Re: Are K6-iii chips obtainable?

Posted on 2021-06-30, 16:45

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by Jasin Natael

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Bulldozer/Piledriver was just a bad design overall. Even before the release it was super easy to tell that the design was not good. AMD tried to use automation and simulation in their design process instead of using experienced CPU design engineers and it bit them in the gonads pretty hard. It …

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Re: Are K6-iii chips obtainable?

Posted on 2021-06-30, 16:34

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by Jasin Natael

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Anyway, the honest truth is that buying an i5 during that time would've been the best decision not only when considering the short term, but in the long run as well... so in that sense, the Bulldozer/Piledriver architectures have not really aged well/better than the Intel parts. The intel parts …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-30, 14:03

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by Jasin Natael

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Not sure, but looks like a just have a faulty old crappy PC Chips board...surprise surprise. While PC Chips did make some bad boards, the M571 is generally regarded as one of their better products. Both contemporary and current day reviews give it fairly decent marks. I have used mine for about 2 …

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Re: Are K6-iii chips obtainable?

Posted on 2021-06-30, 13:14

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Even so I think they have aged quite well compared to their i5 contemporaries of the day. They have not, I've actually tested this. An overclocked 4 core / 4 thread Core i5 4670K outperforms an FX 9590 (many times by a big margin) in most modern games (albeit, both will be quite slow in many games …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-29, 21:13

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by Jasin Natael

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I think only revision 7.0 of the M571 officially supports 83 MHz FSB speed. Unofficially, it may work for older revisions as well, but various issues may arise. Did you try running that CPU at 66 MHz? Just to test if the hard disk problems would go away. Also, be sure to set PCI clock to 33 MHz …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-29, 16:01

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by Jasin Natael

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Update in case anyone cares.....silicon image PCI RAID card works fine, drives are detected and system is stable. However the bios does not support booting from it so I can't realistically install Windows 9x as the installer can't see any of the drives attached to it. It does seem to support booting …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-28, 18:15

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by Jasin Natael

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I was able to flash this BIOS and get the CPU to recognize and work correctly. There is no 2.2v jumper setting on my motherboard, so I set it to the lowest (2.5v) I have an M571 revision 3.2a. On my board, 2.2V is achieved by removing the jumper from JP6 i.e. having all the pins be empty. Check …

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Re: 8k

Posted on 2021-06-28, 17:05

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I was thinking of buying a 1440p monitor, but since GPU prices are ridiculous now, I can't buy a GPU to run it. I honestly can't drive my 3440 x 1440 to it's best potential either. I've just got a GTX 1080 in my main rig. But for older games or easier to run ones it is still a nice resolution to …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-28, 16:59

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by Jasin Natael

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Quick update. And maybe some advice.... I was able to flash this BIOS and get the CPU to recognize and work correctly. There is no 2.2v jumper setting on my motherboard, so I set it to the lowest (2.5v) From what I was able to read online, only the revision 3.2a and 7.0 boards have a 2.2v setting, …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-24, 20:12

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by Jasin Natael

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Edit: Pass on the Voodoo 3/2SLI, maybe go with a Banshee option? Should do well on that CPU, maybe less money too. Not so much... a Banshee is still a bottleneck even @ 640 x 480 in many games (like GLQuake, for example). Of course, it is DEFINITELY much better than a Voodoo 1 in every way (except …

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Re: 8k

Posted on 2021-06-24, 16:07

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My TV's are 4k at 55" and 60" My gaming desktop I'm using a 37" ultrawide at 3440x2440p -100hz My laptop does have a 4k 15.6" screen but the GTX 1650 can't really drive any games at that resolution, it is very nice for casual usage and videos however. I don't see the point for 8K gaming in almost …

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Re: Socket 7 - Intel Ultimate

Posted on 2021-06-24, 15:47

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Great build Tillamook is a bucket list CPU for sure. I would definitely go for a Voodoo 3/Voodo2SLI option though. And I have to say...K6-3+ smashes the Pentium MMX....of course i AM a AMD fanboy and happy to admit it ;) Edit: Pass on the Voodoo 3/2SLI, maybe go with a Banshee option? Should do well …

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Re: Best PCI VGA for a K6-III+

Posted on 2021-06-24, 15:44

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K6 FPU is REALLY!!!! WEAK. The K6-2/3 450 has FPU Performance like a P1-233MMX. P2 or a Celeron300A are excellent for win9x-retro-gaming. It is weak.....but it isn't nearly that weak. Comparable to say a PII-350 or so. They are great chips but they don't perform always as people expect. Great for …

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Re: [Lazy Question] SuperSocket7 Motherboard suggestions?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 17:41

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by Jasin Natael

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I second (or third) the Win98/DOS suggestion. XP is a bit much. Socket 7 is my favorite platform and a K6-3+ is my favorite CPU as well, so great choices, but XP is a little outside of it's capabilities. It will run it but not well. Voodoo 5 is great card well, maybe a bit of a waste on Socket 7 …

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Re: Would a Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro board be a useful purchse?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 14:45

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by Jasin Natael

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IDK if Compaq had an early attempt super 7 board that wasn't quite stable at 100 for 100% of machines, but they had a K6-2 380 that ran on 4x95... maybe it was how they liked to quantise their model range, or maybe AMD got a load of "not quite 100" dies and made Compaq a deal for them. There were a …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-22, 21:44

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by Jasin Natael

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Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? Any experience or possibly a link to such a BIOS? On this page there are references to a modified BIOS which allows K6-2+ and K6-3+ to run on the M571. I have that motherboard but I've never tested this since I lack the relevant CPUs. Joseph, Thank …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-06-22, 16:38

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by Jasin Natael

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web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm I tried to format as a link but it doesn't work. Just copy/paste instead. 👍 Doornkaat, Thank you for this. I had visited Jan's site but for whatever reason I couldn't find the M571 listed, I guess I was looking right past it cause there it is. Thank you …

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PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-06-22, 16:15

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by Jasin Natael

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I recently purchased a PC Chips m571 Rev 3.2 board. I know that these boards do not officially support K6-3+ CPU's but I did find some rumors online that they have unofficial support with a modified BIOS. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? Any experience or possibly a link to such a …

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Re: Would a Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro board be a useful purchse?

Posted on 2021-06-22, 13:44

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by Jasin Natael

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I would avoid it altogether unless it is complete. If it is complete then it will probably work just fine, possibly need a PSU rebuild or a recap, but that is always a possibility with any old system. I had a Compaq Presario 5152 or some such Socket 7 machine that i managed to get a K6-3+ running at …

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Re: Acceptable 3d accelerator for Pentium MMX era.

Posted on 2021-06-18, 13:10

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by Jasin Natael

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Barring that a TnT2/Geforce MX is a solid choice and are cheap and plentiful, but even a Radeon 7200/9200 or something is going to quickly max out that Pentium, and they are cheap and easy to find too. Well, it depends. They are cheap and plentiful in their standard AGP version. The PCI versions …

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