Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 15:24
What types of things would I lose out on if I deviate from that chipset?
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 15:52
gladders wrote: What types of things would I lose out on if I deviate from that chipset? My experience with early Athlon chipsets that they're weak at video access under DOS. My experimental build could run Win98 games like a champ, it performed well, but under DOS games/demos it lagged behind a BX …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 16:15
No SSE support if that matters to you.
AMD A10 6700 questions
Posted on 2019-10-15, 16:28
Hi, I found a Asrock FM2A55M-DGS mainboard that seems to be as new but still need to test it and I've seen the fastest cpu I could buy for it would be the A10-6700 65W 3.7Ghz (core Richland) cpu. I don't really know these "modern" mainboards / cpus and I'd like to ask if this cpu generation and …
Re: AMD A10 6700 questions
Posted on 2019-10-15, 17:20
Should be faster than any of your personal reference points. Looking at some benchmarks it seems slightly faster than the fastest Core2 Quads but can't touch the Lynnfield / Bloomfield quads.
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 17:27
There is more to think about than just CPU types. Motherboards RAM PSU Slot types Compatible case And most importantly what type of cards do you plan on putting in this computer ? ISA / PCI / AGP / From my experience the Intel BX 440 motherboard without audio is most Versatile usually having 3 ISA, …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 17:45
ASUS K7M is pretty solid but it has AGP compatibility issues like most other non Intel boards of the time. Voodoo3-5 or NV TNT2 are good choices. Those were stable at AGP 2x on my K7M. Geforces and Radeons will likely run at 1x and if I remember right are still not entirely stable. Voodoo1 probably …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 17:55
In my experience with windows 98, how good of time you are going to have really comes down to chipsets. The intel chipsets are usually better behaved. I don't think the speed difference between the athlon and the p3 are that significant. Before you get rid of anything, try setting up some software …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 20:26
Based on people's comments I'll likely keep the P3. Any tips on how to clean rust off PS/2 contacts?
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-15, 21:09
gladders wrote: Based on people's comments I'll likely keep the P3. Any tips on how to clean rust off PS/2 contacts? Spray some contact spray (e.g. Servisol or Deoxit) into the PS/2 connector. While it hasn't evaporated, insert and remove a PS/2 plug repeatedly. This should take care of your …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-16, 15:07
I don't think 820 was really a stinker. The main fault was that it used insanely expensive RDRAM. But you are correct about performance stinking when SDRAM was hacked onto it.
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-16, 15:34
ASUS K7M is pretty solid but it has AGP compatibility issues like most other non Intel boards of the time. Voodoo3-5 or NV TNT2 are good choices. Those were stable at AGP 2x on my K7M. Geforces and Radeons will likely run at 1x and if I remember right are still not entirely stable. ^This. If you …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-16, 16:08
Anonymous Coward wrote: I don't think 820 was really a stinker. The main fault was that it used insanely expensive RDRAM. But you are correct about performance stinking when SDRAM was hacked onto it. It used RDRAM for generally no performance benefit. It's prime virtue was that it supported a …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-16, 16:26
On paper the KX133 was faster, but had lots of issues It's equal to its 694X counterpart and mostly on par with 440BX. Thunderbird is not officially supported though.
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-16, 22:10
I don't think 820 was really a stinker. The main fault was that it used insanely expensive RDRAM. But you are correct about performance stinking when SDRAM was hacked onto it. It was probably the worst train-wreck Intel ever produced... The final version was stable enough, but only after major …
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-17, 01:21
Anonymous Coward wrote: I don't think 820 was really a stinker. The main fault was that it used insanely expensive RDRAM. But you are correct about performance stinking when SDRAM was hacked onto it. https://redhill.net.au/c/c-g.html#i820
Re: Intel vs AMD?
Posted on 2019-10-17, 05:05
A stinker in terms of monetary loss for Intel, yes. But not so much a stinker performance wise as long as RDRAM is used (even if it has no speed advantage over a BX with SDRAM). Admittedly, being only able to use two slots is not great, but you can still get up to 1GB by using 512MB modules which …
Re: Feast of ATI / AMD HD2900XTX
Posted on 2019-10-17, 16:41
2.0632 chip The official photos of 0632 chip are photos from different angles of the same chip (two places at the core and corners are broken into white), which have appeared on multiple websites. Now, three representative pictures are selected. http://www.yjfy.com/images/oldhard/collection/ …
Re: Feast of ATI / AMD HD2900XTX
Posted on 2019-10-17, 16:46
4. 0639chip, BlackVersion HD2900XTX(low density radiator, Trident fan frame) http://www.yjfy.com/images/oldhard/collection/HD2900XTX/ls_0639_3.jpg The version of 0639 chip is "215rgmcka11fg". Compared with "215rgdcka11fg" of 0635 chip, there are changes in character identification, which should be …
Re: Feast of ATI / AMD HD2900XTX
Posted on 2019-10-17, 16:56
6.0648 chip, Black Version HD2900XTX(low density radiator, Trident fan frame)And Red Version HD2900XTX (high-density heat sink, Trident fan bracket) http://www.yjfy.com/images/oldhard/collection/HD2900XTX/erek_0648.JPG 6.1 Black Version HD2900XTX(low density radiator, Trident fan frame) http://www. …
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