Re: Nvidia 5800 Ultra vs Radeon 9800 Pro

Posted on 2017-03-04, 06:36

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Without actually adding anything substantial to the discussion here, I just wanted to chime in to say that I find it a very interesting one to read :) When benchmarking things depend on many factors and the results (and opinions extracted from these results) reflect real world opinion on retro- …

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-03-04, 06:11

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by Tetrium

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It's really quite easy to see from the parts if the rig was used inside a smokers house. It's one of the reasons that smoking is never allowed inside my house no matter what. It's sticky. But ash is a different thing. it may be particles but I don't think those would seep inside a rig unless the …

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Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 05:56

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I'm curious about any compat issues not running the XP? The only ones I can think of are that AXP usually requires a PSU with good power on the 5v line (go for 30A or more, but you may find it very hard to find one such PSU in perfect working condition easily) and that at least the boards with VIA …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2017-03-03, 20:03

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: Nvidia RIVA 128: Gaming on a 20 year old Nvidia card: https://youtu.be/vige3LUVT5M Interesting! Learned a couple new things 😀 I never used a Riva128. Is TNT1 a lot different btw?

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Re: The K7 thread. CPUs, motherboards, performance and overclocking.

Posted on 2017-03-03, 19:43

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by Tetrium

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It's really quite easy to see from the parts if the rig was used inside a smokers house. It's one of the reasons that smoking is never allowed inside my house no matter what. It's sticky. But ash is a different thing. it may be particles but I don't think those would seep inside a rig unless the …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2017-03-02, 15:59

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by Tetrium

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Man I had some of those no brand 500/600W with impossible 3,3v/5v wattage that were almost lighter than the box they came with. Lol. Few components, ridicolous heatsinks and thin wires, even the black wall eletric plug could not stay well inserted into it. I'll never buy one again. Lately I've seen …

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Re: Upgrades for a Presario 2286

Posted on 2017-03-02, 15:53

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by Tetrium

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Which exact board do you have? And pics will help :) There's an informative website here , perhaps it will be of interest to you (it is to me :)). Chances are your board will support faster CPUs witha bit of fiddling around, but first you'll need to figure out which board you intend to be upgrading. …

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Re: Adventures In $0.99 Computer Lot Buying

Posted on 2017-03-02, 13:21

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by Tetrium

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I mean I know that they must make money out of these, but then, why don't they sell them in fonction of their weight? Be honest, how many people are really going to line up to buy 20 year old hardware? And I mean outside Vogons and other enthusiast forums? And who knows what will happen to our …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-03-02, 08:44

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by Tetrium

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Rhuwyn that's an amazing haul!! Fantastic!! Very well done! 😁 You should have a good time identifying and testing all that stuff, have fun! 😁

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Re: Super Socket 7 2D Cards

Posted on 2017-03-02, 08:29

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Agreed with above ^^ ss7 boards have roughly 2 main issues when it comes to AGP graphics cards (on top of the problems some cards may have on their own). Power draw problems due to poor voltage regulation implementation (not all boards were equally affected by this) and chipset problems (which is …

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Re: what type of drive rails are these?

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:53

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candle_86 wrote: I'm jealous I'd love to be able to 3d print replacement parts like case bezels, custom front panels, drive rails, ect so jealous of you ^Agreed 😀 Seems like a nice new challenge.

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Re: Beige sata DVD-RW drive. Something special or just another drive?

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:46

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I think beige optical SATA drives may turn into something interesting, especially if not very many of them were ever made. Remember that even s478 boards already featured SATA and IDE drives will at one point start to fail due to their age. Btw, beige IDE DVD drives (and especially burners!) are …

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Re: Adventures In $0.99 Computer Lot Buying

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:10

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by Tetrium

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Good times Tetrium :D I remember the "old days" when most here built high powered 486 133 MHz machines. And there was me, with my Super Socket 7 gear and going on about cache tricks :lol: These days you can sometimes get 486 gear for less than a decent SS7 board, how times have changed. So yes, …

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Re: Adventures In $0.99 Computer Lot Buying

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:07

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Good times Tetrium :D I remember the "old days" when most here built high powered 486 133 MHz machines. And there was me, with my Super Socket 7 gear and going on about cache tricks :lol: These days you can sometimes get 486 gear for less than a decent SS7 board, how times have changed. So yes, …

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Re: I need advice for a 3DFX Config

Posted on 2017-03-01, 16:18

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Am I the only one that is actually bothered by something like this (those are meant to put on your plastic freezer bags...)? Then again I do have a engineering background crying out to properly mount something..... (or someone who is crazy enough to go through hell for designing his own custom full …

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Re: what type of drive rails are these?

Posted on 2017-03-01, 15:46

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by Tetrium

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Could you please upload some pics of your case (and especially the way drives are supposed to be mounted in the drive bays)? I do remember having seen such a thing before, but this was veeery long time ago and back then I had no idea what these were for. If you aren't able to find these drive rails …

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Re: Adventures In $0.99 Computer Lot Buying

Posted on 2017-03-01, 15:14

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by Tetrium

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Using thriftstores here for scavenging old parts has been in decline for several years where I live and these days it's next to impossible to even find anything worthwhile. I actually seem to have more luck bumping into a PC left on the sidewalk then to find something for sale that is worth buying. …

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Re: ASUS P4P800-M, is that model strange?

Posted on 2017-02-28, 00:21

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OEM manufacturers ask companies to prepare special versions of their well known MoBo's for their crappy PC's. Same thing goes with Gigabyte, numerous non-googable model names I've encountered. I remember Fujitsu Siemens using custom Gigabyteboards and I also couldn't find my exact model number of …

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Re: What's in the box? Has 3 manufacturers on it.

Posted on 2017-02-28, 00:19

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Ok here's da party pooper and his unwanted pics. Box itself pretty thin and small(so no v5k or gf6800u inside),have same print on both sides and no particular info,anyway inside mine was this,so i bet u purchased same: http://i.imgur.com/L535Rxzl.jpg Cool party poop :lol: Looking at your box it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 08:37

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Model M is godly. I pray night and day for a bargain find. It was my first keyboard. Amazing typing.. I'm probably going to get killed by another vogoner for saying this but my all time favorite is some (presumably cheaply made) Acer Multimedia keyboard i found at a yard sale like 7 years ago for 2 …

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