Re: List of PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2021-01-17, 02:01

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Cyberpunk 2077 58hr 54m Tons of gigs, crimes, agent saboteur things to do but I've completed all the story missions. Experienced no game breaking bugs or much oddness at all really. Only two things I can recall was falling through the map once and no notice for what button to press to leave a …

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Re: WinXP and EAX (split from Best WinXP video card)

Posted on 2021-01-17, 01:50

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I tried installing Alchemy and now no sound at all in game. Is it needed for bioshock? I too get no sound if I do that. You should not use ALchemy for Bioshock. Bioshock is a later FMOD/OAL title that was released after Vista. Just download latest https://www.openal.org/ drivers, they could be …

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Re: WinXP and EAX (split from Best WinXP video card)

Posted on 2021-01-16, 21:38

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I tried installing Alchemy and now no sound at all in game. Is it needed for bioshock?

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-16, 07:57

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Well seeing the thread hasn't been split off yet...I will provide an update...I put a XFi in my Win10 PC and installed DanielKs driver pack. I start up Bioshock...and I *think* the sound is a bit more reverby, but hard to say. What I did notice though is the framerate went through the roof, from 75 …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-16, 05:32

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Well seeing the thread hasn't been split off yet...I will provide an update...I put a XFi in my Win10 PC and installed DanielKs driver pack. I start up Bioshock...and I *think* the sound is a bit more reverby, but hard to say. What I did notice though is the framerate went through the roof, from 75 …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-15, 20:27

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I have looked into Bioshock 1 in more detail now. Note these things tend to be under documented so always test yourself. It apparently uses a mix of FMOD, OpenAL, DirectSound3D and EAX5 :) So the most original way would be to play it under XP where HW accelerated DS3D works, with EAX5 sound card. …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-15, 19:40

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openAL does restore EAX in compatible games without a creative sound card. I am 100% sure of that. I have used it a couple times for that purpose using nothing but realtek built in audio. It seems OpenAL is an API a game needs to use for it to work. Are there any instructions otherwise? I am …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-15, 19:07

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Do they work with all games that expect EAX support in hardware? Good question. I am not sure if using ALchemy will restore EAX if you do not have the compatible sound card. Probably not though. But check this out: https://github.com/kcat/dsoal About ===== This project is for a DirectSound DLL …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2021-01-15, 18:42

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Whats the difference between OpenAL and ALChemy? Do they need specific sound cards to work with? Do they work with all games that expect EAX support in hardware?

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-15, 17:46

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There has to be one in progress at all times it seems.

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Re: Are there still any worthwhile uses for an Apple G3??

Posted on 2021-01-14, 19:28

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by kolderman

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I have a G3 iMac with System9 on it, and I love it. Why? - great for classic Mac gaming of course (pre-OSX) - natural home for early Bungie titles like Myth - the iMac had great ornamental/decorative value in the home, especially for a retro computing nerd 🤣

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Re: Most advanced game to run on Voodoo 5

Posted on 2021-01-14, 18:03

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Define "run". You probably don't want to play Doom 3 on a voodoo 5.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-13, 21:49

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by kolderman

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I threw at least 50 of these shit motherboards in the trash. I RMAed a few and got more shit in return from MSI and Asus and after that it was straight into the dumpster. The moral of the story seems to be to not use nForce2 motherboards from Asus and MSI. Count me in as someone that used a nForce2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-13, 02:29

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Found this on Ebay for $30. A freaking reflective GOLD Amiga mouse. Rofl. If is pimp as hell.. Looks like something out of James Bond, except it is The Man with the Golden Mouse. All joking aside, it is super sturdy with some weight to it, tracks extremely well and smooth, and the buttons have a …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 02:26

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I'm having a heck of a time beating the last big battle in Half-Life 2 Episode 2. The one where you defend the base against the waves of Striders. I've tried and failed at least 3 times and each go takes a good 10-15 minutes. So far I'm almost 9 hours into this add-on. I know I'll get it eventually …

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Re: CPU collectors: do you collect each and every revision or just one?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 02:24

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I am happy with the fastest CPU per CPU generation. Athlon XP 3200+, Core2Duo E8600, P4 3400Mhz. I don't yet have a K6-2+ 550 and probably never will, and I don't go above those for collecting. My particular fetish is rare versions of the Via C3 at 100Mhz...some with different colored dies. I truly …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-01-13, 01:47

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brostenen wrote on 2021-01-12, 23:43: I cooked up this.... A beef made from 250 gram of minced beef, packed in 150 gram of sliced bacon. That is 8 slices of bacon, wr […] Show full quote I cooked up this.... A beef made from 250 gram of minced beef, packed in 150 gram of sliced bacon. That is 8 …

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Re: DOS Memory Management on a 80286 with 2MB RAM

Posted on 2021-01-12, 21:35

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BloodyCactus wrote on 2021-01-12, 21:33: i'll say it again, good old basic himem.sys will give you hma and umb memory for devicehigh/loadhigh. Eh how is that even possible?

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 16:49

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Include the $$$ figures too.

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Re: How do your organise your DIGITAL game storage?

Posted on 2021-01-11, 23:44

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by kolderman

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I obsessively download the offline installers for all my GOG games up through the winXP era.

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