Just got in the mail some"new" DRAM chips for my Cirrus Logic PCI 2D graphics card for my Pentium MMX 233MHz system to replace the mismatched pair (in terms of speed) of memory chips that came with the card, cleaned with, socketed them in, and BAM!, they worked like a charm!
I was able to play some The NFS SE flawlessly (smoother than ever before on this system, if I dare say), with no artifacts and no half-drawn screens. At this point, this system is now complete (well, maybe I'll get a Voodoo1 later 😀 ).
On a different note, two-decades separated, I got this beauty in the mail today:
An Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Ivy Bridge motherboard. I'm going to use this with an i7-3770k that's also coming in the mail to upgrade my current modern/OP XP machine, which is currently based on the older Nehalem platform, with a garbage Asus P7H55-M motherboard and an i7-870. This upgrade won't just give me more raw CPU horsepower, but also a lot of quality-of-life improvements, such as native USB3 and SATA III. And believe me, the CPU upgrade will definitely help, since I play all of the games on this system (whether under XP or 10), if possible, at 1440p. 😀
Finally, got a sh*t ton of parts coming in the mail for multiple retro projects. Can't wait to get to work on them.