Re: How much should I actually be paying for a first generation Sound Blaster?

Posted on 2023-06-08, 06:27

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

Do you guys know if that listing on eBay marked as "CMS upgrade for CT1350" will work without modification on the CT1320? I was under the impression they were just those two chips, but is there more to it? The 1320 only needs the 2 chips which should be available way cheaper than the set for the …

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Re: Need a new socket 775 motherboard

Posted on 2023-06-08, 06:20

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A good LGA1366 setup would be even nicer than LGA775. If you really want 2x x16 PCIe slots that can run at x16 at the same time on LGA775, the options are going to be pretty limited.

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Re: SATA optical drives - why no audio interface?

Posted on 2023-06-06, 17:15

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is because later OSes are capable of converting the CD audio samples into data so it can be transferred from an IDE/SATA/USB cable. When the built-in audio decoder was used extensively on older CD driver, CPUs at the time weren't able to mix those samples in software without having any kind of …

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Re: Clarification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-05, 21:58

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Software

Or maybe just remove the link and put a reply in there saying why the link was removed instead of closing the thread outright. Would the thread have been closed if the person had posted a link to the same thing that linked to vogonsdrivers? The reason I made the OP a more open question is because I …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2023-06-05, 19:32

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by cyclone3d

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And it's only gotten worse, on 4k displays I can barely even see the cursor. Which is definitely a scaling problem with your operating system, because I can see it just fine on my 4K monitor (Chrome, Windows 11). Although I do agree that not having an option to use the regular system cursor is a …

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Re: Clarification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-05, 04:55

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Software

The thread that got closed was somebody asking for Dr. Sbaitso which was made by Creative and was only ever provided with the install disks for some of their ISA sound cards. Those driver disk images are available on Vogonsdrivers, for whatever that's worth. Simply put: If a letter *does not* …

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Re: Clarification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-05, 04:51

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Software

The thread that got closed was somebody asking for Dr. Sbaitso which was made by Creative and was only ever provided with the install disks for some of their ISA sound cards. It is literally included in the install disks and was never available in any form other than on those install disks. Closing …

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Re: Calcification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-04, 15:31

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Software

If a piece of software was only available with hardware and NEVER sold separately, is it ok to let people know where to get it if they ask? I think the nuance here has been missed by the replies. A recent thread was closed on abandonware grounds because someone asked about a utility that to my …

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Re: Calcification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-04, 15:30

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

maxtherabbit wrote on 2023-06-04, 14:58: leeme get uhhhhhhhhhh calcification Stupid phone autocorrect. I didn't even notice it before I posted.

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Clarification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on 2023-06-04, 00:25

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Software

Can we get some clarification of what abandoneware is according to vogons? My thoughts is this: It is software that was sold by itself and not only available as part of the software suite that was provided with a piece of hardware. If a piece of software was only available with hardware and NEVER …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:11

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

X58 boards are indeed quite rare and stupidly expensive. I mostly care for Gigabyte boards and I managed to grab two mobos (x58a-ud3r and x58-ud3), for 40EUR each. I am concerned as well about the high temps on the mobo, I am seeing 60C on the northbridge in idle. There is the option of P55 boards …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:10

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

X58 boards are indeed quite rare and stupidly expensive. I mostly care for Gigabyte boards and I managed to grab two mobos (x58a-ud3r and x58-ud3), for 40EUR each. I am concerned as well about the high temps on the mobo, I am seeing 60C on the northbridge in idle. There is the option of P55 boards …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:08

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I lost my EX58 because the HSF came loose from the CPU, and I didn't notice. This situation persisted I don't know how long, with the CPU running continuously at very high temperature, and it eventually killed the board. These boards use crappy plastic pushpins to hold the HSF in place, leaving you …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 03:53

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you want a Dell board that is not even able to run higher speed RAM at rated settings. 1366 really has issues with some games of that time until you go to at least 1333. 1066 really, really sucks. DDR3-2000 is really nice. There is a reason why good boards cost more and I am glad I haven't sold …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-01, 06:09

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by cyclone3d

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Sorry, forgot 'niche garbage' :) This is so dumb, he already told you the reason: "then I came across this listed as faulty for about 10 bucks and I went for it." He bought it because it was cheap and a potential repair candidate and test bench. You know, for fun. Who tf cares if it was a bad, low …

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Re: Which sound card should I buy?

Posted on 2023-05-30, 21:50

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I like the Opti 930 based cards so much that I bought every single model I could find that has onboard wavetable. It was my very first sound card with onboard wavetable when I was growing up. I went from an Adlib clone to that and used it until I had a computer that didn't have an ISA slot. From 386 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-29, 18:51

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought an Abit Kt7A-Raid motherboard with an AMD Athlon 1.2GHz CPU to replace the failing motherboard in my Gateway Select 1000 PC. From what I've seen on Youtube... you might have to desolder one of the serial ports on the KT7A-RAID, as the original mobo seems to lack one of them, and from what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-26, 00:34

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ran across this on the site people love to hate: PXL_20230525_231211763~2.jpg What's in the box? PXL_20230525_231351701~2.jpg PXL_20230525_231419521~2.jpg PXL_20230525_231633891~2.jpg PXL_20230525_231703427~2.jpg Is this really just a dtk serial port card with a custom board that plugs into the dip …

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Re: Brand NEW nVidia Geforce FX5500 256MB

Posted on 2023-05-25, 21:07

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How would GPU-Z tell the difference between a 5200 and a 5500 besides checking what the BIOS ont he card is reporting it as? They have the same exact specifications except for default clock speed. The only way to tell for sure is to take the heatsink off and see what the GPU itself says on it.

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Re: NVIDIA 6800 PCIe (6-Series) works on Windows XP but not recognized on Windows 98SE ( PCIe to PCI Bridge)

Posted on 2023-05-25, 05:39

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Video

PCIe video cards pull up to 75W from the slot. This requires that adapters that allow you to plug a PCIe card into a PCI slot to have a power plug to get power from the PSU as the PCI cannot provide that much power and bad things would happen to the motherboard if the adapter allowed the card to do …

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