Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-27, 16:08

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by Trashbytes

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Got a box of six motherboards for 15 bucks. the interesting ones are Asus p3b-f, Epox nforce 2, giga 8vt800, the rest are meh. will they work or they all are junk. lol A.jpg B.jpg Violet one is so messed up it's going to work 100% LOL Good luck and post back for the curious bunch. Here's the update …

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-27, 11:54

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That 300A was likely a mistake on Intel's part or a genius move by their marketing boys to get even more mind share, wouldn't have been the first time Intel has done a move like that to grab a bigger market share. If it was a mistake, they gladly repeated it 1:1 with the E4300 which would usually …

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-27, 10:44

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It was popular world wide but I dare say the 300A was also just as popular if not more so with the budget crowd who wanted unparalleled bang for buck so they could throw more money at the GPU. That 300A was likely a mistake on Intel's part or a genius move by their marketing boys to get even more …

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Re: Epic store

Posted on 2024-05-27, 10:17

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If you can buy a game you want from GoG then I would suggest you do that if you actually want to OWN the game. Judging by EULA , you do not own games on GoG too. They are linked to your account which can't be inherited/traded/etc. The only difference is the lack of DRM, so GoG is just not stopping …

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Re: Epic store

Posted on 2024-05-27, 07:56

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Not sure what you mean by lose but Epic games is a store front just like Steam, Epic doesn't have quite the range Steam does but its neither better or worse than Steam and the only reason to use it is for the exclusives you cant buy on Steam or for the free games. You should also realise that you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-27, 07:11

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PcBytes wrote on 2024-05-27, 06:54: B2, already recapped it with 2008 Nichicon HMs and no change. Mine didn't have any bulged Teapo caps prior to recap, though. hmm odd, Im guessing you already reflashed the bios too, shame if it is dead they really are great boards.

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Re: PCI cards don't fit, different PCI thickness?

Posted on 2024-05-27, 04:34

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by Trashbytes

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Perhaps the card is designed that way because it doesn't support 3.3v only PCI slots, universal is meant to signify that it supports either but that's not always the case and being a USB card it likely wants a 5v slot to provide +5V to USB peripherals which a 3.3v only slot cant do. I know that …

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Re: PCI cards don't fit, different PCI thickness?

Posted on 2024-05-27, 04:32

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by Trashbytes

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*pop...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-27, 04:24

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by Trashbytes

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Ups and downs yesterday. Ups: - ASUS P5P800 - works although it likely needs a new BIOS chip as the one it has corrupts itself without me doing anything. Known good RAM was used. - EPoX EP-8KRAI - works, had to replace socket plastics as one side of the tabs were broken. Came with a Sempron 2600, …

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-26, 17:24

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"No other CPU made such a difference" Really????? The z80, 6502 and m68000 would like to have a chat with you. I mean you could go back to the 8008 too which essentially started the lineage of the architecture we still use today (although I can’t remember if the 4004 was also part of that or just a …

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Re: PCI cards don't fit, different PCI thickness?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 14:58

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Perhaps the card is designed that way because it doesn't support 3.3v only PCI slots, universal is meant to signify that it supports either but that's not always the case and being a USB card it likely wants a 5v slot to provide +5V to USB peripherals which a 3.3v only slot cant do. I don't see how …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 14:15

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oh2ftu wrote on 2024-05-25, 14:14: A Celeron 333 for 2,50eur. + shipping (6e). No idea if it'll work or not 😀 Slot 1 or Socket 370 type ?

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Re: PCI cards don't fit, different PCI thickness?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 14:13

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by Trashbytes

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I've never seen a USB card with a Molex adapter but I dont see why it wouldn't be possible, perhaps Evilbay can provide a solution, them Chinese fellas get pretty creative with their angry pixie shenanigans. Other users here may also have ideas about this.

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Re: PCI cards don't fit, different PCI thickness?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 13:44

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by Trashbytes

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Perhaps the card is designed that way because it doesn't support 3.3v only PCI slots, universal is meant to signify that it supports either but that's not always the case and being a USB card it likely wants a 5v slot to provide +5V to USB peripherals which a 3.3v only slot cant do.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 11:09

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Okay, I think there must have been a misunderstanding. I wasn't talking about the AGP bus bottlenecks in my reply because I was referring to this statement: ... in saying this, it sounds like you're saying that even an overclocked QX6800 would be the bottleneck on these GPU (period). But you were …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 08:12

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Yes, people seem to forget that AGP 8X and PCIe 1.0 X16 are the same speed and bandwidth. AGP 8X was a really huge improvement over AGP 4x and AGPs demise was mainly due to other issues not related to bandwidth or speed. Pcie is simply technically superior in ways most people don't care about, and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 06:56

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mtest001 wrote on 2024-05-25, 06:52: I love the i7 7th gen... Beautiful performances. yeh, the I5 is headed for the upgrade but the I7, was thinking it would be good in a SFF Mini Itx machine for lounge gaming, not sure what GPU to pair it with but something in the 10 or 20 series may work ok if I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 06:25

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Nab this lot of 10 Intel CPUs hoping on the off chance there might have been a unicorn in the 478 models, sadly there wasn't but there was a I5-9400 in there which is a bit surprising to see in a bunch of retro CPUs, the other CPU of note is a nice I7-7700. Going to keep the I5 and I7 to upgrade a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-25, 06:19

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I don't think it's accurate to make sweeping generalizations about bottlenecks. Performance is always dependent on the software and settings first, then the hardware. If you're trying to play a graphically intensive game at a high resolution or with anti-aliasing on an HD 3850 + QX6800, the CPU …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 05:55

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by Trashbytes

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PS: Btw, is it just me or is the nostalgia for 98SE general ly a bit stronger than that of Win95? I remember Windows 95 from when it was new, I've even used it on my father's PC early on. But for some reason, to me, merely Hover and the Win95 Setup wallpaper (setup.bmp) are causing strong emotions. …

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