Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-03-06, 22:58

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by buckeye

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On Win98SE rig: Quake2-3 Return to Castle Wolfenstein Rogue Squadron3D Mechwarrior3 FrontPageSports Football98 On WinXP rig: Doom3 Quake4 Quake - DosBox NFS - Most Wanted Madden 2008 Star Wars Battlefront 1-2 AvP 2 Yeah...I don't have much of a life.

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Re: Great PC! But can it run Crysis?

Posted on 2017-03-06, 19:02

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel Core i7 2600 Geforce GTX 1050Ti

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Quake 4 benchmarks

Posted on 2017-03-06, 15:12

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by buckeye

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Just got this game for my XP rig. Haven't spent too much time with it yet but it's good looking graphics-wise. Anyways posted my test results if anyone wants to compare. Funny I haven't heard or seen many too comments on here about it like Doom 3, was it not well received?

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2017-03-03, 16:16

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Video

I'd like to post my numbers but I'm a "rookie" when it comes to this stuff. Can someone help me with these questions: 1. What screenshot utility is everyone using? Tried using Shotty but it won't work with WinXp. 2. How do you get all the different screenshots to show up on the desktop at one time. …

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Re: Pentium 4 willemette mobo help!

Posted on 2017-02-28, 17:50

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Might be I have my facts crossed. Believe heating issues was/is the culprit with Northwood? Regardless, if anyone can help me with a good mobo choice for a P4 (Northwood or otherwise) I'd be thankful.

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Pentium 4 willemette mobo help!

Posted on 2017-02-28, 16:07

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by buckeye

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Planning a P4 Win98 build but need some recommendation on motherboards for Willemette cpu's. Have a Northwood on hand but keep hearing negative stuff about them so going with a Willemette.

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Which P4's for Win98SE?

Posted on 2017-02-27, 20:51

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's getting brutal price-wise trying to find some upper tier slot 1 P3's, so now want to look into a P4 config for 1997-2002 Win98 games. What would be a good range before too much speed is a factor? Thinking along the lines of cpu's ranging 1.8 to 2.4ghz. Has anybody had any experience running …

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Re: Sound Card recommendation

Posted on 2017-02-27, 16:45

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by buckeye

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Ended up getting an SB X-Fi Xtreme Music and it sounds superb! Only downside is no connection for the front headphone ports but no big deal.

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Re: Vintage Altec Lansing speakers

Posted on 2017-02-22, 22:00

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by buckeye

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I literally never heard a single set of computer speakers in the 90s that impressed me. I also haven't heard any since, including Klipsch Promedia THX which other people loved (for some reason) say 10-15 years ago, and some still do. I don't say these things to troll the thread or anything but I …

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Vintage Altec Lansing speakers

Posted on 2017-02-22, 14:27

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Sound

I always liked the looks of these, can anybody vouch for how the ACS250/500 flavors sound? See pic for example - not the greatest but all I could get in a hurry.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-02-15, 19:12

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Attached are some pics of my "nerd station" as my brother calls it. I do CAD work during the day so didn't want to come home and sit on my rump some more (not healthy!) while gaming and such so came up with this. It's made from 3/4" plywood pieced together with glue/screws. Shopped around for a …

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Re: Video card choice.

Posted on 2017-02-13, 16:06

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by buckeye

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candle_86 wrote: I prefer to live dangrously, I not only wear a sweater, but I wear wool socks as well 😜 Yeah, do that on carpet in a trailer with 20 deg. weather outside 0% humidity Hah!

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Halo 2 on modern PC?

Posted on 2017-02-13, 15:08

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by buckeye

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Can anyone confirm if Halo 2 runs on a modern Win10 system w/o issues?

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Re: "Black Widow" Pentium III Build

Posted on 2017-02-10, 16:18

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Sweet build! Can you tell me how you got the mobo to accept the P3? What's the FSB speed?

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Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 14:39

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Software

I run XP SP2 on my duo-core rig offline only and it's as smooth as butter.

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2017-02-03, 15:09

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ System Specs

My "bucket" list: 1. An AMD K6 "time machine" - SS7 board, Voodoo 2's and etc. Pricey stuff for sure! 2. Slot One "Behemoth" - Like to get a 1.1Ghz., 512mb ram, Audigy2 & Geforce 2 setup in modern black case. 3. P4 Win98SE "Juggernaught" - Probably 2GHz. P4 478 socket with Audigy2 & Geforce 5xx also …

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Re: IBM Aptiva E Series 175

Posted on 2017-02-03, 14:51

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by buckeye

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You lucky dog! An IBM with a voodoo to boot, I need to move to Texas. On Ebay something like that would go for at least 300.00 easy. Congrats on your find!

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Voodoo 3 3000 - big bucks performance???

Posted on 2017-02-01, 19:11

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by buckeye

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I guess this question has been posed several times, just not relative to my situation. Is there any advantage performance-wise to getting a voodoo when I already got a Hercules 3D Prophet AGP with 64MB? Games like Quake 2-3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and etc. in Win98SE run well and look good. …

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Re: Sound Card recommendation

Posted on 2017-01-20, 20:58

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by buckeye

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This is for Windows XP SP2. I might understand avoiding SP3 on an underpowered machine, but I'm at a bit of a loss as to why you'd avoid SP3 on a loaded core 2 duo. But perhaps that is a subject for another thread. Really the on board sound isn't bad, but you always wonder if more can be had. ...No …

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Re: Sound Card recommendation

Posted on 2017-01-20, 16:08

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Sound

This is for Windows XP SP2. Really the on board sound isn't bad, but you always wonder if more can be had.

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