Re: IBM Thinkcentre periodic severe intermittent stuttering in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer

Posted on 2023-01-20, 19:29

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by Socket3

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Would you believe it was the bloody USB wifi card??!! yes, was it coinciding with scanning for other networks? I really don't know. It was connected to my home wifi. I didn't try to disconnect it from wireless and then play, I just disabled it from the device manager and poof! no more stuttering.

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Re: IBM Thinkcentre periodic severe intermittent stuttering in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer

Posted on 2023-01-20, 17:05

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by Socket3

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[UPDATE] I FOUND THE PROBLEM!!! Would you believe it was the bloody USB wifi card??!! After exhausting almost all other options I sat down and took a breather to clear my head. Then I remember I had this exact same issue on my (very modern) desktop computer a few months ago! Said modern desktop is a …

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Re: IBM Thinkcentre periodic severe intermittent stuttering in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer

Posted on 2023-01-20, 16:43

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by Socket3

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still doing it with fan running means its probably not throttling, you can always check with http://www.softoware.org/system-utilities/download-throttlestop-for-windows-xp-os.html try a gfx from different generation altogether just to rule it out Thanks, I just tried that. I also found the BIOS …

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Re: IBM Thinkcentre periodic severe intermittent stuttering in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer

Posted on 2023-01-20, 14:42

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by Socket3

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P4 and FX, are you trying to make a bad computer on purpose? :) P4 can be throttling. FX is FX, try gf4mx or something. good point XD It's probably the CPU throttling, or the disk drives going into stand-by mode or something of the sort. The Thinkcentre mainboard doesn't have a CPU thermal sensor …

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Re: Shuttle XPC SS51G - Bizarre HDD Limit Quirks?

Posted on 2023-01-19, 22:59

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by Socket3

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This is why I don't bother with CF cards. I've tried several adapters, from cheap to expensive, CF, SD, you name it. All I've found is loads of compatibility or performance issues on about 50% of the machines I've tested them on. So, as long as I can still find working spinning hard-disks I'll be …

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Re: Shuttle XPC SS51G - Bizarre HDD Limit Quirks?

Posted on 2023-01-19, 22:14

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by Socket3

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This is why I don't bother with CF cards. I've tried several adapters, from cheap to expensive, CF, SD, you name it. All I've found is loads of compatibility or performance issues on about 50% of the machines I've tested them on. So, as long as I can still find working spinning hard-disks I'll be …

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Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2023-01-19, 22:02

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by Socket3

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VIA couldn't even get the basics right. I can only imagine how shitty one of their "server" chipsets must be. That is my first thought as well, but I still have a glimmer of hope. Has anyone had ANY experience with the VIA Apollo Pro 266T chipset? I don't have any dual tualatin boards, but I do …

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IBM Thinkcentre periodic severe intermittent stuttering in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer [FIXED]

Posted on 2023-01-19, 19:58

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by Socket3

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Hi guys and gals. I've been tinkering with an IBM Thinkcentre I recently picked up I have it set up to dual boot winXP SP3 and win98 and I've been playing some games - but have noticed an annoying issue in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Freelancer: severe periodic intermittent stuttering for 3-5 seconds …

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Re: Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-08, 20:44

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by Socket3

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Ok, I'm back. The slot 1 system is still under experimentation. I managed to find a 333MHz CPU with an unlocked multipier but it's not stable at 500MHz unless I pump an extra 0.15v in it and drastically increase cache latency. Even then I'm not sure it's 100% stable. The CPU that can do 500MHz at …

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Re: Geoworks Ensemble 2.0 KR-29 error (No valid font files found in USERDATA\FONT directory)

Posted on 2023-01-07, 15:34

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Any luck? nope... kind of gave up on getting it to run on my Compaq Deskpro 2000.... I am going to get my 286 build out of storage at one point since I sourced a really nice case for it - transfer it into it's new case and have a go at running GEOS on that. I think it doesn't like dos 7. My 286 is …

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Re: What's Would Be the Best RAM (MAKE/MODEL) For a WinXP System?

Posted on 2023-01-06, 15:20

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by Socket3

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best is whatever works in your system.

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Re: Geoworks Ensemble 2.0 KR-29 error (No valid font files found in USERDATA\FONT directory)

Posted on 2023-01-06, 11:54

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by Socket3

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Any luck? nope... kind of gave up on getting it to run on my Compaq Deskpro 2000.... I am going to get my 286 build out of storage at one point since I sourced a really nice case for it - transfer it into it's new case and have a go at running GEOS on that. I think it doesn't like dos 7. My 286 is …

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Re: Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-05, 22:34

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I've a Slot 1 P3 600 that runs just about all my dos/win9x games just fine as is, no need for slow down utils at all. stock 100Mhz FSB Out of your list I can confirm Raptor Dune2 Warcraft 1 work fine Jazz will need the pascal patch. Latest game it runs is Need for Speed 4 Next game in my list is …

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Re: Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-05, 22:26

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by Socket3

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For my slot 1 build I wanted to use a board that supports the 2x multiplier and has decent CPU settings in bios. This limits me to my ABIT BH6, as it its the only one of my slot 1 boards that ticks all the boxes. I also have a couple of BE6-II boards, but for some reason the lowest multiplier these …

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Re: Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-05, 22:02

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by Socket3

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- Lucky Star 6VA693AM - this is another interesting board, but it doesn't properly support the C3 Nemiah. It allows FSB setting by either jumpers (3 jumpers, very very easy to route to some switches on the front of the case) as well as an AUTO setting witch lets you pick FSB from bios. It also …

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Re: Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-05, 21:52

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Right so I had a look at my stock of VT82C693A mainboards and tested them with the C3 1200. I also went into bios on each of them looking to see if any have the ability to set FSB from bios. While doing this, I discovered a few things... - Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+ - this board is REV 1.0 and does not …

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Trying to build a single DOS + Win98 1993-1999 gaming PC - advice is welcome

Posted on 2023-01-05, 15:11

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by Socket3

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Hi guys. I'm planning to remodel and rebuild my hobby space, witch means sorting and boxing out every piece of computer hardware I have. Due to limited funds, it will take a while, so I'd like to build a PC that can cover as wide a gaming area as possible - preferably 1993 to 1999. The PC needs to …

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Re: Manufacturing amount of large 17,3" laptop models ?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 14:49

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by Socket3

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The semiconductor supply squeeze is hardly a 'normal' situation. If you wanted very high-end chips, you either needed to sell a kidney to pay scalpers, or buy pre-built systems from manufacturers with pre-agreed deals with GPU manufacturers. That worked for desktops as well as for laptops. Every …

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Re: Manufacturing amount of large 17,3" laptop models ?

Posted on 2023-01-05, 09:26

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by Socket3

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Why are they so rare? - very heavy & bulky, so don't fit many 'laptop' use cases - very expensive compared to desktops with similar specs I have to disagree with you here because with most recent (2020 onwards) 17" laptops, this is simply not the case. - very heavy & bulky, so don't fit many ' …

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Re: PC Partner VP Computer System & 1451V Monitor By Leading Technology, Inc. - A Historical Reference

Posted on 2023-01-02, 09:10

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by Socket3

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wow that is a beautiful machine... and complete! A real time capsule - good job OP!

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