Re: My K6 build :D

Posted on 2017-01-25, 23:59

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by Tetrium

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I heard rumors back in 2001/2002 of someone hitting 800mhz on a K6-2+ not sure if that was true I do remember vaguely about someone getting over 700MHz, but I'm not sure if this person was using liquid nitrogen or some other more exotic CPU cooling. But there's lots of weird stuff on the internet …

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-25, 22:57

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candle_86 wrote: Just go with an X2 6400 and call it a day I don't think those are supported by all AM2 motherboards though.

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-25, 22:35

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by Tetrium

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mrau wrote: if it were s939, what would be the possible max cache here then? 1MB iirc

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Re: What happened

Posted on 2017-01-25, 22:33

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My focus is mainly games. If I weren't playing games, I'd most likely never have a good reason to actually build computers. Heck, I only started playing old games on hardware that was mostly old stuff simply because this was the cheapest thing to do at the time and my pockets were shallow. …

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Re: 450 P2 on an ASUS P2B or AMD K6-2 400 on a SS7?

Posted on 2017-01-25, 22:06

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by Tetrium

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In fact, it ignores the CPU multiplier jumpers on the motherboard, so you don't even have to bother with that - though you are welcome to move jumpers around if you want to. That's because the Katmai is multiplier locked, but earlier chips in fact had some of their multipliers unlocked (mostly …

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Re: Recommend me some parts?

Posted on 2017-01-25, 21:59

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Nah that's cool. I think this board is actually very accomodating space wise around the socket. I've found posts through google where people have said they've used socket A coolers Provided the footprint is right and the PSU in the case isn't in the way a 5cm or 6cm cooler should fit OK. It's a …

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-25, 21:57

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by Tetrium

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Depending on the OS, you might even consider using an Athlon single core with it. I ended up using some AM2 2.2GHz single core with a LOT of cache! whats a lot of cache for an am2 single core please? i always thought of dual cores, they sometimes have big shared l2/l3 cache that might boost even …

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-25, 19:48

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by Tetrium

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Depending on the OS, you might even consider using an Athlon single core with it. I ended up using some AM2 2.2GHz single core with a LOT of cache!

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Re: New socket 5/7 build advice

Posted on 2017-01-25, 19:46

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by Tetrium

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One more comment i'll say is that persistence and patience are often well rewarded. What I would personally do is keep checking local classified both on the internet and in the paper. Setup ebay seaches to e-mail you for new listings that match your search. I pretty much get everything either off …

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Re: WTB: PCMCIA Sound Cards with SB emulation

Posted on 2017-01-25, 18:15

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by Tetrium

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Buying and selling is not allowed here on Vogons (thigns went wrong a couple times etc, captains orders 😜), just fyi.

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Re: 450 P2 on an ASUS P2B or AMD K6-2 400 on a SS7?

Posted on 2017-01-25, 18:02

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by Tetrium

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From version 1.12 should officially support Coppermine and while officialy 1.10 didn't support Coppermine, many of them in fact did (like mine). It's exactly as described by Gerwin.

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Re: Sempron 3200+ 1,8Ghz AM2 vs Barton 3200+ 2,2Ghz

Posted on 2017-01-25, 17:57

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by Tetrium

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I don't know about the Sempron, but my own experiences are that Athlon64 (s754/s939) is roughly 25% faster compared to Barton. Since your motherboard is AM2 (or at least you mention DDR2), shouldn't it be easy to simply find something faster?

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Re: Recommend me some parts?

Posted on 2017-01-25, 17:48

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by Tetrium

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I've used Aluminium 5cm HSFs which I found to be very quiet (K6-2 is alright when it comes to power dissipation. K6-III, s370 Mendocinos and 2.9v MIIs are the more problematic CPUs) and these work pretty much fine, provided you don't use some high MHz speed like 550MHz or above and you don't use a …

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Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2017-01-25, 15:27

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by Tetrium

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I do admit it was probably a 2MX-400, but I think even the GF2MX-200 isn't a worthless card in itself (but frankly I wouldn't pay like €5 for an untested card or something). In my tests, and with a reasonable fast CPU, there is a massive difference between the 200 and 400. The 200 has ~ half the …

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Re: Choosing graphics card for Pentium 200 rig

Posted on 2017-01-25, 15:19

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by Tetrium

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What board are you using? Does it have AGP? I'd lean towards the Matrox or to give the other Trio64s a try (if you haven't already done so).

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Re: Recommend me some parts?

Posted on 2017-01-25, 14:13

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Deksor wrote: 2x multipliers on k6-2 and later have been hardwired to 6x, so this is normal (66*6=400). Using lower or higher would work correctly Just to add a bit of extra info: The 6x multi was made available for the K6-2 with CXT core, so maybe the K6-2 preceding CXT (original Chomper) still …

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Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2017-01-25, 14:05

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by Tetrium

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Yeah, we know... Just like 640KB was the largest memory that anyone would have required for the next century, eh? :lol: To say the truth, GF4 MX440 is from 2002 and they are more than good enough for anything till (and including) 2000-2001, which is marking the end of W9x era for most people, …

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Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2017-01-25, 13:58

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by Tetrium

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Well, maybe you're all right then. I still haven't thrown away mine...I wanted to for real though. And mine is the real MX440, DEV_0171. Can play NFS:MW 05 quite well on low settings, so maybe I was overreacting, I apologize :) Apology accepted :) You wouldn't want to know all the stuff I've thrown …

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Re: Pentium III 733 and ATI Radeon 9600XT

Posted on 2017-01-25, 13:56

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by Tetrium

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But to actually get back to your question: I'd say keep the 9600XT in your Coppermine 733 rig, due to the fact that swapping your 9600XT for your 9200 has no additional benefits, including no improved performance. However, you could still go through with swapping the 9600XT for the 9200 in case you …

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Re: Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide

Posted on 2017-01-25, 00:42

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by Tetrium

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How do you slipstream drivers in Windows 98 SE? I never even bothered with XP, let alone 9x. Perhaps some driverpacks exist (which usually are not integrated into 9x install media), but I always preferred to pick my own drivers. But if you want to read more about the tweaking of install media, I …

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