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It could have been 1987 when the 386 came out. The Intel 486SX is based on the DX with a part (on chip math coprocessor) disabled, which leads me to believe the DX and SX came out at the same time, unless the TI 486 preceeded the Intel 486. Anyway, the 486 prbably came out in '89 and the 386 in '87. 286 might have been as early as '84 or '85, which was probably what you were thinking of. But nobaody could afford them back then. My friend bought a 486 DX50 (with the special 50MHz bus speed) just before the release of the Pentium 60. I think it was about '91, it came with a 420MB hard drive and 24MB RAM, I think it cost him about $4000. He bragged to me that it would walk all over the DX2/66 because it had a higher bus speed. It used 60ns FPM RAM. It also had a high-end 2MB VLB video card and was considered a high end graphics PC. He bought it for Autocad I think (that would be the first version of Autocad I believe)! It also came with some AWSOME software including Windows 3.something and Corel Perfect Office. I think he also paid $800 additional for the Autocad software.
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I read an article from some computer guru who said he overclocked an early mainframe at Harvard once that was as big as a room. It was running at .8 mhz. He came in late one night and overclocked it to 1mhz.
BTW the best thing is at: www.charnleys.co.uk/nvmax
It does it the GTS but also has been voted the best. Its great but make sure u have ram sinks b4 u overclock your ram to 420 mhz 😀
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It does it the GTS but also has been voted the best. Its great but make sure u have ram sinks b4 u overclock your ram to 420 mhz 😀
Come on down to http://www.codingclick.com- The ultimate coding resource!!
don't mean to get in the middle of this and it's not really the right place for it, but i was kind of interested to find out for sure when the 286, 386's came out for sure. found a decent chronollogy of computer history at:
<A HREF="http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm" target="_new">http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm</A>
anyway intel came out with a 386dx 16mhz processor in october of 1985. the 286 6mhz came out in february of 1982.
<A HREF="http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm" target="_new">http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm</A>
anyway intel came out with a 386dx 16mhz processor in october of 1985. the 286 6mhz came out in february of 1982.
Thanks for the information.
I just want to mention something (and not start an argument). We have been talking about overclocking systems when we spoke of the 286, 386 etc. Looking at the chronology, which you have kindly provided, I see that the first 386-16 system was released by Compaq in 1986. IBM followed suit in 1987. Grizely1 was right.
I just want to mention something (and not start an argument). We have been talking about overclocking systems when we spoke of the 286, 386 etc. Looking at the chronology, which you have kindly provided, I see that the first 386-16 system was released by Compaq in 1986. IBM followed suit in 1987. Grizely1 was right.
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Nope. Didn't you hear? it came out October 85'! that's almost a year before you were born!! (I was just joking about overclocking before you were born, I already said that, now we are arguing if overclocking existed before you were born, cause you said "oh it didn't exist before 1992" or something)_
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I think Wusy found the spots you were looking for.
The ones from 2cooltek are good, but you'll want to pick up some c110 from a machine shop, and make a little 1/16" Cu base plate for them.
With a couple of case fans blowing on the card, you can get at least a 25% boost on max frame rates....
The ones from 2cooltek are good, but you'll want to pick up some c110 from a machine shop, and make a little 1/16" Cu base plate for them.
With a couple of case fans blowing on the card, you can get at least a 25% boost on max frame rates....
Ya, I'm going to buy the new GeForce 2 GTS kit from 2cooltek that comes with 8 ram heatsinks made of aluminum, and a new HSF with the heatsink being made out of copper, versus the retail HSF on the card made out of cast steel. The fan on the HSF is also an improvement. The ram heatsinks are already made of aluminum and will be connected with frag tape. Do you really think it is worth it to make 8, 1/16 inch copper connectors?
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
If you have a roto-zip or a dremel, it's no-problemo. Otherwise, it would be a chore. Even 1mm of copper would give you a noticable difference, but it's gotta be flat. Or at least flat enough to matter.
Good luck getting the thermo-bond off the old gpu hsf......
Good luck getting the thermo-bond off the old gpu hsf......
How much would a hardware store charge to supply the copper and make connectors with it for me do you think? Also, if I use frag tape to connect the ramsinks and the ram chips, would i just have to use thermal adheisive to connect the copper connectors to the ramsinks?
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
I picked up a roll of c110 from a contractor supply store. It's pretty thick, and rather heavy, but I understand that it's +99.5% pure Cu. I used a roto-zip to buzz through it, and a old vise to flatten the plate out. The are all just a little bigger than the heatsinks.
Anyway, I'm not sure about the hardware store making you a 'base plate' for the heatsinks. I'm sure there's a machine shop somewhere that would do it, but you would probably pay the same amount for a dremel down at the store.
I've never used frag tape before, always arctic silver. I mixed some AS with the AS adhesive, and glued on all the heatsinks to my memory chips, along with the gpu hsf. From what I understand, it's supposed to come back off without a lot of prying/praying. I'm not sure what kind of results you'll get with the frag tape.
to 5v.
Anyway, I'm not sure about the hardware store making you a 'base plate' for the heatsinks. I'm sure there's a machine shop somewhere that would do it, but you would probably pay the same amount for a dremel down at the store.
I've never used frag tape before, always arctic silver. I mixed some AS with the AS adhesive, and glued on all the heatsinks to my memory chips, along with the gpu hsf. From what I understand, it's supposed to come back off without a lot of prying/praying. I'm not sure what kind of results you'll get with the frag tape.
to 5v.
Whether or not it is aluminum or cast steel, soon I'll have a sweet copper heatsink with a much better fan on it. Plus all the RAM chips will have their own heatsink on them clinging with the finest quality adhesive, Artic silver thermal adhesive. I ma in love with that GTS overclocking kit, I can't wait till it arrives. Im looking to overclock to 250/425!
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"
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