Re: Gta 1 laggy

Posted on 2024-04-18, 08:32

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by DudeFace

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i got the big box that came with london when it released, at the time i had a socket7 AMD K6 233mhz and a creative graphics blaster extreme with a blistering 4mb of vram, as far as i remember it ran perfectly, voodoo 3 was new that year so it should have no problems.

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 22:54

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by PcBytes

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… for gold is heresy in itself. Except maybe mobile removable AMD E2 and Prescott Celerons IMO.

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Re: generationally correct parts

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:46

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by VivienM

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Now, my understanding is that those early AMD 64-bit chips are missing some instructions required for newer …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 07:19

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by Skorbin

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Just a side note: AMD Athlon XP are normally not expensive either. Might not have the nice circle around the logo, though ... 😉

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Re: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2024-04-19, 07:58

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by 385387386

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I think AMD K7 (Athlon) is a 786 class CPU.

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 08:11

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by megatron-uk

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… for gold is heresy in itself. Except maybe mobile removable AMD E2 and Prescott Celerons IMO. I once saw a seller on eBay …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2024-04-19, 08:58

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by Skorbin

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… MX 440SE on one PCB, needs DMS-59 cable (?) ATI/AMD side: - R9250 256 PCI - FireMV 2200 PCI: similar to Radeon …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2024-04-19, 17:59

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by bstar

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… a ton of Socket 7 boards and I'm really bored building intel/amd socket 7 machines. I had the genius idea to install OS/2 on …

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Re: what is the funniest or oldest cpu/watercooling combo you have ever seen?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 21:22

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by BitWrangler

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… the Athlon camp to get to 1Ghz before Intel or AMD officially did. There is a bit of a memory hole for the …

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Re: What if I install a Directx not supported by the video card?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 21:31

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by marxveix

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I use up to 08 Dec 2006 - DirectX 9.0c if needed as i remember with AMD K6, zero SSE support there or maybe it was older DX9.0c. http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm

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K6-2 for notebook

Posted on 2024-04-20, 02:02

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by quwy

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Hi, all! Got an interest CPU AMD-K6-2 475/ACK from a scrap. This is a notebook edition of simple …

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USBUHCIL.COM with USB mouse and PS/2 keyboard

Posted on 2024-04-20, 12:58

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by dada

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… , and a USB mouse connected to my retro computer. It's an AMD K6-2 running on an Apollo MVP4 motherboard. I want to get …

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Re: eBay Voodoo 2's (Project BRICK) Retro build

Posted on 2024-04-21, 08:53

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by Tevian

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… board though. This is the setup so far: P5A-B 1.04 AMD K6-2+ 570mhz modded to 256k L2 ATI Rage Fury AGP …

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Cannot save in Jazz Jackrabbit 1 (1994) . System crashes while saving. - Solved

Posted on 2024-04-21, 18:22

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by User5518

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Hello everyone, On my 386 system with a 386DX40 AMD processor, Tseng ET4000AX graphics card, 20MB RAM, DOS 6.22, and a …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-04-22, 05:53

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by H3nrik V!

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… very unlikely that any K6 had 512k L2 cache, when AMD never released on that had it. Unless of course it …

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 11:50

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by PD2JK

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… (751 + 756), so no worries. For instance, Asus K7M has AMD 751 + VIA 686A and should also be trouble free.

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2024-04-22, 11:54

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by Skalabala

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Its awesome that the PPro had up to 1024kb cache. I always dream of an engineering sample of AMD K6 that was native 133x5.5 extra instructions and 512Kb LOLOL. I mean I can run NFS Most Wanted at 50FPS on my K6. I want to see a P2 Celeron do that!

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 14:28

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by dionb

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… A boards in general? There are two chipsets for Slot A, the AMD 750 and Via KX133. You can compare them to i440BX …

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 16:48

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by predator_085

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… (751 + 756), so no worries. For instance, Asus K7M has AMD 751 + VIA 686A and should also be trouble free. Ok …

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Re: What are your thoughts about the Gigabyte GA-7IXE mainboard?

Posted on 2024-04-23, 06:28

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by predator_085

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… and I am shoppong now for the Athlon cpu. I found already a AMD-K7700MTR51B at good price. it is a Pluto 2 model and not a thunderbird …

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