Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?

Posted on 2021-09-08, 13:23

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by KT7AGuy

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dragonerosso, Check out this compatibility matrix here: https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ My recommendations for your configuration: 1st Choice (If DOS games are your primary focus) S3 Virge DX or GX with a Voodoo 1 2nd Choice (If both DOS and Windows games are your goal) S3 Virge DX or GX with two …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-03, 13:39

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by KT7AGuy

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Of course not - https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-pci-express-scaling Thank you for this. Clearly, the performance improvement going from PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 is negligible. I tested several Z77 microATX boards last year and the Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H 1.1 came out as the best …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-03, 00:52

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by KT7AGuy

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Why would you need one though? I'm glad you asked, because it prompted me to look up the specs of the video cards I'm using. My Radeon HD 7770s use PCIe 3.0. However, and much to my surprise, my GTX 560 Ti 448 uses PCIe 2.0. Based on what I've read here , there's a substantial increase in …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 21:45

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by KT7AGuy

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Spectre and Meltdown affect even the non-hyperthreading I5 models? I wasn't aware of that. I'll need to do more research before I start buying parts. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. This may be a bad idea after all.

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 21:13

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just be advised that using i7 3770 with a modern OS, would require disabling spectre / meltdown mitigations, for reasonable performance. I'll be using an I5 without hyperthreading. I just wanted the ability to disable hyperthreading should the need arise. Have you recently encountered many games …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 20:04

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by KT7AGuy

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-09-02, 19:58: Just make X58 platform PC. Problem solved. No PCIe 3.0 support there.

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 19:27

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by KT7AGuy

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Unfortunately, it uses Intel's USB 3 ports. I'm not aware that Intel ever wrote a Windows XP driver for XHCI, though. You might need a motherboard with Asmedia USB 3 ports (or use a PCIE expansion card). From the support page for this board: "In Windows XP, the Intel USB 3.0 ports can support up to …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 18:49

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by KT7AGuy

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I am finding this chart to be handy in my search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_c … ipsets#LGA_1155

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An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 15:06

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by KT7AGuy

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My days of building expensive high-powered gaming PCs are long over. The last computer I built from the ground up was a Phenom II system designed around an Asus M4A77TD motherboard. Since then I haven't really immersed myself in the various array of motherboard products. I've also become seriously …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2021-08-31, 19:40

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by KT7AGuy

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Very nice! Well done!

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Re: 2nd Gen Apple iMac Rebuild

Posted on 2021-08-06, 17:01

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by KT7AGuy

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Got it! Thanks for the info. This looks simple enough. Muchos gracias!

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Re: 2nd Gen Apple iMac Rebuild

Posted on 2021-08-06, 11:50

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by KT7AGuy

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Yes. Slot-loader. Based on the article at WikiPedia, I determined that it's a 2nd-gen iMac.

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2nd Gen Apple iMac Rebuild

Posted on 2021-08-05, 20:30

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by KT7AGuy

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A few years ago I inherited a 2nd generation Apple iMac in "like new" condition. I used to want one of these badly in the late 90s because they were just way too cool looking with their stupid hockey-puck one-button mice. I'm far too frugal to pay Apple's prices so I never got one. Now that I've got …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2021-07-26, 13:08

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by KT7AGuy

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Some folks ditch hard drives entirely for Win9x and go with an IDE-to-CF adapter instead. That way you can use multiple CF cards for various builds and swap them in and out as you like. You can also use a CF card reader to read/write data to/from the CF card without booting the OS. https://www.ebay. …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2021-07-25, 21:02

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by KT7AGuy

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No need to lose data while doing your project. Based on your previous message, I'm assuming you have Win98SE on your PC currently. So, my advice is to install the USB Mass Storage Drivers (nusb33e.exe). The link to them is in the first post. Then just use a FAT32-formatted USB flash drive to save …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2021-07-25, 14:26

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by KT7AGuy

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You need to reformat the partition for a clean install. Better yet, blow away everything on the drive and repartition it as well. If you're unsure how to do that, use Darik's Boot and Nuke.

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2021-07-21, 19:37

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sirotkaslo, Warlord put it succinctly and I tend to agree: its about as stable as it can ever be in its vanilla state, the more crap you install on it the worst it gets. Microsoft no longer has the Windows Update website working for Win9x so that's my main reason for using the unofficial service …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2021-07-20, 20:49

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by KT7AGuy

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Our little hobby is pretty niche and this community, while widespread, is quite small. I know this isn't what you were talking about, but have you checked out antiX Linux? It will run on some pretty old hardware. https://antixlinux.com/ I recently installed it on an old 1.2Ghz Sony Vaio VGN-T350P …

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Re: Voodoo3 Cooling

Posted on 2021-07-19, 22:20

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by KT7AGuy

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Sorry, I was unaware that it already existed. I did this quite a long time ago. And I'm glad it's available now without getting dirty. I really like your design. I came up with something similar for one of my Voodoo 3 cards, but your idea is much more robust and securely attached. I took a slot …

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Re: Voodoo3 Cooling

Posted on 2021-07-19, 22:06

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by KT7AGuy

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teclillass, While I admire your ingenuity and craftsmanship, there are several cheap solutions available from eBay that are much easier to install: https://www.ebay.com/itm/313607546306 https://www.ebay.com/itm/274802316981 Edit: Oops! Joseph_Joestar beat me to it!

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