My main Windows XP Gaming PC @ i7 960 & Radeon HD 6950
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Error in the video: The CPU is an i7 960, not i5!
I have a similar build, i7 2600 and HD 7770 in crossfire bahaha, only 4GB ram though
bro my main daily usıng pc had a worse specs than your windows xp buıld
@@Kxx20 F *salute*
Beautiful showcase.of a high-end XP PC. Nice showing the advantages of going with a Radeon!
It is beautiful, thanks :D The Radeon is nice, but I have another problem, the image won't fill the entire vertical space when using over 60 Hz, for example:
1600x1200 60 Hz fills the entire screen
1600x1200 120 Hz uses 1:1 pixel mapping, the image is centered, with black areas left, right, top, bottom.
@@MidnightGeek99 Interesting! I haven't done much testing with higher refresh rates, so I'm not sure what's happening.
All great picks to max XP, while staying within the period, as most went from XP to 7 for gaming. I7-960 is nearly as fast as 2500K.
I rebuilt a XP rig recently, overclocked Q6600, and GTX 950 (960 was overkill with C2Q), but I just used what was in storage.
Yes, balanced components, unlike yours, Q6600 with GTX 9xx series :P
Indeed! My X1950 XT got jealous, but the GTX 950, it runs so silent.
Ahh,the Zalman Z3 Plus. I had the white version of this case in my highschool days,back when 60$ could get you a decent case with 4 fans from the factory
White? :O Wow...I did not know it exists.
@@MidnightGeek99 Yeah. When this case launched 11 years ago or so,people didn't really had the white case trend yet so the black one sold better. I guess it's "good luck" now to find a white one with plastic that didn't yellow. Also this case had a GPU holder from the factory,don't know if you have it and just didn't install it but it had that too
Still using z3 plus the black one. It started with a GTX 1080 and now going with a RTX 3070. It is serving me for almost 8 years straight. Only failure was one of the top fans.
@@YokCrysis. Nice. The fans were not top quality,not even 3 pin but Molex but hey,for the price of the case they were decent enough. When i sold mine in 2020 it still had the original fans but the top fans were starting to rattle a little too. It's up there as one of the best cases i had,way better than a Cooler Master Elite 370 i used to have,more expensive and cheaper metal
@@nushnume Ironically the gpu holder kept a lot of gpus from fitting in the case so had to be removed.
Great video, my xp machine is currently a 7800gt with a zalman fan & e8600 on a 775 board but recently been thinking about a new xp build, something more like this. Thanks for showing & I'm off to dig through the boxes of parts
The E8600 is very good, you can pair it with a 8800 or 9800 series card and you're golden!
I have a nice 9800gt sitting on a shelf so I'll pop it in & then I can relax & continue with my efforts to stop being obsessed with eBay, I look at graphics cards, broken PC's & older CPU's like other people do with social media. And don't mention my search for a crt monitor which has become almost a mythical quest, yet back in the day I dumped CRTs as no body wanted em
Nice, my XP machine uses a GTX750 and an i3 that I got from a recycling bin
Nehalem and lynnfield are the last processors I had fun overclocking. You could actually feel the difference and not just in benchmarks.
I will try some OC in the future, but I'm waiting for a better cooler.
Holy smokes this is one awesome XP build 💚
Thanks, I was waiting for this build for months :)
Higher refresh rates do work on XP with Kepler and Maxwell, but only on Displayport. Could not get it working on HDMI or DVI. Also, the latest driver (368.81) is broken in that regard, you must use version 355.98.
On my GTX 970, I get 1920x1080 at 100 Hz, and 1440x1080 or lower at 120 Hz. That rig also dual boots to Windows 7, where everything works at 144 Hz.
1080p 144hz in xp over dvi dual link no problem with GeForce 8800
Dang, that's almost my old computer, just a couple of brand differences, and the motherboard was an Asus Sabertooth x58. It was my primary machine from like...2011 to 2022, though in the last two years of that I upgraded the CPU to a Xeon X5660. X58 platform was amazing for longevity.
Two XP machines. One Athlon 64 X2 4800+ running on a S939 nForce3 250 with 2GB of Kingston HyperX DDR 400 in dual channel, a 256MB XFX 6600GT and a SB0090 Audigy PCI. for the likes of MS Flight Simulator 2002 & other early XP games. The other a Q9650 running on a S775 P35 with 8GB of G.Skill DDR2 1000 in dual channel, a 2GB EVGA 750 Ti SC and a SB0090 Audigy PCI for mid-late XP games.
Nice mix of systems, and I agree, it's nice to have 2-3 systems for different periods, I'm doing this myself.
I got an old IBM with 3 ghz Prescott Pentium 4 with HT, 2.5gb of ddr1 ram and a Radeon 9250 if i remember right. Never had a Pentium 4 before,but it's the hottest cpu i ever used. Fans ramp up just by doing basic things in Windows
@@nushnume Tried a Pentium 4 3.2E Prescott myself before the Athlon 64. Even with changing the fan on the cooler to the quietest I could find, it still sounded like a jet with the rear of the case being better than most public toilet hand dryers.
i had an hd6950 years ago and it was a trooper despite being underpowered for the modern games but as long as i got 60fps at low settings, it was good enough for me lol
I have the same case sir! Brought it used to build a Mid Range Non RGB Rig 2019, because it's WAAAAYYYYY CHEAPER! Hahah! Gone use it for a long time since majority of new games are crap and I only use it for 2019 Games and beyond, also Emulation. Anyways, Great Content sir! =D
A really nice case, unfortunately I've toasted the front panel and connectors :D
@@MidnightGeek99 Hahah! Be gentle sir! That thing is almost decade old, we are Retro! Hahah! More Powers! =D
I love X58 X5675. Used it since 2019 when i retired my asrock p67 pro3 i7 2600k. now only for retro since I use the ryzen 3600.
Hotdamn! That's a very nice setup for WinXP. I wish I had something like that. Maybe one day.
I always liked Intel motherboards, I had an Intel D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) back in the day, fine piece of hardware.
Excelent video!
I do use k62-550/512ram/Asus5950 128mb/Sb Live, IP4-3.2HT 1mb cache/4gb ram/HD3850 512mb/SB Audigy 2/, Core2Q9650/12gb ram/GTX970 4gb/SB X-fi Fatality for retro gaming. And i also have an i7 960 with mobo, but not assembly it.
my main winxp machine is a igel m340c with AMD GX-424CC at 2.4ghz and Radeon R5e. Anything that doesn't run on that runs fine on my daily computer anyway
Great build man, really well done! 🙂👍
if no one said it before, watch for the physX option on borderlands, it does not run well on AMD cards. its a Nvidia feature. i played borderlands 2 on a gtx 650ti at the time, and it was above 60fps all the time with PhysX off.
I did not know, thanks for mentioning it!
Yassssss! Yellow batman theme hits!
Yeah, unfortunately I don't have any yellow color in the build, but I will paint some of the elements, future video incoming :)
A really enjoyable video. I have to say I was surprised when you used the word 'thingy' 😂
Thanks :D
No I/O shield ? :) yeah, i have an Rampage II that is also missing it's shield, my system still feels incomplete without it.
the vulnerabilities in Windows XP that Microsoft are no longer patching are also probably dark and epic...
It's ok, I'm not connecting it to the internet, so I'm safe.
Hey get a cheap xeon and overclock sky high! I'd love to see the increase in performance, x58 best socket ever
Those xeons are not that easy to find in my country!
Where do you get your games from aside from discs? Steam doesn't work on XP and GOG dropped a support for XP as well. Such a pity, that's why I'm hoarding disc versions...
You can still install GoG games on Windows XP, just download the offline installer, this is how I do it.
I was using Radeon HD 7770 in my XP machine until I switched to GTX 970. Paired with C2D E8400 it's a bit overkill, sure. But why am I typing this? Native 75Hz refresh isn't a problem.
Yes, you can do 75 Hz, but the differences from 60 Hz are minimal.
I second you opinion that Nvidia for XP is worse in terms of compatibility than Ati/AMD. I've got two XP PCs - one with a GTX750Ti and another one with an HD7750 and the latter plays ANYTHING I throw at it from the 98/XP era (driver v13.1 - totally recommended) unlike the one with Nvidia... Not only more compatible but supports GPU scaling, 0-255 over HDMI etc.
hello my friend!
Well hello :)
Hard to believe AMD would have a better compatibility with anything :DDD
Well, there you go :))
si eu strang piese sa imi fac un PC de windows XP dar tot nu gasesc o carcasa buna, daca ai tu ceva mai retro care sa arate misto ai putea sa-mi arati
midnight geek ai gresit in videoclip procesorul este un Intel I7 960 nu I5
Haha dude the Radeon 6950 is a really power hungry Video card. 😊
It is, but it works like a charm!
@@MidnightGeek99 i have the same card. For what it is, it's very impressive. great video. Liked and subscribed 👍
@@MidnightGeek99so it's better for windows xp retro gaming?
what is the point of not having HT?
If I don't need it, why have it? usually HT takes from the pure core performance.
@@MidnightGeek99 if you want to have pure core performance use even faster stuff like Z68 or X79. Removing the HT it is like removing a drop out of the ocean for these games/cpu combo, while you are loosing all the fun as you declared with "yeah". Geek I think in some cases you are still thinking like the guy who did not have money to buy the P4 back in the old days..hey..it is nostalgia fun...push it to the limit..rock it.
3:48 unfortunately that PSU is not a Seasonic. It's not made by Seasonic as well. I know it sounds silly but it's the truth. OEM is RSY. That unit is awful. Send it back.
Hmm, are you extra sure? Proof?
@@MidnightGeek99 I can't link any website. Google is removing them. If you do some research you will find my information.
Ah yes KOTOR 2, it'll crash on AMD GPU's btw lol
lol
Calling your PC the Dark Knight is such a millennial thing to do 😂
Wow neato 🎉🎉🎉