Re: Athlon vs Pentium 3 Tualatin

Posted on 2016-05-31, 07:34

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But in all seriousness, if you want an easy ride, go Tualatin with i815, but just watch out for those tall CPU heatsinks. These might be a bit more pricey though I have an i815 Tualatin system, too. It is not as as exciting as an Athlon Thunderbird. Hey, you could have fun trying out the pencil …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-31, 07:03

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People might not care now but one day they will and it doesn't hurt to collect modern hardware when it is so cheap or even free. I wouldn't be surprised that at some point Win7 retro will be a thing while everyone forgets about Vista and cancerous windows 8. I am not a fan of windows 10, there is a …

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Re: It's like the energizer bunny

Posted on 2016-05-31, 06:53

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I don't really see a problem here. Obviously the 533 Mendocino will be harder to overclock than the 566 Coppermine-based Celeron, so I don't really see any reason why noshutdown would have mentioned the 533 ones (the Mendocino) when Jade Falcon was also talking about overclocking s370 Coppermine- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-31, 05:46

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I just picked this interesting little guy up for less than $9 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Packard-Bell-138-SGBX21-Internal-Sound-Video-Card-/152100247711?nma=true&si=%252FqiXWhnpnUuuJKjRGko0lXp2w6w%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 SGBXII.jpg As far as I can tell, it is …

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Re: The 100% via biuld? Thoughts/ideas?

Posted on 2016-05-31, 05:18

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Ok this should be the last post I make here before putting the build together!!! I have 3 cpu's to pick from. A 700mhz 866mhz and 1.2ghz c3. I also have a lot of piii CPUs I can use to compare them with! I'll be using a asus cuv4x mobo. Via Envy sound card pic Via nic (not that it would get much …

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

Posted on 2016-05-31, 05:02

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I found a real gem on my way home from work a few days ago. A complete 486 tower in absolutely pristine condition. It's rare that I find stuff older than P4 and Athlon XP rigs these days, so a 486 was a complete surprise. The fact that I didn't even have to clean it was a bonus! Unfortunately I …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-31, 04:59

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Is there actually some kind of list for XP hardware to look out for?

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Re: Athlon vs Pentium 3 Tualatin

Posted on 2016-05-30, 18:38

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Which one is better for a 2001 Gaming PC? Pentium 3 Tualatin Athlon XP 1600+ Athlon 1.4GHz I am still choosing the parts for the build, but from what I saw on Ebay, the prices on Athlon XP Were very cheap while the Tualatins were more expensive. NOTE: I didn't add the Pentium 4 because it got …

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Re: Athlon vs Pentium 3 Tualatin

Posted on 2016-05-30, 18:36

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I would go for the Tualatin if you are after raw performance. Othrwise use the Athlon 1.4 (but cool it well) because it was a badass when it was new. Badass heat. Badass performance. Badass die-cracking... wait... what? XD Get some cool KT266A board with AGP Pro or other nice features :D You forgot …

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Re: reclaimed K6-3

Posted on 2016-05-30, 16:40

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Not happy with 98SE going to see if me will work better without random freezes Could you please describe the lock-ups in more detail? What happens exactly and when? Is it totally random or when the system is doing something? It might not have something to do with Windows (though of course it very …

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Re: Lets all share tips of how we organize our collection of retro computer stuff :)

Posted on 2016-05-30, 15:50

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For years I've just bunged them in plastic boxes loose but now its become a bit more serious I've finally splashed out on 140 Antistatic bags of 3 different sizes to cover my collection of boards! No excuse at only a cost of £25 to safeguard them! ^^True I ended up buying 6 bags of anti-static bags …

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Re: WIP 1: Ezra-T slow-down machine, S370 industrial build...

Posted on 2016-05-30, 14:25

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Never knew s370 boards with 6(!) ISA slots existed, looking forward to your build progressing 😀

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Re: Best graphics card for dos gaming

Posted on 2016-05-30, 14:12

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Cheers Stiletto, I actually ended up reading more than just those 3 pages 😀

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Re: What is your favorite or must have pieces of hardware?

Posted on 2016-05-30, 14:05

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I'm actually using a Radeon HD 6670 in my main rig at the moment, it's a pretty good card and uses a lot less juice and less heat than the 9800 GTX+ I had in here before. I had a HD5670 with (I think) GDDR5 in my own main rig and later got a 6670 (G?)DDR3 for a AM3 secondary rig I build to replace …

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Re: What would you choose, K6-2 500mhz or Celeron 466mhz

Posted on 2016-05-30, 11:18

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I'd keep both systems. Regarding slow-down: If your S370 board can run VIA C3 CPUs, especially an EZRA-T, then that CPU should scale more smoothly than the K6-2, something like a 286 to a P2. Also, a game like Ultima 7 renables L1 cache to run too fast on K6s, but not VIA C3. Use Setmul to change …

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Re: Retro Consoles.... who plays them

Posted on 2016-05-30, 11:14

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Does a gameboy count? 😁

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Re: It's like the energizer bunny

Posted on 2016-05-30, 08:24

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That's one heck of an overclock 🤣!

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-30, 08:22

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What people are forgetting, but must've been mentioned here at some point, is that todays "old" is tomorrows "retro". It just takes a long while to get there and it's very hard to predict what this now old hardware will be worth in say 10 years. And theres always some unforeseen factors that are …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-30, 05:22

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I find it very hard to collect things. I always end up selling / trading / trashing. :) I do spend a lot of time playing with things that are fun. Like my W520 that has been with me since 2010. Admitted: I upgraded it to 16GB RAM and a SSD HDD. :lol: For me it's kinda reversed, I just can't be …

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Re: Is there any benefit from playing a single core game on a OS that supports dual cpu?

Posted on 2016-05-30, 04:01

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Service Pack 2 for XP included a lot of changes and it positively did increase the overhead of the OS. I don't know exactly why, but I remember vividly the performance differences went going between SP1 and SP2. With SP1 you could run smoothly on as little as 128MB of RAM. With SP2 windows would …

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