Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-22, 09:27

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by Tetrium

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My question to whoever reads this: Does anyone else here have a C3 here which has bridges? If so, could you please list your part and the corresponding bridges here so we can improve the amount of data we can work with? My C3 has those bridges on the underside. I'll remove it from the slotket and …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-22, 19:26

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by Tetrium

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Does your Ezra have the little bridges on the bottom of the chip? I know Nehemiah "should" be able to change it's multiplier with a program (or at least, so sais the almighty datasheet :P ) but I have no idea if this'll work for the earlier models as well. I don't think I have an Ezra (nor it's …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-22, 21:12

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by gerwin

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EDIT: When running my Soyo SY-6BA+ motherboard with a 133MHz FSB, the AGP slot runs at no less than 88MHz. What graphics cards are known to handle that speed? Does an nVidia Riva TNT2 work well on an 88MHz AGP slot? People usually refer to that as the 89MHz AGP issue, we are missing the proper AGP …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-23, 16:43

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by sliderider

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So does SYSMark have any legitimacy left after the second largest CPU maker and both of the two biggest GPU makers have withdrawn from the program? I can't see how it does if Intel the only major player left and will be working feverishly to make it's own processors and graphics chips look better.

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-23, 16:46

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VIA Agrees SYSMark Not A Useful Tool, Quits Too http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/agrees_ … seful_quits_too

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-23, 20:06

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by Barry_Purplelips

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Intel kicks ass. They invest a truckload of millions on research which's why their processors outperform everything else on the market. I sense jealousy and BS.

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-23, 21:52

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by Dant

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So why then would Nvidia quit when they're not even in the same field?

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-23, 22:30

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by Barry_Purplelips

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I think the quitters have secretly teamed up to delegitimize bapco as an attempt to stop Intel from kicking there asses. See how easy it is to come up with a conspiracy theory these days? really, we weren't there, we can't possibly know.

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 09:01

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by DonutKing

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Intel's been hopping sockets for ages. Socket 4, 5, 7... Slot 1, socket 370, Tualatin 370... 423, 478, LGA775... sure you could say that 7 was backwards compatible with 5, and there were 370 slockets and Tualatin adapters, but still...

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 09:33

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by Mau1wurf1977

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My point is that bulldozer will be a very short lived product with trinity really what they want to push. I mean they pushed trinity even at that recent trade show. And trinity won't be out for like another year! And why wait for it, when you can buy a 32nm i5 2500 for ~ AUD 200. It will be AMDs …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 11:01

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by Dominus

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Quoting whole articles should be avoided. Wherever that was posted probably lives on ad income. You should only quote a small part and link to the original article. Full quote only makes this site look bad and vulnerable to copyright infringement claims... People should be glad I'm not a mod 😉

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 11:28

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by Qbix

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You are somewhat right though.

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 11:48

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by DonutKing

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What I meant with socket hopping is when they introduce a new chip, the chip is released in a new socket which is incompatible with the older socket and then abandoning the new socket for an even newer socket when another "new" chip is introduced. Yes thats what I was getting at 😀

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 12:16

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by Tetrium

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What I meant with socket hopping is when they introduce a new chip, the chip is released in a new socket which is incompatible with the older socket and then abandoning the new socket for an even newer socket when another "new" chip is introduced. Yes thats what I was getting at :) That's not what …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 12:30

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by sliderider

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Quoting whole articles should be avoided. Wherever that was posted probably lives on ad income. You should only quote a small part and link to the original article. Full quote only makes this site look bad and vulnerable to copyright infringement claims... People should be glad I'm not a mod ;) …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 12:34

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by Dominus

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Quoting whole articles should be avoided. Wherever that was posted probably lives on ad income. You should only quote a small part and link to the original article. Full quote only makes this site look bad and vulnerable to copyright infringement claims... People should be glad I'm not a mod ;) …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 12:40

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by DonutKing

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We are still talking about the same thing, perhaps just on different wavelengths. Fair point on Socket 5 and 7 but I touched on that in my post. Tualatin is built on a lower process and therefore uses a lower voltage. In the past that would mean an entirely different socket but Intel decided to …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 13:52

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by Malik

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sliderider, you brought in a good topic. There's nothing wrong in quoting as long as the quote refers to the original and is unaltered. intel's chips are ahead, but the bias maybe, just maybe, true. Nowadays, people tend to look at how many points a benchmark shows the lead by a particular hardware. …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 14:19

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by Barry_Purplelips

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For me, as you already know, "Down with corporate bastar*s!" :happyhappy: How about "Down with socialist s*um"? :happyhappy: It's good to have choices, the more the merrier. Personally I'm still on the 1-core train and none of the applications I regularly use has any problems with that, plus I get …

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Re: AMD Quits Benchmark Group Implying Intel Bias

Posted on 2011-06-24, 14:25

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by wd

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There's nothing wrong in quoting as long as the quote refers to the original and is unaltered. He didn't mark it as quotation and as such it reads like it's his wording. As has been stated this should be avoided so try to respect this, and as a bonus hint: there's even an edit button.

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