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by Wolfram
Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:32 pm
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: still chasing around stability, but getting somewhere...
Replies: 51
Views: 68473

If your system was perfectly stable at 66 Mhz and unstable at 67 Mhz FSB, this would be very unusual. I would guess your system is unstable even at 66 Mhz FSB, if it's at 67 Mhz. Did you run prime at 66 Mhz FSB? But I've heard there were PCI cards (especially sound cards, IIRC) that do not like othe...
by Wolfram
Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:10 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Adaptec 29160 didn't work in PCI5
Replies: 2
Views: 6670

Maybe I should've read the FAQ again: PCI 4 and 5 share the same IRQ and busmaster signal, so problems could have been expected. I still have a small issue with my setup: The maximum transfer rate and even the burst rate seem to be limited to ~60MB/s for the Cheetah 15k.3 (> 70MB/s max. rate accordi...
by Wolfram
Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:29 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: The SMP List
Replies: 21
Views: 29926

AFAIK UT 2004 does the sound in an extra thread. Not sure if this applies to UT 2003.

I'm not sure if it's really SMP capable, but I'd like to mention that

Acronis True Image 8

puts full load on both CPUs on my BP6 when it's doing a backup.
by Wolfram
Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:13 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Adaptec 29160 didn't work in PCI5
Replies: 2
Views: 6670

Adaptec 29160 didn't work in PCI5

Hi all, just in case someone has problems: I put an Adaptec 29160 SCSI controller in PCI 5, and it didn't work: The harddrive attached to it (Seagate Cheetah 15k.3 on the LVD segment) was not recognised by the controller BIOS. Thought the drive was defective, but took out my 2940AU from PCI4, put th...
by Wolfram
Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:25 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: BP6 Memory and IRQ questions
Replies: 9
Views: 16538

it is doublesided and it has to be with 8 chips on each side :) not totally accurate. I have 3 sticks in my recently reassembeled bp6. 2 of them have chips on both sides but on has chips on only one side. All 3 are 128 meg and the system finds all 384 meg. 8 chips each side for 256 MB sticks. Btw.,...
by Wolfram
Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:36 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: ATI CATALYST 4.9 BETA Driver (Doom 3)
Replies: 3
Views: 7878

People in german forums report between 2 (R9800) and 30 percent (X800) speed increase in Doom3 with Cat 4.9 beta. Nothing about image quality yet...
by Wolfram
Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:20 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: ATI CATALYST 4.9 BETA Driver (Doom 3)
Replies: 3
Views: 7878

I am surprised. I had word from someone who should know it that ATi are going to rework the whole OpenGL driver code and that they will probably need half a year or so to do that. Maybe they have just introduced some anisotropic filtering optimizations for OpenGL that were only used for DirectX in o...
by Wolfram
Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:09 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Seagate Increases HDD Warranties To 5 Years
Replies: 4
Views: 9125

Thanks InactiveX, this is very interesting news. Especially considering the obviuosly high failure rates of current IDE disks of all brands. I'm only afraid that "every Seagate internal PC, notebook and enterprise hard drive shipped through its distribution and retail channels throughout the world" ...
by Wolfram
Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:39 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Maximum Disk size on the ide1/ide2 controllers.
Replies: 21
Views: 32307

Wolfram: OK. It would be good to know if I would see the same issues in Linux. I have done some digging into the HPT366 and why it has issues with some drives and I have found that some of the issues are caused by the BIOS and some are caused by the kernel (and are not a failure of the chip itself)...
by Wolfram
Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:38 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Maximum Disk size on the ide1/ide2 controllers.
Replies: 21
Views: 32307

purrkur wrote:Wolfram: What OS do you use??
Windows 2000 SP4.
by Wolfram
Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:32 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: system performance
Replies: 17
Views: 22330

purrkur wrote: Also, Doom3 will also be available for Linux (and OS X) which means that it will also support OpenGL. That also means that if you are running Linux, nVidia is the way to go since it kicks ATi's ass when it comes to OpenGL.
Looks like you're right: http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy
by Wolfram
Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Instability with 3 sticks of ram
Replies: 15
Views: 13667

I remembered this thread (and this one? http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1369&highlight=instability+sticks+ram ... same title, same date) and I've just tried to put a third 256MB-stick on my BP6. With the third stick, I had to set the CAS latency down to 3. OK, np. BUT I also kept losing my ...
by Wolfram
Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hyperthreading + dualcores = multithread sw = nice for BP6?
Replies: 10
Views: 12625

So I guess you'd say dual cores will increase the general responsiveness of a system, and a few programmers may write multithreaded software if dual cores become a widespread feature, but that's it?
by Wolfram
Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hyperthreading + dualcores = multithread sw = nice for BP6?
Replies: 10
Views: 12625

Just read that dual core Opterons and Athlon64s should run in already existing boards, only a BIOS update would be required. So no dedicated memory for now. http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/showthread.php3?s=910bb117edbef0ae3a81518fe8a01b51&threadid=170830 (German) For the multithreading thing: W...
by Wolfram
Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hyperthreading + dualcores = multithread sw = nice for BP6?
Replies: 10
Views: 12625

But will dual cores be treated like they were single cpus? Or will optimizations for dual cores have to be different from optimizations for smp systems?
by Wolfram
Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:44 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Maximum Disk size on the ide1/ide2 controllers.
Replies: 21
Views: 32307

From my experience, the HPT366 does not like Seagate drives (7200.7, U6, 5400.1). But I had no trouble with any drive (up to 120GB) on the standard IDE to date. What type of problems have you run into with the Seagates and HPT366? I am a big Seagate shop although I haven't tested on of those on the...
by Wolfram
Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:55 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Maximum Disk size on the ide1/ide2 controllers.
Replies: 21
Views: 32307

I always thought the BIOS had to support 48bit LBA, regardless of the OS. But that's obviously wrong. In addition to the comments already given, Intel says you need BIOS support only if you use the Windows 9x OS series. Not needed for W2K/XP. From my experience, the HPT366 does not like Seagate driv...
by Wolfram
Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hyperthreading + dualcores = multithread sw = nice for BP6?
Replies: 10
Views: 12625

Hyperthreading + dualcores = multithread sw = nice for BP6?

What do you think: Will the presence of hyperthreading and dual cores encourage software developers to write multithreaded software, from which our good old BP6 might benefit?
by Wolfram
Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Acorp 6A815EPD: Does this i815 board support dual celerons?
Replies: 8
Views: 10507

Thanks. I was only interested in the Acorp in case it would run Celerons.

PS: Highest bid for that board was 60 Euros incl. shipping.
by Wolfram
Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Acorp 6A815EPD: Does this i815 board support dual celerons?
Replies: 8
Views: 10507

http://www.acorp.com.tw/eng/download/download02.asp?pronameid=141&lineid=1 =================== CPU -Dual Socket 370 for Intel PIII C&D-Step Processor. -Singal Intel FC-PGA/PPGA Celeron Processors 300MHz~800MHz or higher processor with 66/100MHz FSB. -Singal Intel FC-PGA/FC-PGA2 Pentium III C&D-Step...
by Wolfram
Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Acorp 6A815EPD: Does this i815 board support dual celerons?
Replies: 8
Views: 10507

Acorp 6A815EPD: Does this i815 board support dual celerons?

Hi everyone, just saw an Acorp 6A815EPD on ebay Germany. Is this board (i815 EP) capable of running dual celerons (PPGA/Mendochino)? Can't find a manual on the Acorp website. Only found a review (http://www.digit-life.com/articles/i815epacorp6a815epd/) which does not explicitly say "no". Best regard...
by Wolfram
Wed May 12, 2004 9:03 pm
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: XYZMark: Multithreading benchmark
Replies: 19
Views: 21633

Banana man?!? Uh, sorry, Holodeck, looks like I was already shortsighted in the 80s... thought that were Bananarama... should have known better, since they had only one blonde...
by Wolfram
Wed May 12, 2004 12:10 pm
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: XYZMark: Multithreading benchmark
Replies: 19
Views: 21633

:lol:
by Wolfram
Wed May 12, 2004 11:06 am
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: XYZMark: Multithreading benchmark
Replies: 19
Views: 21633

*Wolfram shakes his 80s wig*

InactiveX, have you already XYZ-benched the Commodore? Don´t know about possible side effects of running software along a negative timeline, though...

Btw, guess who´s just entered the Holodeck...

:bananadance: :bananadance: :bananadance:
by Wolfram
Wed May 12, 2004 8:27 am
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: XYZMark: Multithreading benchmark
Replies: 19
Views: 21633

*Holodeck2 commences 80s simulation*
<Wolfram> WTF happened to my haircut?!