Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Today, 09:05

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I'm sorta, kinda, maybe considering buying this old mystery PC as a project. Anyone care to venture what the motherboard looks like from this very limited eBay listing? Seller has no info about the PC. I can see it's ATX, 4 dimms EDIT: Actually, looks like 2x2 different RAM kinds. (1 AGP?) 1 AMR. 5 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-18, 10:52

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-04-18, 04:39: Hey us Amiga fans are not a cult, we wear perfectly normal underwear.... probably. You guys wear underwear?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-01, 04:31

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I just tried out Heroes of Might and Magic 4 on my P4 and boy does it ever suck! After about 5 minutes I closed it. I'll probably give it a go again in a few days but for now it's back to HOMM 2 and 3 for me.

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Re: Sandra 2003 - Can't find online

Posted on 2024-03-18, 07:39

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What I usually do is to use archive.org and go to the manufacturer's website at the time where the version I'm looking for was released. And even if the download links are broken because the file hasn't been archived, it will often reveal the filename of the download which you can then google. I …

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Sandra 2003 - Can't find online

Posted on 2024-03-18, 07:13

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I'm looking to download the free version of Sisoft Sandra 2002 or 2003 but I'm not having any luck. Are there any mirrors for these old versions? Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask.

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Re: Another Voodoo 2 SLI bridge

Posted on 2024-03-10, 22:54

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Like many I made my own cable many years ago from a floppy cable and I wouldn't mind having a PCB but the actual SLI connectors aren't perfectly aligned on my two cards. Both are the same model too.

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 19:47

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Does the GPU core temp move when you stress the card? Does it get to 80? There's no way it's hot if the heatsink isn't hot. Paste looks fine OK, so I applied some new thermal paste and now it shows 66 degrees on the desktop. Apparently, the contact between the heatsink and the chip got better? 🤨 I …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 00:11

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Yea, 134 is set by default, I can't change the temperature threshold, but 150°C sounds crazy. I've attached a photo. Still maybe the issue is with the bad contact? Because there's barely any thermal paste on heatsink.. If that's how little contact there is you should add more paste. Air is far …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-04, 00:07

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Norton Commander wrote on 2024-03-03, 18:34: You have a high end XP machine (gaming). My XP PC is a Compaq from 2004. […] Show full quote You have a high end XP machine (gaming). My XP PC is a Compaq from 2004. Intel Pentium M715 1.5 GHz 2 GB RAM DDR 133MHz Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics 55 GB …

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-03, 01:18

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I've tested Supermium on XP Sp3 x86 and Windows 7 SP1 x64. My Windows XP machine is single core with 3 GB RAM. It runs miserably slow. My Windows 7 PC is dual core with 8 GB RAM and it runs fine. Supermium is based on Chromium 121 so no suprise that early XP era machines will have trouble running …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2024-02-23, 23:51

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but I would love to find an affordable Asus board to use this CPU and RAM in. Unfortunately the ebay prices are way too much these days though. According to comments on the recent Core2 thread, they're hitting a die off point. So I don't know if it's wise to invest in one at any price. Even if you …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2024-02-23, 22:20

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Scores updated! Your 2K score was decent. Cool! I did a bit of video card overclocking. Default clockspeeds according to the Nvidia control panel are 400mhz core and 800mhz memory. This Quadro card is rock stable with a 50mhz overclock on core and 100mhz on memory so here are the results with those …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2024-02-23, 04:43

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Apologies if i've already posted in this thread about the P4 I use. There's some pics of the original build here - https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=87369 But I have since changed the case, storage and operating system. My P4 retro gaming pc is based on an Intel motherboard and so sadly …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-18, 01:43

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wirerogue wrote on 2024-02-18, 00:24: bought a very worn and dirty 486dx-40 machine off ebay. the motherboard is toast, leaky varta battery. a few useful comonents, i […] Show full quote bought a very worn and dirty 486dx-40 machine off ebay. the motherboard is toast, leaky varta battery. a few …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-14, 00:40

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One interesting thing about the IBM is that it has a DVI connector - I've tried hooking it up to my daily driver via a DVI to HDMI adapter, but it didn't work. I really wish it did tough, since there's lots of boomer shooters and modern ports of older games that would have looked stellar on the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-12, 23:56

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Interesting. I wonder why this is (other than it being too new). Older drivers lack DX 9.0 support, more specifically the later variants of it a/b/c that the FX cards require. -There is only one FX card that can use older drivers and its a rather obscure FX 5200 card that uses the NV18c core .. …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-03, 19:19

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Newegg Canada has 4TB Samsung QVO sata ssd drives for $199.99 right now so I got one and now my tv pc has 6x4TB drives and 2x2TB SSD drives.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-07, 21:08

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Not quite on topic, but I think it’s still relevant. I started making mounting strips for stainless steel circuit boards. Just take a look. Sound Blaster Pro Sound Blaster AWE32/64/Gold Gravis Ultrasound Classic/PnP 3Dfx Voodoo 1-2-3-4 Ess Sound Card Tekram Controller ВС-680/690 and more Very nice …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-06, 04:30

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devius wrote on 2024-01-05, 19:17: Amazing! Not 80%, not 90%, but 100% contiquity! It doesn’t get any better than that!

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Re: 3D accelerated console games with software only PC version

Posted on 2023-11-29, 16:55

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robertmo3 wrote on 2023-11-22, 08:00: 3DO (4k): Sega Satrun (4k): Sega Saturn (4k) & PlayStation (4k): PlayStation (4k): […] Show full quote 3DO (4k): Sega Satrun (4k): Sega Saturn (4k) & PlayStation (4k): PlayStation (4k): Why have you put (4k) after all those console names?

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