Re: ATA or SATA Controller

Posted on 2015-05-18, 02:05

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I've found ATA33 quite sufficient. Make sure DMA mode is working. I use modern hard-drives, like a 2 TB with 32 GB capacity limit , with SATA to IDE adapters. The main improvement is access time and I can tell that storage is not a limiting factor, but the processor. what a waste, in that case i …

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Re: 533mhz Performance not matching historical benchmarks

Posted on 2015-05-02, 13:41

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also its seems you are using an i810 wich performs worse than an intel bx440 (chipset in the test) on top of that all the pcs that arent clones usually performs below a same spec clone...

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Re: Anyone Taking Advantage of Youtube's New 60FPS Support?

Posted on 2015-04-26, 14:51

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falloutboy wrote: I'm watching 720p60 videos on my netbook (amd brazos E-450 1.65 GHz), which is as fast as an Athlon64 dual core.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-04-24, 14:05

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3rd world problems Its common not to see many high end parts. For example: I been working here in Argentina for 16years repairing computers and in all this time i have seen only 3 socket 423 systems (2 Intel 850gb + pentium 4 1.3 & 1.4 and pcchips with 1.6) plus only ONE athlon slot A (550Mhz). …

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Re: My P4 Northwood gets a "facelift"

Posted on 2015-04-01, 12:13

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A full recap here in Argentina cost about u$s 10-15 🤣. Its so cheap that it doesnt make any sense to learn and take the time to do it... BTW, soyo quit in the mobo market because of the bad cap plague. The Soyo 7bva-133 was the most notable example, every single one i have ever seen had bad caps.

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Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do

Posted on 2015-03-08, 10:31

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The only drawback of this mother is the sata and usb performance. The r480 and r580 were awful at this At the time i had in my 2nd pc an ECS RS480 with athlon 64 3000+. Man...i was running bf1942 and it was between 30 and 40% slower compared to a nforce 4 board.

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Re: Computer Chronicles

Posted on 2015-02-28, 14:39

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Dont copy that floppy

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Re: Advantages of having 128MB on a 486

Posted on 2015-02-05, 04:16

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like Anonymous Coward said, IF you use DOS games 8mb if enough for 99% of the games that can run in a 486

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Re: Pentium 4 vs. Pentium D performance

Posted on 2015-01-28, 04:00

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The hate with the Pentium 4 began not only with the low IPC and consumption. You have to include the strict need of Rimm AND ATX 2.03 (wich means new power supply). On top of that the socket 423 was a dead end and the FPU performs below a pentium 3 if you dont use SSE2. The amount of money you …

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Re: Building High-End PC 2004

Posted on 2015-01-23, 12:41

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Living wrote: Back in the day i had that MSI. GREAT motherboard BUT... DONT use the dual channel, its unstable and u will get Bsods every 1 or 2 hours. i quote myself

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Re: Building High-End PC 2004

Posted on 2015-01-22, 15:45

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remember what i said, DONT use the dual channel in that MSI Socket A...

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Re: ISA system now complete :)

Posted on 2015-01-18, 03:57

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pics or didnt happend...

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Re: Will RAM update in Win9x automatically?

Posted on 2015-01-08, 19:34

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raymangold wrote: (something funny-- just as intel deliberately crippled the pentiums to 64 MB of RAM-- so too have they crippled the Core i7s to 64 GB of RAM) i7 920 only supports 24GB...

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Re: Finally Finished my 386sx!

Posted on 2015-01-05, 23:22

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pics?

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Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do

Posted on 2015-01-02, 00:09

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Opteron 165, my first dual core... Overclocks always to 2.6Ghz.

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Re: IBM PC300GL 6563 Bios Update

Posted on 2015-01-01, 23:24

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yeah i found it many times but always with the broken link to the IBM website... anyway, thanks... btw, i managed to update the bios and now recognizes all the Slot 1 processors BUT dont work with Slockets, no post...

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IBM PC300GL 6563 Bios Update

Posted on 2014-12-29, 19:02

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i need the bios update for this PC. I cant find it, been searching for 2 hours already... I need to switch from a Katmai 550Mhz to a Coppermine 1Ghz/100Mhz FSB the name of the update is pjjt41a.exe any ideas?

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Re: Building High-End PC 2004

Posted on 2014-12-28, 15:53

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by Living

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Back in the day i had that MSI. GREAT motherboard BUT... DONT use the dual channel, its unstable and u will get Bsods every 1 or 2 hours.

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

Posted on 2014-11-19, 13:23

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

RacoonRider wrote: Got married, does that count? More retro everiday, ppl nowadays tend to not marry Aniway, congratz 😀

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-10, 19:32

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Any love for Epson? I had the stylus 300 back in 98 (super slow and the ink was extremely cheap, 5 dollars tri color cartridge and 3 black) Then in 2000 the stylus 480 (same above) Then in 2005 the stylis 777 (cheap but this one came with chips in the cartridge) And finally in 2007 the Cx3900 wich …

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