Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2015-04-28, 16:38

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Command and Conquer 4 - I had hoped that even with the new gameplay the game itself would be decent, and the storyline would wrap up nicely, instead we got something that makes sole survivor look like gold. Call of Jurez The Cartel - If i had been able to finish it I might have a diffrent outlook, …

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Re: Most advanced Win3.x game

Posted on 2015-04-28, 16:34

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by candle_86

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to me it was Colonization for Windows

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2015-04-27, 22:58

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by candle_86

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tincup wrote: Standard Def Steve wrote: My latest toy arrived in the mail today ... Nice - a very legitimate performance P-III/XP rig ably running D3 with a foot squarely planted in the 2001 time frame. well except the video card, a 6800GT is slightly 2004 🤣

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-04-27, 15:19

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by candle_86

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

why not get an ide drive, I can buy working IDE optical's all day for 2-3 dollars

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Re: Leadtek 6800GT dead?

Posted on 2015-04-26, 22:36

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by candle_86

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

no you bake it the way the video shows

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Re: Leadtek 6800GT dead?

Posted on 2015-04-26, 19:24

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by candle_86

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cooldown period is 30 minutes, time to do it is 8 minutes, temp i forget but I've done it plenty

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Re: Leadtek 6800GT dead?

Posted on 2015-04-26, 00:18

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Yeah that's most likely bad solder joints underneath the GPU. Don't bake the whole card, even more, don't put it in the oven at all. Just cover the whole card with tinfoil leaving only a window for the gpu and use a heatgun at minimum heat within a distance of 5 to 8 cm from the gpu for about 2 to …

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Re: Leadtek 6800GT dead?

Posted on 2015-04-24, 21:56

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by candle_86

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

you can also try baking it

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2015-04-24, 19:01

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by candle_86

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Well my P4/C2D motherboard is limited to single channel ram which definitely hurts Doom 3 numbers. But it also boots W98se and the board has a full set of W98 drivers so the channel limitation is an acceptable compromise for this XP/W98 system. The FX-8350 build on the other hand could use more ram …

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2015-04-24, 14:40

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by candle_86

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Memory bandwidth definitely has a big part in Doom 3 performance. Take a look at Elianda's 3930K. Despite being based on the relatively old Sandy Bridge core, it still outperforms the higher-clocked Haswell CPU in the toplist. The 3930K and 4930K processors have quad-channel memory controllers; the …

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Re: New retro parts

Posted on 2015-04-23, 23:39

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Yea I saw a Geforce3 Ti 500 and went all giggly lol, best part I didnt pay for it, not one dime. Well I swaped ram around though, my DDR500 OCZ Gold went into the opteron and runs at 1t, my OCZ Platnium went into the P4 and runs at 2-2-2-5 DDR400 and the AXP now runs windows ME with the Ti 500 lol. …

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2015-04-23, 22:19

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by candle_86

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MrEWhite wrote: Is memory all that matters in this game 😜 no, graphics card mattered alot back in 04 🤣

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Re: VIA 686B AC97 vs SBLive?

Posted on 2015-04-23, 21:41

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by candle_86

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never had any issues with windows 98 pci cards, though I avoid VxD drivers when ever possbile as 98 and ME support WDM. Never tried to run a SBLive, PCI IDE/SATA card, and a PCI NIC at the same time maybe? Throw in some USB 2.0 PCI card as well for some more PCI card juggling funs. Also, you can't …

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Re: computer refuses to shut off

Posted on 2015-04-23, 02:41

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by candle_86

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yea it does, and no the PSU is an FSP 300W

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-23, 02:40

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by candle_86

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well I removed the gateway and dns configuration from the ME, 98 and 2000 setup's, no internet access now, just network, but I want XP to still be allowed to go online, because I still like him and he recives updates for XP embeded now so he is still secure

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computer refuses to shut off

Posted on 2015-04-23, 02:08

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by candle_86

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Ok my ECS K7VTA3 v8.0 is malfunctioning, has been for awhile, I just didnt care enough until now. When I shut it off it powers back on, either power down via windows or pressing the button during bootup, it just acts like a restart. I have to flip the switch on the PSU to make it stay off. Anyone …

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Re: VIA 686B AC97 vs SBLive?

Posted on 2015-04-23, 02:04

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by candle_86

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swaaye wrote: It's not just VIA and not just Live. PCI is touchy, especially with Win9x. Though the VIA 686B bug with IDE is a somewhat separate issue. never had any issues with windows 98 pci cards, though I avoid VxD drivers when ever possbile as 98 and ME support WDM.

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-23, 01:57

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by candle_86

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yes I did, my files where getting moved, and he changed my wallpaper on them to one that said Pwned by Adam. Adam is the roommate. But the norton rule blocked the connections 😁

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-22, 06:03

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by candle_86

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I don't actually know if Norton can function as a replacement for the ICS Firewall; that may be part of your problem. Does it allow you to specify rules for different networks/adapters? it does not That may be part of the issue you're having, especially with establishing rules that create conflicts …

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-22, 04:35

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by candle_86

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obobskivich wrote: I don't actually know if Norton can function as a replacement for the ICS Firewall; that may be part of your problem. Does it allow you to specify rules for different networks/adapters? it does not

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