Re: Fix aspect ratio on Nvidia drivers.

Posted on 2019-12-17, 06:25

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by Shagittarius

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Interesting the OSD says 656X496 when its 60Hz and 640X480 when at 75Hz. While the 4200 says 640X480 for both 60 & 75Hz. Any ideas why its doing that or what it means? Seems like a problem with the profile for that resolution, I'm going to try a previous version. EDIT X3 : Found a way around this, …

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Re: Fix aspect ratio on Nvidia drivers.

Posted on 2019-12-17, 00:21

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by Shagittarius

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Thanks to everyone else for the suggestion to try the VGA display but I'm looking for a solution to fix this using DVI not by running it through the VGA input. I'll do that at a later date if I have to though. I know you'd like to see me try this and it will probably work, but it changes the …

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Re: Fix aspect ratio on Nvidia drivers.

Posted on 2019-12-17, 00:19

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by Shagittarius

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Pretty sure, NV control panel has monitor scaling option, just put that to "no scaling" or "fixed ratio" and you should be good. https://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p1898334/scaling.png I don't seem to have that option in V368.81 which is the latest driver for XP. Do you think there is a …

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Re: Fix aspect ratio on Nvidia drivers.

Posted on 2019-12-16, 19:29

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by Shagittarius

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So it might be the 4200 is running an analog DVI connection and the 780 is running a DVI-D connection and that is the difference? If this is the case how come when I set it to 75hz it does scale correctly? Is that just something to do with the monitor?

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Fix aspect ratio on Nvidia drivers.

Posted on 2019-12-16, 09:10

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by Shagittarius

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I'm running 2 different XP machines both using WinXPSP3 with all the most recent official updates. The machines are different in many ways however I believe the most important way that they differ for this question are in video card drivers. One machine Is running an Nvidia ti4200 and the other …

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Re: Jesus Christ Simulator

Posted on 2019-12-12, 17:31

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by Shagittarius

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I've always wanted to make a Christ game where Jesus rips himself down from the cross when you continue brandishing 2 Desert Eagles. It's pay back time. That tracks right?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-12, 17:26

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by Shagittarius

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Yeah if I saw an intellevision or a colecovision on the side of the road I would certainly stop to pick it up, I'd be excited. If I saw an Atari 2600 on fire on the side of the road I wouldn't piss on it to put it out =P.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-12-12, 17:14

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by Shagittarius

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It's awesome to see people enjoying old hardware whatever it is so this question is not meant to discourage the enjoyment and pursuit of anyones hobby but I was wondering if I'm alone in feeling that having been of the age to own an Atari 2600 at the time its the one retro platform I have no desire …

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Re: No Sound in DOS :(

Posted on 2019-12-11, 01:19

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by Shagittarius

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You need to install the DOS drivers for the card. There should be a setup program for DOS on the installation diskettes. DOS doesn't know where to look for that Plug and Play card. I see some drivers called 95DOSAPP.EXE... or maybe just running the sbbasic.exe setup...Here: https://www. …

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-11, 00:40

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by Shagittarius

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There are exceptions, the games that were ported to Amiga that play way better on a PC. All Sierra games for example. I'm not poo pooing the Amiga I had a 500 with a hardwired Adspeed, and later a 1200 back in the day which I used regularly till about 95. Everything that wasn't a port was better on …

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 22:07

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by Shagittarius

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MAZter wrote: Short answer is: yes, 286 processor is incompatible with most of MS-Dos games, too slow This is not even close to being accurate. My 286 8Mhz plays the majority of games through 1992 perfectly fine.

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 05:45

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by Shagittarius

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286 is the best.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-07, 22:15

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by Shagittarius

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... 5 used broken attempts... Ouch. In what way were they broken? I've heard these are failure prone -- suspected overcooking, & of course 2003 caps. Mine's been fine. IMG_6786.jpg They were all artifacting to different degrees. It's always a problem to have to deal with the sellers who say they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-07, 18:57

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by Shagittarius

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Just picked this up locally today. After going through 5 used broken attempts to get another 9800pro I'm going to assume this one is likely to work. Filename 20191207_105337.jpg File size 883.38 KiB Views 1317 views File comment Brand New!

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-05, 07:27

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by Shagittarius

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If your only goal is to play games they are all useless, just use Dosbox, its by far the most compatible. Even by chosing to use real hardware the goal of your target is flawed. I wouldn't say "most compatible" as I've come across games that DOSBox won't run properly. As an example, I've never …

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 21:14

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by Shagittarius

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If your only goal is to play games they are all useless, just use Dosbox, its by far the most compatible. Even by chosing to use real hardware the goal of your target is flawed.

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 19:57

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by Shagittarius

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Personally I find a slow 286, 8Mhz and a Pentium 90 cover everything I want to play. I can tweak the P90 to slow it down if needed and the 286 covers everything else, with the exception of things designed to run on an 8086 which is not of my interest. So where everyone else seems to like 386 and …

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 17:14

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by Shagittarius

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OK guys maybe I am misremembering. Maybe some day I'll have the time to put it to the test personally.

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Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 17:09

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by Shagittarius

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Personally I find a slow 286, 8Mhz and a Pentium 90 cover everything I want to play. I can tweak the P90 to slow it down if needed and the 286 covers everything else, with the exception of things designed to run on an 8086 which is not of my interest. So where everyone else seems to like 386 and 486 …

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Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-12-04, 04:43

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by Shagittarius

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That's not what all the reviews said when C2D first came out. They were slower than the faster P4s.

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