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by Hotrodk63
Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6Plus Overclocking Database
Replies: 2
Views: 4881

I entered my rig, mine will actually run at 616 and 630, but not 100 percent stable at 630 on the current motherboard in prime 95.
by Hotrodk63
Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How much CPU power is needed for DVD use....
Replies: 5
Views: 7029

This really doesn't apply strictly to dvd movie watching, but on my k63+ I found one of the things that suffers the most nowdays was playing encoded movies, mainly divx ones. In my past experience it takes at least 400mhz or better to play either dvds or encoded movies smoothly, 600 mhz or more has ...
by Hotrodk63
Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: CPUs: Don't we need a breakthrough in power-usage?
Replies: 8
Views: 10827

I think like you said, the companies aren't researching lower power usage very much, and I think the reason is, they are both steadily trying to gain higher clock speeds and putting their efforts toward that. It is much the same as the hotrod engine wars of the late sixties, gas was cheap, and big s...
by Hotrodk63
Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:11 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: k63+ videocard reccomendations and kyro ?
Replies: 4
Views: 5777

Thanks Wiggy, you are right about the geforce ti and radeon cards being faster than the kyro, I was just curious as to whether the kyro would even work on socket 7. I found out not long ago that they are totally incompatible with the nforce 2 boards, the voltage spec is fine, but the driver refuses ...
by Hotrodk63
Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:49 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: k63+ videocard reccomendations and kyro ?
Replies: 4
Views: 5777

k63+ videocard reccomendations and kyro ?

Hi, I have followed this forum with some interest for awhile now, I've held onto my K63+ rigs through thick and thin, I'm still using one as my primary system, even though I've built the wife a 2500+ xp lol. I will continue to keep my k63 around for fileserver duties etc, however, I am itching for a...