Re: What motherboard/processor combination for speed sensitive DOS games?

Posted on 2019-01-25, 19:04

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by mothergoose729

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The downside to throttle is that it is not hardware control. Throttle.exe essentially just activates the "throttle duty cycle" thingy (available in many motherboards' BIOS menus) - which is a low-power mode for CPUs in doze/standby mode - only during normal operation. So it kinda is :) From what I …

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Re: What motherboard/processor combination for speed sensitive DOS games?

Posted on 2019-01-25, 17:22

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by mothergoose729

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There are actually quite a few options for adjusting speed in DOS games. In my opinion, the most flexible setup is Phil's 4-in-1 DOS machine based on a SS7, K6+. This computer can easily scale down to a 386DX33 all the way up to the equivalent of a Pentium II 450mhz. K6+ processors on an SS7 board …

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Re: Disable 2 cores Phenom II X4 965BE?

Posted on 2019-01-24, 16:00

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For the sake of completeness, yes. Some motherboard allow you to enable or disable cores in the bios, but in my experience this is not a common feature. You can reliably disable cores in your OS, which I believe just prevents the operating system from recognizing and scheduling threads on those …

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Re: Can a new vintage mobo have bulging caps?

Posted on 2019-01-21, 22:36

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I just replaced about 25 Nichicon caps on an Asus TUSL2 due to bulging. Brand on the cap nor the board makes any difference when it's from the cap plague era. I recap and re-fan every PSU that isn't brand new as a matter of course. Motherboards, I am planning to start at the PII era and work my way …

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Re: Can a new vintage mobo have bulging caps?

Posted on 2019-01-20, 17:47

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I think if anything electronics that have been stored without use are more dangerous. The eletrolytic fluid in capacitors will evaporate overtime when powered on, but it is dissolves much less slowly when not in use. Meanwhile, literal battery acid is eating through the cap as soon as the fluid is …

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Re: Booting Windows 98 from USB with ASUS cuv4x-c

Posted on 2019-01-20, 17:42

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Do you have IDE ports on your modern PC? You could connect the drive from the retro PC to the new PC, get the Win98 ISO somewhere, copy over the contents, then boot the retro PC to command prompt only, and run SETUP from there. ้hmmm, interesting. I don't think my modern PC mainboard has IDE, but …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2019-01-19, 22:06

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https://www.esaitech.com/images/detailed/7/OOO/img844820.jpg My first custom PC, built just about 10 years ago E8400 Wolfdale @3.99ghz Biostar P45 Motherboard HD 4850 graphics 4GB DDR2 800 Antec 900 Case https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1x_i0aNuaVKJjSZFjq6AjmpXao/Intel-Core-I5-4690K-3-5GHz-6MB-Socket- …

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Re: sd to IDE adapter size limitations for windows 98

Posted on 2019-01-19, 21:56

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I have a SATA to IDE adapter with a 120gb SSD that installed windows 98 just fine. My PIII setup is very similar to yours. I would try a smaller SD card first and make sure the adapter is working. From what I have read, windows98 is ok with up to 120gb drives.

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Re: What are some extremely high end keyboards from the late 1990s that go for a decent price now?

Posted on 2019-01-18, 04:44

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You can get a brand new model M keyboard in USB or PS/2 for abut 80$. They are made from guys at IBM who bought up the IP and equipment over years. That is the pinicale of classic keyboards right there, and in eggshell white, nothing looks better next to a monitor and LP desktop.

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Re: Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-18, 00:28

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The g92 version of the 8800gts came with 512mb, while other models are g80, according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_series

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Re: Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 23:43

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Well, people have already gotten newer i7 systems to run with Windows 98. The fastest video card that has modded drivers that work with Win98SE is the Nvidia 7900GTX. The driver supposedly should also work with the 8800 Ultra/GTX but I wasn't able to get it to work. Pretty sure it is because those …

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Re: Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 19:51

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I'm one of the madman that ran Win98 on Core i7 :D I used PCI-e card (7800 GTX). 7900 GTX is best when you have one card, however it didn't worked for my specific use case. ruthan is the other user that is into "Win98 everything and see what sticks" : LINK PS. I didn't said 7900GTX wasn't tested ;) …

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Re: Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 17:54

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by mothergoose729

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Well, people have already gotten newer i7 systems to run with Windows 98. The fastest video card that has modded drivers that work with Win98SE is the Nvidia 7900GTX. The driver supposedly should also work with the 8800 Ultra/GTX but I wasn't able to get it to work. Pretty sure it is because those …

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Could you get Windows98 to run on any computer if you have enough PCI addon cards?

Posted on 2019-01-17, 15:29

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Just because I am curious, and it is fun to think about, imagine taking a modern i7 computer and putting in a retro friendly storage controller, an FX 5500 or similar PCI graphics, a windows sound card, and maybe a USB 1.1 controller. Could you get windows 98 installed on it, and more importantly, …

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Re: Storage solutions

Posted on 2019-01-16, 20:41

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The CF card in my Pentium died yesterday. I was wondering what the current best practice for storage solutions for a PC of this vintage is. I did the CF-IDE thing, maybe 8 years ago. Put a 32GB CF card in it, and was pretty happy even under Windows 95. Large CF cards haven't really dropped in price …

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Re: Help to identify SS7 motherboard

Posted on 2019-01-15, 05:10

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It would help if we could read the markings on the VIA chips at least. I see an integrated PC speaker and what looks like an ATI rage pro integrated? This looks like an OEM pull. More and better pictures would help. What are you trying to do with it?

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32bit capable cards that support table fog and 8 bit paletized textures - aka is really only geforce4

Posted on 2019-01-15, 04:38

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I was wondering if there is a list of GPUs that support legacy D3D directX features like table fog and 8 bit palatalized textures? So far, the only ones I know of are the geforce 4 Ti cards and Voodoo GPUs. I think the geforce FX cards do as well, but am not sure on that one. ATI never supported …

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Re: Old computer cleaning process, motherboard bath & thermal paste

Posted on 2019-01-13, 08:33

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I am not sure why you would risk water on a circuit board... there is a better alternative. Get 5$ worth of 91% isopropal alcohol and a tooth brush, and scrub vigorously, but without much pressure. I wouldn't risk water on a circuit board when alcohol works even better and far less conductive. …

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Re: Old computer cleaning process, motherboard bath & thermal paste

Posted on 2019-01-12, 07:10

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I am not sure why you would risk water on a circuit board... there is a better alternative. Get 5$ worth of 91% isopropal alcohol and a tooth brush, and scrub vigorously, but without much pressure. I wouldn't risk water on a circuit board when alcohol works even better and far less conductive.

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Re: Question about a HD4870x2 system build

Posted on 2019-01-11, 17:33

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From my personal experience - avoid 3870x2/4870x2 like a plague. They're not meant for gaming, that's marketing bull. They're meant for pretty FPS counters in benchmarks with horrible frame pacing. Wasn't frame pacing fixed though? I had a 4870x2 for a short while and it seemed fine to me. If I …

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