Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2023-05-13, 02:59

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by TrashPanda

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Aren't some 423 willamette rare? i think the first 1.4ghz release is pretty hard to find. FWIW, I have 1.3, 1.4 and up to 1.7 s423 Willamettes in my collection. The faster, especially 2.0 have been too few and thus expensive for what I'm willing to pay ... I have yet to see a 2Ghz 423 Willy, been …

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Re: old games on cards with missing legacy features

Posted on 2023-05-11, 13:23

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The system specs you list are overkill for Win98se and the games youll play with such a setup, so youll be fine grabbing either a GF3 or GF4 Ti4200 64MB card or even a Ti4400/4600, just avoid the 128Mb Ti4200. Grab what suits your budget and most importantly love and enjoy your build, people tend to …

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Re: old games on cards with missing legacy features

Posted on 2023-05-11, 12:20

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@all In case I should decide to go gf 3 ti would be a good idea to keep my eyes open in case I can the ti 500 at good price or is the difference between ti 200 and the 500 neglectable for the 97 to 2000 gaming area? I believe a Ti500 is about 20-30% faster than a Ti200, depending on the exact game …

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Re: old games on cards with missing legacy features

Posted on 2023-05-11, 12:08

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Thanks for the info. was not aware about the issues. in that case everything is clear. It is going to be GF 3 or 4. Either the GF 3 ti 200 or the gf 4 4200 ti. These cards seem to have good specs for time frame of games they do not cost a fortune. Honestly the Geforce 3 cards offer the widest …

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Re: old games on cards with missing legacy features

Posted on 2023-05-11, 11:44

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Nvidia broke the Shadow and lighting with the Splinter Cell games on the Geforce 4 and Up as how it was done was changed in hardware. If you mean Shadow Buffers, those work fine on GeForce 4 Ti and FX cards as well. This is even stated in the game's documentation. It's with the GeForce 6 series …

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Re: old games on cards with missing legacy features

Posted on 2023-05-11, 11:32

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So I'd rather lean toward the GF 3, 4, or one of the fx series cards Note that FX cards have some compatibility issues of their own. In my view, GeForce 3 and GeForce 4 Ti cards offer the best ratio of power vs. compatibility under Win9x. Thanks for the info. was not aware about the issues. in that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-11, 11:07

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Saw this really clean looking pair of XFX Geforce 7950GT GPUs going cheaply as a matched pair, they look almost new with little signs of wear and tear on them. Both have been tested as working so I guess Ill find out if that's actually true when they arrive, they should fit a QX9650 + XFX 790i SLI …

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Re: Voodoo 5 and glide issues

Posted on 2023-05-10, 11:17

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Thanks a lot @TrashPanda, finally V5 on maximum usage. :D However, I saw Rayman 2 GOG version forces 32bit color and I cannot do this on real machine. Am I doing something wrong or it's possible only via emulation? Cant help you with the GOG version, its best to ask on the GOG forums as they likely …

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Re: Voodoo 5 and glide issues

Posted on 2023-05-10, 11:07

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haker120 wrote on 2023-05-10, 11:04: Ok but what file? http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/minigl.htm Use the MiniGL 1.47 version from that site for the best all round compatibility and speed, unzip and copy the 3dfxgl.dll file from the Quake2 directory into your Quake2 directory, the ZIP also contains the …

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Re: Voodoo 5 and glide issues

Posted on 2023-05-10, 11:03

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Quake 2 doesn't use Glide, it uses OpenGL via the 3DFX MiniGL driver, as such as long as your desktop is in 32bit color mode Quake2 will use that, just make sure the MiniGL DLL file is in your quake2 directory.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-10, 10:20

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If the Voodoo3 2000 was $120 and the Voodoo3 3000 was $150, what was the equivalent cost for the Banshee? Well the Banshee was just a cut down Voodoo 2 with the same 2d core the Voodoo 3 ended up using, so likely 10 - 20% less then what you would price the Voodoo2 12Mb at, this is for the much more …

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Re: Voodoo5 6000 (yes, the one from ebay $15k) on LinusTechTips

Posted on 2023-05-09, 09:16

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I’d love to see LGR test this card out, he really knows his stuff for testing these old gpus out and could really show off what this GPU was capable of.

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Re: Trying to get a WinXP rig to stop bluescreening

Posted on 2023-05-08, 04:19

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Kerneld.wnt is part of Lavasoft Everest, you need to find an updated version of it as the one you are using appears to have issues with XP, uninstall it and the errors should go away.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-08, 02:44

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At the very end near $15,000 there's a "zero" feedback bidder, whom is no longer registered. And then there's a low feedback bidder with 24 retractions in the past 12 months involved since the mid $10,000's up until the mid $14,000's. These could be contributing factors as to why the sale fell …

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Re: Weird Rage "Incoming" release?

Posted on 2023-05-03, 04:56

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Perhaps its a tech demo or something

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Re: What Voodoo 5 to buy?

Posted on 2023-05-02, 11:55

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haker120 wrote on 2023-04-29, 11:38: Thanks for the links but I don't understand Deutch anymore. 🤣 Also, I plan to put V5 into P3 800MHz slocket1 build to replace GF4 4200 Ti. 😀 Chrome will translate the page to English, Firefox can do it with a google translate addon.

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Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 06:47

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It doesn't, instead it has additional +3x turbo multiplier, because TDP is low. Some 60W CPUs also had +4x turbo. its also got the best IMC of the series so it should be able to push memory better than other models. All X56xx are essentially identical, same core stepping and everything. 95W TDP in …

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Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 04:30

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Multiplier is locked, but many boards provide additional manual control over TurboBoost multipliers on Nehalem family of CPUs, which is +2x to stock speed. By Intel spec, +1 is applied if CPU does not exceed TDP limit and +2 is applied only when one core is active (HT thread is included). X5675 …

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Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 03:21

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I'm knida confused why I keep hearing the X5675 has a locked multiplier. https://i.imgur.com/Jyaw8B7h.jpg I'm running it at x25 when its suppose to be x23, and only cooling it with a Cooler master hyper 212... the original one I bought back in 2010 or 2011. It doesnt, no idea why people think it …

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Re: Tell me I don't need a LGA1366 platform PC

Posted on 2023-05-02, 02:29

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Wooo Copper and Brass would make a sexy looking Rad.

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