Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-17, 15:12

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If you want to max out an Athlon 1400, then sticking to pre-2002 games doesn't seem to make sense. Games made after 2001 can generally be played on much more powerful WinXP era hardware, at higher resolutions and with much smoother frame rates. My understanding is that the OP wants to create a …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-17, 15:06

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If you factor in price and availability, then Geforce 4 4200 or Radeon 9600 Pro are excellent choices. Both these cards are super cheap and easy to find. Geforce 4 for "older" games because of better compatibility, and the Radeon if you want to max out the settings in later games. You could also go …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-17, 10:23

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If targeted resolutions are 800*600 and 1024*768 and games up to XP release date - which means DirectX 8 max - than a Radeon 9600Xt/geforce 5700 ultra should be more than enough and not break the bank! Period correct video cards such as geforce 3/4 and radeon 8000 series are not powerful enough to …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-16, 18:19

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Sphere478 wrote on 2023-08-16, 06:20: seems like a x850 might run on such a system? This could be the possible. Would the Ati Radeon x850 and the geforce 6 series of the card the most powerful chipset that would still make sense with my system configurations?

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-16, 06:06

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Thanks for your reply. That is good to know that there are some games that may need some tinkering to make them run nice. This info helps me a lot to narrow down which card to purchase. I will also look into the different glide wrappers. For Glide games itself a real voodoo card would be the best …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-15, 08:21

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I will also look into the different glide wrappers. For Glide games itself a real voodoo card would be the best fo course but in order to make the athlon 1400 shine I would need something like a Voodoo 5 card which is way over my budget. If you're into playing Glide games at resolutions higher than …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 20:46

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-Diablo 2 is a quirky one. It runs perfectly on a Voodoo3 with Glide, better than almost any card trying to use the D3D mode. It's D3D 6-based and that just isn't efficient for how Diablo 2 works. You need to look into Glide wrappers. Sven Labusch's Glide wrapper was the best for a long time, but …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 12:51

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There are many options. What late Win98 games are you targeting? I am interested in playing games like Drakan Unreal Tournment Quake 3 Heavy Metal Fak 2 Deus Ex Diablo 2 Star Voyager Elite Force Noctourne Vampire the Masquarede Redemption No one lives Forever I also want to play the orginal versons …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 09:40

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@all thanks a lot for your further recommendations. Bottleneck, for the most part, does not exist. Everything depends on your target frame rate, resolution and quality options like anti-aliasing in games you play. So even Radeon X800 or GeForce 6800 won't be out of ordinary for such setup. I want to …

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Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 07:07

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I think GeForce 4 Ti 4200 would be more than enough, anything higher will probably be bottlenecked, unless you run maybe very high resolution or FSAA. And while I like the Radeons the 9700/9800 do seem to die. A Radeon 9600 PRO/XT would probably be nice though. Any of the really high end stuff …

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Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 06:23

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I am about to complete the parts for my second rig. The motherboad (n MSI K7T266 Pro 2) plus CPU a Athlon 1400 are already on the way to me. I am also shopping around now for a proper case, power supply and so forth. A decent gpu is missing as well. What gpu would max out a athlon 1400 rather well? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-11, 19:53

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PSU recommendation: Antec Earthwatts 380 from 2007. They are already 80 Plus certified so very efficient, but still have enough power on the 5V and 3.3V rails (130W combined) which is rare. And also has the 12V connector for newer boards. I use this with an Athlon 1400 and a Barton 3200+. Thanks a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-11, 12:45

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I could not resist und purchased the first part of my propsed athlon system already. I got an MSI K7T266 Pro 2 mainboard and a Athlon 1400 cpu. It was a impulse buy due to the low price. lol. I am fully aware that it might be tricky to get a proper power supply for a Slot System buy mind was weak. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-11, 07:44

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I could not resist und purchased the first part of my propsed athlon system already. I got an MSI K7T266 Pro 2 mainboard and a Athlon 1400 cpu. It was a impulse buy due to the low price. lol. I am fully aware that it might be tricky to get a proper power supply for a Slot System buy mind was weak. …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-08-07, 09:40

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Yeah, it is good and being recapped is a huge plus, especially if you aren’t prepared doing that kind of work. IMO I’d consider something else if you would like to do some old school overclocking as there would be better options, but for stock sA rig it should be fine. I will install my old sA …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-08-07, 06:22

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A7V333 was considered decent board back in the day, but I think in the end it all depends on your plans for the build. I don’t think you will have big issues with the board, especially if you are going to keep it stock. Having been recapped already is an obvious plus from the reliability …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-08-06, 20:43

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Sorry for bringing that topic again up but have another question. What is your opinion about the Asus A7V333 motherboard. I have the chance to get one at a good price via a private sale (a friend of another friend of mine). I would also get a cpu for it as well. A athlon xp 2500 Barton. The big plus …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-08-01, 16:51

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Yes, you can insert external graphics card in AGP slot and disable integrated S3 Savage, but this one is one of the earliest Socket A boards with SDR Memory (and its VRM capacitors are not in good condition). Therefore I don't recommend it. You'd rather look for something newer (KT400 and up). You …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-08-01, 05:57

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[...] https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/mainboard-von-gigabyte-sockel-a-socket-462-amd-sd-ram/2362593491-225-9098 i am not sure if would be worth a purchase though. it says that has a on boad graphics unit and that's not what i am looking for because i am not sure if I can turn of the …

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Re: Athlon motheboard recommendations

Posted on 2023-07-31, 20:07

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An equivalent Geforce fx card would be stepping down really. The fx 5xxx family are rather mediocre cards, particularly low and mid end cards of the generation. 6xxx are debatably overkill for win98. The 9600 is perfectly fine. That's good to know. Thanks for the warning. In that case I will limit …

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