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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-19, 09:32

in Milliways

in Milliways

Yet another case of Intel choosing to fuck over a market they had monopoly on for personal gain and felt they could dictate whatever costs they whimsically willed onto the customers. But then, who would be surprised. RAMBUS, not Intel. Oh.. So Rambus made the deal with themselves? Wait, what? Intel …

Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-19, 09:30

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My Athlon64 build, finally rehoused in a NOS beige ATX case.. https://i.postimg.cc/9zmHHzrL/Athlon64-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Vd5y5T9M/Athlon64-02.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XXsSj354/Athlon64-03.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/68mbg5F1/Athlon64-3-DMark2001.jpg It's not a good case, but it's beige simple …

Re: Save my 9800 ! :)

Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

9800s are known to be failure prone, unless you're doing something very basic such as forgetting to plug in the power molex and it doesn't POST at all I wouldn't count on fixing it.

Re: How do you find retro Hardware free?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've had people I know come and donate things to me often, once they know what I like to do with it. Particularly in the office, people tend to dig up their and their parents' old computers once they learn you resurrect them and put them to use.

Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:15

in Milliways

in Milliways

The whole "we will update and install stuff on your PC whether you like it or not" really aggravates me. +1 this is the main reason I dislike Windows 10 There's also the fact that the OS keeps.. changing, which I feel is not fair to the customer. You buy something and in a couple of years it …

Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:09

in Milliways

in Milliways

Yes, RDRAM meant that Intel had to have an exclusive high-end deal, and they couldn't offer DDR until that deal ran out. Yet another case of Intel choosing to fuck over a market they had monopoly on for personal gain and felt they could dictate whatever costs they whimsically willed onto the …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-19, 05:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

xjas wrote: Coincidentally, this is the last CPU I just finished benchmarking in my Super 7 project: 20191218_210655.jpg That reminds me, are there any functional differences between 6x86mx and mII architecture wise? Would be nice if you could look at that in your testing..

Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-18, 21:49

in Milliways

in Milliways

The biggest differentiator, IMO, was the period leading up to the Northwoods. So423 was a mistake. RDRAM was a mistake. It took forever for Intel to release a DDR chipset, with high-latency and expensive RDRAM and slow SDRAM as the only options. OTOH, AMD was plagued by having cowboy vendors …

Re: Strange case of Non-Post after rehousing..

Posted on 2019-12-18, 20:47

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Long live the K8T800, fuck nForce3. Happy ending.

Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2019-12-18, 20:47

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Rehoused my Athlon64 3700+ system and downgraded my dead X1950PRO to an X800XT PE. Pretty impressive score as far as I am concerned.

Re: How to remove a standard feature, then sell it back to your marks, sorry, your VALUED customers

Posted on 2019-12-18, 12:02

in Milliways

in Milliways

The only Activision game I care about is Warcraft III, which has become increasingly unplayable in recent years due to bugs and glitches. How is it possible for a game that has been stable for years to become riddled with bugs? It will probably soon be remade with microtransactions, so breaking the …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-18, 11:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

One PC for DOS, one for Win98, one for XP. Trying to wrangle one PC into 2 or more roles is a futile exercise in frustration. I already have two for DOS (386SX-25 DOS 5.0 and 486SX40 DOS 6.22), three for Windows 9x (P133 Win95, K6-2/500 Win98 and PIII-1200 WinMe) [...] Looks like you are still …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-18, 11:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

One PC for DOS, one for Win98, one for XP. Trying to wrangle one PC into 2 or more roles is a futile exercise in frustration. I already have two for DOS (386SX-25 DOS 5.0 and 486SX40 DOS 6.22), three for Windows 9x (P133 Win95, K6-2/500 Win98 and PIII-1200 WinMe) so this was meant to be the XP PC …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-18, 10:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I replaced the motherboard of my Athlon64 system yet again and reverted to the K8V Deluxe (K8T800) yet again . Now I am having a dilemma; do I stick to keeping it as a Windows XP box or do I make it a dual boot Windows 98/XP box, and add in a second PCI card for SB Emulation (Likely a Terratec 128i …

Re: MT-32 connected to AWE32 with DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2019-12-18, 10:08

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

Hi, I recently got hold of an MT-32. I want to connect it to the GamePort of my AWE32 to which a DreamBlaster X2 is already connected. I was wondering if there might be a conflict between the X2 and the MT-32 or are they using different address. To my understanding both could be addressed by using …

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-18, 10:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

20+MB/s is definitely UDMA.

Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-12-18, 09:11

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Has anyone tried ESS Solo-1 and YMF-744 on a K8T800 motherboard? I am considering either of the two in addition to an Audigy 2 ZS to make it a Win9x/XP dual boot machine..

Re: Best PCI sound card for XP machine?

Posted on 2019-12-18, 09:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

It really depends on what games you want to play. For example, I can see a very good case being made for a YMF-744 sound card with digital/optical output for specific games from the 90s you may want to play, but without knowing exactly what you want to play I'd just go ahead and say 'Just plug in an …

Re: 386sx Setup and Build

Posted on 2019-12-18, 08:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Video cards that rely on the ISA clock for generating output signal will have a LOT of trouble, especially with LCDs. Acumos cards for example are terrible in this regard. Your mileage may vary.

Re: How to remove a standard feature, then sell it back to your marks, sorry, your VALUED customers

Posted on 2019-12-18, 08:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

Who the fuck cares about death numbers?

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