Re: Final Days of XP Build

Posted on 2016-04-18, 09:11

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How would such a system compare to my Athlon 860k rig? I know the LGA1366 platform is a fair bit older, but I've always wanted to build a rig around it. A Socket-1366 system with a CPU clocked at 4GHz or more should run circles around an Athlon 860k. :) Old standards such as SATA 2.0, USB 2.0 and …

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Re: About to start a new comparison between Pentium II/III and K6-III, help appreciated

Posted on 2016-04-17, 23:06

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I found the reason why filling the maze is somewhat sluggish even on a modern system. Paint isn't very multithreaded! Filename heavy load.jpg File size 1.74 MiB Views 614 views

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Re: Final Days of XP Build

Posted on 2016-04-17, 22:48

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I would build an X58 rig! :) Buy a cheap 4-core 32nm Xeon E5640 (can be found for $13 "buy it now" on Ebay) and an Asus P6T series motherboard ($60-$100) and 3x1GB DDR3 memory (~$10) then clock the shit out of the poor Xeon. Perhaps you can build a LGA 1156 system a few dollars cheaper but if you …

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2016-04-17, 19:47

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It's time I start adding some results again! :) I had planned to rebench my Pentium D 965 EE this weekend but as I won an Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE i925XE motherboard + a Prescott 560 CPU on a Swedish auction site I had to take this bundle out for a spin. I posted some pictures of the bundle in the bought …

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2016-04-17, 17:15

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100.2 FPS, Vetz, Pentium 4EE 3.2ghz S478, ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe, 2x512MB DDR400 CL2,2,2,5, 6800Ultra AGP 92.91, X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty, XP SP3 Thought all the Extreme CPU's were multiplier unlocked, I was wrong.. So no simulated 3.4ghz result from me. I'll post one on FSB OC later. That result is …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2016-04-17, 16:38

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Well other than the novelty of both an agp and pci-e slot. it's hardware compatibility is pretty much the same as other 775 boards. I mean my old q6600 machine will run anything from 98 to 10 and that just uses a more standard gigabyte board. The biggest issues with these boards is you can't …

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Re: Possible to put Tualatin in a 440BX with Slocket?

Posted on 2016-04-17, 14:06

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The CPUs and slotkets will have to be modified to work in a BX board. http://www.mrufer.ch/pc/tualatin2_e.html Or you can buy a modified CPU from the Korean guy on Ebay, those will run in every FC-PGA capable slotket as long as the motherboard supports 1.45V/1.475V (or the VID you jumper the …

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

Posted on 2016-04-16, 19:16

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The CPU turned out to be a furnace of a Prescott 560, the included Zalman cooler did not manage to cool it at all although it looked like it had made good contact with the CPU when I later removed it. Do you really want to use this hot 'melting pot'??? These high clocked P4's are known for their …

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Re: What retro YouTubers do you subscribe to?

Posted on 2016-04-16, 18:26

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Time to get this thread on the first page again. I have a hard time understanding that no one has mentioned CelGenStudios yet! 😀 https://www.youtube.com/user/CelGenStudios/featured

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

Posted on 2016-04-16, 17:17

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First an update on my capture system. This is how it ended up, the cables are still a mess. Asus P5K, Q9550, 4GB, 120GB + 2TB, XiFi Xtreme Music and an Epiphan DVI2PCIe for capturing. new capture system.JPG Today I'm testing the Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE bundle i posted in the bought this stuff thread. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-16, 16:41

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I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images. Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great! Turtle Beach Tropez Plus card.JPG Congrats i always wanted one. It's probably on my top three cards …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-16, 13:24

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gdjacobs wrote: That's a beautiful card! clueless1 wrote: Skyscraper- I caught myself salivating a little while checking out that Tropez Plus. Yea she is a beauty! 😀

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

Posted on 2016-04-16, 13:06

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I can relate to that. Now I've got a pretty organised system going. I don't think I have nearly as much stuff as you have, but organisation really helps with this hobby :) I finally found it, it only took most of the afternoon! I store most of my hardware in huge moving boxes. The issue is that I …

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

Posted on 2016-04-16, 11:38

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I have spent the last two hours looking for my Geforce 6800GT PCI-E card. I last used it 11 months and two hardware reorganizations ago now it's unsurpisely nowhere to be found. If I had been payed decent wages for all the time I have spent looking for different items I would have been a rich man, I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-16, 07:08

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I have already posted the seller images of the Turtle Beach Tropez Plus but I might aswell post some better images. Except for some floppy label discolouration which is normal everything looks great! Turtle Beach Tropez Plus box frontside.JPG Turtle Beach Tropez Plus box backside.JPG Turtle Beach …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-15, 20:06

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Just because I'm taking a break from buying stuff there have been an unending stream of great deals on Socket-775 hardware on Tradera (Swedish auction site) lately. X48 motherboard + quad-core CPU + cooling + 4-8GB memory + decent video card bundles have been selling for ~50 euro, in some cases even …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-15, 18:48

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I ended up (painfully) paying $250 for the lot. It consisted of the following Silicon Graphics parts: 4 x 8mb ram DIMMss 7 x 2mb ram DIMMs 1 x Turbo Graphics Option boardset 1 x Z-buffer Option board 1 x Bitplane Option board 1 x GR1.5 board 2 x IP25 system boards (the main guts from a Personal …

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Re: Modern case trends

Posted on 2016-04-15, 14:18

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I do not like the PSU in the bottom of the case design either. People I help with computers do often not live in perfectly clean homes nor do they care about cleaning the dust filter for the PSU air intake under the computer even if I remind them. The result is that the PSU gets no air at all and …

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

Posted on 2016-04-15, 02:52

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: I do believe I had an Audigy 2 ZS running under Windows 10. I used these drivers: http://danielkawakami.blogspot.com.au/ But if you've got a X-Fi, then just use that 😀 I guess he is the same guy that did the kX driver pack for XP? Good that someone does what Creative should …

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

Posted on 2016-04-15, 02:43

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My Core2 Q9550 + Asus PK5 capture system runs Windows 7 64bit. I had some issues with the onboard Realtek ALC 883 sound chip that is infesting the motherboard so I tried installing an old Sound Blaster Live! as I only need a line in that actually works but Windows 7 just laughed at me. I then tried …

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