Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on Today, 10:26

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by kolderman

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To get the discussion back on track, I noticed that the FX cards seem to be slightly more efficient than their GeForce 4 counterparts when it comes to Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering. Even when comparing cards with similar specs from these two generations, cranking up AA and AF incurs a …

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Re: Clarification on definition of abandoneware on Vogons.

Posted on Today, 05:03

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by kolderman

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Drivers have generally always been free to distribute, like game demos. Copyright can allow various uses including non commercial distribution. Large amounts of open source software os copyrighted, even under the GPL. Copyright means "do what the license says".

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on Yesterday, 23:04

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GOG- Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic If you get the free "DLC" packs, it seems you get access to the full offline installers: https://www.gog.com/en/game/twinsens_little_big_adventure_classic_original_edition https://www.gog.com/en/game/twinsens_little …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute

Posted on Yesterday, 22:25

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by kolderman

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What modern PSUs would you recommend for an ATX Pentium III build? How do you connect these modern PSUs to floppy drives, if you do at all? Pretty much anything you want - the only exception is running SocketA systems that lack a 4-pin AUX connector (which almost all do) - modern PSUs don't power …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on Yesterday, 22:10

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by kolderman

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I wish every similar thread had a sticky at the *start* of the post that summarized all findings in the thread, like above. After another 10 pages, who will be able to find this excellent summary?

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute

Posted on Yesterday, 22:07

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by kolderman

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Old psus are death. What modern PSUs would you recommend for an ATX Pentium III build? How do you connect these modern PSUs to floppy drives, if you do at all? Pretty much anything you want - the only exception is running SocketA systems that lack a 4-pin AUX connector (which almost all do) - …

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute

Posted on Yesterday, 20:52

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by kolderman

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Old psus are death.

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Re: PC shuts down after 30 seconds - 1 minute

Posted on Yesterday, 01:16

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by kolderman

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I would definitely try a different power supply first of all.

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Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2023-06-03, 23:52

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by kolderman

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> Geforce FX are too powerful and does not make sense to run on underpowered CPUs Well it really depends. High levels of AA/AF are not cpu dependent and some people pair FX5900U on earlier systems precisely so they can run earlier games at high res with max AA and excellent image quality.

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Re: Tyan Tiger 100 Mainboard dual cpu mainboard suitable for gaming?

Posted on 2023-06-03, 09:35

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by kolderman

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Noone used dual cpu for gaming in that era, and it will make no real difference. But if you want to do it for fun why not.

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Re: Agp 8x card in 4x mobo

Posted on 2023-06-02, 13:30

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by kolderman

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Of course, the card supports a maximum 8x.

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Re: AGP GPU to pair with 2.8Ghz P4 + 2GB PC133

Posted on 2023-06-02, 05:11

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by kolderman

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HL2 is not a early 2000s game. It is a mid-2000s game. And you are vastly better off going forward a generation with a s775/PCIe build. For actual early 2000s games that are pre-DX9 the best GPU is probably the FX5900U, I have a 5950U in a P4 and it is very good for those kind of games.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-06-01, 19:28

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Midnight Ghost Hunt

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Re: World in Conflict (2007) - Dx10 broken for me (FIXED)

Posted on 2023-05-31, 04:17

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by kolderman

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Why would you want to launch above 4k?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-05-28, 08:57

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by kolderman

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Tested a CT1330A I have had sitting on a shelf for ages. Everything worked perfectly, digital sound, adlib, and even PC speaker. Have not tested the dual-OPL yet, need to research which game and how, but I feel it will work after today's test.

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Re: Vodoo 2 Sli vs Vodoo3 ? Which configuration would be more flexible?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 14:01

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by kolderman

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What do I mean with most flexibility? I am looking for system that offers a very good compability for every glide game but i also want to play Direct 3d games in a good quality. Then you pretty much need the voodoo2. It is more compatible than voodoo3 thats for sure. As for the 2D card? I would get …

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Re: The Joy of MMX

Posted on 2023-05-27, 08:15

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by kolderman

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The joy of disabling the FPU.

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Re: Did early sound cards actually process all the sound effects?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 04:58

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by kolderman

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To the best of my knowledge in the modern Windows system the CPU does all the sound processing, and the soundcards are merely used as DACs and to provio IO for speakers, mics, etc. But in the DOS days and early Windows days did soundcards actually offload all the sound processing from the CPU? Yes. …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-05-25, 20:22

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by kolderman

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EPIC- Fallout: New Vegas - Ultimate Edition

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-05-18, 21:48

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clueless1 wrote on 2023-05-18, 10:43: RandomStranger wrote on 2023-05-17, 16:10: Metro: Last Light - Complete Edition On Steam from tomorrow. Link? I can only find Metro: Last Light Redux (which is not free) on Steam. Was free for me just now.

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