Re: Should I get a Pentium 1 laptop?
Posted on 2022-11-14, 21:28
I like retro laptops. I have like 11 of them, ranging from the Pentium MMX to Pentium M. But maybe I am the odd man out in this regard.
Re: Nvidia adaptergate
Posted on 2022-11-14, 16:27
I have a very, very hard time believing that they didn't know the connectors had the potential to fail. I suppose that it's possible that I am just a overly cynical skeptic.....but I doubt it.
Re: Nvidia adaptergate
Posted on 2022-11-14, 16:14
are we up to 21 cases so far? Its all melting down, the horror. The number of cases isn't really the point.....It's that nVidia knowingly let it happen. Acceptable losses. This is their flagship product, they knew it was defective, poorly designed and just didn't care. One more piece to the puzzle …
Re: Should I get a Pentium 1 laptop?
Posted on 2022-11-14, 14:15
As long as the screen is active matrix, then sure thing. I have two Pentium MMX laptops, a Dell XPi-CD with a 166mmx And a Gateway Solo with a Tillamook 266. I upgraded the passive matrix screen on the Gateway to a active matrix TFT, upgraded the RAM and even upgraded the CPU from a 166 to the …
Re: What games did you become really good at?
Posted on 2022-11-11, 14:27
Once upon a time I was quite good at UT99, I'm not anymore.
Re: Cheap but well performing PCI 3D video cards
Posted on 2022-11-11, 14:05
They don't work in all motherboards, I think there was another post about them, Socket 7 maybe too old. You can still find a regular old Dell of HP OEM RageXL PCI though. They were used in servers as a display adapter until maybe 10 years ago or so. They don't have the problem of not being …
Re: Cheap but we’ll performing PCI 3D video cards
Posted on 2022-11-10, 18:19
Voodoo 1, Banshee, Matrox G200/G450, S3 Savage 4, TNT2 M64. These are all good options. Not sure how cheap the Voodoo's are these days. Cheaper than a V2/V3 I'm sure. But even a Banshee or a Velocity 1000 are more expensive than they shoule be. Walk down the right street and people will probably …
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2022-11-10, 18:02
Cars and guitars are my main hobbies. I have two project cars a 1982 Corvette that was my fathers, and a 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that has basically become a "bandit clone" I used to swap and sell guitars quite a bit in my bar gigging days, but those days are behind me I think. I mainly just …
Re: q
Posted on 2022-11-10, 17:58
This is pretty wild. I've never even heard of these before.
Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?
Posted on 2022-11-10, 17:09
Some good threads on Cyrix: Cyrix/ST/IBM Aiming for the stars! Cyrix appreciation thread My own rather boring thread on my MII: Cyrix MII build
Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?
Posted on 2022-11-10, 15:57
Harr, how dare you to capture my thread. Spinn your own yarn / thread or I'll let you walk the (mainboard)plank ;-) This thread is about, which shall be the fastest, feasable processor for the "GA-586S, V 1.22C , Bios 1.04" plank/board, harr. Omg lol 😂 Cyrix makes some interesting chips. I’d say go …
Re: Help picking a good Socket 7 motherboard
Posted on 2022-11-10, 14:33
I would try to find a Super 7 board with faster FSB, AGP and options for K6+ chips....but that's just me. Pretty much always my answer 😀
Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?
Posted on 2022-11-09, 22:11
Oh dear "K6-3+", pure unobtainium :-( ... but I've got a K6-2+/500, what's it worth? ... and how to get it working on the "GA-586S, V 1.22C , Bios 1.04"?? The 3+ chips aren't completely unavailable but they can be harder to find. A k6-2+ chip is very nearly as fast. Not sure about the GA-586S, but …
Re: The Retro Budget Station
Posted on 2022-11-09, 15:26
So what I dont understand is why GLQuake and Quake II are so low, is it just the cpu holding it back? Though if so wouldn't the scores be higher, I would have assumed my FPs would be hmuch higher with the GF2 MX vs the TNT2, as a matter of fact compared to anand tech my preformance is half of what …
Re: Nvidia adaptergate
Posted on 2022-11-08, 21:38
Overclocking is still alive, if you're willing to scalp CPU IHS and shunt-mod video cards. Yeah, it is still alive but it for sure is a bit more niche than it used to be. I don't really count manufacturer sactioned overclocking as overclocking. But there is very little need for any more. I put my …
Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?
Posted on 2022-11-08, 21:34
ildonaldo wrote on 2022-11-08, 20:40: Harr, how dare you to capture my thread. Spinn your own yarn / thread or I'll let you walk the (mainboard)plank 😉 This thread is about, which shall be the fastest, feasable processor for the "GA-586S, V 1.22C , Bios 1.04" plank/board, harr. The fastest is easy …
Re: Christmas 1999 build - What's under YOUR tree?
Posted on 2022-11-08, 18:09
I believe that I was eyeballing the K6-2 400-500 CPUs pretty hard in late 1999. I did eventually end up with one. I'm not sure that it was my "dream machine" but it was a solid performing little machine, and probably why still today SS7 is my favorite platform.
Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?
Posted on 2022-11-08, 17:57
The 6x86L CPU is trash. The 6x86MX fixes a lot of issues and I actually quite like that CPU, but not the standard 6x86. Agreed, it’s unfortunate Cyrix was unable to message and advertise that the 6x86mx and MII both would run quake just fine Yes the MII chips are quite decent performers for the …
Re: Nvidia adaptergate
Posted on 2022-11-08, 17:30
It will just come down to how AMD cards perform in real world gaming. If they do 90% of the task, while using 1/3 less power and costing 1/3 less.......then it is a very clear that 4000 series nVidia cards are a bad value. At least the ones presently released, at the present pricing. That doesn't …
Re: Nvidia adaptergate
Posted on 2022-11-08, 14:40
1080Ti is a mistake nVidia will never make again :D Yeah, not for some time. I don't have the Ti, but I am still using my vanilla Asus ROG 1080 and while it is starting to show it's age it has been a fantastic card. I don't see the 4000 series being in that kind of a historical place. I think that …
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