Re: Anyone interested in working Epox 8KTA3 Pro ?
Posted on 2012-04-22, 18:58
You have PM.
Re: Building a W9x/XP retro-gaming system around this...
Posted on 2012-03-10, 16:10
Depending on the motherboard... you might be okay. Look here: Compatible Hardware with Windows 9x and here: Modern motherboards which are working with Windows 98 (edit) and one more: Nvidia PCI-E GeForce series 6 cards in Windows 98
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2012-02-26, 15:50
No, it is truly locked. :) The DRAM speed selection in the BIOS is greyed out and can not be changed when a 1066 MT/s CPU is installed. It locks to the 133 MHz RAM setting (3:2 ratio). ... With a 800 MT/s CPU installed, the BIOS allows you to select any ratio. ... And there is no CPU voltage (maybe …
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2012-02-26, 01:22
swaaye wrote: Besides, with this board and chipset, RAM ratios cause problems. With a 1066 FSB CPU, the BIOS locks to the 3:2 ratio, meaning your PC3200 is at around 177 MHz. A 800 FSB CPU allows 1:1 ratio It's not locked, just have to have some good ram 😀
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2012-02-25, 22:47
Yeah these asrock boards are nuts. I have had good results at 1066mhz... i mean it's not rock stable but will certainly last through some benchmarks and some gaming. It takes a couple days to freeze, at least in my experience. I obtained some high spec ram that let me run the memory divider 1:1 at …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-01-06, 02:27
@ prophase_j On a related note, how fast is that amd processor? Hey. It has a 400mhz Pentium II in it. It also cam with a couple small Maxtor HDDs (yuck), a CD-ROM and CD-RW, and a DLink network card. All this powered by some random 200 watt power supply. As far as I can tell the processor and the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-01-05, 20:48
Found this vintage Gateway G6-400 on Craigslist, for only $10. The posting said it had a voodoo 5 in it. At this point I have bought two of them, which unfortunately don't seem to function correctly anymore. I think I spent $40 on the one and then $60 on the other, so even if I had to drive about …
Re: Tillamook
Posted on 2011-12-28, 10:03
I think this needs revisited. http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9013/ppga.png Here is what I think needs to be done to fake a Tillamook as a desktop chip. Essentially what I have here is the proposed mod for reconnected the ADS/ADSC and BRDY/BRDYC, plus one other nugget I have discovered, from the …
Re: ATi Radeon Thrill Thread
Posted on 2011-12-28, 07:42
Here are some pictures of my 9800xt, that has a broken capacitor held in place with a binder clip. Also installed is a zalman cooling system. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8945/imag0036cg.th.jpg I used this card for a while in my KT133A system, and later used it in my 775i65g rig. In my KT133A …
Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?
Posted on 2011-07-30, 15:39
You should read this thread Dos 6 conventional memory tricks
Re: Building a Vintage fleet
Posted on 2011-07-23, 00:56
I cleaned it up & replaced a defective ODD & Sound card. I removed an EISA Adaptec AVA-1505AE. No idea what this is exactly or why it was installed in a home machine. I will try and post some more photo's later. :) That is a SCSI adapter.. it is possible that it could be used to connect to scanner …
XP-TMC
Posted on 2011-07-01, 04:10
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/speed,651.html This is likely what the OP was referring to.
Re: Voodoo2 vs modern motherboards
Posted on 2011-06-25, 01:07
My speculation here is that modern processors are able to so much data into the card, that even though it can render it, it is processing much more data then designed for, so power consumption and therefore radiated heat increase. Think of it as the "furmark" effect. With that said, my voodoos have …
Re: Warcraft over the internet : too slow
Posted on 2011-06-18, 02:06
Have you bothered to ping his IP address, to see what the turnaround time is? if you get a ping >200ms anything that has real time game play is going to suck.
Re: Tillamook
Posted on 2011-06-12, 06:18
What I gathered is that several pins on the processor package supply power to the die. It is likely that we would need to approach this be effecting some sort of hardware mod, on the voltage circuitry itself. I will see if I can't discern the particular component used and find it's datasheet. I know …
Re: Tillamook
Posted on 2011-06-12, 03:18
I have also read the data sheets, and I get the same feeling, as far as bridging the two signals back to the intended pins for desktop motherboards. It will be very interesting to see how that pans out. Let us hope the the BIOS isn't programmed to go simply off the CPUID as Tillamook and disable the …
Re: Using onboard Rage video with a V2
Posted on 2011-06-06, 22:17
My guess here is that the Rage is taking the role of the primary DirectX Accelerator. You can either get software to reassign them (what leileilol was talking about with power strip,) or within some applications there will be an option to choose where it is to use the primary or secondary …
Re: Anyone using a RAMBUS system?
Posted on 2011-06-03, 01:27
If we compare a late generation K7 like Barton with a later generation Netburst, we can see that for PIII level code they are about equal. I base that off of SANDRA's marks for both processors, and is the reason why I stand that Athlons are optimal for older gaming, all the way up to the DX8/9 era. …
Re: Anyone using a RAMBUS system?
Posted on 2011-06-02, 22:23
If we compare a late generation K7 like Barton with a later generation Netburst, we can see that for PIII level code they are about equal. I base that off of SANDRA's marks for both processors, and is the reason why I stand that Athlons are optimal for older gaming, all the way up to the DX8/9 era. …
Re: Practice PC # 2 - retro PC - Windows 98
Posted on 2011-05-30, 22:06
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd225/KellySt10/New%20Practice%20Computers/Practice%20PC%202/toppsu4prongconnector.jpg What is this connector? What goes on this? That is either a bank for jumpers, or more likely, a header to attach additional USB ports. http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd225/ …
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