Originally posted by creaky:

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I don't remember exactly which sticks i bought in that instance, could've sworn it was 4MB, but what doesn't help is that i don't remember how much RAM was in there to start with. I probably had to remove whatever amount of RAM was in there and added the 4MB (maybe it was 16MB ie 4x 4MB, it was sooo long ago!!), needed it for the first Quake game if i remember correctly, my PC could only play Doom before that.
What i know for sure is that the amount was £120 and i'd already bought that system (with monitor) new for... £1800 at the time!!. Crazy.

The Quad Q6600 only cost me around £800 i think, throwaway money really compared to what i paid for the DX2

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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BTW, did you ever play a game called "Blake Stone, Aliens of Gold"? I always loved that one. I can play it on my computer, but the sound doesn't work properly. some of it just doesn't work, like one channel of a stereo maybe, so you don't hear all the sound! LOL!! Fun Game!

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Many readers have been getting back to us regarding the unusually positive reports about AMD lately. I guess we became colored a bit by our love for the Radeon HD 2900 XT cards when no one really cared for them, but then again our favorite games are of the 3DMark series and not of the interactive type, and there the Radeon 2900 XT was a lot of fun. However, we always used Intel's processors together with the card(s), and even though we don't see a change in that anytime soon, the everyday overclockers may get a change of heart with the new AMD models based on the Deneb core.

A while back we reported on a recent interview with AMD General Manager of AMD's Server and Workstation chip business, Pat Patla, where he claimed that Shanghai is much more than a mere die-shrink and that it is 20% faster than Barcelona clock per clock. We've been told by a second source that 20% may be a bit much, but that there is an IPC boost to expect, but closer to 15% than 20. In either case it's just a nice boost. This is applies for Deneb as well we've been told.

The source even indicates that since Nehalem isn't that much of a desktop upgrade, but server mostly, Deneb will become the gaming processor to get. We have no secondary confirmation at this time, but we wanted to forward the information. In fact, source also says that Deneb was able to do 4.3GHz under a Scythe Mine cooler, stable of course. It's very important to use the right motherboard though, you will need the SB750 southbridge to begin with.

Most people should be able to hit 3.6GHz with a decent cooler, source says. The most amazing is that the processor should still run fairly cool and consume less power than Intel equivalents. Comparing Intel's new processors to AMD's new, Intel is gaining on the server market, while AMD will be trying to get back the retail market. We will not have to wait long for it to happen either, mass production is well under way and launch is approaching.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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AMD stuff is as cheap as it gets currently, and given the initial i7 prices, they're not going to have to work very hard to work out better value for money... However, for a Phenom to match a Q9550 C1 on 775, which isn't an overpriced combination, it will need to clock to at least 3.6Ghz and be 15% faster clock for clock than the old phenom, 20% or above to beat it. That's a tall order. Not saying it can't be done, but you know, while that article is promising, it doesn't make me want to ditch my stuff for an AMD rig just yet...

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Originally posted by krj15489:

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@ russ

try this

http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_create_vi...007.htm

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Originally posted by creaky:

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the first most expensive hard drive i ever bought was an 8GB (shock horror) for £220 !!, that purchase killed me for quite a while.

I had a Compaq "luggable" that came with 2 - 5 1/4" floppy drives. For Christmas that year, I asked for a got a 10MB Hard Card for $550 USD.

(i'm not drunk enough to mention the (removable) Winchester 128MB mainframe hard drives the size of washing machines)

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I had a Compaq "luggable" that came with 2 - 5 1/4" floppy drives. For Christmas that year, I asked for a got a 10MB Hard Card for $550 USD.

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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spaul40,

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I had a Compaq "luggable" that came with 2 - 5 1/4" floppy drives. For Christmas that year, I asked for a got a 10MB Hard Card for $550 USD.

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I had a Kaypro II someone gave me years ago. <snip>

Anybody remember the Osborne? LOL!!

Best Regards,
Russ

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