Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2015-02-14, 18:59

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Kamerat wrote: Skyscraper wrote: The quest to prove that Netburst isnt terrible... just bad... continues. Nice speed on that CPU, air cooling? Yes with a Thermalright Ultra 120. It runs very cool so I think a cheaper tower cooler could cool it just fine. This CPU needs more voltage than expected …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2015-02-14, 18:15

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Here is a overclocked P4 631 with a Geforce 7900GTX With the 7900GTX running at stock speed. http://u.cubeupload.com/jonaz81a/P46315000X48DS4834MH.jpg With the 7900 GTX overclocked the score improves very little, 3dmark2001 is still bottlenecked by the CPU even when it runs at 5000 MHz. http://u. …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2015-02-14, 18:09

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The quest to prove that Netburst isnt terrible... just bad... continues.

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Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do

Posted on 2015-02-13, 19:18

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cdoublejj wrote: Were there ever dual GPU DX 9 cards? Yes, the Geforce 7900GX2 and the Geforce 7950GX2.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-02-13, 19:13

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Ouch Skyscraper, at least you know the card works so it is worth recapping! Are you going to run a pair of those in SLI by any chance? :D Well perhaps not in a system I will use, probably only for benching so I do not really know if I will bother to recap it. For use other than benching I prefer …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-02-13, 18:48

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Been trying to get this Abit board to work. Those three bulging caps were in slightly worse condition than I could've guessed from the ebay pics: http://i.imgur.com/qmBej2U.jpg I got it to power up after replacing those! Now just scrolling through the BIOS settings... WOW. It has like twice as many …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-12, 16:52

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Some more crap :D I bought a Dell Dimension 8100 for 7 Euro. It is the first Dell Dimension P4 model, perhaps the first Dell P4 model of any kind. The reviewers could not believe how slow this system was, other P3 and P4 systems were alot faster. The spec should be: i850 chipset, P4 1.4/1.5GHz, …

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Re: Hello! And Help for a SS7 system

Posted on 2015-02-12, 15:51

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Just some clarification bits as an aggregate response: - All GeForce 6800 are native AGP. Only the PCIe variants are bridged (AGP->PCIe). The 6800 Ultra is just a clock-bumped 6800GT. I've heard of them being "cut" to work on 3.3V AGP, but never done it myself (I have no need). The Asus V9999 seems …

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Re: Hello! And Help for a SS7 system

Posted on 2015-02-12, 15:24

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I use a Geforce3 ti200 in my GA-5AX build, a K6-3+ @600 Mhz dosnt really need a faster video card than that.

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Re: Pentuim 4 (478) need ideas?

Posted on 2015-02-11, 08:40

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Yes, that's what I meant. The Radeon 9500/9700 was the first to have efficient MSAA/AF, which you could actually use. GF4 and earlier had very bruteforce implementations that took a huge hit on performance, and were only useful for older games. Okay curiosity: what earlier than GF4 actually did …

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Re: Pentuim 4 (478) need ideas?

Posted on 2015-02-10, 16:16

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Use the socket 478 system for Windows 98 SE. Its great for games from 1997 - 2002. The Geforce Ti4200 is perfect, add the Voodoo 2 for games that works better with Glide. Use one of the socket 775 systems as a Windows XP box for games from 2003 - 2006. För the XP box you will need a better video …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-10, 16:02

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I bought some more XP era "hen's teeth" One Pentium D Extreme Edition 965 3.73GHz. Two Pentium D Extreme Edition 955 3.46 GHz. Two Pentium D Extreme Edition 840 3.2 Ghz. One socket 775 Pentium 4 EE Gallatin 3.4 Ghz. One socket 775 Pentium 4 EE Gallatin 3.46 GHz One Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-08, 19:35

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Godlike wrote: I will call it adapter only. I thought is some kind of hardware overclocking, I think I saw this on Ebay last times. Can you provide a link to his auction? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tualatin-P-IIIs-1-4GH … =item417b1c3fc1

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-08, 19:06

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Godlike wrote: Skyscraper wrote: modified Pentium III-S 1400 What kind of mod this is? FCPGA2 ---> FCPGA mod. A Korean guy sells pre modified CPUs on Ebay.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-02-08, 14:22

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Im testing stuff I have found in dumpsters or bought in untested lots Something very strange happend when I tried a MSI P35 Platinum Combo DDR2/DDR3 motherboard. It seems one memory channel is bad, when I powered on with some nice DDR3 memory I saw a huge spark (my room is pretty dark) and the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-08, 09:29

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I just bought this Asus CUV4X for ~2.5 Euro 😀 It should be perfect as a really fast DOS box with a modified Pentium III-S 1400

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-07, 21:14

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After a page with nice retro stuff here is another newish video card for my benchmarking needs. Sometimes the shipping cost is below what you would expect. If this is the case it can be a good idea to ask the seller how he or she plans to package the parts. If you do not this is what you get. A not …

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Re: Most powerful K6 2/2+,3/3+ ?

Posted on 2015-02-07, 18:22

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Gamecollector wrote: Err, the only correction is - Amd K6-2-570 (6x95) MHz, not 575... Yea that is correct, many did run them at 5.5x105 = 577 though as the 95 FSB diddnt make much sense.

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Re: Most powerful K6 2/2+,3/3+ ?

Posted on 2015-02-07, 17:14

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The real situation is that it dosnt really matter, they all can do ~600 Mhz at 1.9 - 2.2 volts but not much more. The max released speed is 575 Mhz for K6-2+ and 550 Mhz för K6-3+ just as you wrote. Im sure there are lots of fakes as they all clock about the same but it dosnt really matter if you …

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Re: Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo E, the (not so retro) late 2006 90s VHS look-alike media PC

Posted on 2015-02-07, 16:58

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cdoublejj wrote: what does CPU-Z list the chipset as? As seen in the screenshots above P965/Q965 (The chipset is Q965)

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