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- Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: K6Plus Overclocking Database
- Replies: 2
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- Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:52 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: How much CPU power is needed for DVD use....
- Replies: 5
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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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...