Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-04, 11:38

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by Trashbytes

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Last week I bought this Gigabyte GA-7IXE4 (Socket A) new in a box for 25€. This turned out to be my favorite Windows 98 board, because it still looks and feels like the late 90s, almost like a Super-Super-Socket 7. The only problem is that it comes from Spain and I had to ship it through a …

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Re: Why is this Quadro FX 2000 obnoxiously loud?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 08:35

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I use a mechanic's stethoscope to find the culprit.. https://imgur.com/bHAmB6H.png ...if I had to guess by visual clues, the potting compound in this inductor looks iffy... https://imgur.com/KOlkO5y.png ..as for the inductor value/specs, I dunno... going by other images I can find, they're 1.5uH …

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Re: Why is this Quadro FX 2000 obnoxiously loud?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 07:09

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giantclam wrote on 2023-12-04, 07:08: VRM inductors are whining beat me to it, I couldnt think of that word ...derp

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Re: Why is this Quadro FX 2000 obnoxiously loud?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 07:07

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I bought a Quadro FX 2000 (GeForce FX 5800) from eBay and it is ear-piercingly loud. At first I thought it was the fan, until I realized that the pitch does not change with the fan speed. I pressed my finger on the fan to stop it but it was still screaming. There are no other moving parts on this …

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Re: Pentium 200 and Pentium Pro 200 builds. Do I need dedicated CPU fans or are nearby 80mm case fans enough?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 07:02

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-12-04, 06:59: Pentium 200 will require active cooling on that motherboard. The radiator is sitting very closely to linear voltage regulators. Thats a great point, either active or a shroud to direct airflow over the CPU and voltage circuit.

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Re: Pentium 200 and Pentium Pro 200 builds. Do I need dedicated CPU fans or are nearby 80mm case fans enough?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 06:55

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I’ve got a few of the overdrive chips but no fan. Can’t find tdp for them but would be very interested to know! Looking at wiki it lists the Pentium II 333 at 20.6w @ 2.0v so Im guessing the PPOD 333 is rated a bit higher since its got 512k of cache at full CPU speed and runs at 3.3v. (Im guessing …

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Re: Pentium 200 and Pentium Pro 200 builds. Do I need dedicated CPU fans or are nearby 80mm case fans enough?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 06:36

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by Trashbytes

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I think only the 1mb Pentium Pro runs hot, I would think a case fan like you have setup would be ok. Pretty sure it runs hot due to Intel removing the gold heat spreader used in the earlier models :( Shame as I honestly prefer the golden look. I did do a quick google. Seems even 36.6W would need a …

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Re: Pentium 200 and Pentium Pro 200 builds. Do I need dedicated CPU fans or are nearby 80mm case fans enough?

Posted on 2023-12-04, 05:52

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2023-12-04, 02:12: I think only the 1mb Pentium Pro runs hot, I would think a case fan like you have setup would be ok. Pretty sure it runs hot due to Intel removing the gold heat spreader used in the earlier models 🙁 Shame as I honestly prefer the golden look.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-04, 04:32

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Anyone love when a normall stupidly priced CPU comes along at a price that makes you wonder if the seller is aware of what they are selling ? Just scored a Phenom II X4 980 BE for a whole 28 bucks ...I know its not exactly dusty retro but its an older CPU to get for a reasonable price. (hrmm this is …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti 4200 vs Radeon 9500

Posted on 2023-12-04, 00:13

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The only real benefit the 9500 has is DX9.0c but I doubt you would get an amazing experience with DX9 games on a P3 1Ghz BX machine, I have a Ti 4600 in a similar rig and can tell you that the 1Ghz P3 simply cant feed the card fast enough I doubt itll handle the 9500 any better. Stick with the …

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Re: P3 1Ghz - cC0 vs cD0 stepping

Posted on 2023-12-03, 07:45

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You dont really need to worry too much about steppings, stepping are just very minor revisions in the silicon to correct errata that doesn't affect the CPU itself. in this case I'm guessing the revision was to the power management of the CPU which adjusted the voltage slightly, likely to provide …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-03, 06:48

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I was about to buy a few mobos. Guy accepted my offer but because it was lower than expected (after 2 years of seeing them around I made one - acceptable), but stated "I won't wrap them nor put any padding, just in a box". Why? ------ Got another working Zip100. I'm gonna give it to a friend. …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-03, 00:46

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My experience both back in the day and now is that turning off HT has always netted me more clockspeed, easily enough to outstrip any benefit from HT when running single-threaded applications even on multi-thread capable OSes. Yeah this is more true with early HT stuff like Netburst and Athlon 64 …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-03, 00:41

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Oh, that’s no problem, I have two 5970s! And two GTX 295s! If I can get hold of a cheap 680i or 790i, I could also go tri-GTX480. How about tri 295 ? or Tri GTX 285 2Gb ? I have three 2Gb cards I could pull out of the display shelf, I have a suspicion the Three 2Gb cards will happily beat the three …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-02, 10:15

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supercordo wrote on 2023-12-02, 10:00: Updated! 😁 How hot be that Pentium D 945 🤣, thats a very nice overclock for that CPU.

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-02, 09:46

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ATI cards at last ! If we’re cracking out the dual GPU cards… Why sticking with dual when you can go quad ! Dual 3870x2 IMG_20221107_225257.jpg Or Dual 4870x2 ? IMG_20221107_222124.jpg (Joking, not sure to compete with these cards because 1/ the only s775 Crossfire Motherboard I have is currently …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-02, 05:36

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On paper it has amazing specs ..in practice however it falls rather short performance wise and ran far too hot for its performance level, I have one myself and I keep wondering if there is anything I can do to make it better ..I know however its just me trying to make myself feel better about …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-02, 04:29

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I haven't used this card in over 12 years. No introductions needed. 2600 XT? or is that the fabled 2900XT ? one of the worst GPUs ATI ever produced, not many other GPUs can lay claim to that title. It's the 2900 XT. First card with 512 bit memory bus. On paper it has amazing specs ..in practice …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-12-02, 03:57

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supercordo wrote on 2023-12-02, 00:59: I haven't used this card in over 12 years. No introductions needed. 2600 XT? or is that the fabled 2900XT ? one of the worst GPUs ATI ever produced, not many other GPUs can lay claim to that title.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-01, 08:34

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asdf53 wrote on 2023-12-01, 08:18: Did not buy this myself, but I still need the world to know: https://www.ebay.com/itm/126152561878 Someone snatched this Voodoo 4 4500 for 14.90€ (buy it now offer). The seller obviously didn't know what he had, this card usually goes for 300-350€. Kinda how I got …

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