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

Posted on 2023-11-05, 21:20

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by Irinikus

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This is pretty much the limit as to how far you can push a dual Pentium 4 Xeon fitted with a GTX TITAN X! (A Direct X 11 title released 2014 running on a base system which was released in 2005!)

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

Posted on 2023-11-04, 13:42

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by Irinikus

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2023-11-04, 13:39: Yeah it should work just fine in that system. I know my 3050 and my wife's 3060 work in our X58 boards and that's also got a non-UEFI bios Thanks for the input! I really appreciate it! 😀

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

Posted on 2023-11-04, 13:37

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by Irinikus

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2023-11-04, 13:29: The 680i is also a standard legacy bios it's well before any UEFI stuff. That's very good to know! I'll only go as far as the 3090 ti in this system, as it's the last card officially supported by Windows 7 64.

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

Posted on 2023-11-04, 13:25

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by Irinikus

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In a more recent Dawid Does Tech Stuff vidieo he used a 4090 in a EVGA 680i Core 2 quad system for fun. It worked just fine in a PCIe 1.0 system I also watched that video, but the thing that comes into question with a system such as this one is the older style system BIOS, which may not fire up …

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

Posted on 2023-11-04, 10:26

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by Irinikus

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A demonstration as to how well Mass Effect 3 runs on this system @ Max Settings @ 1920x1080 with 4X Anti-Aliasing:

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

Posted on 2023-11-04, 06:22

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by Irinikus

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It’s a pleasure! 😎 This system’s primarily an experiment! In recent days I’ve installed Mass Effect 3 as well as Dragon Age 3 “The Inquisition”, in a quest to determine the system’s absolute limit with the TITAN X installed! The result was actually quite favourable! Dragon Age 3 averages @ about 20 …

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

Posted on 2023-10-28, 16:24

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by Irinikus

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This is where I am with this: (A demonstration of this machine)

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Re: Pondering the recreation of an early "Multimedia" PC... if it exists.

Posted on 2023-10-24, 17:36

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by Irinikus

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Here's a picture of what appears to be an AST Advantage 386SX/25: (Not the multimedia variant though!)

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

Posted on 2023-10-23, 20:26

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by Irinikus

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Here's this system's score: https://i.imgur.com/9bfZWua.png It's really surprising how much better this score is than the score that the guy in this video got: (He was running it with high settings without tessellation or anti-aliasing, and he had a GTX 1080 slotted!!!) https://i.imgur.com/MtyoQWR. …

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

Posted on 2023-10-23, 18:11

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by Irinikus

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I've just run the Heaven Benchmark in Direct X 11 in ultra quality and normal tessellation with 4 X Anti-Aliasing and here are some screenshots: (I'm seriously impressed with this performance, this is a fricking Pentium 4!!!) https://i.imgur.com/ZX4WtRw.png https://i.imgur.com/ZQKlStM.png https://i. …

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

Posted on 2023-10-22, 13:11

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by Irinikus

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I've also downloaded this driver: (Just in case!) :lol: was just about to suggest doing that ... You do have to cover all your bases and this driver's much newer! :) I've installed S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, and it's running pretty well @ 1920x1080 @ Absolute MAX settings with 4x Anti- …

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

Posted on 2023-10-21, 05:45

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by Irinikus

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I've installed the TITAN X into the system and have recorded the following results so far: https://i.imgur.com/TnGLHqS.jpg Here's the new windows experience index: https://i.imgur.com/5W1Z1ZC.png And here's some Alienware branding in F.E.A.R: https://i.imgur.com/iwqSJeP.png Here's the new Vantage …

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

Posted on 2023-10-16, 16:32

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by Irinikus

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Here are the current system specs: https://i.imgur.com/dH6QXyG.png I'm still awaiting my 16GB of RAM to arrive from the UK (Which is taking forever!!!) and one of these days the TITAN X (Maxwell) will be fitted! Interestingly, I've found that this systems performance is significantly reduced when …

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

Posted on 2023-10-15, 13:19

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by Irinikus

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Seeing that I've been messing around with this machine a bit this weekend, a carried out another 3DMark Vantage test with the GTX 690 fitted and SLI enabled and got the following result: https://i.imgur.com/OWXteZJ.png Notice how well this system's currently doing compared to the theoretical maximum …

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

Posted on 2023-10-14, 20:02

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by Irinikus

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Today I got F.E.A.R up and running on the system, with the GTX 690 setup in SLI mode, and the system ran pretty well! https://i.imgur.com/xFSkxFL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/oP6OZLp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/a3FxWbg.jpg F.E.A.R was the first game that I played with the 8800 GTX sitting under the monitor …

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Re: ITX-Llama (Vortex86EX ITX motherboard) - DONE!

Posted on 2023-10-13, 18:43

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by Irinikus

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Very Neat! 😀

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

Posted on 2023-10-13, 14:10

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by Irinikus

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As far as the plan for the system goes, in the next few weeks, I hope to install my TITAN X (Maxwell) into this machine, in order to see how well it scales compared to the GTX 690! https://i.imgur.com/ahBcID2.jpg Early next year (probably February), I'll purchase an RTX 3090 ti and attempt to get it …

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

Posted on 2023-10-13, 13:53

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by Irinikus

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I've ordered one of these HP F2B56AA External USB DVD RW drives for the system: (As disk drives always seem to come in handy!) I'll let it sit on top of the system and should blend in quite nicely!

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

Posted on 2023-10-11, 11:01

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by Irinikus

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The Pentium 4 HT 651 is based on the Cedar Mill Core and has the following specs: https://i.imgur.com/IwUtxJH.png The Xeons fitted in this machine are based on the Irwindale Core and have the following features: https://i.imgur.com/0KAPhtI.png Note that they share the same features and technologies! …

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

Posted on 2023-10-10, 13:59

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by Irinikus

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I've just come across this video showing someone running an RTX 3080 in a P4 system: (However it is a Pentium 4 HT 651 running in a premium ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA socket 775 motherboard!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYCjfrCurA From this I can deduce that the CPU's feature set is not a factor that …

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