winxp......running great on a pentium II

[letulechuga]

when you install your winxp home or pro
click F5 (right when the setup begins. (after you reboot the computer and the blue screen comes on when you boot from the disk)) keep pressing until it comes up then select the 486x category for your processor.
you can check the 3dmark scores on your pc before ant after.
enjoi.
letulechuga

 

[n0cmonkey]

What's the point?

 

[letulechuga]

you can simply get better performance from an old processor.

 

[Spikesoldier]

let me guess, it disables all the visual crap and bloat on a default XP installation?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
let me guess, it disables all the visual crap and bloat on a default XP installation?

:roll:

Actually it forces a specific Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). I fail to see how that could result in better framerates.

 

[letulechuga]

no, what happens is that it diables the cpuid(which identifies your processor) part of the operating system. Cpuid has been included ever since win9x has become available.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
no, what happens is that it diables the cpuid(which identifies your processor) part of the operating system. Cpuid has been included ever since win9x has become available.

Link? My information comes from Microsoft's website.

 

[aswedc]

Uh, Windows XP runs whatever codepath is best for your PC. Why would forcing it to i386 do anything but make it slower?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: aswedc
Uh, Windows XP runs whatever codepath is best for your PC. Why would forcing it to i386 do anything but make it slower?

It's possible that in rare cases the system is picking an SMP hal for the posters system and he's basically forcing it to a single proc one (which will be somewhat faster since some multi-cpu coordination locks simply do nothing on the single proc hals while they are actually implemented (but return immediately) on the SMP ones.

In general, the suggestion is very specific to the motherboard configuration and generally speaking isn't good advice nor a simple rule that can be used in all cases (IMHO).

Bill

 

[intogamer]

thats awesome

 

[Abix]

Lets race.

 

[letulechuga]

the thing with cpuid is that it slows your new processor down in order for you to buy a new one from intel. not right away ofcourse, but eventually.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
the thing with cpuid is that it slows your new processor down in order for you to buy a new one from intel. not right away ofcourse, but eventually.

Ok, you clearly have no idea what your talking about. Either post references to this claim, or this thread needs to get locked.

 

[letulechuga]

google the net for recent scandals where people got fired.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: letulechuga
google the net for recent scandals where people got fired.

You, your making the BS claim, now lets see you backup your lie.
Bill

 

[imported_aten]

once again OS X rules!!!