Re: Other hobbies?

Posted on 2015-08-06, 22:26

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by kanecvr

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… my home town - a very special car - a C2 2.7 alpina witch he had bought from bulgaria an a few months later wrapped … my black E30, along with the rear axle witch had large disk brakes (my car had drum … brake booster (new engine is kind of snug) after witch I'll have to get a new tranny brace machined …

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Re: k6clkwin.zip

Posted on 2015-09-10, 07:39

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by trodas

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… score"), so for practical purposes is any copy of CPU-Z, witch result cannot be validated, nonexisting. Hence "does not run" for … sound bad and harsh, but I just trying to figure our, witch version of CPU-Z run on WinNT 4.0 and I failed even with …

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Re: k6clkwin.zip

Posted on 2015-09-10, 13:52

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by Marquzz

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… for practical purposes is any copy of CPU-Z, witch result cannot be validated, nonexisting. Hence "does … harsh, but I just trying to figure our, witch version of CPU-Z run on WinNT 4.0 and I … failed even with v1.34.1, witch suxx bad... Grrrrrr!!!! If you're talking about validation …

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Win98 Socket 939 Voodoo 2 SLi Build! (a.k.a. Glide Overkill)

Posted on 2015-10-09, 19:24

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by kanecvr

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… I do have an Athlon 1333 + voodoo 3 witch performs much better in DK2, but it's still laggy … socket 754 DFI nForce 3 motherboard (pictured below), witch I could not get stable in win98 under … - the CT4810 has a "Legacy Driver" component witch will not function correctly with ACPI IRQ assignment but …

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Re: best win98 driver for geforce 6600 / 6800 series?

Posted on 2015-10-23, 21:46

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by kanecvr

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… and look much better then they do at 1280x1024 - witch is the maximum resolution I can run the games with … and a 5700 but they both suck, especially the 5200 witch runs slower then the GF4TI). Both my FX5900XT and FX5950 … 61.77 - now I just need to find a win98 driver witch lets me run everything.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-10-25, 17:54

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by kanecvr

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… cleaned the outside of the case with domestos (witch contains large amounts of chlorine and small amounts of … cards working on socket 939 and LGA775 systems witch are much faster and can run both … for 1999-2001 games since I have a Pentium 3 machine witch is about as fast. Inside I found: - 1.7 GHz …

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Re: Was the P4 architecture a dead end?

Posted on 2015-11-06, 02:19

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by kanecvr

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… was inefficient due to it's long staged pipelines witch, while it allowed for high clock rates caused … architecture (successor of the Core architecture) on witch the first i7 and i5 cpus are based … wider and shorter pipeline - only 14-19 stages, witch more closely resembles the Pentium M core's 12-14 …

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Re: Was the P4 architecture a dead end?

Posted on 2015-11-06, 08:33

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by gdjacobs

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… was inefficient due to it's long staged pipelines witch, while it allowed for high clock rates caused … architecture (successor of the Core architecture) on witch the first i7 and i5 cpus are based … wider and shorter pipeline - only 14-19 stages, witch more closely resembles the Pentium M core's 12-14 …

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Re: Athlon XP vs Athlon 64 build choice

Posted on 2015-12-02, 00:49

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by kanecvr

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… also have win98 drivers except for the nForce 4 witch is out of the question since you want … corruption). 2D games like Red Alert 95 and StarCraft witch rely on older versions of Direct Draw will display … 9800 PRO or a 6600 AGP. The fastest card witch will not be slowed down by the CPU is probably …

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Re: Let's do this right this time. Dual 462 system.

Posted on 2015-12-20, 21:26

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by PCBONEZ

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… be using my 650w psu out of my 775 system witch I don't use. I been wainting to part that system … anyway. Right now I have a antec 380w earthwatts witch is not entirely bad, but for this system I should … 6v rail. That and it has an 120mm fan witch will help with cooling. Just because it's the …

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Re: Year 2001-2002 video card test - choosing the best card for a Tualatin system.

Posted on 2016-01-25, 22:24

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by kanecvr

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… it's A LOT better then the stock cooling solution (witch I kept but the noise keeps me from using it … on the card - witch is a shame too because it looks great). I … could have used a A280LE witch is the AGP 8x 128MB version of leadtek's 4200 - …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-10, 21:47

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by kanecvr

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… a budget were looking to buy the Blade 3D witch performs well in most 1996-1999 games, retailers … here were pushing the S3 Trio3D (witch is utter crap for 3d acceleration and does not … lighting and colours. The trident also did 1024x768 witch the v2 could not. It's slower in openGL …

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Amiga computers - which one to get?

Posted on 2016-04-18, 01:19

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by kanecvr

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… for all those great late 80's early 90's amiga games witch great graphics and sound I missed out on - the question … is - witch one to buy? I've only done a little research, and it … seems I should look for an Amiga 500. Witch model should I look for?

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Re: Amiga computers - which one to get?

Posted on 2016-04-18, 11:51

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by brassicGamer

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… for all those great late 80's early 90's amiga games witch great graphics and sound I missed out on - … the question is - witch one to buy? I've only done a little research, and … it seems I should look for an Amiga 500. Witch model should I look for? So weird - I've had …

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Re: reclaimed K6-3

Posted on 2016-06-25, 08:23

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by Jade Falcon

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… note, most pci sata cards user old sata1 chipsets witch is not much faster then pata133 I find that most … but sil firmware is all over the place and knowing witch one to use is a bit of a nightmare, but … out. I'll take a look at my cards and see witch firmware version I'm using and get back with you. I …

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Re: P-III Tualatin 1.4GHz overclocking

Posted on 2016-07-22, 23:25

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by Jade Falcon

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… not anymore as any good overclocker should know witch batches clock better and witch don't. Since Hwbot become so popular extreme over … clocking does not need binning like it used too. Witch batches over clock best is known by a lot of members …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-09-14, 11:10

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by kanecvr

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… . I know right? It's really cool and quiet too witch I find weird since the last dual-CPU workstation I … the price of a good new i5 6600k build, witch is awsome - and the 3.3GHz dual X5680's … really show their muscle in modern games witch take advantage of multiple cores (I tried Tomb …

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Re: Barton 3200+ vs P4 3.0 with modern os?

Posted on 2016-09-15, 01:00

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by kanecvr

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… could keep that CPU cool is my Tuniq Tower witch killed another motherboard (Asus P4P800 Deluxe) with it's … I love V8 engines) as opposed to the XP line witch is more like a turbocharged in line 6 - and … D and Pentium EE) making high performance chips witch were competitive with early athlon 64 chips.

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Re: Barton 3200+ vs P4 3.0 with modern os?

Posted on 2016-09-15, 11:49

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by 386SX

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… keep that CPU cool is my Tuniq Tower witch killed another motherboard (Asus P4P800 Deluxe) with … love V8 engines) as opposed to the XP line witch is more like a turbocharged in line 6 - and … pentium D and Pentium EE) making high performance chips witch were competitive with early athlon 64 chips. Well, …

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Re: Socket 7 vs Socket 8

Posted on 2016-09-28, 01:41

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by kanecvr

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… ) then go with that. These support K6-2+ and K6-3 cpus witch can be slowed down via setmul for speed sensitive dos … 8 kit. The Pentium PRO's L2 cache runs at CPU speed witch should give it an advantage over the regular pentium …

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