Wow it is been a minute since I pounded around in this thread. Well at this point I have found that pretty much anything you throw at the v5 that requires pixel shaders and it falls on it face... so that means no civ4. One thing that miffed me for a while was how i could play it with the raedeon …

I'm struggling to find the review right now but as memory serves the Nvidia FX5700 is the fastest modern(ish) gpu your gonna find. Don't expect miracles since your not on AGP.. seen it first hand with a 9200 vs the original raedeon on agp. Can anyone give some specific examples about the ATI and dos …

ah the ppro. I have a great respect for this processor.. my first modern system was a k2 that i got in junior high had it about 1 year or 2.. one day I applied to too much voltage in a feeble o/c attempt and fried it. my then high school computer lab teacher was nice enough to give me one from the …

For my machine i'm going to go with a awe32 and a live paired up wih a db50xg. I only have one ISA slot.... and I have to have a true OPL and also really appreciate the emu chip. The live reportedly behaves okay in dos.. and i will also benefit form the 4 speaker output EAX and directx acceleration. …

Dang! I Have a week 44 barton.. these are supposed to be "superlocked". I have seem mention of how to enable powernow! and change the multiplier with software.. but i haven't had a chance to read through all this stuff. I have a a 2ghz tbred I might be able to play with.. but this means I might be …

So do you get to hear the POST beep with only desktop instead of internal speaker?? Does it have a default mixer setting for the PC Speaker?

I'll have to give that a shot as well.

Well to correct my self its the L3 bridge... but there is just one you have to close.. my friend used to make money unlocking ppl's t-breds and they use the same package. Even with out it though i'm still at a higher clock than my 1600+ and double the L2 cache... its funny you mentioned that casue i …

Aren't you supposed to connect the speaker to the sound card... instead of the card to the MB?

Well i'm still waiting for the v5 to show up...I did some more testing on my proc. using the underclocked fsb at 130... it would boot and run.. but priming it only makes it about 5 hours till she froze. The other day i booted linoppix... and got it to freeze after just a few minutes by watching …

as long as i keep on a processor with 266fsb i should be cool.... i have seen socket a be very flexible as long as you have the voltage and fsb right. there is an athlon xp mp that is 2.1ghz real and rated at 2800. while i'm thinking about it too.... what version of 4-in-1 are you using? also... …

8kta3. no plus or pro...from what i can tell. i'm happy with it... i think i got a bum proc cause its unstable at 266fsb... only doing 200 right now. i've got my eye on a 2800+ barton so no biggie. i'm gald you guys are having success with it. with that said... can anyone recommend a nice and quite …

Update: So intrestlingly enough.. I ended up getting an EPOX board that is almost identical to the Abit. Same chipset though. Waiting on ebay to get my v5.... at the recycling center is was at they had a v3 3k for $2.. so picked it up. I decided i want to jump in and get my system built :) Fired up …

So what other things won't work on the v5.. other than that game. Personally i have never played it or heard about it until very recently.. but i did read about it. is it one of those v1 games? the kind that access the hardware directly? if it is just that one and a few other.. probably not going to …

yeah dood for sure i'm set on getting the v5. is it sad though if now i DO want to get the pci version? lol...cost wise i doubt i'm going to do that. prolly gonna have to settle for a fx5500 pci or some other raedon if i want hw t&l. one thing i did find interesting though.. was that the 3rd party …

yeah the v5 agp prices are deff. reasonable. besides mike.. i have an idea of what you paid for that roland daughterboard i saw in another thread. that said.. even going with a PCI can't really front on that. :P the voodoo5 is like 2x v4 but one single card to go on.. wiki says they are still in the …

Believe me the v5 does sound like the way to go. I mean.. as far as pass through on v2 goes i can deal with it in one way or another... so that and the issues of procurement aside.. Can anyone tell me if any of the games i listed work (or look) better in a v2 than in a v3/v5? If anyone knows where i …

Hello everybody. Go ahead an count me as yet another poor soul who wants to spend a lot of time and money to put a retro rig. What i'm looking to play are games like: ATF // USNF Mechwarrior Earthsiege Falcon 4 Turok Tomb Raider Need for Speed -- all kinds Longbow 2 Commander Keen Jazz the …