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SMP - AMD and Intel

~Aragorn~
ok a few questions about SMP/multiprocessing 1. What intel MOBO is best 2. What is SMP? 3. Can i for example Run ANY CPU intesive task on proc 2 while doing other stuff on proc 1? 4. What games support it? 5.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Old Motherboard Information & BIOS

jdulmage
I was wondering if there is a website where I can check out lists and lists of bioses and downloads for them for older style motherboards. The reason why is that I have an old K6-2 motherboard and the manufacturer's website has been down for days.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Well Well, goodbye 3Dfx

jdulmage
Just heard from someone that in the news it says that 3Dfx is calling it quits, they will only make chipsets for other companies now. 3dfx changes direction ? by Thomas McGuire @ 14:33 Apparently they are.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Whistler reviews

dell1234567
I just found 2 reviews on whistler, 1 i made and another on winsupersite. com My review is on beta 1 and is 6 pages. Be sure to check it out at.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Voodoo5 Vs. Geforce2 Ultra

itsjustin
I'm going to be getting a job soon, and i plan on trying to turn my computer into a massive gaming computer, but i'm stuck on what video card i should get, i've had experience with voodoo cards and there preformance has been quite pleasing, so i've been heading towards Voodoo5 AGP, but i've also head from friends t ...
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Windows Hardware 9627

Anybody familiar with the AOpen AX34?

clutch
I just got one of these, and it seems to work quite well. Here are the specs now: PIII 800 (8x100) AOpen AX34 (Via Apollo Pro 133A) 256MB RAM 25 GB IBM IDE HD (ATA/33) SB Live! MP3 Samsung DVD-ROM SD-604 I got the newest 4-in-1 combo driver from AOpen, and I am using the 6.
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Windows Hardware 9627

gravis xterminator non-digital driver problem

fireprey
the drive at the link above gives me a ntgrip error every time i try to play a game even in no one lives forever (I got joystick disabled on) and I don't have a USB version. the main page list the gravis as working good using the drivers link below but the link does not work.
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Whistler 2296 Beta 1: My thoughts

pr-man
Well guys I formatted fresh last night in anticipation for testing out the latest beta of Whistler pro. Here are some of my thoughts and things I noticed. Good: Extremely stable (and its Beta 1 ) Boots up in half the time win2k pro takes detected and installed 95% of my hardware off the bat applications seem to loa ...
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Windows Hardware 9627

Tony Hawk 2, can ya help?

Draftsman
I can't get Tony Hawk 2 to run in win2k even with the utilities to fool the game it's running in win98. I'm brand new to Win2K, but man, o man, I sure Miss tony hawk. I saw in the compatablility list it runs, but mine doesn't.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Whistler Crossgrade

Lord-Data
curious, if I have whistler Professional installed, and wish to downgrade to personal, is it possible? or will i have to re-install from scratch?
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Windows Hardware 9627

PLEASE HELP !!!!!! TIGER 133 !?!?!?!!?!?!

Sparkhard
I just got my Tiger 133 MOBO and i am having a big problem. . . Well i pulled it out of the box and to my suprise. . THERE is no ISA slot,, (this is ok i really dont have anything with the ISA formfactor) so i kinda thought it was just something that Tyan did because of a resource prob.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Realmagic Hollywood+

Anonymous
HI there, I have a problem with the Realmagic Hollywood+ under Windows 2000. I have installed the new drivers (version 2. 0 build 129), but in some movies my computer restarts, e. g. She's all that and Wild Wild West.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Whistler expire?

pr-man
Anyway to stop the beta from expiring other than changing your system date? Celeron II 566@875 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1. 01, 128 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH, SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98FE.
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Windows Hardware 9627

WinTV WDM and DirectX 8

lordlee
Like many others, I am a frustrated user of WinTV and W2K VFW viewers (any wintv screen resize freeze my pc). After doing some research on this forum, I decided to install the WDM driver (on after DirectX8 comes out.
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Antivirus

canonjon
What antivirus can i use with whistler beta 1 or is´t that no one works yet. Are there any news on when such a product is coming too a beta stage or retail?.
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Windows Hardware 9627

INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE

miku
Hi, Guys, I have Windows 2000 installed on a HD. When I putt that HD into another computer with a different motherboard and stuff. It gives me an error @ starting saying INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE Help! Thanks.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Vortex 1 on a VIA chipset???

Sparkhard
Hey i was wondering if anyone has an Aureal VOrtex1 on a Mobo with a VIA chipset running Win2k. . I have a Vortex 1 and a Tyan Tiger 133, i need to know if the Vortex will work in 2k or do i need to get another sound card.
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Windows Hardware 9627

Ati Rage Mobility M 2xAGP

Albatros
I've been using whistler beta1 on Compaq Armada M700 PIII 650 with 576 MB memory, the only problem is Ati rage mobility M driver it prevents system going into sleep mode. I already know that this issue is indicated in the release notes and left for the coming builds.
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