Re: Socket 4 motherboards/ Chipset comparison benchmarks Pentium 60 and 66Mhz (6 motherboards)

Posted on 2019-06-01, 12:56

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Valuable thread. I've wanted a socket 4 bored for some time but I don't know if I've ever seen one in the wild. Moe elusive then a GeForce 256 🤣.

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Re: GeForce 256 DDR for vintage pc

Posted on 2019-05-24, 06:40

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And a GeForce 6800 will beat that.. if you want, we can see how far this rabbit whole will go. The significance of a GeForce 2 GTS is, its fast, only marginally outside the presumed time period, readily available, and pretty cheap. The GeForce 3 or 4 were released years after the 256 and GF2. The …

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Re: Benchmarking early to mid 90's video cards

Posted on 2019-05-24, 04:28

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Its difficult to place the appropriate years for these cards. Guidance on that would be much appreciated.

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Benchmarking early to mid 90's video cards

Posted on 2019-05-24, 04:26

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I wanted to start thinning my 90's video card herd. I wanted to benchmark the cards I have and keep the best card from each year. Any suggestions on benchmarks to use? Here is a list of cards if anyone wants to comment on their experiences with them. Not sure if the Mach64 should be in 1995 or 1996. …

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Re: GeForce 256 DDR for vintage pc

Posted on 2019-05-24, 04:05

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I too want a GeForce 256 for a period correct 1999 build. I know there are better cards, but I want it for a period piece. Also, there is a seller right now on eBay selling NV15's (GeForce 2 GTS) for $20 with free shipping and accepting best offers. If the seller is accepting best offers, you know …

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Re: GeForce 256 DDR for vintage pc

Posted on 2019-05-24, 03:46

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there is a seller with 3x Elsa Gloria II Pro for $50 each on ebay "RETURNS: Returns are not accepted. All sales are final. Buyer pays for returning the item if allowed by Ebay as a result of a dispute. All shipping charges are not refundable. DISPUTES: This item is sold As-IS with all faults and …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-22, 14:43

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The most common choice of "modern" storage for old computers is CompactFlash, it's readily compatible with ATA/IDE and the transfer speeds are similar. A rev.4.0 card will cover UDMA133 making it almost a drop-in replacement for an XP machine. You cant use CF cards on XP. XP sees through the IDE …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-22, 14:40

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Not sure how this devolved in to partition alignment and block size when the question was about TRIM and Won XP :confused: Anyways, as others have said, TRIM is a non-issue. If you're really concerned about it, us 80GB WD Velociraptors. They can be had for around $10 to $20 on eBay. For Win 9x/ME …

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Re: I killed my Asus P3B-F. Can it be saved?

Posted on 2019-05-17, 02:45

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A moment of silence for a great board that died before its time, please. Over 20 years of dedicated service only to parish in an unfortunate accident.

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Re: I killed my Asus P3B-F. Can it be saved?

Posted on 2019-05-16, 13:47

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I tried to rest the BIOS. I didn't try to remove the battery though. Here are the requested pics. Not sure what i should be focusing in on.

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I killed my Asus P3B-F. Can it be saved?

Posted on 2019-05-16, 03:28

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So, there I was, going to jump the power header when my metal tool slipped off the power header and touched the adjoining headers. I'm not sure if it made contact with one of the speaker header pins, or one of the key lock pins. All I know is, sparks flew and the system shut down. On restart the …

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Re: What would be the fastest XP Setup with XP Era Hardware ?

Posted on 2019-05-09, 07:11

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Something to keep in mind when you're processing all this is a lot of companies and branches of government didn't upgrade to Windows Vista. They waited until Windows 7. That means hardware that came out all the way up until around 2009 will more then likely be officially supported under Win XP.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2019-05-03, 06:29

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liqmat wrote: bjwil1991 wrote: 3? You got it. Winner!

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2019-05-03, 06:20

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Incorrect. There are 4. 2 clearly being worn. 1 partial obstructed being worn. 1 being held. All dudes in the Tybex suits.

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Re: Reason to use Pentium Classic over MMX

Posted on 2019-04-25, 21:06

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It's a mix of Dos/Win95 games, here is the full game list from my childhood Agile Warrior F111X - Win Blackknight Marine Warrior - Dos Civilization II - Win Sid Meier's Colonization Win95 - Win Simcity 2000 - Win SimCopter - Win Starfleet Academy - Win Starfleet Command - Win Flight Simulator 98 - …

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Re: Best Motherboard for my 90’s pc?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 03:16

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I wanted to put my $0.02 in for the 440BX board. Everyone offered very good suggestions, but only a few were true legit solutions for 1999. In my personal opinion, the 1999 era was defined by the Super Socket 7 and the 440BX chipset/slot 1 boards. You can for sure get Socket A options that came out …

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Re: What's the best CRT monitor for DOS gaming?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 16:20

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In this instance, size does matter. You don't want to blow that 320res graphic up on a 17" monitor. I run a trinitron Mtiscan 100ES on my 386DX 40 playing all the games appropriate for such a system and it looks amazeballs. My eyes don't end up bleeding and the picture / graphics look really good

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Re: keyboard Error -

Posted on 2019-04-23, 10:11

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This is an interesting thread for me... I replaced the CMOS battery recently on a 386DX-40. Keyboard was working fine before, Keyboard not working now. I did have a few mishaps during the process that caused my soldering iron to skip across the local traces. I thought I damaged a trace as the …

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Re: Looking for 32Kx8 10ns 28-pin cache

Posted on 2018-06-26, 03:25

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on the subject of fake SRAM; do they test out properly when installed in the motherboard? would fake SRAM be able to report to the motherboard as being what you expect it to be? or is it a case where, if they are fake/counterfeit, you would know straight away once you try to get your board to pick …

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Gigabyte GA-486VS REV 7 Not Playing Well With Drive Controller Cards

Posted on 2018-06-25, 01:37

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I've tried three different controller cards. 1 VLB, 2 ISA. the board always hangs. it seems to have no issue detecting any drives attached to the controller and I can enter the BIOS fine, but it wont get past POST. Depending on which card I have more or less determines where it hangs. The VLB card …

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