Re: POLL: What is your favorite vintage processor?

Posted on 2014-03-04, 06:45

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Athlon MP - Mainly because Intel killed off non-Xeon dual processor support after the P3. P3-S 1.4GHz Tualatin - As other's have said, this thing SCREAMS. Celeron 466 - I had mine running at 525MHz for years without so much as a hiccup. Pentium Pro 200 - Because it's the first truly great processor …

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Re: Is the GeForce 256 rare?

Posted on 2014-02-08, 23:40

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Wasn't the Elsa card actually the Quadro variant? That would function slightly differently than the mainstream card. Elsa made both a Geforce256 card and a Quadro card. Elsa Erazor X = Geforce 256 Elsa Gloria II = Quadro. I own a 64MB Gloria II. It's sitting in an IBM 300PL tower in an NLX bracket …

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Re: Is the GeForce 256 rare?

Posted on 2014-02-06, 18:37

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I've found them on Ebay occasionally when looking for the Elsa Erazor, since the Erazor X was their Geforce256 offering.

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Re: Motherboard with AGP 4x and PCI 64

Posted on 2014-01-27, 06:23

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I have a Tyan Tiger MP based dual Athlon MP machine right now (typically running CentOS but I needed it for WinXP temporarily). Has 4 PCI-X and 2 PCI slots as well as a 2x/4x AGP slot.

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Re: debating between two retro rigs - SSE in win98 games

Posted on 2014-01-26, 00:08

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Hardwar has a hardcoded low framerate cap. It's designed to "run bad" - but more on with keeping the parity of the game with the lower system specs. It's just as playable on a lower-end P5... really? Never knew that. I coulda swore it had better frame rates when I played it back in the day on my …

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Re: debating between two retro rigs - SSE in win98 games

Posted on 2014-01-25, 23:39

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so after having run the Optiplex GX200, I've decided to build the Athlon machine after all. The deciding factor was Hardwar. I installed it last night on the Optiplex and it runs HORRIBLY. I don't remember it running this bad but it's been so long since I've played it that I just might not remember …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-01-25, 23:22

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mwdmeyer wrote: Yeah I ended up with an R5000 the CPU is only the R5000PC/150 but better than nothing 😀 well, considering that the Indy topped out at the R5000/180 getting a 150 isn't so bad. I'm torn though. I do want another SGI box, and the Indy would be a treat, but an O2 beckons.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-01-25, 05:16

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[quote="mwdmeyer"]Just picked up about 18 SGI machines from a collection. I now own 15 indys (going to sell some). One of the Indys is an R4400/200 with XZ video, which should be nice to try. Couple of the o2 are R10K too (only 175MHz though). I posted this over at OCAU as well :) https://support. …

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Re: IBM PC-300PL - Diamond powered!

Posted on 2014-01-25, 05:13

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on the lower end of the bracket on this card is a small square that can be snapped off (permanantly). If you take that off, remove the standard mounting bracket, and replace it with an NLX bracket, you can use it in any PC that has an NLX slot for AGP cards. That's exactly what I've done here. My …

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Re: IBM PC-300PL - Diamond powered!

Posted on 2014-01-24, 19:35

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If you're not afraid of butchering a video card, those machines can accept a wide variety of AGP cards. Edit to add: My one that I got rid of a few years ago had a P3-850, 512MB RAM, TNT2-M64 video card. Was bought as a P2-350, 128MB RAM and onboard video. no, they can't. Some older AGP cards are …

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Re: Pentium II - Voodoo PCI vs AGP

Posted on 2014-01-23, 16:36

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I almost tossed a Quantum Big Foot 6GB drive last month!!! Don't know why I kept it, but I still have it. I DID toss the 12BG Bigfoot I had 'cause it was near death. This board is getting me depressed thinking about all the stuff I've tossed out recently. Anywho, have you ever thought of tracking …

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Re: TNT2-M64 or Radeon 7200 SDR for Win98?

Posted on 2014-01-19, 05:38

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thanks. Posting from the machine now (thank you Opera!!!) and I'm running the Radeon 7200 (Radeon SDR).

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TNT2-M64 or Radeon 7200 SDR for Win98?

Posted on 2014-01-18, 23:57

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Doing my Optiplex GX200 build right now. I'm copying drivers and whatnot to my second drive and I'm wondering if I should go ahead and just use the on-board TNT2-M64 or the Radeon 7200 SDR that I have. I know the TNT2 drivers are rock solid under 98, but I've never used anything better than a …

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Re: debating between two retro rigs - SSE in win98 games

Posted on 2014-01-18, 23:34

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Working on the Optiplex build right now. Completely forgot that I had a second drive in it, so I'm going to do something I always did back in the Win98 days. I repartition the second drive to have two partitions instead of one and copy the contents of the Win98 disc and all of the drivers I need to …

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Re: Win98SE & Compact Flash = SLOW?

Posted on 2014-01-17, 22:40

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Too much talking, I want to see some benchmarks of your storage solutions :lol: ... http://s9.postimg.org/t75bqv74f/Crystal_D_HDD_ATA33_NTFS_Tualatin_1470_140_MH.gif http://s30.postimg.org/6dtg7ggxt/Crystal_D_CF_Transcend_8_GB_400x_ATA33_Tualatin.gif http://picturepush.com/photo/a/12272194/img/ …

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Re: Decent retro gaming laptops

Posted on 2014-01-17, 18:59

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I had a Dell Latitude CP (CP-M233ST) that had a 233MHz Pentium MMX, NeoMagic video, and some random SBPro compatible audio chipset. Ran Win98SE flawlessly, especially after I maxed out the memory on it to 128MB. Mine had the larger 12" (iirc) 1024x768 and scaled video wiout a problem, even though it …

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Re: fastest isa video card in windows? (2d acceleration included)

Posted on 2014-01-17, 17:54

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Maybe the Matrox Impression Plus? It even had some 3D features.

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Re: Win98SE & Compact Flash = SLOW?

Posted on 2014-01-17, 17:33

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Good point.. Interesting, I guess I never knew they made PATA SSDs. I wonder if something like this would suffice...just don't like off-brand stuff. :P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1K60RX7180 KingSpec 1.8-inch PATA (IDE) Solid State Disk SSD. 44-pin IDE interface, 32GB …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-01-15, 22:28

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The HEC 350TA will fit... they're not fantastic PSUs, but they're not bad either. Some of the older Sparkle units will also work, but they can be a bit tough to find. Though, personally, I just take a Dremel to the back of the case so that any random ATX unit will fit... the mounting holes are the …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-01-15, 21:33

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Is the Dimension 8200 using a normal ATX board?You could use an micro-ATX Socket 462 board or a Socket 370 board. If you're asking about mine, it's using the Dell board (ATX-ish) that it shipped with. i850 chipset and PC800 RAMBUS memory. It's down because I need to buy a PSU for it and a standard …

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