Search results for AMD \ VOGONS

Re: Shuttle XPC (2002/2003) for Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2020-01-08, 00:49

by xjas

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have the contemporary AMD version (SK41G) as my "fast" Win98 rig . Geode NX1750 (~1.4GHz …

Re: How to SETUP a Pentium Overdrive

Posted on 2020-01-08, 06:40

by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… accurate. a. The documented 40Mhz setting will not boot with the AMD 486 DX4-100 that is currently installed. b. It boots and …

Re: What specs to look for to play DOS Quake, Diablo II, Warcraft III, etc. at HIGH native resolutions?

Posted on 2020-01-08, 06:59

by foil_fresh

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… for dos compatible sound cards. another idea is a KT based amd board with ISA slots. the athlon xps can do warcraft …

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

Posted on 2020-01-08, 07:38

by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… very much. I just can't decide on the color. Green for AMD, Blue for Intel maybe? How about Cyrix, did they even …

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

Posted on 2020-01-08, 12:30

by derSammler

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

appiah4 wrote on 2020-01-08, 07:38: I just can't decide on the color. Green for AMD, Blue for Intel maybe? How about Cyrix, did they even have a brand color? I would choose color by CPU type, not by maker, otherwise you'll run into limitations when filling the trays. Cyrix had green, btw.

Re: PC-3200 2GB DIMM Non-ECC, does it exist?

Posted on 2020-01-08, 15:04

by dionb

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… 1GB unbuffered DIMMs. AMD's So939 Athlon64 CPUs were the last AMD DDR1 memory controllers and also did max 512Mb, so max …

Re: Am I crippling my preformance

Posted on 2020-01-09, 01:32

by candle_86

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… complete post Here is the system specs completed Tekram P5T30B-4 AMD K6-III+ 450mhz 1.8v rated (Running 6x66=400 and 2.1V …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-09, 12:55

by appiah4

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Duron 1300 came in the mail finally. Now I can build a stupidly overpowered DOS PC to play Quake at obscene resolutions in software mode.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-09, 16:27

by gex85

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… RAM, 6 CPUs (the interesting ones being a 486DX4-100 and an AMD K5 133). A few CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, mice, trackballs …

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

Posted on 2020-01-10, 08:35

by JonP

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… / advice - I'm pulling my hair out with a modern /retro build amd 4800+ 1gb ram 32gb SSD with win98SE and 2 x 8mb Diamond …

Re: Questions about old ceramic CPUs

Posted on 2020-01-10, 10:29

by mpe

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… in reality it is slightly more complicated. For example "All AMD 5x86 CPUs require a heatsink and a fan". In fact different versions …

Re: GA-5AA rev1.1 Manual Available?

Posted on 2020-01-10, 12:22

by gca

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

At high temp these boards just lock up. Found that out when my CPU fan failed and I didn't notice so it overheated. That was with a Cyrix CPU, maybe the AMD has a different reaction?

Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-01-10, 16:09

by Robert B

in Marvin \ System Specs

… -VSTA motherboard. For some time I wanted to see if my AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition works even if it …

Re: Upgrading my current Windows XP build

Posted on 2020-01-11, 01:47

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AMD post Athlon64 were horrible until Ryzen. Either stick with it or switch to Intel.

Re: What specs to look for to play DOS Quake, Diablo II, Warcraft III, etc. at HIGH native resolutions?

Posted on 2020-01-11, 02:51

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… only CPUs that can be slowed down are Pentium MMXs, AMD K62/3+s, and Via C3s. I use all three and they work …

Re: What specs to look for to play DOS Quake, Diablo II, Warcraft III, etc. at HIGH native resolutions?

Posted on 2020-01-11, 03:00

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can pair it with any card with vga output. Technically you don't need to do it at all. The only CPUs that can be slowed down are Pentium MMXs, AMD K62/3+s, and Via C3s Also Athlon, Athlon 64, Pentium 4 and Core 2. Pentium 4/Core 2 Duo can be easily scaled down to Turbo XT/early AT.

Am5x86 lastest hardware revisions

Posted on 2020-01-11, 17:04

by evgs

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, vogons. According to the AMD WikiChip the lastest Am5x86 (Am486DX5) have low-power 3.3v version called V16BGC instead of standard 3.45v-versions (like common ADW, ADZ and W16BGC) See 1996 doc and 1997 doc Are low voltage version best for overclocking?