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- May 19, 2003
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- Kingwood, TX
The K6-III+ mobile chips. From 450 to 600MHz OCed on the socket7 platform
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Second the Model M and 3Dfx, especially the Voodoo2.
How about the Chieftec Dragon, and the similar designs. That was basically the standard in case design before aluminum cases became popular. It took all the space advantages of the old full-tower server cases, added some tool-less features and more fans, and (like it or not) it also helped popularize the whole idea of a pre-mod case, with different colors, optional windows and even completely unconventional looks in the case of the original Xaser series.
Also, the Aureal Vortex... specifically A3D. Gave rise to 3D positional sound in games, and it was significantly more advanced than its competitor, EAX, since it actually calculated audio based on 3D data and made use of reflections, rather than just using adjustable reverb like Creative did..
9800xt (or Pro flashed) b/c it spanked the heck out of the 55-5900 series of Nvidia cards.
Also A64 chips vs P4 as that turned the industry upside down for about 3 years.
Haha...I started around the K5 100MHz. I would flip a switch on the back that was hooked to a jumper port on the mobo to ramp the PCI bus to 40MHz and the CPU to 133MHz so I could play music without overloading the system.
If the system booted with the jumper on, it would lower the bus speed below stock. If you waited until it got past the BIOS, it would ramp up the bus because the divider was already set.
It was great. You'd play an mp3 and it would skip, then you'd flip the switch in the middle of everything and it would play smoothly LOL
That system and my trusty VA-503+ mobo that held 3 different CPUs over time were where I got into real overclocking.
AthlonXP 1700+ Tbred B, was probably the single best price/performance part I've bought (at the time it came out). For only $40, OC'd from 1.4 ghz to 2+ ghz on air. Back then, this was kind of like buying an e8400 E0 for $40 today.
Geforce Ti4200 cards. Those where beast cards. Could overclock like no other.