Re: Is a Voodoo 2 worth the cost

Posted on 2020-09-09, 16:38

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chinny22 wrote on 2020-09-09, 16:32: cde wrote on 2020-09-09, 16:27: Does the amount of RAM have a effect on game compatibility (8 MB, 12 MB)? Only for supported resolutions as far as I'm aware Voodoo2 has the same 4MB buffer memory on both 8 and 12 MB models, so it only effects games that need …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-10, 10:38

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Got this very nice 386 board this weekend for €5 Filename P_20200810_132929.jpg File size 155.07 KiB Views 774 views Came with a 33MHz DX Filename P_20200810_132938.jpg File size 436.3 KiB Views 774 views As I turned on the power to test it, FIREWORKS! Filename P_20200810_132951.jpg File size 388. …

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Re: Improving Quake performance on POD83.

Posted on 2020-07-29, 11:46

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Since it's running in software, there is no framebuffer to add latency. Add CRT running from an analog VGA signal, PS2 keyboard and mice...and 20fps back in the day feels smoother than 30fps today.

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Re: Coil whine - fact or myth?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 19:06

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My graphics card (GTX960) has audible coil whine when its rendering high FPS, mostly in menus where framerate is uncapped, 500+fps. It's not bothersome once system fans spin up and drown it out.

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-06-23, 11:57

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It makes perfect sense for Apple to move to ARM. Their desktop presence is practically gone and mobile is where their biggest products are. Having a single OS for mobile and notebook devices is quite good for them and I doubt their customer base really needs high-end x86 performance.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-22, 09:03

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Even with the qurantine now over and flea markets full of sellers, this whole month I only managed to find this lot of ISA cards: Filename P_20200622_115442.jpg File size 456.38 KiB Views 678 views Don't have much use for the Trident VGA or the Opti cound card, but the Mozart card looks interesting …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-11, 17:31

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Oh yeah, I love it when some underpaid postal employee messes up my stuff because he hates his job. His latest accomplishments are a broken HP E118405 CDRW bezel and this: It must have taken a lot of doing to break a memory chip in half even though the box was filled with air cushions. Interesting …

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Re: Unable to find certain files under DOS

Posted on 2020-06-08, 11:50

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It looks like you're running the games from c:\windows, are you? You should change to the games' directory first and run them from there. They're probably looking in the currently active directory (as opposed to the directory of their .exe file) for their resources. Try adding FILES=40 to config. …

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Unable to find certain files under DOS

Posted on 2020-06-08, 11:36

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So here is the story. Some games, namely Doom, Duke3D and Quake run ok on a 5x85 build of mine when running in Windows. However when I restart into DOS mode, certain files become invisible and I am unable to launch these games. First I though this was a bad CF card, so I switched to a new one. That …

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Re: Tell us about your 3DFX collection

Posted on 2020-05-22, 19:37

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3x Vodoo1 (Didn't want more than 2, but I found the last one for just 1 Euro so why not) 3x Voodoo2 12MB (NOS matching STB cards from Russia - 2 for SLI and a third one in case one dies) 1x Voodoo2 8MB 1x Banshee 16MB 1x Voodoo3 1000 1x Voodoo3 2000 2x Voodoo3 3000 Looks like a bit much, but I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-11, 18:14

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This Sunday I got myself some Samsung IDE hard drives - 40, 80 and 200GB, all with a 32GB limit setting, so quite good for retro PC projects. P_20200510_130256.jpg Sadly as I was removing the cooler to add new thermal paste, one of the screws holding it just snapped off and I am unable get it fixed, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-09, 09:34

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With the whole virus thing winding down the flea markets opened up and so today I spotted a S478 Rambus motherboard - MSI 850 pro5. One of the 16V caps was flopping about so I replaced it. P_20200509_113629.jpg Also a MAGNIFICENT blue PCB Radeon 9800pro by Hercules! P_20200509_122618.jpg Sadly as I …

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

Posted on 2020-05-08, 13:07

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Got to soldering a bunch of stuff recently: Recapped a Slot 1 440ex motherboard, Socket A kt133 motherboard: P_20200508_155102_HDR.jpg Also recapped a S370 motherboard and added a missing SB-Link to it and a Yamaha 724 sound card. Plus made a basic cable to connect them with. The Socket 7 430HX …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-06, 14:29

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I keep shilling the FSP400-GHN, so I might do it again. Here it is running a 54W Duron 1200 and a Geforce3 ti200 (which is also using 5V). Filename P_20200506_172238.jpg File size 337.43 KiB Views 226 views

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-05-05, 15:47

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-05-05, 14:11: I have found a fairly clean 350W AOpen PSU from the early 2000s that has a 30A 5V rail.. It's only 8 bucks, maybe I should just buy it.. Keep in mind that AOpen got their PSUs from FSP. During the time when FSP used bottom of the barrel caps.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-03, 19:11

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Restoring the rightful Anglo-Saxon rule and driving out the Viking invaders in Total War: Thrones or Britannia

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Re: My first "retro" PC - overkill Win 98/XP build

Posted on 2020-04-28, 18:17

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Srandista wrote on 2020-04-27, 18:12: And these are the results for Win98... OOF. I'm guessing some Win98 drivers were only an afterthought for this hardware.

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Re: Video card for a PII/PIII (400 to 600Mhz)

Posted on 2020-04-26, 08:26

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kolderman wrote on 2020-03-31, 10:49: The savage 4 has weak but barely passable 3d performance into '98 Savage 4 is on the same performance level as Banshee\Voodoo2, so it's plenty fast for '98

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2020-04-26, 07:35

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FSP400-GHN. 23A on the 5V rail, under 40Euros. Have several of these and they are great for powering old builds, S462 included.

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Re: The Painfully Inauthentic Windows 9X Build

Posted on 2020-04-25, 15:00

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Since you're running overkill hardware for WinME, how about overkill software? Doom3 can run Win9x with a patch and Half-Life 2 will run out of the box.

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