Re: Slot A issues

Posted on 2024-03-01, 13:30

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Best thing you can do with these systems is to find a Voodoo 3 card and use that. AGP is too buggy to be stable on those boards and Voodoo 3 cards seem to work better than most or you can just use a PCI card, which many people do. Back then there were still good options for PCI video that weren't …

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Re: Looking for GeForce4 theme for WindowsXP

Posted on 2024-02-28, 16:55

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Well I quickly found your Reddit post via Google asking the same question! But what about these for something in the same area: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/3356 (see also https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/all/search/nvidia) https://www.deviantart.com/tochpcru/art/Theme- …

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Repairing a "Giga Pro" board with soldered VIA C3 Samuel 2 CPU and ISA - advice needed

Posted on 2024-02-26, 21:53

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Hey guys. I got a couple of these odd PCCHIPS M787CLR / ECS P6VEM2 motherboards: both.jpg These boards were a pain to have back in the day. No AGP slot, and a rather slow C3 CPU, but for a retro-PC build, they might be intresting, since the VIA CPU can be clocked on the fly with setmul, and the ISA …

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Re: What to do with a Core 2 system (...now that there's better stuff around)

Posted on 2024-02-22, 08:02

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[...] Core 2 is borderline not quite period correct for Windows XP. There was definitely overlap, as Vista came out a year or so after Core 2 Duo and was adopted slowly. When I built my Q6600 I clean installed Vista (and had very few issues using my then-new hardware) so to me Core 2 doesn't give …

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Re: Planning for Building a Windows 98 / XP Dual Boot builds

Posted on 2024-02-18, 10:06

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The thing to look at is motherboard chipset drivers. Basically "PCIe bad, AGP good" as far as Windows 98 is concerned. That isn't exactly accurate. I've had success running win98se on i915 and i965 chipsets and PCI-E video cards like the 6600GT and X800. Then for 2007-2008 you want the highest …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-13, 22:52

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Got a couple of 21" CRT monitors yeasterday. One IBM P260 and one Dell 1230. That makes 3 21" CRT displays I've managed to get my hands on so far. WhatsApp Image 2024-02-12 at 15.24.57_abcd081b.jpg WhatsApp Image 2024-02-12 at 15.24.32_39f8f6ac.jpg Both monitors are pretty scuffed up on the sides, …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-02-13, 07:05

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I'm not sure what to do about the componentes stuffed in boxes, I don't want them under the desks. One idea I had is to buy kitchen cabinets - the kind you install on the wall, and install them on the walls above the desks. WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 at 09.01.09_3732ffee.jpg WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-02-13, 07:04

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Well my retro area managed to be clean and orderly for a whole two weeks.... but after moving some more of my stuff in: WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 at 09.01.08_712e29ee.jpg WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 at 09.01.08_50fc5727.jpg WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 at 09.01.08_24ce4c1d.jpg WhatsApp Image 2024-02-13 …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 14:06

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Being obsolete doesnt mean it defacto becomes vintage. When it comes to computers, I disagree. Things move much faster in the PC world. 10-15 years is sometimes (but not allways) sufficient time for hardware and software to become archaic, as such, it could kind of be considered "vintage". Case and …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 16:21

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None of the Socket 939 CPUs have instructions to support OS beyond Windows 7. Which wasn't the first time (Slot A/early Socket A lack of SSE) or the last (Phenom II lack of proper SSE4.1) time it happened with AMD platform. This one in particular isn't critical though, because running on Windows 10 …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 08:03

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Much better then LGA775. In essence, an AM2 motherboard can run anything from a single core athlon/sempron to a quad core Phenom. AM2+ motherboards can run some AM3 chips, like the Athlon II and Phenom II. Majority of AM2 mobos weren't capable of working with anything but Athlon 64. Some ASUS and …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 16:51

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What's the motherboard support like for AM2? (....) Is AM2 better in that regard? How new a CPU can you run on your typical first-gen AM2 board? Much better then LGA775. In essence, an AM2 motherboard can run anything from a single core athlon/sempron to a quad core Phenom. AM2+ motherboards can …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 12:43

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My vote would be LGA775, but AM2 is a decent contender as well, IF you include AM2+ in the mix. It ranges from single core Semprons to hexa core Phenoms, and that's a serious performance bump. What's the motherboard support like for AM2? (....) Is AM2 better in that regard? How new a CPU can you …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-07, 16:51

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775 performance uplifts were a lot for a modern socket, especially on the singlethread, but for multithread they're not as insane as AM4. Passmark: Celeron 420 -> Q9650 471 ST 235 MT -> 1292 ST 2411 MT ~2.75x singlethread, ~10.3x multithread A6-9500E -> 5950x 1478 ST 1841 MT -> 3298 ST 46198 MT ( …

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Re: What hasn’t been done?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 14:50

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What’s a cool build combo, or hardware hack, or software shoehorn that we haven’t done? We’ve had windows 7 on socket 7 Dual socket 8 on a dual slot board M.2 in a socket 7 on sata and pci Unlocked gpus, cpus, Etc… What’s remaining? How about a converter board that could be used to swap out the …

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Re: Alucryl - CNC - 3DFX - MIDIsound - Hifi - 100pix

Posted on 2024-02-02, 18:34

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Awesome CnC work! Everything looks great - but I have a few questions and suggestions: Kp how they did that .... Anyway. Riser card is built in and the Radeon 6800Pro runs like clockwork. There is no such video card. Did you perhaps mean Radeon 9600 PRO? The card in the pics does look a lot like an …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-28, 00:46

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It's also important to take your CPU into consideration as well. I upgraded my video card several times in the 2000s, even up to a GeForce 6800 GT, without realizing that my Pentium 1.4 Ghz (later upgraded to 1.8) was holding everything back. That and my 256MB of RAM made it anemic by Windows XP, …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-01-28, 00:28

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I've been meaning to build a dedicated computer workshop / room for years. Now it's finally coming to fruition. WhatsApp Image 2024-01-18 at 20.29.35_6420137d.jpg Initially I wanted to construct a seperate building in the yard, sort of like what 8 bit guy did, but due to monitary limitations I …

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Re: SiS 635T (ECS P6S5AT) – Hail to the King

Posted on 2024-01-24, 18:43

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I just watched your gameplay videos - very very impressive. Just got a hold of a ECS P6S5AT myself, it's in sorry condition (bloated caps, 2 missing, just the legs on the motherboard are left) but the PCB is not scratched, and the CPU and RAM sockets are in great shape, so maybe I'll get lucky and …

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Re: Recommendation for a Win98 compatible mobo

Posted on 2024-01-23, 01:26

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Asrock 775i65G does not support conroe CPUs, so no E5800. In anycase, why an E5800? Windows 98 does not support muti CPU / multi core setups, and even a pentium 4 is fast enough for any win9x game you could throw at it. I recommend picking up any i865 mATX and slap a pentium 4 on it, or even better …

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