Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-19, 06:03
You don't miss a good thing until it's gone...
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-11-19, 01:23
Haha, yea you never know 😁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-19, 01:17
Was looking for a high end Core 2 Quad chip, but they all cost a fortune. Then I stumbled upon this 771 mod. For a few bucks more, you can get CPUs with the mod already done. So I bought a XEON X5482 which is the equivalent to the QX9775. It should work out of the box, but to enable some CPU …
Re: Is 12,4K in 3DMark03 under 98SE on my rig good?
Posted on 2016-11-18, 23:40
That benchmark is all about the graphics card. A fast graphics card will double or triple your score. The 2001 SE score is spot on I would say.
Re: AMD 754/939/SLI for retro PC discussion
Posted on 2016-11-18, 23:36
Agreed, it does cost more. But isn't it cool that you can go into a computer shop today, buy an SLI AMD motherboard, put in your two 7800 GTX cards or whatever you want to use, install XP and off you go? This is one of the things that makes AMD so cool for retro gaming :) Prices in Australia can be …
Re: AMD 754/939/SLI for retro PC discussion
Posted on 2016-11-18, 23:17
candle_86 wrote: Why even bother with 939 for SLI retro building, go AM2, boards are more common, and honestly X2 3800 939 vs X2 AM2 isn't that diffrent, and you can make it excat by just using DDR2 667 instead of 800 🤣 Why bother with AM2, go AM3+. Boards are available in the shops 😊
Re: AMD 754/939/SLI for retro PC discussion
Posted on 2016-11-18, 10:18
Does anyone have any experience with SiS chipsets for socket 754? How does it compare to Nforce and VIA? Nforce seems to be the go-to platform, however those seem to fetch a higher price. Nope, only VIA and Nvidia. I've used both quite a bit recently, benchmarking 754 and 939, AGP as well as PCIe, …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-18, 09:16
Hey guys, I really enjoy this AMD discussion. I'm moving all the posts to a dedicated thread: AMD 754/939/SLI for retro PC discussion
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-11-18, 06:06
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4 review I was really looking forward to producing this video! This processor is pretty cool, but not cheap. Subtitles / Closed Captions are available for this video! I only now got to check out this feature, and whenever I have a written script it's actually quite easy …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-18, 00:10
I got some 754 and 939 boards recently, they all cost very little, around $15 or so. All Asus, but nothing with SLI. SLI will cost you. But being on PCIe, just go with the next GPU higher up, e.g. a 7 series instead of 6 series SLI. IMO because the memory controller is integrated, you should see …
Re: Audio solutions with CMSS-3D-esque sound processing?
Posted on 2016-11-17, 16:12
I also always wondered about this. In the end, I just decided that building a Windows XP gaming PC with a X-Fi card is the way to go to get the full experience.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-11-17, 10:20
Did some more sorting. And I'm contemplating to perhaps inventorise all my stashed motherboards today, since this will probably take many hours (will do some basic checking and perhaps some resorting while I'm at it) and I have spare time today. This needs some photos :) I'm always eager to learn …
Re: Diamond Monster MX300 vs. SB Live 5.1
Posted on 2016-11-15, 22:52
buckeye wrote: Thinking about the getting the Mx-300 sound card but was wondering if it's THAT much better than the SB Live in Win98, which I currently have. If you want to check out how A3D sounds, especially over headphones, absolutely. For standard games, not so much.
Re: Problems with cm-32L and electronic arts games
Posted on 2016-11-15, 22:10
😀 That's awesome.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-11-15, 21:56
That's a good point. You got to look at the Quake benchmark and see if the higher resolution actually kicks in. It's easy to see the difference. I would just give 0 to those cards. See it more as a compatibility VESA test. Many cards fail it. The UniVBE options I will remove. Apparently they have to …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-15, 15:28
Tetrium wrote: And perhaps because a Bulldozer wasn't a viable upgrade for a non-AM3+ rig, it's basically the fastest that will work in AM3 (or at least afaic). That's a good point!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-15, 13:26
Yea, good point, maybe it's just too early to be chasing them.
Re: Problems with cm-32L and electronic arts games
Posted on 2016-11-15, 12:58
Please try Wing Commander or Space Quest III.
Re: Problems with cm-32L and electronic arts games
Posted on 2016-11-15, 12:45
Haven't heard of these games, but what do you use to connect the Roland? Can you try Wing Commander or Space Quest III? If they hang as well, then it's clear.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-11-15, 12:10
Don't forget that those Phenom II X6 chips have Turbo Core (T at the end of the model number), similar to Intel. So in lower threaded applications they can turbo up. The top X6 chips will turbo up to 3.7 GHz, matching the fastest X4. These top chips however aren't cheap, in some cases it's cheaper …
Page 47 of 302