Re: Socket 775 system revival story. Bonus: In-place upgrade of a 12-year old Vista install *PICS*

Posted on 2020-12-18, 04:08

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by Warlord

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in Marvin \ System Specs

… saying P4 wasn't a total failure. I kinda agreed but was like AMD still beat it. I think we kinda agree, But I think Prescott …

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Need Help Booting Windows 2000 from an SSD

Posted on 2020-12-18, 17:12

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by tegrady

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in Marvin \ Software

… ssd. I then swapped out the hard drive for the ssd amd tried to boot into Windows 2000, but I got the bsod …

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Elitegroup WH386SX-D BIOS (Non-Leading Edge WinPro 486 version)

Posted on 2020-12-19, 03:14

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by Eep386

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… one in. I also replaced the Ti486SLC-25 CPU with an AMD Am386SX-40 because it was obvious the BIOS wasn't correctly …

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Re: Want to mod 486 motherboard (Chicony CH-471B) to support 486 DX4 L1 WB

Posted on 2020-12-19, 03:20

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by Ayrton

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… cache but the page mentions AMDs CPUs, not Intels. AFAIK AMD and Intel CPus have different pinouts so I'm not entirely …

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Re: Mass Effect bad lighting

Posted on 2020-12-19, 15:01

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by yochenhsieh

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No. The AMD CPU is another problem. https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/mass-effect/ Besides, you don't need dgvoodoo2 to run Mass effect anyway.

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Re: Socket 775 system revival story. Bonus: In-place upgrade of a 12-year old Vista install *PICS*

Posted on 2020-12-19, 16:44

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by slivercr

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… P4, considering the performance rating they came up with. (N.B.: I used AMD exclusively since the first Athlon dropped, until Sandy Bridge.)

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Re: SIV support for 386/486/586 class + Alpha CPUs and 3dfx + S3 + SiS + Matrox + XGI + old ATI + NVidia GPUs - Testing

Posted on 2020-12-19, 19:53

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by RichardG867

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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… problem; I recall SIV being able to probe MSR C0000080 (an AMD MSR as far as I understand) without any ill effects in …

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Re: Socket 775 system revival story. Bonus: In-place upgrade of a 12-year old Vista install *PICS*

Posted on 2020-12-20, 02:26

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by canthearu

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… P4, considering the performance rating they came up with. (N.B.: I used AMD exclusively since the first Athlon dropped, until Sandy Bridge.) True …

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Re: My little PC collection, Xmas Special 2020 (Advent calendar update - today it's #6 of 9)

Posted on 2020-12-20, 07:15

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by ildonaldo

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

… +2x512MB) DDR 1, PC3200, 200MHz FSB 2D/3D: Palit XpertVision ATI/AMD Radeon X850 XT, 256 MB GDDR3, AGP 8x Sound: ADI …

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Re: UMC MB468 (socket 2) - help identify maker and jumpers

Posted on 2020-12-20, 18:00

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by nuno14272

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

UPDATE: just try the board..came with a AMD DX4-100.. it boots.. The BIOS Numbers are: 12/07/94 2A4X5UZ4-00 Searxhing vives me almost no results, saying its a UMC modelo 1415.. Any ideas about This board?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-20, 20:19

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by Socket3

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… https://i.imgur.com/YbnR3q0l.jpg Unidentified Intel 430 socket 7 board + AMD K6

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My First "Retro" Build Athlon 1000 Socket A

Posted on 2020-12-20, 22:01

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by omgfoz

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

… possible back when I was 5) and my first build was an AMD K6-2 450 with a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI on Windows 98. I was …

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Re: GPU coverage/overlap sufficient?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 23:23

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by Velociraptor

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in Marvin \ Video

… made adjustments...... and here is where I think I am now. PC1 - AMD Phenom II X6 1100t, 750ti, Windows XP and Windows 7 PC2 …

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Re: Socket 775 system revival story. Bonus: In-place upgrade of a 12-year old Vista install *PICS*

Posted on 2020-12-21, 02:58

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by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

… to achieve higher frequencies Which was the initial goal of AMD K6. K5 just couldn't compete with Pentium in Mhz race …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-12-21, 06:03

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by ragefury32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… next big exciting thing. Just like Super Socket 7/K6 kept AMD alive as a viable P6 alternative, the Athlons were a much stronger …

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Re: Socket 775 system revival story. Bonus: In-place upgrade of a 12-year old Vista install *PICS*

Posted on 2020-12-21, 15:24

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by slivercr

in Marvin \ System Specs

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Which was the initial goal of AMD K6. K5 just couldn't compete with Pentium in Mhz race. …

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Re: Identifying PCChips 386 era chipsets

Posted on 2020-12-21, 16:31

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by GigAHerZ

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… : https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0216/23/80386-motherboard-amd-am386-dx-dxl-40_1_672f2b3b3b3729fbbd0f3dc83b83ea21.jpg Thank you very much for your help ! The …

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Re: Fastest, best GPU for windows xp 32bit without additional 6 pin or 8 pin connectors?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 20:07

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by Kewun

in Marvin \ Video

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I see, I will consider it. By the way, any AMD equivalent gpus to that? I need something that is a little cheaper than a 980 Ti and without additional power connectors

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-21, 21:35

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by cyclone3d

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… .I'm curious to see how that turns out. I know that AMD fixed the microstutter for the most part.. at least on …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-22, 00:53

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by foil_fresh

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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… .I'm curious to see how that turns out. I know that AMD fixed the microstutter for the most part.. at least on …

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