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I would say the QDI CPU support and BIOS possibilities are limited on most OEM boards. Overklocking is mostly not possible on OEM boards... ...Maybe it is cheaper to buy a whole old PIII computer. I bought one whit a Tualatin Celeron 1200 for almost nothing, shipping cost were higher that the PC. …

I'm looking at getting a Socket 370 motherboard for some Pentium 3 gaming. On ebay (in the UK at least) some are rather expensive (being £60+). So I've been looking at some OEM branded motherboards like Compaq which are all sub £20. I have the following to choose from. Three Compaqs: http://www.ebay …

Here is my 'daily driver' It's a 2003 BMW E46 330ci Manual (231hp euro-spec).

I started building my PII PC essentially because my main Windows 10 PC has trouble running games (DX8 and older I believe) full screen; I'd get a window / frame with the close button running these games, which means some of my bottom of my game is chopped off to fit the frame. However, my PII PC is …

My heatsink, CPU and slocket have all arrived, and I'd like to set it up correctly (as correctly as possible anyway!) http://i.imgur.com/HqD2RoIh.jpg I chose this slocket because a) it has lots of jumpers to set various frequencies and voltages and b) there isn't much choice of slockets on ebay UK. …

I've got a Compaq NC3123 Ethernet adapter in my Windows 98SE PC. It is connected to my Windows 10 PC through a Cat5e cable. My Windows 10 PC connects to my wireless modem/router combo (can't remember what its called but it provides internet access and 'organises' my home network not that I really …

Thanks, that's very useful to know! This means I can use the Socket 478 cooler than came with the motherboard in the case and save a few £££. Do you think a stock 478 heatsink would be sufficient to passively cool a 700MHz PIII?

I've taken the plunge and bought a Slocket and I made sure I got one with lots of voltage / FSB options! I also bought a PIII SL4ZM 700MHz/100MHz FSB/ 1.75v CPU to go with it. How do I cool it? Do I use the heatsink from a SECC / SECC 2 cooler? Or do I need a S370 cooler? The slocket doesn't have …

If a PII already has a passive cooling solution which I want to improve, the easiest way to me is to simply 'activate' it :P To be honest, this was just a 'prototype' to test whether my CPU overclock was unstable due to overheating rather than a permanent cooling solution, and I got fed up of …

why not dx7? why did you choose this driver anyway?you really should try older ones, you can install newer ones later anyway if im wrong; ver 12 or so is imho the latest to try I was on DX7 untill I installed 3DMark 2001 just now, which needs Dx8, so the game framerates are using DX7. I was indeed …

3DMark 1999: 3,628 3DMark 2000: 1,604 3DMark 2001: 606

Thanks for the help, i'll run 3DMark 99-2001 and see what I get. I'm using FRAPS 1.9D (although obviously I'll shut it down for the 3DMark runs!). Those are usually minimum requirements so it's to expected. Even though my PC has getting on for "double the specification" of some of those requirements …

Hi there! I have put together the following PC: Windows 98SE 4.10.2222.A ASUS P2B (1014 Beta 3 BIOS, 440BX Chipset drivers 2.9) PII 450MHz 128MB PC-100 SDRAM Riva TNT2 Pro 16MB (45.23, DirectX8) 160GB HDD with a 30GB primary partition from around 2004 I am getting poor performance in all games. I …

My 50MHz overclock wasn't stable, which I assumed was due to overheating (given that my PII doesn't have a fan), so this was my solution 😉

For the vehicle handling, try turning the Auto Handbrake option on (or Off if it is on by default). There is also something called fast steer which makes the handling... Different. This Is a hold button, can't remember what the default button is! I think the idea is you hold the button down to make …

Btw your memory problems might be solved if you use the DIMM with the highest latency (the PC100 - 322- 620 one) in DIMM1 slot and the faster ones (the PC100 - 222 - 620 ones) in DIMM2 and DIMM3. Thanks I'll give that a try. It took a long time for the memory incompatibility to appear so hopefully …

Hello everyone. I thought I would join up to share my Windows 98 gaming PC I've cobbled together and hopefully get some advice too! I've been interested in building a late 90s PC for a while (after watching LGR's DOS build), just for the challenge as I've built PCs from the sort of S775 era and …