Re: High Quallity KVM?

Posted on Today, 18:12

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by Namrok

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I actually just recently put 2 computers behind a TRENDnet 2-Port PS2 KVM Switch I got off Amazon. Looks like that model is sold out, but the 4 port is still available. I believe they aren't being manufactured anymore? I don't notice any signal degradation. But my setup, before I revamped everything …

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Re: Rebuilding my 2004 Doom 3 Machine

Posted on Yesterday, 04:18

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by Namrok

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Well the 2x1 GB DDR400 Kingston sticks showed up today. Alas, one of them seems totally dead. Plopped both in, only had 1 GB of ram. Took out the second one, system still posted with 1 GB. So then I took out the working one, and tried the other with all 3 RAM slots. Nada. Well, adding the working 1 …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 04:31

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So I finally finished Unreal on my K6-2+ 500, Geforce 2 MX 400 pc. Framerate was probably between 20-30 the whole time, with some serious stuttering during some of the more intense "the whole level is exploding" moments. Which is better than the first time I played it! I believe in 1998 I chugged …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 02:37

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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: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:23

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@mockingbird: AMD has some severe ups and downs. I was extremely happy with my Athlon XP and Athlon 64 back in the day. But their Phenom processors shit the bed so horribly, I didn't even think about AMD as a purchasing option until the goodwill towards the Ryzen 3's became too overwhelming to …

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Re: Rebuilding my 2004 Doom 3 Machine

Posted on 2021-01-12, 16:05

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by Namrok

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@pshipkov So that motherboard box is actually storing a Shuttle HOT 591P. It needs recapping pretty badly. I was using it for a while before I replaced it with a PC Partner MVP3 board. The box is only out because I needed something to get the drives closer to the graphics card! I only have one …

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Rebuilding my 2004 Doom 3 Machine

Posted on 2021-01-11, 16:01

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by Namrok

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In the summer of 2004, I was very excited about Doom 3 coming out.  Dare I say, it was my Cyberpunk 2077.  Summer of 2004 was also my first college internship, which put some real money in my pocket for the first time in my entire life.  So goodbye hand me down parts!  Goodbye sketchy computer show …

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Re: Athlon 64 3400+ Build

Posted on 2021-01-11, 14:54

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by Namrok

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A lot of 2004/2005 Athlon 64 & Geforce 6800 builds lately! Well, this and one other by henk717. I just finished mine. Well "finished". Still a few nagging issues. The decision between going Socket 939 and PCI-E, or Socket 754 and AGP was the most difficult part for me. At the time, the system I …

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Re: Having trouble getting high frames in Quake

Posted on 2021-01-08, 19:18

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by Namrok

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Are you running Quake, GLQuake, or a source port? The Quake engine does have an FPS cap variable. I believe it's cl_maxfps? Maybe it got set to 30 at some point? It's been a hot minute, but I think you can just pull down the console with ~, type "cl_maxfps" and it should tell you the current value. …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2021-01-07, 16:05

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Quake 2 did get a ray tracing patch that completely overhauls lighting and makes it look like a new game. Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1089130/# Quake 2 RTX is legit fantastic, if you have the hardware to run it. Crucially, none of the gameplay is changed. Also, …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2021-01-06, 20:22

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I really have to wrack my brains on this one. Almost every game I'd suggest has actually been remade/remastered. And frankly, after the debacle that was Warcraft III Reforged, I'd rather not risk a classic I adore getting ruined. Or worse, being turned into a.... ugh... service . Even games that are …

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Re: Looking for Advice in Regards to Building a Mid-to-Late DOS PC

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:40

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by Namrok

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For me there is a point where if a super old game doesnt work, that's a valid time to use dosbox. Trying to make a k6/c3/mmx behave like an XT is more trouble than these primitive games are worth IMO. Good to know there is an option though. I actually did use Dosbox at first. Amazingly enough, even …

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Re: Looking for Advice in Regards to Building a Mid-to-Late DOS PC

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:25

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by Namrok

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My DOS machine is a K6-2. I use it for a similar range as the OP wants - a cover-(almost)-all 90's machine, basically. There's the SETMUL utility (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613) but I rarely need it. Most stuff just runs. A limited selection of very old games are very timer-sensitive …

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Re: Looking for Advice in Regards to Building a Mid-to-Late DOS PC

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:01

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by Namrok

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My DOS machine is a K6-2. I use it for a similar range as the OP wants - a cover-(almost)-all 90's machine, basically. There's the SETMUL utility (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613) but I rarely need it. Most stuff just runs. A limited selection of very old games are very timer-sensitive …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-05, 05:33

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So I wrapped up Syndicate (1993). I was underwhelmed. I beat the Atlantic Accelerator mission with 10 missions left, and the final mission I actually did was an... ugh... escort mission in South America. I'm fighting the urge to try all the games at once, and actually finish one. So I'm returning to …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-02, 20:13

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by Namrok

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I confess there are tons of really popular games ranging from cult-following to outright huge-commercial-success, which I never cared about, and in some cases never bothered to even look at. To name a few things that never really grabbed me : Entire classes of FPS like most of Quake, Halo, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-01, 05:31

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Luck and attention span willing, I'll be finishing Syndicate (1993) tomorrow. Did the Atlantic Accelerator mission, but now I'm dreading an escort mission in South America. The last one I did was pretty frustrating because the VIP kept walking directly into enemy agents, or walking over the dead …

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Re: When did you purchase your first 386 / 486 Computer? Availability vs the early 90's affordability norm.

Posted on 2020-12-31, 16:49

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by Namrok

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I have a recollection of my dad finally getting the family's first computer around 1994. It was a $2000 486/66, and ostensibly it let him work from home. That price really stands out, because he'd yell at us kids about breaking it citing the cost regularly.

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Re: Getting current or recent games working in the future

Posted on 2020-12-23, 22:15

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I strongly suspect the 2010's will be a lost decade for games. For starters you have the fact that most of them have Games as a Service components. So when the servers go down, so too do the games. Next you have that lots of games are only published to Steam, and have effectively zero version …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 14:38

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I remember getting into college arguements about the merits of HL2 when it came out. I thought the gameplay was strictly worse than the original. That the physics puzzles were gimmicky, the array of enemies and weaponry less varied, and the supply of ammo for the weapons you did have was far more …

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