Re: The Witcher 2

Posted on 2011-05-09, 07:13

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I didn't know anything about Andrej Sapkowski's works until buying the game, so I would say it doesn't hurt (that you don't read the books first), but reading them wouldn't hurt. The game itself is based on one of his novels, or a mish-mash of them (I can't recall offhand). Some people I know have …

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Re: Hardware you regret parting with, or you wish didn't die

Posted on 2011-05-01, 04:07

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Regret parting with: Sapphire Radeon 3850 512mb AGP Regret died: Aopen AX33 DFI NF3 Ultra D

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Re: Quick question about underclocking a Pentium 2

Posted on 2011-04-21, 02:17

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by sgt76

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The other thing to note on the ooposite end of things is that you can run an unlocked Klamath at 133mhz and upwards bus speeds using a lower multi - sort like an early Extreme Ed chip. 333mhz at 133x2.5 anyone?:pppt:

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-21, 02:04

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by sgt76

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@gerwin: PC2 indeed has a nice case. What is it?

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Re: GeForce 6 question.

Posted on 2011-04-21, 02:02

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by sgt76

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Same here, 6800GS on a 3ghz P4 and it's still cpu bottlenecked

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Re: Question about caching memory

Posted on 2011-04-20, 07:33

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by sgt76

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I thought I read somewhere that Klamath has the best cache ram chips of any PII - better than Deschutes?

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Re: Question about caching memory

Posted on 2011-04-20, 03:55

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swaaye wrote: Pentium II "Klamath" however has a 512MB limit. So this means no more than 512mb ram on a Klamath system then? Strange....

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The Witcher 2

Posted on 2011-04-20, 02:58

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oOOOOoo.......26 more days to release date. And I have already pre-ordered my Collectors pack with Geralt's scarred mug, nude play cards, box a' fisstech and all. I loved the original game so much it ranks Number 1 without a doubt on my top games list of all time (can you tell? :wink:) . And at the …

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Re: Do you have any odd collecting habits?

Posted on 2011-04-20, 02:39

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Oh man! I think to be here in the first place you have to have some sort of odd hoarding disorder. For me, it's collecting hardware- and it has to be in multiples too for backup, like 3 s370 boards, 6 slot 1 chips, etc at a time. And cases- I love cases! Only my wife's grublings about the space …

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Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-04-20, 02:30

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My personal specs for each O/S: 95OSR2- Anything below 300Mhz, 32mb-128mb ram, 2gb hd, 2mb video card. Fastest system I've run with 95OSR2 for any length of time was a P233 MMX, 128mb ram (Intel 430HX- so fully cacheable), 2gb Maxtor, 2mb ATi Rage. Very smooth and responsive- much much faster than …

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Re: help with a late 90s/early 2000s rig

Posted on 2011-04-20, 02:11

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by sgt76

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Late 90s/ early 2000s rig, eh? Your looking for a 500Mhz cpu and above, 256mb ram, a Voodoo3 would be nice, a Sound Blaster card- Live! is best but if you can get an AWE64, 16 or even PCI128, that would be okay and fully compatible too, 10gb and upwards hard drive, Windows 98SE. So basically, a Slot …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-17, 08:23

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@Lennart: Very nice rig mate! I would just change one thing if it was mine - a Voodoo Rush would be more period correct- but still that's just me personal pref. Cheers!

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-17, 08:20

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OK, update on the soyo. Some extensive test have been done this weekend, and here are the findings: 1) When using 100mhz bus speed chips, i.e. Celeron- this board doesn't give the correct pci dividers at 133mhz. So I had to pin mod my 1000a into a default (BSEL 1 mod) 133mhz chip. Then it was …

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-12, 17:41

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I meant 13x as in one hundred and thirty something, not 13x multi... if I had a chance of getting 166x13 = 2158mhz, then there would be no expletives in the world that I know of that could describe that! 😁

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-12, 14:15

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My 1000A is an SL5ZF Phillipines chip- supposed to be a good one unlike the 1200 dud I had earlier. Tonight's preliminary testing it POST up to 185fsb with a 1.65v (actual 1.7v in bios) wire mod. I'm sure I can get 13x-140mhz stable without blinking. 150mhz would be golden and 166mhz + would be an …

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Re: Geforce 3 Ti200, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-12, 06:51

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by sgt76

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I have one of those black pcb GF3 Ti 200s too. Though mine lacks a DVI connector (VGA only). Pretty powerful for a 9 yr old 64mb card. Do your test results translate also to real world performance, i.e. that 43.45 is the best driver for use on a Win98 retro gaming rig?

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-12, 05:58

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by sgt76

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I got a different chip to use on this board, a 1000A. Hopefully this will work at 133mhz FSB at least. 150mhz would be FTW.

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Re: Geforce 3 Ti200, basic info.

Posted on 2011-04-12, 00:52

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I think the pace is about the same for the last 12 years or so. Cards usually last 3 yrs, and then by the 4th year they are so outdated they have to be replaced.

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-11, 12:46

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No POST anymore? I'm confident the mobo still works. Please try the following: 1) Remove the mains plug from the wall 2) Put the CMOS jumper in to the "clear data" position 3) Remove the wire mod. I think it confuses the BIOS. I have now removed mine. I don't think it's 100% stable/reliable. 4) …

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-08, 08:06

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[quote="elfuego"]Guys , cmon... wtf - you do all that, you post @ 166 with maxed timings and you dont post Sandra 200x results? Where are the 3dmarks? Thumbs up for DOS benchmark, but we wanna see some real stuff :P And feel free to compare it to the KT133a XP-m @ >2ghz.[quote] Woulda done that, but …

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