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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to thrasher_565 in Help with a High end Windows XP 32bit pc for "retro" gaming   
    ya that's probably about right the i7-4960X would off better multi core  and ram speeds but the i74790k is faster quad core.
     
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to LIGISTX in Help with a High end Windows XP 32bit pc for "retro" gaming   
    I have no idea, but yes it'll work in dual channel with 2x8. I am sure a 3770k will be plenty fine for any XP based games. Remember, most XP games were expecting Pentium 4's, and at the high end started looking for core 2 duos.... a 3770k is going to destroy any XP game.
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to LIGISTX in Help with a High end Windows XP 32bit pc for "retro" gaming   
    A few things.... Windows XP is an exploitation nightmare, so just make sure you don't plug it into the internet, or you have it subnetted securely and totally walled off from the rest of your network - it will be hacked if its plugged into the internet, not if but when.
     
    You can run whatever memory config you want, just a 32 bit OS will only be able to address ~4 GB of it. I ran my i7 920 with 3x2 GB sticks of RAM for years in triple channel, but was only able to actually use 4 GB of that 6 GB available.
     
    VRAM and RAM have nothing to do with each other - at all. The RAM limitations of Windows XP is simply a 32 bit limitation, but that doesn't have anything to do with the GPU's VRAM. 
     
    3770k is going to be fine... could probs turn HT off and try and just OC it to the max, not like many XP games know what to do with more than 1 or 2 cores anyways lol.
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to SupaKomputa in Quick Question: "Reset this PC" vs manually wiping disk with "clean all"   
    1. No, it will only delete / rewrite required folders for win to run, it doesnt format the drive. Non related folders will still be there after finished.
    2. Hardware raid won't be effected.
    3. There will be some residue if you wipe the drive 1 time, there are some files that can be recovered, but the data integrity is questionable to the point of corrupting the data. Wipe the drive with 2 - 3 pass to completely destroy any data in the disk.
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to Rupe in USB wired mouse vs wireless mouse input lag?   
    @Inkadinkadoo The G403 Wireless/G703 also has the same wireless tech as the G900/G903, so it's worth considering. Afraid I'm unsure if you can use the normal thumb buttons on the G900 as a sniper button.
     
    Although you should really change how you play before it's too late! I think once you're used to one sensitivity you will thank yourself. Especially good if you want to venture out of casual into big boy comp matchmaking
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to Rupe in USB wired mouse vs wireless mouse input lag?   
    First off I would recommend not playing CS like that and just sticking to one low sensitivity. But if you must play like a weirdo  then no the G900 unfortunately does not have a sniper button just the standard thumb buttons, and a dpi toggle behind the scroll wheel
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to Rupe in USB wired mouse vs wireless mouse input lag?   
    The logitech G603 can switch between a performance mode and a less power hungry mode for when you're not playing games. It takes batterys so you can't recharge but they last a long while.
     
    The claim logitech made when they released their G900 was exactly that, that it had less input lag than the razer deathadder. With the G900/G903/G403 Wireless/G703 you might have to charge a couple times every week but you can use them with the charging cable plugged in like a conventional wired mouse.
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    Inkadinkadoo got a reaction from Damascus in upgrade to 1080ti or 8700k?   
    Or if you really dont care about your wallet catching fire, you could get 2 1080ti's and run them in SLI. Or better (worse) yet, 2 Titan Xp's in SLI
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to Davidf4e in upgrade to 1080ti or 8700k?   
    Yea you guys make a convincing arguement im happy with how the 1080 is performing for 1440p atm so i guess ill be waiting for volta
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to WoodenMarker in help configure RAM timings with 2 kits?   
    Have you tried reverting to default motherboard settings?
    Is there an XMP profile you can use?
    You could try running a memtest if you haven't already: https://www.memtest86.com/
    If you're able to return both kits and order a 4x8GB kit, that would be optimal. 
     
    That being said, the issue might not be due to your ram. Have you tested for stability for your graphics card oc? 
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to WoodenMarker in help configure RAM timings with 2 kits?   
    When does this happen and what are your specs?
     
    Moved to Troubleshooting.
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd in Inquiry for setting up a multi-boot configuration with 4 OS   
    Ah, I didn't check for that.  I quickly went to ASUS' page for the Maximus Hero 9 ... and I only see drivers for Win7, Win8.1 and Win10.   So you may not be able to get XP to work properly on that motherboard.  So XP would need to be virtualized too if that's your goal.
    Ubuntu shouldn't be too much of a problem, Linux driver support tends to be better than Windows' nowadays.  Most things will just work right away.
     
    As for the 64bit version of XP, that one wasn't too popular and there may be issues getting things to work.  Not that it matters much if you can't get the OS to run or because it bluescreens all the time due to lack of drivers
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to MedievalMatt in Inquiry for setting up a multi-boot configuration with 4 OS   
    your biggest problem will be drivers with XP, i think the OS should be fine though running on bare metal, assuming you can get working drivers.  which should be a fun time *sarcasm*.  Windows 98 your going to need to visualize, which should be more than enough to get what you need.  modern hardware was so far beyond anyone imagination in 1998 that it likely wont even know how to talk to 90% of your hardware.
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    Inkadinkadoo reacted to dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd in Inquiry for setting up a multi-boot configuration with 4 OS   
    Setting up an XP + 7 + 10 + Ubuntu setup is easy enough once you get the hang of it.  I used to have XP+Vista+Win7+Mint on my netbook BITD.  Took me a while to figure out the correct order, but after a few attempts it turned out to be quite easy really.
     
    A couple points worth noting :
    - The 3 Windows OSes will want a primary partition, Linux is fine with having a logical one. 
    - You can give each OS a small partition and add an NTFS data partition that can be seen by all OSes (for example on a 500GB SSD you could take 40+40+40+40GB for the OSes and use the remaining free space for a 300+GB NTFS data partition that can be accessed by all).  That makes it convenient to save pictures and downloads to a central location. 
    - Be sure to unplug the Ironwolf drive first, Windows has this nasty habit of installing the bootloader on a different drive than the OS one.  You really want only one HDD or SSD in your system when installing windows.
    - Install the Windows OSes from new to old, not the other way around.  So Win10 first, XP last.  Later versions of Windows will recognize earlier ones and will add them to Windows' own bootloader, which doesn't recognize linux as far as I know (haven't tried it on Win10, but I doubt that it has changed). 
    If you go from old to young, the Grub bootloader's menu (more on Grub later) will only let you choose between Ubuntu and the Windows bootloader, which means you'd have to deal with 2 bootloader menus before being able to enter any version of Windows.
     
     
     
    As for the procedure itself :
    1 ) Boot from the Win10 installer, create a primary partition of the appropriate size for Windows 10, install the OS on that.  As soon as your Win10 install works, go straight to the Win7 installer.  Don't bother setting it up or doing updates yet, you can do all that stuff once you have the entire multiboot setup working.
    2 ) Boot from the Win7 installer, create another primary partition on the drive for Windows 7, install that.  Again once it works go straight to the XP installer
    3 ) Boot from the XP installer, create another primary partition on the drive for XP, install that.  Once XP works go straight to your Linux installer
    4 ) Boot from the Ubuntu installer.  I'd suggest manually setting up your partitions to avoid messing up any of the Windows ones.  The installer will install Ubuntu and add the Grub bootloader, which will detect all 3 Windows OSes too and show them on the startup screen. 
     
    Grub is a very basic bootloader and the names of the OSes will appear a bit weird (it'll mention bootloaders and the kernel version for Ubuntu etc), but that can all be sorted and customized with something like "Grub customizer".  No need to worry about that yet, just make sure you install everything first and are able to boot into all OSes afterwards.  Only then is it worth the effort to customize stuff.
     
    As for the passthrough for Win98 stuff, I can't comment on that.  Never tried it myself.
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