Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-21, 09:24

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by candle_86

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yes i tested with other PSU's and this one is brand new, its an EVGA Supernova 550W, I've had it an entire 8 months, I'm positive its not the PSU. Probably not that then. Just a bad bunch of parts I guess. Aside from the capacitor plague, these random failures and unreliability seem to be more …

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Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-21, 09:16

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by candle_86

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yes i tested with other PSU's and this one is brand new, its an EVGA Supernova 550W, I've had it an entire 8 months, I'm positive its not the PSU. And I agree, it was my peak, I was just out of high school and had alot of time but no money, but I remember playing the gems back then. Half Life 2, …

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Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-21, 07:50

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by candle_86

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I will preface this by saying I don't 100% get the idea of limiting CPU performance unless it actually prevents compatibility issues or keeps the system on a unique platform (386, 486, ISA-only, PCI-only, AGP, etc.), but if you're shooting for something less than Core 2 Duo performance but can't go …

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Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-21, 04:01

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by candle_86

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I will preface this by saying I don't 100% get the idea of limiting CPU performance unless it actually prevents compatibility issues or keeps the system on a unique platform (386, 486, ISA-only, PCI-only, AGP, etc.), but if you're shooting for something less than Core 2 Duo performance but can't go …

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Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-21, 03:58

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by candle_86

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well looking at the chips i have E2160, E2200, E6750, E7600, E8400 for dual cores. I could run the E6750 at 1066FSB and it would be a dead ringer for an E6420, or either the E2160 or E2200

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Re: Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-20, 20:59

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No it doesn't I tried my PentiumD 820 and 935 neither posted

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Core2 to replicate A64 preformance

Posted on 2022-11-20, 18:17

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by candle_86

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Well given my terrible luck with 939 and AM2 boards, and I mean bad luck lately I was thinking I want something along the lines of an X2 4800 preformance, but all I've got are reliable 775 boards, its to pair with my 7800GT, and I've got an x4 955 which is dead ringer in gaming for an E8400 so I …

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Re: New processors for old sockets.

Posted on 2022-11-18, 05:32

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by candle_86

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The simple solution would seem to be license the design's from Intel or AMD and produce it on a smaller process node allowing it to run at higher clock speeds but that runs into other issues, but that seems the most likely method for a faster K6 or 486 Wonder which one would be the go to in that …

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Re: New processors for old sockets.

Posted on 2022-11-18, 04:43

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by candle_86

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The simple solution would seem to be license the design's from Intel or AMD and produce it on a smaller process node allowing it to run at higher clock speeds but that runs into other issues, but that seems the most likely method for a faster K6 or 486

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-18, 03:55

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What I find really interesting is that while yes the worst preformance is the SB0200 especially in Quake GL and Quake II, in newer games both cards are less overall FPS than no sound, though the SB0220 with the real EMU10k1 is still ahead, its not a night and day diffrence, overall for all games its …

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-18, 03:45

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by candle_86

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So here we go I finally finished it, here is the Tests with No Sound vs SB0200 vs SB0220 In older games the SB0220 handles everything great but in newer games like Quake III/Expendable/Unreal its still less FPS to have sound even with hardware acceleration

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-11-17, 17:39

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by candle_86

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Here are my benchmark runs of actual games plus 3dmark Overall I'm gonna say mid 90's games should do pretty good on it

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Re: Pentium II Build and upgrade

Posted on 2022-11-16, 05:01

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by candle_86

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This aint your typical Slot 1, BX, P3 build, I like! The onboard YMF soundcard and Banshee with its great dos compatibility makes this a pretty serious dos gaming rig. Alot of people ignore the Banshee but I was happily playing Need for Speed 4 with one on a Slot A 650Mhz PC last year and didn't …

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-10, 07:29

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by candle_86

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alright I took yalls advice, here are the updated scores minus the Sound Card, i didn't retest with the Quadro, but here it is, I'm entirely happy with the performance now, but now I need a sound card that doesn't hurt performance as bad. Also realized the ram on my card was 5.5NS so I set clock …

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-09, 23:46

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by candle_86

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well going through my parts bin I found a Mach One EV1935 PCI, how does this compare? As for ram, No I can't get 256mb SD-Ram cheap around me, the recyclers all sell on ebay now, and want that retro computer money

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-09, 15:49

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I'll try pulling the sound card and see, as for prices around me for those boards, no not really I've called around local, and even the recyclers for anything Slot1/370 with an Intel Chipset its $60, and all the socket 462/754 stuff is over priced as well unless you want a micro ATX OEM board with …

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-08, 23:41

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by candle_86

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So what I dont understand is why GLQuake and Quake II are so low, is it just the cpu holding it back? Though if so wouldn't the scores be higher, I would have assumed my FPs would be hmuch higher with the GF2 MX vs the TNT2, as a matter of fact compared to anand tech my preformance is half of what …

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Re: Apollo Pro 133a performance woes

Posted on 2022-11-07, 15:53

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by candle_86

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So on my Budget Retro System I got these results with the patch, it seems it can help when your not GPU bound, otherwise it makes no diffrence

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-07, 15:52

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by candle_86

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Well I tested with my Quadro2 MXR, I'm done running tests this took hours, what I have determined is I'm CPU limited

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Re: The Retro Budget Station

Posted on 2022-11-07, 15:49

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The Memory Interleaveing patch helps, but strangly not in QuakeGL, and when its GPU Bound it doesn't matter at all, I might uninstall the patch and repeat this with a Geforce2MX and see what I find also I'm curious if swapping the single stick of ram to a 128mb + 2x64mb sticks would increase …

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