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Evergreen Spectra 400 – The Ultimate Socket 5/7 Upgrade CPU!
Computers were very expensive in the early to mid-90s and to make matters worse, technology was evolving at lightning speed. The Spectra 400 is perhaps the ultimate upgrade CPU that allows a 400MHz AMD K6-2 to work in even very old socket 5/7 motherboards. Not only did they provide a very potent upgrade chip, but BIOS updates and a great software package to make upgrading as seamless as possible. Join me today as I take an in-depth look at the Evergreen Spectra 400 and attempt to push it even further!
The Intel Pentium Overdrive for 486 Systems
https://youtu.be/EkAwTPSPhQs
Necroware’s Socket 7 VRM Project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV0b5Tvf5gY
https://github.com/necroware/s7-vrm
Evergreen Spectra 400 Floppy and CD:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=551
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=547
Evergreen Spectra 400 BIOS Dump:
https://archive.org/details/evergreenspectrabios
If you'd like to support the channel, you can check out my Patreon page. My Patreon supporters get early access to my videos, exclusive behind the scenes content, previews and more.
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My Blog: https://vswitchzero.com/
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00:00 Introduction
03:43 The Evergreen Spectra 400
06:57 Test Setup
08:28 Gaming on the Pentium 100
10:19 Installing the Spectra 400
12:09 BIOS Updates
13:45 The Software Utilities
16:03 Much Faster!
17:55 3D Possibilities!
18:39 Pushing it Even Further
22:05 Benchmarks
23:49 Conclusion
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By Computers were very expensive in the early to mid-90s and to make matters worse, technology was evolving at lightning speed. The Spectra 400 is perhaps the ultimate upgrade CPU that allows a 400MHz AMD K6-2 to work in even very old socket 5/7 motherboards. Not only did they provide a very potent upgrade chip, but BIOS updates and a great software package to make upgrading as seamless as possible. Join me today as I take an in-depth look at the Evergreen Spectra 400 and attempt to push it even further!
The Intel Pentium Overdrive for 486 Systems
https://youtu.be/EkAwTPSPhQs
Necroware’s Socket 7 VRM Project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV0b5Tvf5gY
https://github.com/necroware/s7-vrm
Evergreen Spectra 400 Floppy and CD:
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=551
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=547
Evergreen Spectra 400 BIOS Dump:
https://archive.org/details/evergreenspectrabios
If you'd like to support the channel, you can check out my Patreon page. My Patreon supporters get early access to my videos, exclusive behind the scenes content, previews and more.
My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/vswitchzero
My Blog: https://vswitchzero.com/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vswitchzero.com
Mastodon: https://bitbang.social/@vswitchzero
00:00 Introduction
03:43 The Evergreen Spectra 400
06:57 Test Setup
08:28 Gaming on the Pentium 100
10:19 Installing the Spectra 400
12:09 BIOS Updates
13:45 The Software Utilities
16:03 Much Faster!
17:55 3D Possibilities!
18:39 Pushing it Even Further
22:05 Benchmarks
23:49 Conclusion