Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?
Posted on 2020-06-29, 20:59
Re: Asus CUBX - Tualatin Modded
Posted on 2019-05-09, 18:18
Great system. You don't see enough CUB-X setups as most of the attention is on the P3B-F. It's a better board than the P3B-F; much better / faster CPU options for example (as you've shown). I think there even 2 ISA versions floating about. That said, I think you want to really be using the ISA to …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-05-09, 09:11
Not exactly “today” but 2019 so far 2x Matrox G400 Max 2x ti4600 (someone dumped 30 cards for 30 a piece a little while ago) 3x promise s150 cards Basically just buying good stuff when I see a big recycling company dumping on ebay below individual seller prices.
Re: List the CPUs you owned when they were new
Posted on 2019-05-07, 06:41
Skipping a few along the way but pentium 100mhz pentium ii 350 pentium !!! 600e athlon xp 1.4 pentium 4 1.6a c2d E6600 i7 2600k I try to delay upgrading until I can upgrade to a chip I think will be a classic someday.
Re: What would be the fastest XP Setup - theoretically?
Posted on 2019-05-07, 06:33
As already mentioned the z77 chipset and like the 3770k and a GTX Titan Black would be the fastest XP 32bit install I can think of.
Re: Looking for decent pentium 2/3 laptop for late DOS and win 98 gaming.
Posted on 2019-05-07, 06:28
Thinkpad 600E or 600X would be at the top of my list.
Re: Post your 'current' PC
Posted on 2018-10-21, 15:21
It looks very modern... can't even tell it houses a nearly 8 year old CPU. I'm hoping I won't be tempted to upgrade until it becomes a 10 year old CPU. I would say currently I can't think of a reason to upgrade it. I know there will be people running these as their main CPU when it's a 20 year old …
Re: Post your 'current' PC
Posted on 2018-10-20, 13:00
This isn't really my current PC because I use other computers much more frequently. But it's certainly my fastest PC and when it comes to getting work done (long coding session), I don't hesitate to sit down at it. 2600k@4.5Ghz 32GB DDR3 Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Corsair H90 with Noctua PWM fan Sapphire …
Re: K6-III+ build
Posted on 2018-06-20, 14:20
Would you also include 3dMark99?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-06-20, 08:07
A few recent buys Intel Celeron SL6C6 1.4GHz 100MHz Enermax EG495P-VE, 32A on 3.3 and 5 and 22A on the 12s! noice Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics
Re: Post your 'current' PC
Posted on 2018-05-20, 10:43
This isn't really my current PC because I use other computers much more frequently. But it's certainly my fastest PC and when it comes to getting work done (long coding session), I don't hesitate to sit down at it. 2600k@4.5Ghz 32GB DDR3 Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Corsair H90 with Noctua PWM fan Sapphire …
Re: Artex's Build of the Week: 1998 was great!
Posted on 2018-02-20, 17:45
Looks great. I strongly recommend building some kind of support for the 200Sbi. It's very easy for long cards like that to warp with gravity.
Re: Pentium 3 Build - Video Card Choice
Posted on 2017-11-09, 17:50
I ended up settling on a GeForce 3 Ti200. Though I'm not quite building my P3 just yet, Ti500 seems to be the most attractive option. Sadly, it looks like many people think the same :angry:. Ti200 or even Ti4200 are both decent options as well for an Nvidia fan, and I guess Radeon 7500/8500 for ATI …
Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?
Posted on 2017-03-12, 14:41
A64 gets my vote, particularly for the added instruction set. I'm a fan of the 754 venice personally.
Re: Selling my two 98SE rigs, how to come up with a value?
Posted on 2016-02-25, 15:13
The eBay computer that sold for close to $400 is A) new or newish and B) contains some cherished parts, namely the 1.4 tuatalin and ti4600. This is widely considered one of the best configurations for W98SE gaming outside of the 1.4 tuatalin / Voodoo 5500 combo (a personal favorite). Unfortunately …
Re: What Piece of PC Hardware Have You Owned Longest
Posted on 2015-09-03, 17:53
The oldest on my person is my 8800GT from 2008. I moved in 2009 and everything pre 2009 was left with family or thrown out. I just have that 8800GT.
Re: Dumb things you've done (or have seen someone else do) on a computer
Posted on 2015-09-03, 17:46
Ah I'll jump in. Dumbest thing I've done on a computer has easily by far and away been my naive donation of personal information to corporations and governments. Mostly over the last 10 years I would say. Otherwise, hardware wise, I don't think I've ever done anything dumb. Maybe applied thermal …
Re: From best to worst - BX boards
Posted on 2015-08-25, 03:29
I didn't think it got any better than a P3B-F on BX (except maybe a cubx?)
Re: Athlon K7 Slot A Build - Y2K Ready :-)
Posted on 2015-08-22, 02:00
Great rig. Dig the case!
Re: Post your 'current' PC
Posted on 2015-08-20, 23:23
2600k@4.5Ghz 32GB DDR3 This computer is almost retro at this point. 2021 it'll be full retro. Umm, how is this almost retro? Considering that newer platforms aren't noticeable faster than a 2600K at stock speed, and you have a gigantic amount of RAM in there... no, that's not retro at all, even in …
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