New hardware...
New hardware...
Win XP Home
Am considering buying new hardware but don't know if there are any restrictions on the use of QB with up-to-date processors and/or chipsets. Are there any problems which could arise please?
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ipod games
Am considering buying new hardware but don't know if there are any restrictions on the use of QB with up-to-date processors and/or chipsets. Are there any problems which could arise please?
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ipod games
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It's also a fairly slow emulator. Perhaps MS Virtual PC(now free) running an actual copy of DOS would be better?Nathan1993 wrote:If you do have an issue, use DosBOX: the best DOS emulator ever (next to FreeDOS, but that's an OS by iteself).
P.S. DOSBox is not an Emulator unless you're running on AMD processors. It is a Virtual Machine if you're using an Intel processor.
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I have a sempron, and I love it. Powerful, 1.8 ghz, cool, and it was only $120USD. Much better than my laptop's 600mhz, my other PC's 500mhz, and my old laptop's 133mhz.Patz QuickBASIC Creations wrote:LONG LIVE THE SEMPRONZ!!!!!!!!!1111oneone11onehunderedeleven!!11Nathan1993 wrote:I have an AMD processor, so it is an emulator to me.
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Wow... I have an old Pentium @ 120MHZ lying around, but no mobo for itNathan1993 wrote:I have a sempron, and I love it. Powerful, 1.8 ghz, cool, and it was only $120USD. Much better than my laptop's 600mhz, my other PC's 500mhz, and my old laptop's 133mhz.Patz QuickBASIC Creations wrote:LONG LIVE THE SEMPRONZ!!!!!!!!!1111oneone11onehunderedeleven!!11Nathan1993 wrote:I have an AMD processor, so it is an emulator to me.
With prices changing all the time, even an AMD Sempron 64 3400+ (2.0GHZ) is going off for $75USD. Too bad I'm broke...
Nathan: Try overclocking it. You'd get a nice boost in speed, even if you overclock it a little. I have a Duron running at 1937MHZ (almost 2GHZ) and it runs Slackware 10.2 and KDE super fast. The only thing slowing it down is my 5400RPM hard drive... Plus, even when it's overclocked and the multipliers are factored in, it still only runs at 292MHZ FSB. The Semprons (unoverclocked) default to 1600MHZ FSB. So, to put it shortly, Socket A (462) is teh sux0rz!
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How did you overclock yours? Do you have a tutorial / website for it? I want to overclock it as it has a great fan and vents, (it's case is OPEN most of the time, ) so it would work. What do you think would be a safe speed to clock it to?
Sorry for all the questions, I feel like a noob... but... I kinda am in this situation.
Sorry for all the questions, I feel like a noob... but... I kinda am in this situation.
An emulator is only an emulator if it is running on a different architecture than the host machine. Otherwise it is a virtual machine.DrV wrote:Huh?Guest wrote:P.S. DOSBox is not an Emulator unless you're running on AMD processors. It is a Virtual Machine if you're using an Intel processor.
DOSBox is an emulator, regardless of who made your CPU.DOSBox Information wrote:DOSBox is a DOS-emulator ...
DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 ...
Either your BIOS supports it or you mess with jumpers on your motherboard.
How did you overclock yours? Do you have a tutorial / website for it? I want to overclock it as it has a great fan and vents, (it's case is OPEN most of the time, ) so it would work. What do you think would be a safe speed to clock it to?
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AMD processors are still the x86 architecture, just like Intels. Therefore, it is an emulator all the way around.Guest wrote:An emulator is only an emulator if it is running on a different architecture than the host machine. Otherwise it is a virtual machine.DrV wrote:Huh?Guest wrote:P.S. DOSBox is not an Emulator unless you're running on AMD processors. It is a Virtual Machine if you're using an Intel processor.
DOSBox is an emulator, regardless of who made your CPU.DOSBox Information wrote:DOSBox is a DOS-emulator ...
DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 ...
Nathan - (just a quick summary) Usually it depends on your motherboard. Mine was easy to do because mine has settings in the BIOS that support it. There is a few tools to test safe speeds to overclock to. Try googling "overclocking tools" or download the Ultimate Boot CD. You also may need to unlock your processor to get higher speeds. This is done by connecting bridges on your processor with a #3 pencil... Simple, but it works.
Don't take my word for it though. Go to the forums at http://www.overclock.net and ask how. Be sure to have your motherboard make and model, processor make and model, and RAM speeds. (ex PC3200 = 400MHZ)
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