Re: Which Athlon 64 X2 should I chose? (solved)

Posted on 2023-11-06, 06:49

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by nd22

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You could use the Brisbane to assemble the system and test it! Unfortunately the problem with Chinese sellers is always the same: advertise one thing, send another! It happened to me also when I got instead of low latency DDR2 Corsair RAM some no name brand with CAS6.

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 2000

Posted on 2023-11-03, 10:28

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by nd22

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Nforce4 chipset actually does not require to have the SATA driver to install Windows. I installed XP just with the original disk on my Abit AN8-SLI. Yes, I got the floppy with the driver but it was not required! There may have been some differences depending on the manufacturer, but I distinctly …

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Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1992 to 2000

Posted on 2023-11-03, 08:28

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by nd22

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I used floppy on all my systems from 1996 to 2010 with Windows 95 up to Vista. Only in 2011 when I got the last PC - the brand new Sandy bridge - I renounced the floppy drive. Today it is still there in all of my systems but I do not use it unless it is required to update the BIOS; when installing …

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Re: WinXP/7 builds and potential Windows 98 rabbit hole build

Posted on 2023-11-01, 07:12

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by nd22

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Why don't you install 98Se on that NF7-S 2.0 to see how it performs? If you already have the board and the CPU I would say this is a very good start! Put only 512mb of RAM in it, the geforce3 card and run some benchmarks and games so you can asses the system. FX 5500 is a very weak card but you can …

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Re: WinXP/7 builds and potential Windows 98 rabbit hole build

Posted on 2023-10-30, 08:35

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As Joseph put it, going beyond 20001 with 98SE for games is not a good option; the best platform for 98 is socket 370/423 if you have deep pockets/478 from Intel and socket 462 with VIA/AMD/SIS chipset/slot A from AMD. Taking into account the rarity of socket 423/slot A and the price of socket 370 …

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Re: Windows XP system spec recommendations.

Posted on 2023-10-26, 06:29

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by nd22

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The number of games incompatible with NT 6.X would be too long to even mention them but the list of games incompatible with XP is much shorter and frankly XP has other advantages too like EAX for example! For the 99% of installs XP 32 bit is what I see at my friends, personally I use 32 bit version …

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Re: Windows XP system spec recommendations.

Posted on 2023-10-25, 07:45

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by nd22

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From a P4 1.4GHz at the one end to a dual Xeon E5-2690v2 at the other. Not sure why you'd pick the 1.4GHz P4 as the starting point - you could certainly, back in the day, run XP on less. Had XP (and later server 2003 R2) on a PIII 700 with 768 megs of RAM and it was... fine for the time. I remember …

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Re: Abitronium - an BE6-II rebuild that's A BIT long due.

Posted on 2023-10-13, 09:17

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by nd22

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Really good system! I have several BE6 - II and they are very good, one of the best slot 1 boards! One question: why Windows 2000?

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Re: Which Athlon 64 X2 should I chose? (solved)

Posted on 2023-10-08, 15:48

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by nd22

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Show us some picture with the assembled system so we can rejoice again seeing an Abit board at work!

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Re: Which Athlon 64 X2 should I chose?

Posted on 2023-10-05, 06:01

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by nd22

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Depending on where you live you might have the perfect option: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113737803569?epid=1963871211&hash=item1a7b4d2731:g:xmgAAOSwKMJhv5QG&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwH4%2BzjzvlEuxZ7F15h92YhTUzWapMhw%2BT0HDDK6ZuB% …

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Re: Which Athlon 64 X2 should I chose?

Posted on 2023-10-05, 05:39

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by nd22

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[/quote] P.S. About the mentioned problem for the non-integer CPU multiplier values: I think it's chipset related. [/quote] No, it is not chipset related, it is CPU related.

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Re: Which Athlon 64 X2 should I chose?

Posted on 2023-10-05, 05:36

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by nd22

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1. friendly advice: You have an Abit board. Leave it at it is! Just put the latest BETA Bios if you want but don't mod it! I have all socket AM2/AM2+ Abit boards and they are great - no need for any modding and unnecessary risks. 2. Nforce4 SLI and Ultra are basically the same chipset - no …

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Re: Looking for a good motherboard for a voodoo 5

Posted on 2023-10-03, 09:01

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by nd22

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Voodoo cards are collectors items and are priced accordingly! I would like to get at least one voodoo card but the prices being as they are I gave up! So i choose the next best thing: geforce 4 TI 4600. It has performance way above the Voodoo 5500 and is compatible with every single motherboard I …

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Re: What modern PSU can be used with high end Athlon XP retro build ?

Posted on 2023-09-13, 06:30

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by nd22

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Athlon XP 3200 requires a motherboard with nforce2/KT600/KT880 chipset and with the notable exception of Asus almost all have the auxiliary power connector. That being said you will still need a PSU with a beefy 5V rail. Period correct Enermax are built like a tank and would require capacitors to be …

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-30, 07:25

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by nd22

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Welp. I guess this thread gave me enough reasons to finally put my IP35 Pro XE to good use :) Another outstanding Abit board! In single video card configuration has performance equal to X38/X48. I have a system set up on IP35 Pro XE and Windows 7 flies on it! Period correct games are strongly …

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-27, 10:12

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by nd22

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And here is the PC mark vantage result: https://www.3dmark.com/pcmv/632245 I do not know if the score is good or not because this is the first time I ran PC mark vantage! I did not ran any DirectX 11 tests because the video card is too weak for most if not all DirectX 11 games.

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-27, 10:10

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by nd22

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For comparison this is the same benchmark done 12 years ago on 2600K/16gb DDR3/Asus P67 deluxe: 9/24/2011 8:48:58 PM - Vista 64 Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9 Global Game Quality: …

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-27, 07:05

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by nd22

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In DirectX 10 I only tested 3dmark vantage and the performance is acceptable: However Crysis seems to think otherwise as even without AA the average framerate is pretty low: 27/08/2023 09:49:30 - Vista 64 Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, …

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-27, 04:20

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by nd22

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In DirectX 10 I only tested 3dmark vantage and the performance is acceptable:

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Re: Back to the future - PC version!

Posted on 2023-08-27, 04:15

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by nd22

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In 3dmark 2005 & 2006 the performance is very good, the system will have no problem whatsoever with any DirectX 9.0C game even at 1080p widescreen or 1600p 4:3 resolution with max settings:

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