Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 02:27

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First to test is the Code creatures benchmark. The order in which results are posted will always be: 1. AT7; 2. AT7 - MAX 2; 3. KD7A. Resolution used are: 1024*768 - the most common resolution of the CRT era and the 90's; 1280*1024 - used today when we got an abundance of 17-19 inch LCD but also …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 02:13

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BIOS settings are not as rich on the KD7A as the other 2 motherboards so I did not took any pictures. To summarize, the parts I used are: CPU: Athlon XP 2800 RAM: 2 * 1 GB sticks different models but with the same memory timings set in the BIOS. FSB: DRAM = 1:1. GPU: Leadtek Geforce 7800gs 256mb PSU …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 02:10

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KT400A : Abit KD7A is the only model produced by Abit with this particular revision of the KT400. It was the only motherboard that took the 3000 and actually got very slightly better scores in 3d mark! Another point to take into consideration is that all Abit boards with KT333 chipset do not have …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 02:06

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The system summary as reported by Everest:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 02:04

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The BIOS settings used; please note that enhance for benchmark setting is enabled by default; so are enhance DRAM performance and enhance AGP performance. Each one provide a very small performance boost, but when they all add up the results will improve!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:53

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KT400 : Abit KD7 – G, AT7 – MAX 2 . I used the AT7 – MAX 2 because it is faster in preliminary testing. Now this board does have both PS/2 connectors so I had no problems here! Better still, it has a silicon image controller that, while still connected over the PCI bus, it is a blessing: I could …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:46

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.. and system summary:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:44

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The legacy CPU-Z and Everest 5.50 screenshots:

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:39

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The BIOS settings used; please note that enhance for benchmark setting is disabled by default and has to be manually enabled in order to have better results in benchmarks.

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:31

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Here are some pictures with the system up and running: Abit AT7 with VIA KT333 chipset

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:29

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Now the motherboards available and what I used: KT333 : Abit KX7 – 333; KX7 – 333R, AT7 – MAX. I used AT7 because it has the highest performance out of the all 3 boards in the initial testing – please note that this is the first AT7 – MAX and not AT7 – MAX 2 ! AT7 – MAX and the IT7 – MAX are the …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-05-27, 01:25

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Today, after 2 years, I come back to continue the topic. The battle for the best 462 platform is now at stage 2: chipsets supporting processors with 333 MHz FSB; that is Athlon XP Thoroughbred B, Thorton and Barton. I got all Abit boards for socket 462 and I have managed to perform compatibility …

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Re: Diablo 2 Migraines - Won't even install- Any ideas?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:55

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Possibly the IDE cable but my money is on the micro SD doing something funny and if you install on good old traditional spinning rust it'll work. This! I had the same problems in a much newer system: Abit IC7-MAX3 would not recognize a SSD connected to the SATA port but would see it if connected to …

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Re: Skynet HT - a Pentium 4 build that I didn't expect doing

Posted on 2023-05-14, 08:14

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155 Abit motherboards; socket 7 up to LGA 775/ AM2+ when Abit was closed down. I own only 2 other non-Abit motherboards: 1 MSI and 1 Asus. Around 50 video cards - I did not counted them actually - maybe half of them Abit, from Riva TNT/Radeon up to GTX 295/Radeon 4870X2 that covers the entire Direct …

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Re: Skynet HT - a Pentium 4 build that I didn't expect doing

Posted on 2023-05-09, 08:01

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The PSU used is an AOpen Z500-12AE3, made by FSP. The stock cooler holds up really well for a Northwood HT - it's only Prescott that it starts turning into a furnace. Anyways, finding ABIT mainboards here in Romania has (at least for me) been very painful. The only ones I have are this IS7-E and a …

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Re: Skynet HT - a Pentium 4 build that I didn't expect doing

Posted on 2023-05-08, 09:32

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Very nice build! What PSU did you used? It should smoke every game up to 2004! How is the Intel stock cooler? Is it enough? Northwood should be cooler than an equivalent Prescott! I have that motherboard along with every other socket 478 Abit board.

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Re: WinXP Pro 32bit - Asus P6T WS Pro - i7 990x - GTX Titan black - 3GB DDR1600 - SB0550 - Voodoo 5 6000 PCI ?..

Posted on 2023-04-23, 07:39

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That is one beastly computer more suited for Windows Vista/7 that XP IMHO. Performance must be through the roof with that CPU/GPU combo. Good luck finding a Voodoo card - prices are now extremely high and unlikely to ever come down. I would very much like to have a Voodoo card but i am not willing …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-04-23, 05:49

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From 2003 I have the following: Abit motherboards 1.socket 478: IC7-G; IC7-MAX3; IS7; AI7 2. socket 462: KD7A; KV7; NF7-s 2.0 3. socket 754: KV8-MAX3 CPU: Pentium 4 2.8C, 3.0C, 3.2C; Athlon XP 2500, 2800, 3000, 3200; Duron 1800 GPU: Ati radeon 9600xt from Abit; 9800xt; nvidia geforce 5950 ultra HDD: …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-04-20, 15:11

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Interesting topic to say the least! The hardware from that era can hardly be used to run Windows 6.X or later; modern internet and today era software. They are single core so are strongly limiting performance and IMHO are best used with XP with the exception of dual socket systems that can …

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Re: Hard drive backup software?

Posted on 2023-04-18, 08:22

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kixs wrote on 2023-04-18, 06:20: I used Ghost back then and still use now for old hardware. Subscribed to this suggestion! i also use Ghost 2003 that works just fine on every single Windows version NT 4.0 - XP and on every system from Pentium 166 mmx above.

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