Re: Video games are too heavily monetized these days

Posted on 2023-01-06, 12:26

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by gaffa2002

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The money's all that matters now with games, the heart, soul and the spirt are long gone. I'm having the time of my life at the moment with a game released in 2021, and it's free. And no it's not freemium. I think some of you guys just like making dramatic statements on the internet. Nah, their …

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Re: Your opinion on the ATi Rage IIC and Rage Pro

Posted on 2022-12-18, 19:19

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by gaffa2002

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Have an ATI Rage PRO Turbo 8mb AGP 2x and IMHO it's an OK card for DOS games (mine does have the scrolling problem with commander Keen, but the vast majority of games have no issues). It's quite capable in games using OpenGL and direct3d once you find the right drivers. Can get GLQuake to run at …

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Re: Windows 95/98 "Too Much Information" Sound Blaster 16 Configuration Glitch (No help needed)

Posted on 2022-12-14, 13:25

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by gaffa2002

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It's not a Windows issue per se, but an issue with each specific DOS program and it depends on how it parses the BLASTER variable internally. My guess is that older games may have issues with the H6 and P330 parameters as those are specific to SB16 and newer AFAIK. You can simply create a batch file …

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Re: how limited will i be for dos games with this computer?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 12:50

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by gaffa2002

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Because of the ISA soundcard, your system is quite capable for DOS if you are somehow able to slow the CPU down. You may want to consider a program called THROTTLE, it allows you to slow down your CPU using the chipset's ACPI energy saving features and disabling cache. Note that your motherboard …

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Re: games on consoles you wish were released on PC

Posted on 2022-12-06, 17:48

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Was a fan of SNK games, at the time before emulation became accessible, I wished for PC ports of Metal Slug and The King of Fighters series. And for a long time, wished for ports of Resident Evil Remake, Resident Evil 0 and Doom 64. Only many years after release the PC ports were released.

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-12-05, 20:29

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Quick update, switched back to 3x66 as the computer was restarting randomly at 100x2. Maybe changing voltage to 2.9 could solve the issue but I rather not mess with it. Well, never had any luck overclocking CPUs or GPUs anyway... Yeah, stay away from 2.9V, because it will cause a chain reaction …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-12-05, 16:43

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by gaffa2002

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Quick update, switched back to 3x66 as the computer was restarting randomly at 100x2. Maybe changing voltage to 2.9 could solve the issue but I rather not mess with it. Well, never had any luck overclocking CPUs or GPUs anyway...

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Re: How do you plan a new retro-build? How did you?

Posted on 2022-11-30, 13:51

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Well, since I can't have everything and space is limited, I usually plan any retro build based on it's utility and some kind of "technological milestone" it represents. That means I try to avoid builds which are redundant and cover too much of the same era, right now I have only two retro builds: 1- …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 21:22

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by gaffa2002

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Yeah, 100 FSB on an MMX processor is pretty great. I know when I boosted my 233 from 3.5 x 66 to 2.5 x 100, it boosted my Quake 2 FPS from about 20 to 30 in the first timedemo on a Riva 128. It's remarkable what a bottleneck the memory must have been. Yeah, I got something around 5fps boost in …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 19:54

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I think I wasn't clear on what I'm doing, sorry. I'm using the CPU at 100x2.0 at 2.8v, I did not have to increase the core voltage at all for that. I only have to increase the core voltage if I try to use 100x2.5, which I'm not going to. 66x3.5 I cannot do because my motherboard does not allow it. …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 15:49

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I think I wasn't clear on what I'm doing, sorry. I'm using the CPU at 100x2.0 at 2.8v, I did not have to increase the core voltage at all for that. I only have to increase the core voltage if I try to use 100x2.5, which I'm not going to. 66x3.5 I cannot do because my motherboard does not allow it.

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 11:34

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by gaffa2002

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Pentium MMXs were made with a margin in frequency, they are very overclockable. Also, due to the older process technology, they are much more durable than the newer CPUs. In the other hand if Pentium MMX 200 isn't enough fast for you, it will make much more sense to use Pentium 3 or K6-3 and get a …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:50

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by gaffa2002

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I have a few P200 mmx and a P233 mmx and all will run all day at 100x2.5 2.8v. Maybe Yours has already been damaged somehow if it needs 3.2v for 250mhz. This is also a possibility, I used to mess a lot with this motherboard once I had a k6-2 450 on it. I suspect I might have ran the MMX on it with …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 00:10

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My CPU model is FV80503200 SY060. From the comments its clear that I should not mess with the voltages and keep it at 2.8v, so I'm keeping it at 2.8v. Btw I'm using a cheap P3 cooler. Still not sure about the 100mhz FSB, but I might keep it at 2x100 instead of 3x66. 3.5x66 is not an option since …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 21:20

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As old as this equipment is now I really don't see the reason to push those components to the brink. Especially when something faster is easily available and pretty cheap as well. Why do you need more than 2 x 100? No specific reason, just wanted to tweak this old PC and get a few more fps on Quake …

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Re: Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 18:45

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I think any time you increase the voltage, it's a given you are decreasing it's lifespan. Going from 2.8 to 3.2 is actually a pretty hefty jump too. I usually read accounts of people bumping voltages up 0.1V to get a stable overclock. 0.4V isn't anything I would do, unless I were aiming for some …

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Pentium MMX overclock - Does it affect it's lifespan?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 18:30

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by gaffa2002

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Hi, Another quick question from someone which never had much experience overclocking back in the day... right now I have a V72MA motherboard (Ali M1542 chipset) and a Pentium MMX 200mhz CPU installed. Until now I was using the CPU in stock settings, meaning 66mhz FSB on both CPU and motherboard and …

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 18:54

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by gaffa2002

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Hey, that looks nice. Never thought about using a text user interface in newer OSes, please let me know once you finish as I'd love to replace my script for something like that.

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 13:13

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by gaffa2002

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Oh, so you want a console app. Unfortunately this will not be a matter of recompiling, I used Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS and this specific version displays stuff using text mode. Compiling it using a newer version will not give you a console app, but a regular app using windows UI elements. So one …

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Re: GINSTALL - Installer Menu for DOS

Posted on 2022-11-20, 12:25

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by gaffa2002

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Hi, What version of Windows are you intending to run with it? The installer does work in Win9x through a dos box.

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