Dual Athlon June 4

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• btw * S H A C K T A G G E D * : Raziel
• On the contrary...Dual Palominos are sweeter... : lexisgruven

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• Dammit, don't do that. I'm trying to keep that itch under control here. Heh...I'll almost certainly have... : TorValdeZ
• yeah, that gives me far too much w00d nope, just the pr0n again :) : hawkeye
• Yeah. Then VIA southbridge problems will make you limp. >=) : Djinn
• 512MB of DDR PC2100 is nice :) : timmie
• ill probably go for a full gig of DDR...just because I can ;-) dual 1.5s or better....geforce 3...monst... : TheTick
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  grrr... what I would do to get my hands on a system like that :-) But it would switch the GF3 for a Rad... : element
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    except that the drivers will suck ass : CharlieManson
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      drivers are getting better....i personally wouldnt get the radeon 2 though id get the radeon 2 AIW =)... : TheTick
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        GF3's are fine IMHO http://www.geocities.com/shacktard/ : CharlieManson
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          Damn whas res is that, 1600x1200? : hohoh0
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            yes : CharlieManson
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              What are your comp specs? Is that on fastest or high quality or what, i need details! heh : hohoh0
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                with everything turned on max I got 68.9 fps at 1600x1200x32 that pic is with brass, marks on walls, ... : CharlieManson
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                  I just ran it at 1600x1200x32 with vertex lighting, geometry on low, textures at picmip3,all eye candy o... : CharlieManson
                  • yeah that would kinda defeat the purpose of running it at 1600x1200 : TheTick
                  • Gah i only get 40 fps at fastest :) Cant wait till i get my new comp (1.4 ghz when will you come out!) : hohoh0
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                    Well i only get 40 fps at fastest heh...waiting to get 1.4 ghz whenever it comes out : hohoh0
                    • AXIA athlon 1000's are all going 1400mhz, get one : CharlieManson
        • Holy shite! Look how well the GF3 renders that dancin' George W! : wudge

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  yes, but if you want to have something running other than games while playing, then it owns cause the os... : Turd Ferguson
  • yes, but if you want to have something running other than games while playing, What the hell would I... : johnny rotten
• whatever man...my framerates are awesome my system is stable what the hell is the problem with win2k? if... : TheTick
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  Give me a break. My system is actually faster with Win2K, and a hell of a lot more stable than that... : LOD-Glock
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    I guess if W98 crashing is a problem and you're willing to put up with generally slower game performance... : johnny rotten
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      This fixes the 60hz problem in Win2k. http://www.planetquake.com/ztn/nvreffix/nvreffix.html Or you... : SlimJim
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        Too late. Wasnt worth the hassle. Reinstalled 98SE. Everything 'just works'. : johnny rotten
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          I'm like that with buggy VIA chipsets. Who needs more updated AGP drivers,motherboard,etc etc! : MarksmanX
          • the only Via driver I ever install is the AGP driver, it's the only one you need. : CharlieManson
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  #64 I agree with #73. You or your hardware must have caused the problems with win2k. I game with it just ... : RMSzero
  • Dunno, maybe. Clean install though, latest drivers and common hardware (1ghz athlon, abit kt7raid mb, 2... : johnny rotten

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  yeah i stil have a dual celeron system (not this one) games didnt take advantage...but at least the os w... : TheTick
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    lol, yea it would, but for "normal" gamers that really is over kill, id rather spend my money on like a ... : bradley!!!
    • i spent it on all of those =) all scsi, latest geforces (then a radeon all in wonder then another geforc... : TheTick
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      speaking of hd i got my scsi running, 18.2 10k u2w : Turd Ferguson
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        Now that you have it, would you say it's worth it for the speed increases over 7500rpm UDMA 33/66/100? : SlimJim
        • i personally would...ide sucks...my scsi systems beat the piss outta my ide systems... : TheTick
        • yes, with a 5.9 ms seektime and some decent transfer rates. that and my scsi controller is taking a majo... : Turd Ferguson
• what OS? : sexninja!!!!

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• BeOS handles multiple CPUs better than any of the OS' you listed : hawkeye

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  I thought the Palomino's were supposed to have lower requirements than previous chips grrrrr... : hawkeye
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    well, there's two of them running at once. : the archvile
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      yeah, but you don't need a 450w PSU for P3's right? : hawkeye
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        but p3's take alot less power than athlons, thats why you don't see any athlons notebooks being sold : stiki figgaz
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          that was my point, they were supposed to drastically reduce the power requirements with the Palomino : hawkeye
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            they're probably assuming that you're hooking up multiple high-RPM drives as well. : the archvile
            • oh...... *buys 450w PSU* : hawkeye
  • Hopefully this little guy will have more success in actually running that AMD's previous experiments wit... : Evangelion
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  Oh come on, you've gotta be kidding me. Do you have any documented statements about this? : wunderbred
  • the link in the article? : RMSzero

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  #13 one of my suitemates has a dual p3 now, and is determined to build one of these bitches. : RMSzero
  • Yeah, I can understand that. I'll read a few reviews and get the itch myself. It'll sure be a fun projec... : TorValdeZ

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  11 real SMP as opposed to intels SMP which isn't real for what reason? : RMSzero
  • because one does something then the other on the bus : hawkeye