Re: i5-3550P / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 650Ti / X-Fi

Posted on 2022-05-26, 10:25

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by GeorgeMan

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Nice, that's the first Ivy Bridge motherboard I've seen that straight up offers XP drivers right from the manufacturers site, I knew there had to be some out there! I gave up finding one myself when I built my first "retro" WinXP PC and just went with Sandy Bridge. Nah, I have two and they both do. …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2021-08-23, 21:55

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by GeorgeMan

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Hi, I've read the whole topic. It seems that 4coredual-vsta has compatibility issues with any pcie 3.0 GPU. The fastest compatible seems to be GTX580 and the newest some pcie2.0 variant of GT730. BUT! How about Quadro K42oo 4GB GDDR5 256bit? I have a couple of them, they seem to be pcie 2.0, even …

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Re: Win 98, XP & 8.1 fully supported on one dual core PC? Here is my retro approach!

Posted on 2021-07-31, 13:21

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by GeorgeMan

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Replace the fan with PWM fan for the CPU heatsink. Your motherboard has PWM support. This will make fan much quieter if you don't mind spending is noctura. Cheers, Hi, This build is long ago sold, but I have to say I miss it. :/ Staying with latest officially supported hardware made 98SE experience …

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Re: DFI CS65-EC Tualatin compatibility?

Posted on 2021-07-14, 09:48

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by GeorgeMan

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Thank you for the info. I found this post so I thought there was some hope http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?topic=1257.0

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DFI CS65-EC Tualatin compatibility?

Posted on 2021-07-13, 20:54

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by GeorgeMan

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Hi everyone, I have a tualeron 1200 and I've found the following motherboard to buy: http://www.yjfy.com/D/DFI/mainboard/CS65-EC.htm It's a DFI CS65-EC. I can't find any info whether it supports Tualatin PIII class CPUs or not. No info on 815E stepping. Does anyone know any better than me? 😀

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Re: P2B With AGP Issues

Posted on 2018-05-15, 10:35

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by GeorgeMan

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Yep, I've also problems with my ASUS P2B and a Geforce 2 GTS. They all disappear when I install a Voodoo3 or a simple S3 agp card... But I want the GTS there...

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Re: Asrock 775i65G Millenium/XP Build

Posted on 2018-01-17, 18:41

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by GeorgeMan

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I have this specific motherboard with E6500k and an HD3850/512. Some very late games are actually cpu limited!! When you overclock it, you lose speedstep, which kinda hits my OCD :p

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Re: Smallest Socket 7 Motherboard

Posted on 2017-12-31, 22:50

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by GeorgeMan

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Better chance to find an old desktop board with everything integrated. Or some el cheapo of the past 😁

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Re: New Project: Windows XP machine with max compatibility

Posted on 2017-08-03, 13:36

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by GeorgeMan

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Exactly that. So the problems were under Vista, not the DX10 cards to blame. 😉

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Re: New Project: Windows XP machine with max compatibility

Posted on 2017-08-03, 09:18

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by GeorgeMan

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Graphics card My choice: 7800 or 7900 GTX. This was a tough one. I wanted a DirectX9 card because DX10 cards "emulated" DX9 causing some performance issues for DX9 games not to mention graphical glitches in some games. Can you give any specific example on this? Because I'm well aware that there are …

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Re: Cannot get Gravis Gamepad Pro to work with Windows 98SE!

Posted on 2017-08-02, 08:01

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by GeorgeMan

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Thank you for your answers. I don't have any other sound cards installed in that machine and I don't want to install any other. Maybe I should try one for test, but I think it'll be alright, as is in the other machine. I also don't have another gameport gamepad, so I can't really test the …

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Re: Cannot get Gravis Gamepad Pro to work with Windows 98SE!

Posted on 2017-08-01, 06:37

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by GeorgeMan

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Anyone please help? 😢 Should I install SB Pro2 drivers? But everything I find is floppies for DOS... But in the device manager there is a gameport showing up with no exclamation marks.

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Re: New Project: Windows XP machine with max compatibility

Posted on 2017-07-31, 11:51

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by GeorgeMan

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Many applications need hacks to install on server OS though.

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Re: New Project: Windows XP machine with max compatibility

Posted on 2017-07-31, 11:07

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by GeorgeMan

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If you think about it, something with a Core i3 (sandy/ivy) / 4-8GB RAM / Nvidia GTX770-950 / SB Audigy2ZS with XP 32bit and 7 64bit, and you can run EVERYTHING PC-wise from 2000-2015+, emulate many many many systems like Nintendo NES/SNES/N64/Wii/DS/GB/GBC/GBA, SEGA Dreamcast/Master System, Sony …

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-07-31, 08:43

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by GeorgeMan

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There is another problem with wiki: Here there it only mentions that ALL GF4MX 4x0 cards are 128bit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_ … GeForce4_series But I have a GF4 MX440/8x that is 64bit, thus falls a bit behind a GF2 GTS. 😉

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Cannot get Gravis Gamepad Pro to work with Windows 98SE!

Posted on 2017-07-31, 08:35

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by GeorgeMan

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Hello fellow VOGONerS! I have problem trying to get a Gravis Gamepad Pro (gameport edition) working in my Win98SE retro machine. I attach it to the gameport of my Soundblaster Pro 2 (CT1600), that works good under Windows. I have set the jumpers to SB classic (IRQ7 etc) and disabled LPT port in BIOS …

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Re: Halcyon

Posted on 2017-07-31, 08:27

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by GeorgeMan

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My favorite retro case! Be sure to take good care of it (and do some cable management in there! :p ) Results seem pretty much OK.

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Re: 775i65G AGP beast

Posted on 2017-07-22, 17:54

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by GeorgeMan

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vetz wrote: Zollex wrote: I need bios mod 3.22 for Wolfdale, not official bios, fool! No reason to call him fool, he only tried to help. Probably due to bad English though. 😊

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2017-07-20, 06:39

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by GeorgeMan

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Excellent! Keep it up!

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Re: Is Vista now Retro

Posted on 2017-07-18, 11:09

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by GeorgeMan

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I actually consider Vista as Retro. It's not a matter of age; it's a matter of rarity! I think that one can have only two retro systems and have covered 99,9% of all old games. 1) A fast PC that supports XP (something like a Core i3 Sandybridge, 4GB RAM, any fast GPU up to Radeon 7950/Nvidia 780). …

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