Re: Geforce FX Super Thread

Posted on 2011-03-05, 01:41

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And about K6, I suppose they have MANY downsides compared to Slot 1, but once running, for me they seem about as fast as a P2 or a Celeron of equal speed. Ever played Serious Sam or Red Alert 2 on both? P2 crushes K6 in those. :) I have actually tried RA2 on such a board, iirc it was a K6-2/300@333 …

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Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform

Posted on 2011-03-05, 01:39

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Better

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Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform

Posted on 2011-03-05, 01:39

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Organize

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Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform

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Maybe

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Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform

Posted on 2011-03-05, 01:38

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EscapeVelocity wrote: If someone like me stumbled on this thread, I think they would find that link good information that adds to the thread. But I certainly could organize it better, I suppose. I guess Im just not computer savvy enough. See my Cirrus Logic 5429 thread. 😖 Yes

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Re: Geforce FX Super Thread

Posted on 2011-03-05, 01:22

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I've noticed the higher end Voodoo's are getting more expensive. Same for Voodoo 3 PCI, prices are going up towards ridiculous levels. Voodoo 3 AGP can still be found for cheap now and again. These cards aren't rare, but it seems theres always many people bidding, driving prices up. It seems …

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Re: Broke my PCI VGA card :(

Posted on 2011-03-04, 21:14

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retro games 100 wrote: I wonder if they are still friends? 😉 Is the photo showing the 7800 card, with the "special modification"? I think so. Heres the unmodded one: http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/g70-10/xfx- … -scan-front.jpg

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Re: Geforce FX Super Thread

Posted on 2011-03-04, 21:05

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Years ago I did a side by side comparison of UT99/Voodoo5/Glide on a K6-3+ @ 600 and a P3-450 (Katmai). The P3 was faster overall. That really deflated my K6+ interest. Ouch. But otoh, K6 is still the "legendary" Socket 7, which in turn housed the first processor that became known in every …

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Re: Vague Pennysaver ad - Worth a look?

Posted on 2011-03-04, 19:30

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Hello, and welcome! The thing with Compaq and other large OEM's is that with a bit of unluck, you'll find the board to be very inflexible. Better is to find a retail board (a motherboard that used to be sold in the shops) as those tend to have more options. I can highly recommend to do some reading, …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-04, 16:45

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RG100 recoils in horror! Oh no! It's a PC Chips board! Get your money back! Exactly what I was thinking. For $135 you could've bought any board you wanted. If it came with a case, that's good. The 5x86ADW isn't very valuable either, at least not anymore. I got 2 last month for 5 bucks each. Dammith …

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Re: Geforce FX Super Thread

Posted on 2011-03-04, 16:41

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I almost jumped the gun on a FX 5200 PCI recently (to replace the slow TNT turd that's in my K6-3 box)... A K6-3 is probably already maxed out with a GeForce 2 MX. The AMD K6 chips are weak at sending geometry calculations to the video card so they max out sooner than Intel chips in terms of faster …

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Re: How to recover from a "fried PS/2s" situation?

Posted on 2011-03-04, 15:14

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: On some boards only certain USB ports work for the keyboard. Try the two at the top right underneath the PS/2 ports. This is a good tip! I'll remember this one, cheers!

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Re: Multiboot pc: I need your experience guys!

Posted on 2011-03-04, 15:12

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elfuego wrote: Why waste time with touchy, experimental things that may, or may not work, when you have a safe, fast, 100% sure way to do it? 😀 Exactly my thought! 😉 I don't like taking risks for no reason, unless the risk itself is the thing I want to test 😀.

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Re: 386DX40 build

Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:45

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I've taken your comments on board and have come up with another plan for saving space while avoiding the problem of 'CRT faceplant' and possibly reducing radiation. http://i.imgur.com/Evc3r.jpg I daresay this solution is even more effective on space. especially if you have kids you can duct tape …

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Re: Broke my PCI VGA card :(

Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:42

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you need to stop doing anything when you're dead tired go to sleep! if it's not work related, forget it till the next day! You're absolutely right ;) Sometimes we can be in a hurry, but making a mistake can happen, no matter how careful you try to be. Personally, I've prevented say 90% of …

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Re: Quick ISA GA card roundup

Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:37

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Fun thread! I might be tempted to try, but eh, need to wake up first right now!

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Re: How to recover from a "fried PS/2s" situation?

Posted on 2011-03-04, 09:36

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Cheers for clearing things up ;) I've had the "exact" same problem once:USB keyboard works, but is disabled in the BIOS by default (rather stupid ehh). Thinking about it, the only way out of this that I can come up with is to download an appropriate BIOS file for the board, mod it to enable USB …

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Re: Broke my PCI VGA card :(

Posted on 2011-03-04, 03:15

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Everyone can make mistakes 😉 I always double check things that might destroy something, though it doesn't always go the way I'd like.

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Re: How to recover from a "fried PS/2s" situation?

Posted on 2011-03-04, 03:11

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TheMAN wrote: that's what he did he plugged his PS/2 keyboard into a USB adapter and tried to boot up with it... it doesn't work He mentioned USB 2 PS/2, I mentioned PS/2 2 USB, it's the other way around 😉 Though a "USB-2-PS/2-keyboard" doesn't make a lot of sense, technically

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Re: 386DX40 build

Posted on 2011-03-04, 03:07

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TheMAN wrote: I don't want to know what amount of radiation that setup produces So you get a free tan also, the girls will love you! See? Just gotta be creative 😁

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