Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-12, 10:29

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Ok, Could not push it as far as i expected : 10461-annotation.png Socket 423 P4 Willamette 1.7Ghz @1887 (17 x 111fsb) MSI 850Pro2 2x 256MB RDRAM 1066 (Running as 800 because of the motherboard) nVidia Quadro4 980XGL (Appearing as Ti4800 using RivaTuner) - Stock frequencies (because 330/750 OC does …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-11, 21:12

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Awesome results ! I need to try harder. My scores seems low and I want to find out why. It should not be all that difficult to beat my results: What I use is: 1. A custom Windows XP install with a bunch of stuff removed. 2. I tune some of the Nvidia graphics settings to the max, inlcuding LOD (But …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-11, 18:08

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Awesome results ! I need to try harder. My scores seems low and I want to find out why.

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-10, 18:45

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paradigital wrote on 2023-11-10, 18:41: Didn’t go well. Two caps literally exploded on first power-on. Was supposed to be a NOS board, and certainly looked it on first glance. Disappointed 🙁 Same as my first s423 board. I was refund and had to find another one. 2000-2003 hardware don't age very …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-10, 18:42

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My S478 1.9 Willy and Asrock P4VM890 arrived. Time to pair a needlessly modern PCIe card with a Willamette. Can't wait to see how it performs. At least DDR should be better than RDRAM... Wasn't the performance of RDRAM quite excellent? And the main problem was just the... price? Not sure, so please …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-10, 18:19

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paradigital wrote on 2023-11-10, 17:08: My S478 1.9 Willy and Asrock P4VM890 arrived. Time to pair a needlessly modern PCIe card with a Willamette. Can't wait to see how it performs. At least DDR should be better than RDRAM...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-09, 16:15

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That is an excellent repair ! What did you use to drill like that ? A local supermarket (Lidl) offered Microdrill sets for their "Dremel" clone. 2023-11-09 13.54.56.jpg BUT i used the drill just with my fingers to have more control. The drills are quite sharp. One hole took about 5-10 minutes by …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-07, 23:57

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If you are quick of the mark you might be able to squeak 13-16,000 out of it fully wrung out and look pretty good until the 6800 and ATI x series crowd wakes up. Does this mean that my score of 11330 is low ? I don't have any clue of what could be a good score for this type of system. I used one of …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-07, 16:11

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If you are quick of the mark you might be able to squeak 13-16,000 out of it fully wrung out and look pretty good until the 6800 and ATI x series crowd wakes up. Does this mean that my score of 11330 is low ? I don't have any clue of what could be a good score for this type of system. I used one of …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-07, 07:06

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Hahaa I am going with my only Willi a 1.7G Celeron if the board supports it and a Geforce 3. Am sure will be down in a benchmark list but will give it a try :) If you are quick of the mark you might be able to squeak 13-16,000 out of it fully wrung out and look pretty good until the 6800 and ATI x …

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Re: PC for 20 more years

Posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18

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I got an X58 chipset board with triple channel DDR3 when this was new (Asus P6X58D) and initially ran with 12GB RAM, then 24GB RAM when GB modules became available. That board and was replaced with another X58 on (Supermicro, that died in a different way a few months ago) AND got an upgrade to 48GB …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-06, 16:05

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Nice ! I will not have such a well rounded system to test on, will have to use parts not already in systems. I only have 3 or 4 "permanent" setups installed in cases. For other usages i have one motherboard per socket "ready to use". With CPU + Cooler + Ram installed permanently. Fresh OS images …

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

Posted on 2023-11-05, 23:45

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Will use a non retro computer to fill insurance papers after storm Ciaran made my neighbor's tree to fall on stuff in my garden Screenshot from 2023-11-02 10-09-49.png Its been brutal so far. Sso many seem completely unprepared for this kind of thing. I had to take a 4 mile detour earlier today …

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Re: ATi Mach64 WinBoost - Memory expansion chips

Posted on 2023-11-05, 23:40

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Hello You seek places like utsource or contact some actual parts broker. Ebay prices are always very inflated. Just a quick follow-up about the memory expansion. After you suggestion, i ordered chips from utsource. The shipping was quite fast. Unfortunately, i was quite busy recently and could not …

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Re: P4 Willamette Core: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-05, 23:29

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I guess i'm first to give it a try ! Probably not super spectacular but here are my setup and results : Socket 423 P4 Willamette 1.7Ghz @1850 (17 x 109fsb) MSI 850Pro2 (the one with a ram slot parallel to the AGP/PCI slots) Zalman cooler attached with zip ties 2x 256MB RDRAM 1066 (Running as 800 …

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Re: A Kick-Ass Dual 3.8GHz NetBurst Xeon Build

Posted on 2023-11-03, 21:05

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Nice video. Thanks ! Do you use the system on a regular basis for games ? Or just as an hardware project?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-03, 09:15

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Acquired 2 of those ... looks like HP branded Asus p2b-d variant ? HP_slot1.jpg HP_slot1_back.jpg Both boot up fine, extensive testing needed. Very basic AMI bios. Last year i bought an HP Netserver lp1000r Dual 1Ghz Coppermine. It was very cheap. 30€ shipped ! I was surprised to see that it was …

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

Posted on 2023-11-02, 09:13

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Will use a non retro computer to fill insurance papers after storm Ciaran made my neighbor's tree to fall on stuff in my garden Filename Screenshot from 2023-11-02 10-09-49.png File size 575.53 KiB Views 1084 views

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

Posted on 2023-11-01, 22:01

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Last night i cleaned and tested a 386SX board i bought in a lot a few weeks ago. Compaq ProLinea 3/25zs RoadRunner (and yes, there is a roadrunner drawn on the PCB) https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/compaq-prolinea-3-25zs-143331-001-roadrunne The battery had leaked. I removed it and scrubbed …

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

Posted on 2023-11-01, 19:15

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Last night i cleaned and tested a 386SX board i bought in a lot a few weeks ago. Compaq ProLinea 3/25zs RoadRunner (and yes, there is a roadrunner drawn on the PCB) https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/compaq-prolinea-3-25zs-143331-001-roadrunne The battery had leaked. I removed it and scrubbed …

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