Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-11, 03:03

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Thanks for the additional explanation. Any idea how many opcodes fit into this buffer on a cx5x86? Is the ordering alogrythm rather simple then, that is, if it is only looking at availability of resources? So are the instructions to be executed based on what hardware has just freed up, e.g. a shift …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-10, 23:14

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RTV, yes... I have some of that for when I perform a differential service on my car and need to pop the cap off (though I've recently been using resealable gaskets with great results). Differential RTV is good at high temps. I also have a bunch of thin thermal tape I've been waiting to use. Perhaps …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-10, 12:33

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What, like the stuff I use at the shower basin? That stuff don't see 80 C though. I ultimately used Ceramique 2 and stuck the IHS on without the edge adhesive. I put the heatsink fan back on, but boy was the IHS moving all over the place. Took a few tries before I had the IHS on relatively centred. …

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-10, 10:59

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That is pretty intersting. What I don't really understand is how the logic works to re-order the instructions. This logic is presumably hardware-based and on the CPU itself. I would imagine it is quite complex, but what's the crux of the alogrythm? Is it like a little ASIC in the CPU dye? Also, to …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-10, 09:39

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I have removed the heat spreader on my Opteron 185 and have a few questions. 1) Has anyone performed a delidding and left the heat spreader off, thereby placing the heatsink/fan in direct contact with the surface below? What was the outcome? Wouldn't this be better for cooling, that is, to remove …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-10, 02:12

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Neat. Kinda like with the Cyrix MediaGX. Took some time for that to catch on for the masses.

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-09, 21:28

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How is it possible that a motherboard can support up to only 4 GB The answer is simple: unbuffered DDR stopped at 1gb. Wouldn't the BIOS and the ULi M1695 northbridge need to support 8 GB of RAM? Does the northbridge on the 939dual-SATA2 or 939dual-VSTA support 8 GB? there are 4GB "High density" …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:44

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Adapter supports 8GB of DDR2 memory : Are these screen shots of a motherboard using an AM2 CPU card? Which motherboard was used? EDIT/answer: ASRock 939Dual-VSTA. ... How is it possible that a motherboard can support up to only 4 GB, yet it will work with 8 GB when using the AM2 card? How much RAM …

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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Enclosed above are the gaming results for select high-end socket 3 CPUs, tested in 3dfx glide mode with a Voodoo2 in Windows95. The Voodoo2 was selected over the Voodoo1 because it was about 12% faster on this platform. For all but one minor exception, the Pentium Overdrive clocked at 100 MHz came …

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486

Posted on 2018-09-09, 12:10

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I hope they don't get resized. I took some effort to get them under 8 kb. Filename Average_all_games_normalised_to_POD100.png File size 7.64 KiB Views 1005 views Filename Average_all_games.png File size 7.49 KiB Views 1005 views Filename Descent1.png File size 7 KiB Views 1005 views Filename …

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Re: 386 motherboard chipset comparison

Posted on 2018-09-09, 10:21

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by feipoa

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I thought I recall reading that the interleaved memory of the ET4000/w32i only works in Windows? Am I remembering incorrectly?

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-09, 09:28

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Why even bother? If it's your main system, there's vastly better options to upgrade for a similar price. There is something about trying to take a piece of hardware to the max that excites and entertains me. Of course it may be impractical, but I don't care. The majority of things people do and …

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Re: 386 motherboard chipset comparison

Posted on 2018-09-09, 05:28

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by feipoa

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Which versions of univbe did you try? Try out 5.0, 5.1, and 5.3 for starters.

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Re: Think I broke my Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2018-09-08, 23:07

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by feipoa

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Killed the cache 'eh? Did you try the 'bad' cache in another board? Perhaps you inserted a module backwards during your panic? I've done that before, but I've adopted a habit then when working on boards, I leave my finger on the power button. If I don't hear a beep or see something on the screen …

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Re: Think I broke my Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2018-09-08, 22:15

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Was the chipset heating up as well? What temperature was the cache? Tape your multi-meter's thermocouple to the surface or use one of those IR heat guns to measure the surface temperature. Could be that your cache has a short, or there is a short on the MB. What is the off resistance from Vcc to GND …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 21:48

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8.0 stopped receiving security updates several years ago. Win7, 8.1, and 10 are the three currently supported versions. Ok. Is there really anything wrong with 32-bit Win 8.1 or 32-bit Win 10? I'm not really excited about the idea of upgrading Win7 64-bit in a little over 1 year, or having to hunt …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 21:42

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I recently bought modern arctic freezer 13 cooler for my FX-60. It seems to be keeping it very cool. Claims to be 24 dBA. Is that when the fan is running at full speed? If so, seems like a nice system. Assuming your graphics card does not accelerate or decode youtube videos, could you play a 1080p …

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Re: Socket 939 FX-60/Opteron 185 cooler recommendation for 110W TDP

Posted on 2018-09-08, 11:29

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Any way to get 8.0 to look like 8.1 and to run as solid?

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