Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 21:22

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Yeah, 100 FSB on an MMX processor is pretty great. I know when I boosted my 233 from 3.5 x 66 to 2.5 x 100, it boosted my Quake 2 FPS from about 20 to 30 in the first timedemo on a Riva 128. It's remarkable what a bottleneck the memory must have been. Yeah, I got something around 5fps boost in …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 19:54

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I think I wasn't clear on what I'm doing, sorry. I'm using the CPU at 100x2.0 at 2.8v, I did not have to increase the core voltage at all for that. I only have to increase the core voltage if I try to use 100x2.5, which I'm not going to. 66x3.5 I cannot do because my motherboard does not allow it. …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 15:49

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I think I wasn't clear on what I'm doing, sorry. I'm using the CPU at 100x2.0 at 2.8v, I did not have to increase the core voltage at all for that. I only have to increase the core voltage if I try to use 100x2.5, which I'm not going to. 66x3.5 I cannot do because my motherboard does not allow it.

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 11:34

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Pentium MMXs were made with a margin in frequency, they are very overclockable. Also, due to the older process technology, they are much more durable than the newer CPUs. In the other hand if Pentium MMX 200 isn't enough fast for you, it will make much more sense to use Pentium 3 or K6-3 and get a …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:50

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I have a few P200 mmx and a P233 mmx and all will run all day at 100x2.5 2.8v. Maybe Yours has already been damaged somehow if it needs 3.2v for 250mhz. This is also a possibility, I used to mess a lot with this motherboard once I had a k6-2 450 on it. I suspect I might have ran the MMX on it with …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:10

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My CPU model is FV80503200 SY060. From the comments its clear that I should not mess with the voltages and keep it at 2.8v, so I'm keeping it at 2.8v. Btw I'm using a cheap P3 cooler. Still not sure about the 100mhz FSB, but I might keep it at 2x100 instead of 3x66. 3.5x66 is not an option since …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 21:20

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As old as this equipment is now I really don't see the reason to push those components to the brink. Especially when something faster is easily available and pretty cheap as well. Why do you need more than 2 x 100? No specific reason, just wanted to tweak this old PC and get a few more fps on Quake …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 18:45

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I think any time you increase the voltage, it's a given you are decreasing it's lifespan. Going from 2.8 to 3.2 is actually a pretty hefty jump too. I usually read accounts of people bumping voltages up 0.1V to get a stable overclock. 0.4V isn't anything I would do, unless I were aiming for some …

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Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 18:30

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Hi, Another quick question from someone which never had much experience overclocking back in the day... right now I have a V72MA motherboard (Ali M1542 chipset) and a Pentium MMX 200mhz CPU installed. Until now I was using the CPU in stock settings, meaning 66mhz FSB on both CPU and motherboard and …

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 18:54

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Hey, that looks nice. Never thought about using a text user interface in newer OSes, please let me know once you finish as I'd love to replace my script for something like that.

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 13:13

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Oh, so you want a console app. Unfortunately this will not be a matter of recompiling, I used Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS and this specific version displays stuff using text mode. Compiling it using a newer version will not give you a console app, but a regular app using windows UI elements. So one …

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 12:25

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Hi, What version of Windows are you intending to run with it? The installer does work in Win9x through a dos box.

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Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-11-20, 01:41

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I regret buying a GF6600GT at the time it was new, I imported it from the US and it fried a few months after, then I purchased another one and the new one also fried a few months after. Gave up and ended up with a radeon 9600xt. Years later I found out the issue was on the apartment's electrical …

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Re: It never ceases to amaze how bad management can be at their job

Posted on 2022-11-20, 01:15

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So, we mostly agree... except on how tech workers should behave. I have a different view... due to home office and high demand for technology during the pandemic, tech positions are now very sought after by companies (thus we are "spoiled"). Other professions on the other hand mostly suffered and …

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Re: It never ceases to amaze how bad management can be at their job

Posted on 2022-11-19, 20:46

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The developers/employees made the right decision, I think. No one with dignity and love for freedom could have accepted this ultimatum with a clear conscience, I believe. The conditions equal exploitation or a form of slavery, imho. Uh, this isn't exactly a 19th-century coal mine. We're talking …

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GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-15, 14:56

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Hey everyone, Some (long) time ago I created a small menu application to install multiple DOS programs from a distribution media (i.e. CD) to the user's hard drive. The main idea behind it was to create compilation CDs with DOS shareware/freeware titles. Since it was released, some users got in …

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Re: What games did you become really good at?

Posted on 2022-11-10, 18:42

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I used to be a huge fan of fighting games and I'm quite competent playing them compared to the average Joe, but after playing them online for years, I got to a point where I'm stuck because: -Playing against people outside the fighting game community became too easy, sometimes I have to hold back a …

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Re: Software for drawing game graphics

Posted on 2022-11-09, 18:48

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Thanks for the responses, just installed Grafx2 on my main PC. Seems like a very nice program, it even runs in a whole environment mimicking DOS so I'm always feeling like a game developer from the early 90s 😁

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Software for drawing game graphics

Posted on 2022-11-09, 14:15

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Hi everyone, Can anyone recommend any good software for drawing graphics to be used in a DOS game? What did game developers at the time use? The drawing utility itself does not need to be old or run under DOS, as long as it allows me to draw stuff inside EGA/VGA palette limitations. Thanks in …

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Re: MS Sidewinder Gamepad in MS DOS

Posted on 2022-10-21, 14:02

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Hey, thanks for replying, The TSR solution is nice, but can be somehow achieved by just running the games from inside Windows. Then the sidewinder is recognized as a regular joystick and can even work as a Capcom pad for games like Super Street Fighter 2. My only reason for wanting a way to use the …

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