Re: Best GPU for an Athlon MP (WinXP)

Posted on 2021-10-22, 13:15

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i feel like the opposing force framerate should be much higher, i had an athlon xp 2200+ paired up with a radeon 9600xt on an nforce2 motherboard and almost never dipping below 100fps on the half-life engine games. what are the speeds of your processors, do you have vsync on, and is your geforce 4 a …

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Re: If you could only have two builds to span…

Posted on 2021-10-22, 04:50

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yeah dont forget macs. just ignore them 😉 jk jk

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Re: Unpatching Copy protection for Monkey Island 1 EGA

Posted on 2021-10-15, 02:57

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you'll just have to find some floppy images or a rip that hasnt been cracked. im sure there are some out there on an archive or something.

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Re: Easy Win-95 era gaming PC.

Posted on 2021-10-13, 00:48

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whats with the 300 on the led display? have you overclocked the 233 to 300?

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Re: Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee

Posted on 2021-10-08, 06:24

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@shimart that's awesome gj

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Re: Behold the VGR - My Pentium III 1GHz Vintage Gaming Rig

Posted on 2021-10-08, 06:09

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by foil_fresh

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nice build. i really love the extra bits like the superdrive and the removable drive caddy. and not a single spare slot on the back of the pc. stuffed to the brim!

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Re: Swaping DAC on SB16

Posted on 2021-09-29, 06:43

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how do you rate the improvement? was it worth it?

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Re: How does this Slot 1 support mount to a motherboard?

Posted on 2021-09-27, 02:35

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when the cache was integrated into the die, there was no more point for the bulky slot 1 cards. and when heat became more and more of an issue, i'm sure the slot 1 heatsink/fan designs weren't good enough. bigger and better tower coolers started becoming a thing.

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Re: Can it be done?! Should it be done?!

Posted on 2021-09-23, 02:32

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-09-23, 01:27: All the above, in a wrist watch, with a motion stabilised, micro laser, MDA through 8K projector capable of 6ft display in daylight, with a week runtime between charges and neural impulse sensors so you can just keyboard, mouse or pad/stick in mid air. screen …

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Re: Can it be done?! Should it be done?!

Posted on 2021-09-23, 00:32

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if you can run it at P1 levels as well as 286 then you'd expect whoever can engineer that, to engineer a 4mhz to 3ghz system :P i feel like that makes the most sense. cover it all, completely configurable. i'd put my hand up for a motherboard with the cpu and ram integrated - to be able to choose in …

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Re: Win98SE + P4 Build

Posted on 2021-09-15, 00:28

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- USB keyboard and mouse will after USB 2.0 drivers are installed but you should have PS/2 variants just in case. Also if you want to use DOS, USB wont work. I'd like to say that there's a compatibility option in the BIOS for these USB keyboards but I wouldn't bank on it. It might work but may not …

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Re: Win98SE + P4 Build

Posted on 2021-09-14, 05:09

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a P4 will be great for a Windows 98 build but will be limited in it's compatibility in DOS. Older games that are speed sensitive will bug out, not load, or be too fast to play. Newer DOS games might be better. edit- Many dos games will still work, it will just be a coin toss as to which ones don't. …

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Re: Name a famous old game which you (strangely!) never heard of until modern times

Posted on 2021-09-13, 00:58

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I had never heard of the Screamer series or Blood until 2/3 years ago. Don't think I ever heard of Blackthorne either. I place Blood in my top 10 games played and Screamer 2/Rally are really really fun games I keep going back to. I don't enjoy the original screamer as much, the animations don't do …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-09-13, 00:33

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May be a cringe fest, but man does that movie have a killer soundtrack! Prodigy, Leftfield and besides others the god of vinyl himself: Carl Cox! Is it a confession to tell that I do actually have a turntable which I regularly use? Great soundtrack(s) for sure. the BT radio in my car died last year …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-09-09, 23:42

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My dream build I never had but always lusted after was a laptop with a 6x86 in it, after that scene in Hackers. And then the disappointment upon discovering there was never such a CPU in any laptop, period. "In the scene when Acid is showing-off her laptop, they speak of the laptop having a …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-09-08, 05:59

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I had a 230W PSU and I undervolted it to 115W intentionally and the pc *boom* it blasted like a Dynamite. I still remember that day. same, but... unintentionally? i guess? I was looking for a volume knob like on some soundblasters, but found a switch instead and thought "wonder what this controls"? …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-06, 06:40

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Tomb Raider 1 runs perfect Not on a Voodoo3. It may run with a stable frame rate (locked to 30) but it suffers from some graphical glitches such as Lara missing her shadow, pistols flashing white when AA is used and gamma being too washed out, without the possibility of adjustment. For the best …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 04:43

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man i'm just having fun with it. I got a voodoo 1 to fill in the gap of those few games that won't run on a voodoo 3. Descent and Descent 2's 3Dfx patches don't work so well on my V3 and this was a big motivating factor. I've got 6 machines that I love to use for old games and comparing the …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 03:58

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yeah im with you joe. i have the parts but keep putting it off - my nas has a spare network port, i got a 3com isa nic and a nice switch i found recently. im just super lazy. true gmlb, but id still like to try out blood/swarrior even if its not the best experience. ill def have another go sometime …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 02:51

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this thread made me boot up my Pentium 166 MMX / 3d monster PC last night and I tried out a few games to give a rating on how good performance is on some of these 1996/97/98 games: GLquake - ran at about 30-40 FPS and can dip down to 15 or so in action packed areas. In 1997 this was acceptable but …

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