Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-01, 22:44

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by appiah4

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So, a minor project I am undertaking is to move my Pentium build from its AT case to an ATX case, and use the AT case to build something more fluffy and contemporary for it, a UMC 486SX33/40 MSDOS PC. A very kind local seller hooked me up with a nice Tyan S1753S board for this purpose, so I was left …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-31, 15:29

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by appiah4

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After trying to obtain this card locally for over a year I found someone selling it.. in a lot consisting mostly of totally uninteresting AGP cards of the era like the TNT2 M64 and MX400.. for $3 each.. WAAAATTTTT!?!?! Bought it and its mine now at last. http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/ …

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

Posted on 2017-03-30, 05:36

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by appiah4

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Started arranging the parts I had for a planned 486 build.. only to remember that old 486 boards like the one I have are very barebanes and have no IO controllers.. So I am now short of ISA IDE and I/O controllers with pretty much no local supply of these ancient things. Time to suffer outrageous …

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Re: Where can I find the differences between different ESS chips?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 20:44

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Well, MIDI equipment is the least of my concerns and I will need the IDE port in a 486 build so I'll probably have to go with the 688 with a shitton of jumpers.. I'm guessing the lack of MP-401 compatibility won't hurt with MIDI in games? It's still SBPro compatible 100%?

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Re: Where can I find the differences between different ESS chips?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 20:34

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I have the following: An Edison Gold 16 ES688F http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_555550.jpg A noname 1868F that is a less busy card but I have no photo of at the moment. A Best Union (?) MF-1869 ES1898F that has a very bare PCB and makes me …

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Re: Phenom 2 X3 720 info

Posted on 2017-03-29, 20:18

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by appiah4

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I have no idea why but I thought you had it in an AM2+ socket, hence my DDR2 comments. It was just a brain fart; DDR3 is plenty enough for that chip.

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Re: Phenom 2 X3 720 info

Posted on 2017-03-29, 20:05

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by appiah4

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50W is probably idle Phenom II wattage with Cool n Quiet enabled, something Barton did not have hence 115W at idle with Barton.. It's a pretty decent processor and definitely better than Q6600. It has better IPC than Bulldozer and is generally regarded as a better processor than its successor. That …

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Where can I find the differences between different ESS chips?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 19:49

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There are quite a few of them and I don't know which one if any is superior.. I have a couple ESS ISA cards and I'm trying to pick one to use with a 486 build..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-29, 13:36

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Bought 3 AGP cards for $3, seller threw in a free ISA 16-bit sound card for free http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_58194.jpg Diamond Stealth II G460 (i740), I had this exact same card in my PII-350. I may use it with a Voodoo 2 in a future PII …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-29, 09:25

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Found a Phenom 2 X3 720 black and first time i use a am3 cpu. What can you say about it? How it run with a 890gx chipset? I still use an Athlon II X4 640 BE in my secondary gaming rig and I think they are phenomenally good CPUs and aged extremely well thanks to their architecture being built with …

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

Posted on 2017-03-29, 04:49

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Today i have finally upgraded my tualeron build by real tualatin pentium 3. And i have also upgraded the fx5200 64bit to fx5200 128bit card. and something weird hat happens. without overclock ihave 1900 points more in 3dmark2000 and about 1600 points more than with the old setup. It is even …

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Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 04:42

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I've been looking for one to use in my 1999 build and I'll be damned if it was ever sold where I live, but the market is full of TNT2 M64 cards (which I may settle with, or go with a GF2MX instead..) TNT2 is not that expensive. The TNT2 Ultra's are because of their rarity. Otherwise, you could …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-28, 14:03

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Right.. So my own shots of the stuff that arrived in the mail in the last two days: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_618939.jpg Lucky Star 6P2BX2 VER:3.0 http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_ …

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Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2017-03-28, 08:33

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by appiah4

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I've been looking for one to use in my 1999 build and I'll be damned if it was ever sold where I live, but the market is full of TNT2 M64 cards (which I may settle with, or go with a GF2MX instead..)

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-27, 16:17

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Bought a P2 board with a CPU and 2 sticks of ram on it. Seller's photo: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/gallery_60983_11505_97771.jpeg No idea what the CPU is (asked the seller and he quoted the sticker on the BIOS chip..) or how much RAM it has (did not ask after …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-27, 11:14

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Let's hope it runs with an 8MB 72-pin SIMM, I have no 30-pin SIMMs 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-27, 10:32

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That's a very interesting board. I guess it was designed to be as cheap as possible by a) making the footprint tiny b) including compatibility for 30-pin SIMMs so that upgraders didn't have to buy new RAM c) including support for 72-pin SIMMs for when you could afford to upgrade (but I've NEVER …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-27, 09:33

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Finally own a 486 system backbone. Did I do good? http://i.hizliresim.com/D3kp4m.jpg http://i.hizliresim.com/2jQB8d.jpg I have no idea how a UMC U5SX 486-33F performs compared to a i486DX33 but it can't be too bad I guess. Obviously I can't use it with my DX4-100 CPU (my initial 486 build goal) but …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-26, 21:03

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Bought a P2 board with a CPU and 2 sticks of ram on it. Seller's photo: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/gallery_60983_11505_97771.jpeg Could be a Jetway P2 board of some kind. They commonly had white I/O connectors, I think. Or a Lucky Star. Compare the looks with …

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

Posted on 2017-03-26, 20:59

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by appiah4

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Finished my Pentium MMX build and got started on collecting parts for a P2 build.

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