Awesome! Can you benchmark it with 3DMark 2000? What is your cpu score?
I wonder if the VIA 694 can beat the i815. Does anyone know?
Ok I think I got it. I replaced the 220 smd restores with a 330 and a 151. Passed prime95 testing and everything!
wouldn't chopping 3 pins off the CPU or insulating them pose less of a headache? Even so, your method has merit since it keeps the pins in one piece. Could you write up a guide with pictures?
wrote:Awesome! Can you benchmark it with 3DMark 2000? What is your cpu score?
I wonder if the VIA 694 can beat the i815. Does anyone know?
I do have a 3dmark score from my Abit ST6 /w 1333MHz tualeron, but I did not run a benchmark on the MSI 694 board. I just put the CPU in, set voltage in BIOS, went into windows and ran some stability tests. Here are some benches:
Via Apollo PRO 133A (ECS P6VXA 2.0) /w Pentium III (coppermine) 1000MHz /w Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (Leadtek A250LE TD) - AGP4x, fast writes on:
Intel i815 (Abit ST6) /w Celeron 1000 256k (Tualatin) 1333MHz (133x10) /w Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (Leadtek A250LE TD) - AGP4x, fast writes off (causes BSOD):
I expect the 694 to score about the same since fast writes cause a BSOD on it as well.
The Apollo PRO 133A would score higher (I would expect about 8000 pts) but I can't drop CPU voltage low enough on it to make the system stable. Lowest I can go is 1.8v and that causes the machine to freeze in 3DMark.
Aida64 FPU tests are a bit better on the Apollo PRO 133A then on the i815 but only by a tiny margin. Only AGP fast writes would show a better benchmark result.
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Maybe your board was previously modded.
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wrote:Maybe your board was previously modded.
Could be. I damaged a few solder pads playing around trying to get agp 4x support working... I know that's sucks. I think I may just buy a daul 462 Motherboard and fix this one and sell it. I just can't get it to do what I want it to.
Dual 1ghz p3's are nice but not fast enough (almost) and without agp v2 4x support some newer games take a hit.
wrote:wrote:Maybe your board was previously modded.
Could be. I damaged a few solder pads playing around trying to get agp 4x support working... I know that's sucks. I think I may just buy a daul 462 Motherboard and fix this one and sell it. I just can't get it to do what I want it to.
Dual 1ghz p3's are nice but not fat enough (almost) and without agp v2 4x support some newer games take a hit.
Well, you already have a buyer. That modder in Korea? wants it.
I don't think he'd care about some minor damage.
You already have the Tualies. Maybe look for a board that supports them natively.
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