Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread
Posted on 2014-07-23, 03:47
The shittiest socket A system in the world: Athlon T-bird 1.33GHz, Epox board with no AGP, 512MB of PC133 SDRAM, ProSavage IGP
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-07-23, 03:45
The shittiest socket A system in the world: Athlon T-bird 1.33GHz, Epox board with no AGP, 512MB of PC133 SDRAM, ProSavage IGP
Re: Video card for Athlon XP?
Posted on 2014-07-17, 18:44
I've had DVI problems @ 1920x1200 not only with a 9800 Pro but also with an X800XT A-I-W, both built by ATI. My Powercolor Radeon 7000 PCI has no problem outputting 19x12 over DVI. It's slow as hell doing it, but that's a another story. 🤣
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-07-16, 18:05
The Pentium M's humongous performance in 3DMark99 persuaded me to do some more Dothan vs Athlon 64 processor benchmarking. I've always known about Dothan's excellent performance on desktop motherboards, but it shines like a crazy ass star on DDR2/PCIe based i915 boards. I'm even considering using …
Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread
Posted on 2014-07-15, 06:04
YES! Broke the 30K barrier! Pentium M overclocked to 2.7GHz, GeForce 6800GT, 2GB DDR2-533, i915PM chipset. Not too shabby for a CPU released in 2004. A bit faster than K8 clock-for-clock!
Re: What kind of music do you guys listen to when working on computers?
Posted on 2014-07-13, 22:34
I usually listen to good old rock when I work on electronics. Currently listening to Baby Boomerang by T. Rex.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-07-13, 22:21
It's not considered retro computing by any stretch of the imagination, but today I installed Windows 7 along with some other software on an x58/Corei7-920 rig I put together for $40. I built it out of parts I had lying around--the only component I had to actually buy was the HDD--and I scored 2TB …
Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread
Posted on 2014-07-10, 07:53
It's all about the Pentiums baby, yeah! P2-300MHz (66MHz FSB), 192MB EDO, 440FX, Radeon 7000 PCI, Win2K SP4 http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m139/Standard_Def_Steve/3dmark99/p2-300-3d99_zps4e2ded56.png P3-900MHz (100MHz FSB), Voodoo3 3000, 320MB PC100, 440BX, Win98SE I couldn't disable V-sync for …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-07-10, 07:19
I never posted my Glide rig's score. PIII-900, Voodoo3 3000 AGP, 320MB RAM, Win98SE
Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread
Posted on 2014-07-09, 21:24
How are you guys getting past V-sync? On the machines I've tried (9800 Pro and Voodoo3), the frame rate is limited to 60-75fps, depending on the monitor used.
Re: [Let's go wild] What is your dream computer speaker setup?
Posted on 2014-07-06, 16:47
I've already got my dream setup. Oh sure, there's far better equipment available, but I honestly don't see the need for anything more than what I have. I wouldn't buy $100k speakers even if I had a money tree growing in my backyard. I use two different systems: a Klipsch and SVS system for movies; …
Re: [Let's go wild] What is your dream computer speaker setup?
Posted on 2014-07-06, 06:23
I've already got my dream setup. Oh sure, there's far better equipment available, but I honestly don't see the need for anything more than what I have. I wouldn't buy $100k speakers even if I had a money tree growing in my backyard. I use two different systems: a Klipsch and SVS system for movies; …
Re: Anyone have bad luck with Linux?
Posted on 2014-06-27, 06:10
Yup. So I stay the hell away from it.
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-06-26, 16:53
It would be faster if I hadn't been a moron and tried to sand down the top of the cpu chip and lap it (which just made it run hotter). It used to run 4.68 Ghz stable before I screwed it up. And this is just with a single 6MB-cached 45nm dual core. By this time next month I should have a 12MB …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2014-06-26, 16:06
I've been doing some testing, more testing, and some tweaking and here's the final with the absolute max I can squeeze out of this setup. One of my testings I've found is the fastest drivers for nvidia with XP are 175.19, if your GPU is supported by that driver package. I tested all drivers from …
Re: Post your, ghetto ways to cool hot old chips.
Posted on 2014-06-25, 16:38
In my cardboard PC, I use a thick rubber band to hold three HDD fans down to the heatsink of my Klamath-300.
Re: Compaq Presario 2232 Cyrix MediaGX
Posted on 2014-06-23, 07:44
What a neat little computer! I remember seeing that exact machine at Future Shop for $899 CAD back in 1997. I was very tempted to buy one as a secondary machine. At the time I had just blown $2800 on a PII-based Presario 4840. 😲
Re: Disabling cache on newer CPUs
Posted on 2014-06-23, 05:55
P4 K7 and K8? What about Core i3, 5, 7, FX, etc? :) That would be neat as well. With their high performance DDR3 IMCs these processors probably wouldn't take nearly as much of a hit as, say, Core 2, which depended on its very large, low-latency L2 to compensate for the lack of an IMC. P4 would …
Disabling cache on newer CPUs
Posted on 2014-06-22, 05:24
I read about people disabling the cache(s) on their S7, PII, and PIII systems all the time here on VOGONS, but has anyone tried disabling the cache on a P4, K7, or K8 processor? The reason I ask is because I don't believe I've ever seen cache disabling options in the BIOS of P4, A64, and newer …
Re: The Universal Spacerocket
Posted on 2014-06-20, 16:28
You should definitely upgrade to the 9600 -It's many times faster than the dog slow 7000. -It's actually supported by Win7. Radeon 7000 has to use X DDM drivers ripped from Vista in order to give you basic functionality under Win7, which is far from ideal. -It would help that PC live up to its " …
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