Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-21, 00:46

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Very, very minor. The only game made at or around 2000 that I know of that uses legacy features is Thief 1 for a sky texture that you barely see (palletized textures). Serious Sam can have issues with distant textures in some levels but only on some cards, and I think I have only seen it reported …

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-21, 00:45

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Part of my build (see sig) focuses on exactly that. And by max settings I mean as much AA I can get via NVidia Inspector (SGSSAA, etc.). It has 875k + 980 Ti. I am on a testing spree now so if you name some games I can test them . So far I have only tried less problematic or later titles and there …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2021-01-20, 04:29

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Besides Gothic II (which I own the non-Gold edition box for too) and Starship Titanic I have never played any of the rest so beyond just collecting I am excited to eventually play these titles. Nice haul! A physical copy of Gothic II is well worth having, especially for the ability to install the …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2021-01-20, 03:33

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They also all easily warrant multiple playthroughs as the divurgency in story from what I've read is epic.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2021-01-20, 02:57

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That is a sweet collection of games you got and they have their boxes in decent shape too. Today I bought from GOG The Witcher 2 and 3 they were on a fantastic sale. Over the weekend GOG had the first Witcher game for free so I grabbed that too. So far I've been playing the first one and it's been …

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Re: Starwars Knights of the Old Republic Kotor

Posted on 2021-01-20, 00:55

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Ahh, it's a shame because I'd love to tweak this game out with some SGSSAA but SS'ing doesn't seem to work with OGL.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2021-01-20, 00:52

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An Ebay Seller is working through a warehouse of games from his store that closed about 10 years ago -- most are new/sealed-- I went a little nuts. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/454386068683358209/801236949943189504/IMG_20210119_182950399.jpg https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ …

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Re: Starwars Knights of the Old Republic Kotor

Posted on 2021-01-19, 08:20

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I guess I was confused by the fact that it has you install DX 9b and says DX9 on the requirements/box.

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-18, 20:01

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Sometimes it's not about the hardware tech but simply the software side where changing from Windows XP to 7 causes compatibility issues, though

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Re: Starwars Knights of the Old Republic Kotor

Posted on 2021-01-18, 06:21

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Isn't it DX9?

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-17, 23:26

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Running the latest XP games that run best on Windows XP due to compatibility reasons -- particularly EAX -- at maximum settings. Any games that have no accelerated sound and just fine on Windows 7+ wouldn't qualify. Part of my build (see sig) focuses on exactly that. And by max settings I mean as …

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-17, 10:11

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2021-01-17, 09:07: you also avoid VRAM size errors which some games exhibit when you go over 512 MB. With that setup, you still get 60+ FPS in most games at 1280x1024. Which games have issues with VRAM over 512MB? I'm not familiar with this. I would also shoot for 1600x1200 …

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-17, 08:23

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i'm not sure what "maxing out xp" exactly refers to, but if d3d8to9 can run on xp, that might be a useful tool, as d3d9 tends to perform faster on newer cards than 8. ut2004 comes to mind here, where the d3d9 renderer was also left with some broken features, so that wrapper is needed to get the …

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Re: How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-17, 05:52

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Even games from 2003-2004?

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How much of an issue is "early Windows XP" for a 'fastest XP build"

Posted on 2021-01-17, 04:29

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Kepler and Maxwell can max out XP quite easily and X58 and even X79 can run Windows XP but I feel like early Windows XP games can really give you the finger with such a late GPU and basically any CPU that isn't single core.

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Re: Best external disc drives?

Posted on 2020-11-01, 07:10

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Maybe you could get a 5.25" enclosure? Some of them even have eSATA so you don't have introduce a potentially glitchy USB converter into the mix. That way you can put any SATA drive you want into it. Something like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32918008368.html Isn't it silly that these some …

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Best external disc drives?

Posted on 2020-11-01, 03:36

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I finally sacrificed the 5.25 external bay on my newest PC build as having one limited case options. While I understand that many of my disc-based PC games will require no-CD cracks on Windows 10 regardless I'd like to get a really good quality external drive that preferably has a slot loader or at …

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Re: Windows XP+7 GPU

Posted on 2020-10-12, 04:39

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I have a Titan Black which is a slightly better 780 ti (more RAM). I'd recommend either. I got my Titan Black last year for $150 used.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-08-28, 22:54

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I don't get it -- why isn't that just a setting that can be turned on and off to increase/decrease performance? So annoying! It's inherent to the megatexture technology. How much VRAM do you have, by the way? 6GB but that seems irrelevant since the console command can only be forced to utilize …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-08-26, 01:52

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I don't get it -- why isn't that just a setting that can be turned on and off to increase/decrease performance? So annoying!

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