First post, by Malik
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This might be of interest :
System Specs :
Unico VE-501 Pentium Motherboard (Socket 5) (Edit : SIS 5501/5502/5503 Chipsets.)
Pentium P54c 133MHz
128MB FPM RAM
Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
Diamond Monster 3D
Sound Blaster AWE32 CT2760
Music Quest PC MIDI Card ---> CM-500
(256kb External Cache)
This motherboard has the Turbo Switch headers and the Turbo LED headers.
Used PCTOOLS v9.0's System Information Professional (SI.EXE) to gauge the performance.
Used ICD.EXE and ICE.EXE to disable and enable the internal cache quickly and easily.
Tests:
Turbo Button ON, Internal Cache ENABLED :
Turbo Button OFF, Internal Cache ENABLED :
Almost on par with a 486DX2-66, when turbo button is switched off.
Turbo Button ON, Internal Cache DISABLED :
Attained speed that of a AT 286 12MHz. Well, almost.
Turbo Button OFF, Internal Cache DISABLED :
Something like running an XT 8088 @ 8Mhz.
Notes :
1. All benchmarks may not be really accurate, but produced consistent results, meaning that I received the same exact points everytime I repeated the tests.
2. The ICD and ICE were made during and for the 486 systems, but it worked on this board too. My trials with other PII and PIII based systems were not successful, with problems ranging from lock-ups to reboots.
3. If the ICD is not working, one can still disable it in bios. Just that ICD and ICE are more convenient - anytime, command line usage and no rebooting involved.
4. Most importantly, in gaming perspective, the slowdown is coherent and consistent. There're no hiccups in slowdowns. There's no sudden jerkiness or poor slowdowns like those seen using ordinary slowdown utilities.
Again, Wing Commander plays like dream in the "AT" setting (Turbo ON + ICD).