Re: Core2Duo or Core2Quad?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 17:04

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I'm actually using the E8600 @ default clocks and is quite a fast cpu considering how obsolete it is. I might upgrade to the Q9650 but for now this is quite a solid processor. Too bad the GT610 passive card I'm using on this config even changing thermal paste, have absurd high temperatures and not …

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Re: Core2Duo or Core2Quad?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 16:58

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Yes, look for something like this: https://www.staples.ca/products/2840481-en-global-win-system-card-cooler-caf-12 (I have several of these which I bought many years ago for a lot less than $20. They are very useful and I wish I had more.) You can also buy a cheap Zotac PCIe card of the same …

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Re: PSU for retro/modern pc opinions?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 12:34

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Yeah not that retro config as others I already have enough PSU for, but for all the "after Pentium 4" +12 volts centric configs I want to have one new that would fit in any computer while still cheap enough.. the above PSU are the one are selling directly in a store, they suggested me the FSP even …

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Re: Core2Duo or Core2Quad?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 11:16

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I'm actually using the E8600 @ default clocks and is quite a fast cpu considering how obsolete it is. I might upgrade to the Q9650 but for now this is quite a solid processor. Too bad the GT610 passive card I'm using on this config even changing thermal paste, have absurd high temperatures and not …

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PSU for retro/modern pc opinions?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 10:39

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Hello, I'd like to ask if for a Socket 775 with an old Q6600, E8600 and Q9650 system but also eventually for some modern low end configs, considering I'm actually using a Coolermaster Masterwatt Lite 500W not certainly the best low end PSU but from some test seen better than others and still cleaned …

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Re: Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 15:59

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Sure that's why for example even S3 Graphic, often remembered for the Virge (like it was the only solution they designed, many forgot probably the high end ISA models?) in a time where others didn't have much better solutions anyway, in the last years I reconsidered it for their last solutions. Even …

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Re: Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 15:32

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The point that it'd not post on a Socket7 board is interesting, who knows what changed from the native solutions. I read in this thread that the card requires 3.3V PCI slots, which I guess my other system didn't support. But I never actually looked into it further. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic. …

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Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-03, 15:19

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For games let's think to some like the '93 Doom and how few people worked to its development but going even back let's think to a popular one like the C64 "The Last Ninja" series and how much effort it took to be developed (I read an interview once) given the hw limits. Or "Mayhem in Monsterland" on …

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Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-03, 11:37

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I think late 80's game consoles were much more common (even in the early 90's) so it's difficult to not see those as a variable for those who was playing those games daily on the CRT TV. Computers here in EU weren't nearly common in the people houses before the '95 a least and most x86 games played …

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Re: Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 11:12

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The point that it'd not post on a Socket7 board is interesting, who knows what changed from the native solutions. While I never tested the XL variant I think with quite some limits, the Rage Pro Turbo wasn't a bad solution on a compatibility point of view and a time correct prospective. It wasn't a …

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Re: Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 10:50

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Yeah the "marketing" specifications aren't really promising from a realistic point of view like "...this ATI video card provides high quality 2D and 3D video performance for your games and applications!". Oh well maybe it should've been specified which period correct games they are talking about.. …

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Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 09:39

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Hello, in the middle of these absurd market new/used/retro video cards situation I see there're many modern built ATi Rage XL PCI with SDRAM (I suppose 8MB) where the PCB is dated 2020 and the chip itself obviously like 2002. Did anyone tried them in some retro config if comparable to the original …

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Re: Does anyone have a copy of the GeForce FX Launch stream?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 13:25

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I suppose that similar to nowdays there were so many FX 5200 around that with their even heavier limits, sold quite a lot like before the TNT2 M64, Geforce2/4 MX 200 or whatever similar versions.

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Re: Does anyone have a copy of the GeForce FX Launch stream?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 08:42

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No, but Just remembering those times is a pain.. I was following so much the news about before the release and the hype I remember (correct me if I remember wrong) was incredibly high for what was coming. Nowdays I think imho that gpu generation was there to take time for the real beast that would …

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Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-09-02, 08:09

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If I have to choose a game era I'd probably go back far to the Z80 and 68000 based game consoles up to the 80486 computer one, this last because it convinced me that computer was becoming the new thing to have for both games and everyday tasks. The 80486 were the config on which I first watched …

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Re: Socket 775 cpu temperature problems

Posted on 2021-09-01, 21:54

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Thanks, even if I think the Coolermaster Masterwatt 500W might be a bit stressed but beside being low end I've seen some videos that show it has realistic specs even if the inside of the PSU PCB is quite basic. Today I was reading in the shops the specs of the FSP Hyper 500W and the Corsair CV550 …

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Re: Socket 775 cpu temperature problems

Posted on 2021-09-01, 20:58

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Some photo of the build beside the liquid cooling failure.. I wanted to buy today a GT710 PCIe today but having the GT610 it wasn't a good idea so I think I'll boost it with a GT1030 but in future.. for now it has 8GB DDR3@1333, SSD and the Xonar D1 sound card connected to a old still working home …

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Re: Socket 775 cpu temperature problems

Posted on 2021-09-01, 20:37

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I put temporary back the original cooler and temps are lower for sure.. 38°C right now without many peaks.. I think there's something wrong there but I was thinking if the cpu sensor might suffer from the lack of air in the close area considering there's no fan but the PSU one taking the few air …

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Re: Socket 775 cpu temperature problems

Posted on 2021-09-01, 19:46

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:(.. it looked so good to use instead of those awful default coolers.. Also at the end the noise from the cooler pump seems higher than the cpu old fan.. I think I will go back to to the original.. I don't know if to try another thermal paste and see how it performs. In idle the temps reach 39/41°C …

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Socket 775 cpu temperature problems

Posted on 2021-09-01, 19:35

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Hello, I've an Asrock G41C-GS Rev2.01 with G41 chipset and a Nuvoton NCT6776F sensor chip. Today I found a new case full atx to try again a CoolerMaster Lite 120 liquid cooling system I almost never used and I thought it might improve temps on this even if the Core2 Duo E8600@3,33Ghz never reached …

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