Ultimate Windows XP Gaming Rig? 

That doesn't make any sense, that's not how bottlenecks work. The "neck" on the cpu didn't just get wider because of a resolution change, is still the same. It's probably a sli/driver issue or doom 3 changed advanced settings without notice.

or most probably the same bottleneck is still in place and it's just run to run variance

No choice, theres a lot of airflow in there though

Ill add it to the list 😁

yes and also have eax card

I just wanted an sli rig as I never had one. Any problems and single card is the way

Words like that get responses!

XP x64 with 32GB at insane DDR3 overclocked speeds would be ultimate

Sounds nice, yes ifbonky I'd kept all of the stuff I had back then 😔

Cool, yes I have an old haswell i5 and thought about it. I think sandy bridge is the last to officially support xp but think the couple of generations after are unofficially fine.

@@66mhzbrain x99 has XP support

That's totally the build I would recommend for XP as well. I personally have an i7 3rd gen with a GTX 980 and it runs every game for XP with no problems 😀

hmm i use kinda similar config like you sadly i just cant afford or have good enough psu for 980ti but still: i7 3770 at 4ghz (coolermaster xdream cpu cooler) 8gb ram 2x4 1333mhz 650ti 1gb ( 2tb hdd 480 gb ssd (has dualboot winxp./10 on it -winxp 32 bit by the way and mobo is gigabyte z68 xp ud3p 1155 (good board heap of usb ports and 2x 3.0 ports aswell sa like 8 2.0 which is good yes i know its not a beast but it runs ALMOST every winxp era games except maybe crysis and like far cry 2 /3 (but all older games like i dont know gta vice city san andreas gta 4 gta 3 moorhuhn capitan claw and stuff run flawlessly edit: i put better psu now so i can put 980ti if i want to

that is XP overpowered system!

A good idea. I'll get one

I do exactly the same i have my own litle portable data basese for all my old machines. Games/rivers/etc it works realy well.

That should make for a cool build😁. Was fun and think it will get a lot of use.

Haha, yes😁

Cool, sounds like a nice machine 😁

how did you run perfectly? drivers.. bios uefi ...

@@getlingganyooger well gpu driver I have to tweak it to be able to work with windows xp. For bios I used a gaming motherboard from 2014, soninstalling windows xp was a no brainer, used easy2boot app, and then install all drivers with snnapy drive app, only I did install my gpu driver and sound card dirver manually and thats it works great!!

Funy you should say that as I got an xtreme gamer for my original 939 build and forgot about it. I will put it in.

it triggers the SLI Option for Dual GPU Setup

Thankyou! l was reading that 9 series cards work. Might have to try it some time😁

@@66mhzbrain I think the GTX 960 is the latest officially supported GTX card on Win XP

@@Sithhyyes thats correct but you can still make work in xp a 970,980,980ti or titan with a little tweak to the gou driver

Unfortunately not , it clips the edge of the case

Not sure, havent tried.

I still like using old noisy hdd's for nostalgias sake sometimes but will probabaly start using more ssd's.

Im not sure. I'll see if they feel hot. The gt was a die shrink on the more poweful 8 series and draws less power and therefore presumably cooler. Anand tech reviewed these reference cards and never mentioned heat as an issue. I'll see if I can stress test them and get at least an ambient temp.

@@66mhzbrain my cards go easily to 70/75°C full charge,50/55 idle (pads/thermal paste brand new ) and the noise of the single fan slot is horrible at 100% ... just for the sound and health of the cards I hesitate to water them

Thankyou. Yes this one is for daily gaming and reliability is the thing. I like to fool around with my older stuff but wouldnt want to run it too much to keep it going longer. Caps look fine on this one.

That would be cool to find out!

I got 7 on my 13thgen 700k

Sounds like a nice build😁

Yes, had it on the old build. I have 2 silver sticks and 2 blue ones. Awesome stuff😁

@@66mhzbrain I hope that their. Nice build btw.

This hardware is about a new as I go, I do retro and barely think of anything beyond p4 as being valid for a build like this for xp gaming so even this was a stretch. I'd say this would be a good build in 2008, last year of xp. I didn't think xp games did well in widescreen? if they support it at all?

@@66mhzbrain Just because it can do 1080p doesn't mean it has to do 1080p. And really it depends on what you define as "Windows XP." Like to me Windows XP encompasses everything that Windows XP runs on and can run. So that means it didn't even end in 2014 with the support closure. It doesn't really start in 2001 but stuff older than that isn't really useful. The best thing about Windows XP is this flexibility in software compatibility spanning more than a decade to me.

@Jackpkmn that kind of removes classic hardware from the equation and for me thats half the fun.

I have disks but i think there are versions around. One youtuber even has a pre-hacked version to kill the 30 day registration timer up for download somewhere I seem to remember. Archive.org has a bunch.

980 Ti

nativeley 4790k works too, and a 980Ti can used in XP with a very little modification in the driver. 368.81. Also X99 systems can run nativeley XP. So. 1680V3 or 2699 V4 is possible. But maybe a 4690K @ 5GHz is somewhat faster.

Yeah okay. That was more of a non modded driver version on consumer level haha

My condolences.

Actually yes, I have a xfi xtreme gamer, just didn't have it when I made that video that video

Thankyou 😁