Re: "Delid" AMD K6?

Posted on 2016-12-21, 19:21

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havli wrote: Heat is not the limiting factor for OC of any K6... except maybe the 250nm K6-III. Ane even then is the ~50 MHz gain worth the risk of killing perfectly good CPU? I don't think so. I absolutely agree with this...thanks to personal experience 😒

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 18:59

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If there are no speed or compatibility issues, I like to use something that is somewhat faster and lets me enjoy it maxed out. Sometimes this isn't possible, like with Splinter Cell, and you are constraint by the hardware and software requirements. But I don't like to use something that is too far …

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Re: Dualschutes: Why have SSE when you can have twice the MMX?

Posted on 2016-11-16, 01:47

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Nice setup and great deal! I have the same board currently paired with a P3 1000 and Voodoo 5, though I occasionally mess around with dual P2 450s and various other video cards when I'm in the tinkering mood 😉

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Re: Best OS for each below build

Posted on 2016-10-11, 17:02

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Computer 1: definitely MS-DOS (or another flavor of DOS) + Win 3.1 Computer 2: Windows 98/2000 (depending on what you want to use it for) Computer 3: same as computer 2 Computer 4: this one screams XP Computer 5: should work well for late XP build, maybe early 7? Computer 6: Windows 95 perhaps? If …

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Re: My retro systems

Posted on 2016-09-21, 01:32

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Great systems thanks for sharing. I also have one of those 361 cases and I love it!

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Re: [SOLVED] Best GPU for Diablo 2 and Socket7

Posted on 2016-09-12, 20:20

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All that has been said is true, although if I'm not mistaken, a recent patch removed glide support altogether. It also now requires Windows XP or later for multiplayer/online (which automatically downloads the patches). If all you play is single player you should be able to get around this. It says …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-12, 18:50

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Just bought a 2nd Pentium 3 1Ghz (s370 100mhz bus) to pair up with my existing one as a patched pair on my ASUS P2B-D. Also have to wait on a second slocket, but when I get them the system will be as follows: Dual P3 1.0 ASUS P2B-D 1Gb PC133 Voodoo 5 5500 AGP 2GB compact flash on CF-IDE adapter SATA …

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Re: [SOLVED] Best GPU for Diablo 2 and Socket7

Posted on 2016-09-12, 18:44

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All that has been said is true, although if I'm not mistaken, a recent patch removed glide support altogether. It also now requires Windows XP or later for multiplayer/online (which automatically downloads the patches). If all you play is single player you should be able to get around this.

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Re: Replace floppy drive with a ZIP drive

Posted on 2016-09-12, 18:40

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Much easier and faster than using the old parallel external drive that was our FIRST foray into ZIP disks back on the old Packard Bell Windows 95 days. I even remember we chained a scanner off of that, then hooked a printer up to THAT. LOL And they all worked! Wouldn't that have been a SCSI …

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Re: Got a NEC Ready 9616 today

Posted on 2016-09-10, 13:14

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Nice! I like it!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-04, 00:40

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boxpressed wrote: This arrived today. If I had to pick one AGP card for retro gaming, it would be the Geforce 4 Ti4600. (Cheating a little because I would use a Voodoo 3 PCI in tandem.) Just a beautiful card running 45.23 drivers. Paid $6.50 shipped. P1120236.JPG Agreed. And nice price!

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Re: Lucky me!!

Posted on 2016-09-02, 14:40

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Funny thing is the model number is upside down 🤣

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Re: Lucky me!!

Posted on 2016-09-02, 14:40

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Pics

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Lucky me!!

Posted on 2016-09-02, 14:38

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So those of you that may have seen some of my posts in the past know I have a good friend that is aware of my fondness of computers, especially older ones. He works in IT and from time to time has people at his job ask him "what should I do with this old computer or how should I get rid of it". He …

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Re: The Opteron build finally comes to life

Posted on 2016-06-20, 19:26

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Nice rig! I also am using an opteron 170 in my 939 rig and it certainly is a capable CPU. I actually downgraded from an FX60 to the opty 170. As you said the top end 939 CPUs are kinda ridiculous price wise, and I decided to take advantage of that and got well over $100 for it, which was more than I …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-06-19, 15:23

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Tested around 40 DDR RAM sticks with memtest, and 15 or so of my ide and older SATA drives for errors. So far so good. But I have at least that many more to go! Time-consuming and thankless work. Do you have more than one system to test them in at a time? Of course, but then what would I use to …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-06-19, 00:48

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Tested around 40 DDR RAM sticks with memtest, and 15 or so of my ide and older SATA drives for errors. So far so good. But I have at least that many more to go!

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week - Hammer Time!

Posted on 2016-06-18, 23:00

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Looks great!

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Re: What is this problematic motherboard?

Posted on 2016-06-17, 18:40

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Looks like it is the APPAS3-C956 http://support.pcpartner.com/support/layout/c956-c908.gif http://support.pcpartner.com/support/man/via/c93100bv.pdf http://support.pcpartner.com/support/bios/VIA694.HTM

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Re: What is this problematic motherboard?

Posted on 2016-06-17, 18:35

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Jorpho wrote: The PCB number in the lower left is a clue. http://www.motherboards.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25078 But yes, motherboards do not start without a CPU. Ahh, yes. Nice job! Must be getting old...the eyes aren't what they used to be.

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