Re: Are there any quick SD adapters?

Posted on 2024-02-01, 23:08

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by Bobolaf

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rasz_pl wrote on 2024-02-01, 19:58: USB 2.0 tops out at around 35MB/s, thats faster than most SD cards That is about what I am getting. So looks like there may be no easy options to improve it for that system. I guess my best option is just go make a cup of tea when transferring files.

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Re: Are there any quick SD adapters?

Posted on 2024-02-01, 22:52

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by Bobolaf

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What vintage PC are you using? What OS are you running on the retro PC? Thanks for the reply. It's an older Opteron based workstation currently with XP on but will probably be installing something a little newer. All of the SD-IDE adapters that I've seen are based on the Sinitech silicon & firmware …

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Are there any quick SD adapters?

Posted on 2024-02-01, 18:46

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by Bobolaf

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I am looking for a relatively fast solution to transfer relatively large files from a SD card to a older PC. So we are talking a motherboard with out a PCIe slot or USB 3.0 ports to use. Are there any relatively quick SD to IDE, Sata, CompactFlash, SCSI, FireWire or any other solutions that will …

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NVME drives on early PCIE systems and early OS?

Posted on 2024-01-20, 07:38

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by Bobolaf

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Probably a silly question but, is accessing an NVME disk on a earlier OS like Windows 98 possible from older hardware? I am not talking booting but rather simply accessing. Thanks.

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Re: Drivers and graphics card for autocad R12/R13 under DOS?

Posted on 2023-05-01, 21:12

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by Bobolaf

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Thanks for the replies. Those were the Matrox drivers I needed thank you. I will have a look at the VESA VBE ones as would be interesting to see if other cards will do the job. Thanks again

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Drivers and graphics card for autocad R12/R13 under DOS?

Posted on 2023-05-01, 13:47

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by Bobolaf

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Can anyone recommend a graphics card for Autocad under DOS that has driver still available? I know the Matrox Mystique 220 and Millennium II did but the drivers appear no longer available from Matrox. I don't suppose anyone has a copy of these drivers or can point me at an alternative card? Thanks

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Late ISA DMA motherboard?

Posted on 2018-12-08, 21:41

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by Bobolaf

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What are the latest chipsets to support ISA with DMA? I need one DMA able slot to feed an specific IO card so looking for a capable board. Thanks

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Re: Phenom II X6 for modern pc?

Posted on 2018-10-05, 22:43

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by Bobolaf

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I have a Phenom x6 1100t and they are defiantly capable of basic office work. But if I put my practical head on they are dated with below modern mid range performance, lack modern extensions, are power hungry, require a lot of cooling and are more expensive than they really should be.

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Help pick right sound option not so retro gaming.

Posted on 2018-06-23, 18:30

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by Bobolaf

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I have a little project seeing how much I can get out of a duel xeon 5080 system. I am basically trying to play the newest games I can on this old hardware. The motherboards I have to pick from all have no built in sound. So my questions is what is the best option to give sound with out impacting in …

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Re: Twin dual core Xeon 5080 = ?????

Posted on 2018-06-21, 21:30

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by Bobolaf

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Thanks for all the replies. That sounds promising enough that it could possibly play some new ish games. I may build it up and have a go at seeing how well/poorly a netburst systems holds up today.

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Twin dual core Xeon 5080 = ?????

Posted on 2018-06-20, 20:13

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by Bobolaf

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Whats your best guess as to what single desktop CPU two Xeon 5080 dual core CPUs equate too in perforce?

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Recommend benchmarking software high end Netburst.

Posted on 2018-05-26, 20:13

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by Bobolaf

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Can anyone recommend software to benchmark higher end netburst systems such as Pentium D, Pentium D EE and multi CPU Xeon with plenty of ram, modern graphics and 64bit OS Linux and Windows. I am looking for dedicated benchmark utilities, productivity software with built in benchmarks and games with …

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Re: Oldest graphics card with openGL 2.1 support?

Posted on 2017-12-26, 08:51

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by Bobolaf

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Silikone I think your correct it does look like I am mistaken. It does look like they only implemented it under XP and never in the windows 98 Drivers.

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Re: Oldest graphics card with openGL 2.1 support?

Posted on 2017-12-26, 00:08

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by Bobolaf

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It was not the most popular standard that most of the early brands never made it to or skipped so never had Windows 98 compatible cards. The only brand I can think of off is that does is Nvidia. They had cards in the GeForce 6xxx range with hardware 2.1 support and the 7xxx cards could be used to …

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Re: Windows XP graphics card recommendation?

Posted on 2017-12-19, 12:43

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Currently have a GF 7950GT with a Duo Core 2 3ghz and it struggles in Crysis, maybe the 750Ti would help it out some I don't know. The GeForce 750 TI is many times faster than a 7950GT so you should see good gains not only in fps at your current settings but you should be able to turn a few of the …

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Recommend me a graphics card for Netburst.

Posted on 2017-12-19, 12:27

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I am wondering what modern games the NetBurst architecture can actually handle so am thinking of grabbing a faster graphics card to give it a try. I would like a card that is easily fast enough to keep things like a overclocked Pentium EE 965, Duel Xeon 5080 and Xeon MP busy with out spending the …

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Re: P4X266E chipset and best cpu

Posted on 2017-12-05, 22:20

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by Bobolaf

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I have never used that motherboard but a quick search and looks like your best bet are Northwood core P4. Some motherboards did not like the hyper threaded variants and I cant find any reference online of anyone using one. Though saying that if you shop about you can normally grab them cheap so it …

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Re: 400FSB Athlon XPs

Posted on 2017-12-01, 00:18

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by Bobolaf

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There is no difference as such from CPUs with 333 or 400 MHz FSB. Barton, Thorton and Thoroughbred all ships for 400MHz FSB though FSB was never locked so in essence any chip can run at any FPS assuming you can get the multiplier to a workable level. The multiplier are locked though some …

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Re: Win98SE - Best AGP Vs Best PCIe

Posted on 2017-11-25, 21:26

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by Bobolaf

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All depends on what you are refering to when you say "best" There are newer cards with Win98 drivers that have faster models. Nvidia Geforce 6xxxx are available in AGP and PCI-e and have official drivers. ATI X850 are also available in AGP and PCI-e and have official Beta test drivers. Nvidia …

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Re: ut2004 + kyro ii = death?

Posted on 2017-11-24, 21:55

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I have never actually played UT2004 though looking at the system requirements you are cutting it fine. Though I do know with UT2003 your setup should happily play at around 60fps even on high settings at 800x600 and it's system requirements is not that much higher.

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