Re: Hardest adventure game you've ever played (DOS/Early WIndows)

Posted on 2020-10-14, 08:59

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by Garrett W

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Probably the original Discworld for me. Love that game for how much effort the devs put into it and it clearly shows they were huge Pratchett fans, but I found the game to be ridiculously hard. Schizm 1 is also one of the toughest adventure games I've played. Riven is also quite hard, but once you …

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Re: Terra Nova in PCem?

Posted on 2020-10-11, 09:19

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Yeah, Terra Nova is a pretty demanding game if you crank up the resolution and details. I played through it on a K6-III+ 600 and there were many moments in which there was lots of slowdown. I'd say something along the lines of a Pentium II 400 or early Pentium III ought to be enough for most of the …

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Re: I made a miniature IBM PC

Posted on 2020-10-02, 13:42

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by Garrett W

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This wins. Excellent job, to the point where I seriously can't believe you hadn't worked with CAD before! The results speak for themselves!

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?

Posted on 2020-09-30, 19:45

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by Garrett W

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Try setting GAT mode to 0 in the ALi AGP Tool and see if you get any difference

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?

Posted on 2020-09-27, 10:09

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by Garrett W

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Could also just be Aladdin V shenanigans, it's been a while since I messed around with one. If the problems persist, try tweaking some more with the AGP Tool and take a look at what other users in the forum have used. Only compare results with other K6+ systems, Celeron 466 that someone above …

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Re: Improving Quake performance on POD83.

Posted on 2020-09-06, 11:18

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by Garrett W

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I never understood why Quake and other games were benchmarked with the sound turned off. Was it perhaps due to some soundcards causing issues and lowering performance compared to others? That's the only rational explanation I can think of. Benchmarking should be as close to real world as possible …

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Re: Super Mario 64 for MS-DOS

Posted on 2020-09-06, 01:19

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by Garrett W

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Wow this is pretty neat, I might give it a try. Wonder how it runs on slower hardware, might have to investigate. Imagine getting this back to 1996-1997 and showing it to someone in combination with a Voodoo card. It would blow their minds!

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2020-09-04, 15:35

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by Garrett W

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Thank you for the giveaway, that's a pretty sweet gesture.

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Re: Today is Windows 95's 25th Birthday. Share your memories.

Posted on 2020-08-28, 00:11

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by Garrett W

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That is a carefully considered trail of thought and very nice sentiment, no need to apologize!

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Re: Found a GXM-530D motherboard with GXm-266GP cpu and 128mb RAM. Cant find any info, worth keeping??

Posted on 2020-08-27, 16:49

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by Garrett W

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You should be able to use a PS/2 mouse as well if you plug in a similar bracket on the pins that are below the keyboard plug. Seem to be PS/2 pins to me

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Re: Found a GXM-530D motherboard with GXm-266GP cpu and 128mb RAM. Cant find any info, worth keeping??

Posted on 2020-08-27, 14:41

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by Garrett W

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I have the same processor with the older chipset, it's a lot of fun to tinker with. The MediaGX core is essentially a die-shrunk Cyrix 5x86 with silicon reserved for Audio and Video as well. Nothing fancy, but at the time it was considered very impressive. GXm adds MMX instructions I believe. At …

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Re: Today is Windows 95's 25th Birthday. Share your memories.

Posted on 2020-08-27, 09:28

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by Garrett W

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Windows 95 was brand new when I was making my first steps in computers. While I had seen DOS, as a kid it was a little too daunting and the simple and inviting GUI of Win95 was far easier to grasp as a kid. Throw in some games from demo discs and magazines and needless to say, I was hooked on …

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Re: Something for lovers of bad video cards (youtube)

Posted on 2020-08-24, 21:08

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by Garrett W

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Matrox G100? Should be different enough from Matrox Mystique, but still bad in its own way. On rare side of things, original Savage 3D would probably be quite interesting. These are great picks! G100 is essentially a derivative of the Mystique/Millennium II core and it fails hard! Savage 3D is …

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Re: Is case modding a 90s retro thing?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 08:57

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by Garrett W

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In NL I can quite accurately date the end of the 'scene'. Exhibit 1 and 2: e3ea6cb4c018e86d7857ae0b08602d28.jpg In the background the Tomb Raider-inspired case that won the 2006 NL casemodding championship. In the foreground the same person's 2007 entry. Both made by a former colleague of mine. In …

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Re: Voodoo Banshee vs. Voodoo-3 3000 ?

Posted on 2020-08-21, 22:54

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by Garrett W

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You can think of the Banshee as a proto Voodoo 3. The V3 is basically a Banshee with another TMU (which translates to roughly twice the performance in anything that uses multitexturing) and is also clocked significantly higher thanks to the smaller node. I believe standard Banshee is 100Mhz and V3 …

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Re: That 70's show! Something wrong in their timeline. (Yeah... It is still computer related)

Posted on 2020-08-20, 19:29

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by Garrett W

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Not a TV show, but anyone ever played Shenmue? Ryo Hazuki, the protagonist had a SEGA Saturn under his TV, a console released in 1994 in Japan, but the story takes place in 1986. He must have impressed all of his friends with arcade ports, I wonder why he ever bothered to go to that arcade in …

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Re: What's the difference between "Broken Sword" and "Broken Sword: Director's Cut"?

Posted on 2020-08-13, 22:00

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by Garrett W

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Could be just me since I almost always hate prequels and stories that try to explain events that have been referenced, but the issue is always the same. If you've established a character and shown them doing specific things, perhaps it's best not to go back and show more about them. Their …

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Re: What is your Favorite CPU and Why ?

Posted on 2020-08-13, 17:20

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The one that's most important to me is the Pentium 133. I simply would not be here typing this if it were not for that CPU. However, my favorite in terms of how it performed at the time and how efficient it was and all that, has to be one from the original lineup of Core2Duo processors on desktops. …

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Re: Matrox G400/G450 Quake III Performance

Posted on 2020-08-12, 13:05

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by Garrett W

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Hey guys, slightly off-topic but I figured you might be able to help me out. The OpenGL ICD present in the latest Matrox G200 driver is bugged, most notably causing issues with transparencies and I've long heard that Matrox apparently kept updating the ICD for a while and just never bothered to …

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Re: What's the difference between "Broken Sword" and "Broken Sword: Director's Cut"?

Posted on 2020-08-12, 08:41

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by Garrett W

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Personally not a huge fan of the Director's Cut version, although I was looking forward to it at the time. It alters the game in many ways, most importantly it changes the powerful opening sequence with one that's just not nearly as impactful. Gone is the beautiful introductory animation and instead …

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