by Nahkri

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My first computer was back in 1993 a CIP-03,romanian zx spectrum 48k clone,or better said a copy since all it's chips were made in Eastern Europe. http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos.as … ?t=1&c=700&st=1

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Re: MS-DOS Time-Machine Gaming - Mau1wurf1977's YT Videos

Posted on 2014-09-12, 20:23

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How to enable DMA mode in Windows 95 or 98 Have u managed to enable dma in windows 95 on larger drives? I have a intel tx board and tried enabling dma on a 20gb quantum and a 40gb wd,both ide 100 drives and in both cases,after i enable dma and restart,the hard drive disapears from disk drives in …

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2014-09-09, 13:40

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by Nahkri

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Neither of those boards seem to have the buffers for the DIMM slots. As I recall buffers were necessary if you wanted reliable operation out of the 4th DIMM slot. I only installed 384 mb of ram in both boards,which is enough for my needs,so i won't need the 4th slot. I also remember high point …

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Re: Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

Posted on 2014-09-09, 11:23

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by Nahkri

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A few updates to the system: Replaced the Gigabyte motherboard with a Soyo 6BA+ IV motherboard,which has a couple of advantages over the BX 2000: more fsb settings up to 150mhz,posibility to increase the cpu voltage(both are done within bios so no more jumpers or dip switches),udma 66 ide via a high …

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Re: Socket 370 - VIA Apollo Pro 133 vs Intel 440BX

Posted on 2014-09-05, 06:19

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by Nahkri

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http://www.zen26266.zen.co.uk/Chipset.htm some older articles about chipsets.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-02, 08:54

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by Nahkri

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The case looks similar to the 1 i have on this build. Slot 1 Intel 440Bx Build

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