Re: 1GHz P3's - which one runs cooler?

Posted on 2019-07-29, 03:01

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You have one or the other to choose from... die exposed or one with IHS(integrated Heat Spreader). Thank you for the generous gift! Since i already have one with exposed die, I'll take the IHS ! :happy: I think you misunderstood... i was just showing examples of the Pentium3 1ghz/133 cpus that were …

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Re: 1GHz P3's - which one runs cooler?

Posted on 2019-07-29, 02:00

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You have one or the other to choose from... die exposed or one with IHS(integrated Heat Spreader).

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-07-28, 22:05

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks best to have the fastest processor available, so if your FPS suffers, blame it on the GPU and not the CPU... depending on the game of course.

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Re: My 486 back to live.

Posted on 2019-07-21, 20:06

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I seriously wish i knew what i did with mine, my very first... i also had a dx4-100mhz system, i bought it new back in mar1996 for my b-day from computer shopper when i was stationed overseas in the azores. Sadly, this is the only picture i could find, and this is from mid 1997 when i came back to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-21, 15:34

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by Bige4u

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ATI 8500 64mb 3.3ns Original clocks @ 275/275(550)... online reviews puts this particular video card @ 300/300(600) overclocked, but i will not be doing the same to find out, it was fun back in the day though, now i just run everything as is, this thing even rivals the GF4 Ti4400 video card.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-20, 02:35

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by Bige4u

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Bought this Quadro 900xgl 128mb AGP to upgrade my win98se rig. Hope I can pick the right drivers for it, anyone have experience getting it to play nice with games? Wonder if I can use the Rivaturner program to soft mod it into a GF4 4600 or whatever the equal is. Its equal to a GF4 Ti4600 http:// …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-14, 00:24

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Asus CUV4X-D... the pdf manual doesnt say anything about tualatin cpus, specifically up to 1400S, but figure i'd give it a go since i saw a person on YT put together a system with them both detected and working just fine using XP, if it works for me with just the one 1400S i have already, then i'll …

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Re: Voodoo3 + Via 133 chipset freeze

Posted on 2019-07-13, 15:57

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ Video

Now thats what 3DFX should have done with all their Voodoo3 cards from the git go.... adding a fan to a heatsink that got blistering hot while in use, gaming or not, the Voodoo4/5 cards had fans. Btw.... use v4.43 4in1 driver for the via apollo pro 133 chipsets, i happen to have an Aopen AX64 …

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Re: Games that make Voodoo3-3000 16mb "cough" ?

Posted on 2019-07-13, 09:49

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by Bige4u

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Since the cpu fsb is 200mhz internally and if you were using just pc100 memory, it would be running at the default clock speed of 650mhz(100x6.5), but since you are using pc133, perhaps inadvertanly, the system is running overclocked w/o you knowing @ 865mhz(133x6.5) and running at the default …

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Re: Games that make Voodoo3-3000 16mb "cough" ?

Posted on 2019-07-11, 04:20

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by Bige4u

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What processor are you using.... usually you'll want at max is, a 1ghz cpu to get more than resonable framerates when using the voodoo3 3000 videocard.

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Re: AMD 5x86 @200

Posted on 2019-07-10, 11:27

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just go socket7 with a p200 and be done with it?

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Re: Athlon XP Socket A system for 98/XP gaming?

Posted on 2019-07-08, 23:40

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by Bige4u

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Again... figure it would be in your best intrest going with XP to take full advantage of the 2gb(ddr) max since the Biostar M7VIG motherboard supprts it, WIN98 tends to max out at 512mb, its like system castration, stick with earlier pentium3 systems for running WIN98 where those motherboards tends …

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Re: Athlon XP Socket A system for 98/XP gaming?

Posted on 2019-07-08, 05:40

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Unless you're trying to overclock or use high-end Barton, 30A is not required. Maybe... but I'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. /boyscout Dragonslayer182 ... after giving it some thought after my 1st post, perhaps you are better off with a straight up XP build, you …

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Re: Athlon XP Socket A system for 98/XP gaming?

Posted on 2019-07-08, 04:29

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by Bige4u

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I'd say, just keep it as a deticated WIN98/DOS machine with 512mb max and a GF3 video card... much like one of my current systems(sig). I cant stress enough on the power supply to be used on these retro systems... a name brand unit that provides considerable amperage on the +5v rail of at least 30a …

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-07-07, 16:58

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I may have done the overkill thing once..... i didnt know any better at the time, and i was upgrading every chance i got, back in 2005, running win98 because i still havent aquired winxp, or i may have, i cant remember, i had an intel 650mhz slot-1 on a gigabyte GA-6VXE+ agp2x via chipset …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-07, 03:50

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by Bige4u

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Figure i couldnt pass up bidding on this four piece gem on ebay..... won it all for $92 shipped. Asus Tusl2-c / pentium3 1ghz / 512mb pc133 / ati 9600XT 256mb ddr2

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-07-05, 02:32

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I really dig those cases that have a removable motherboard tray... makes system building so much easier.

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Re: Asus Tusl2-c smd question

Posted on 2019-07-05, 02:27

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You're definitely right that everything has a purpose - however not everything is absolutely necessary. My TUSL2-C board is missing a resistor for the PLED, and another resistor is about to fall off. Board still works, but the front panel power LED won't turn on. Thats not exactly a mission …

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Re: Asus Tusl2-c smd question

Posted on 2019-07-04, 22:35

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What ever its for, thankgoodness i caught it before the system build was completed and powered on, who knows what might have happened... like not powering up or killed the motherboard and/or cpu instantly, everything on the mobo has its purpose. I made sure it wouldnt happend again... i used a HSF …

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Asus Tusl2-c smd question

Posted on 2019-07-04, 15:38

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by Bige4u

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I currently put together an Asus Tusl2-c system and even when carefully clamping down the cpu HSF, i accidently knocked of a SMD capacitor thats in close proximity to the cpu socket, but thankfully to my many years of soldering experience, i was able to reattach it with a normal sized 30w pencil …

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