Re: I need help with identifying my CRT monitor

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AppleSauce wrote on Today, 07:10: Filename Screenshot_20241005-170937_Chrome.jpg File size 132.05 KiB Views 136 views File license Public domain Seems to have all the specs and stuff. The four variants differ in...... "Container Loading 20' / 40'"? Never seen a company lists its product specs with …

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Re: Commander X16 of The 8-Bit Guy, can it be considered as the most nonsense neo-retro computer of all times?

Posted on Today, 07:09

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Reminds me those Stationery, Games and Unique Objects by Tiffany & Co.: $350 whistle, $475 paperweight, $650 clothespin, $15,000 mahjong set, etc.

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Re: Motherboard for retro build

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analog_programmer wrote on Yesterday, 16:34: "PCChips haters club" membership? 😀 Where to apply? 😜 IMO PCChips gave "Made in Taiwan" a really bad reputation in the early 1990s.

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Re: Pentium3 on WinXP

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And why Pentium3 processors are more expensive than P4? Especially Pentium3 above 1GHz are expensive. Supply: P3 were older so working CPU + matching motherboards would be less abundant on used markets. P3 had a shorter marketing lifespan (less than 3 years between the announcement dates of the …

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Re: Niedobory dzieci

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I'm playing GTA SA on a quad core 2.50Ghz with GTX590 at max settings without issue Your proposed build of a dual core 3Ghz with a 750ti is much faster than mine, you'll be fine. Interesting: TechPowerUp has GTX 590's scores to be 83.5% higher than GTX 750 Ti's, yet PassMark G3D Rating has GTX 590 …

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

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PcBytes wrote on Yesterday, 00:39: Been crafting a replacement splash screen for my ABIT AB9 Pro, which among other new "upgrades", desires a new BIOS logo. Now you have an exclusive octopussy Ninomae Ina'nis BIOS! 🤣

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Re: Childhood deficiencies

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I just did a quick eBay search for sold 8700ks, got around CAD$120 + shipping... I'm not sure if that's high or low for a top spec CPU. How's the market for 3770ks for my ivy bridge system? -K CPU with unlocked multipliers always have premium prices. I bought a 3770 (for NT$760 / CA$32) instead of …

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Re: Niedobory dzieci

Posted on 2024-10-03, 23:34

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When I started the topic I wanted build retro pc from 2005, but you convinced me to C2D or i5 2gen. For sure my target is graphic card GF750ti. I don't know which of these processors has better compatibility and whether C2D E8400/E8500 is powerful enough. We all started this hobby as novices; maybe …

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Re: Childhood deficiencies

Posted on 2024-10-03, 20:50

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If your dream nostalgia machine was a 2005 box, why go to Core 2? If you want faster, why not buy something like a Core i7 4770? Why stop there? Why not just use whatever you have now? IMHO OP has difficulties 1) deciding whether to build a system of 2005 or a system for 2005 games, and 2) telling …

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Re: Niedobory dzieci

Posted on 2024-10-03, 09:11

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I didn't know motherboards could be high and low end. Does lowend motherboard is bottleneck for cpu? Does easier is buy cheap good motherboards for L775 or socket 1155? If they're all the same, why do they have different prices then? :wink: Checking Coolpc's website for LGA 1700 motherboards, …

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Re: LGR's home severely damaged by Hurricane Helene

Posted on 2024-10-02, 03:21

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LGR's Farm Simulator video with his Southern accent was the funniest of all time, but mentioning the video now or in the near future would likely be seen as very rude and inconsiderate. 🤐 My prayers are with LGR and anyone in the affected area. 🙏

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Re: Childhood deficiencies

Posted on 2024-10-02, 03:06

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I found these motherboards for LGA775 (E8400) P5G41T-M LX3 for Socket 1155(i5 2400) GA-H61M-S1 or ATX Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V there are ok ? Those are low-end chipsets... B75 wasn't low-end but middle-class. GA-B75M-D3V is also a candidate on my 1155 to-buy list if I can acquire one with a good price. …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie

Posted on 2024-10-01, 22:32

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Joakim wrote on 2024-10-01, 20:10: A year ago I had a glass of wine and tipped over one of those compaq armada laptops with a k6-2+ in it. The screen is busted. Retro computing and alcohol: diluted ethyl, NO; pure isopropyl, YES. 😉

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Re: Is the interest in retro PC hardware decreasing?

Posted on 2024-09-30, 08:13

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Until some point in the early 2000s, hard drives were definitely too small for official recovery partitions and it was all recovery media. But you're right - certainly the late-2000s Vista/7 machines from large OEMs had recovery partitions, I just... completely forgot about them...! I guess what …

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Re: Is the interest in retro PC hardware decreasing?

Posted on 2024-09-30, 01:19

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That being said, I will note that smartphone concepts seem to have entered people's brains, e.g. you hear people wanting to 'factory reset' laptops. And... yes, Win8+ does have a reset mode now, but traditionally, you 'reset' a Windows machine by pulling out the restore media (or Microsoft disc), …

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Re: GeForce 4 MX 440 in AGP 1 Board - Did I fry it?

Posted on 2024-09-29, 22:52

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My Asus A7V133-C had a similar experience two years ago: Asus A7V133-C probably got fried by a faulty GeForce 6200 It managed to start up later on but still behaved with some irregularities.

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Re: Is the interest in retro PC hardware decreasing?

Posted on 2024-09-29, 22:36

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Gen Z here. Some people of the younger generations are certainly going to take an interest in stuff from the 70s-90s, but it's rare. The time period I collect is mainly early 90s-late 2000s. I know of a handful of others around my age who are into the same stuff I am, but it's not that many. That's …

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Re: Pentium3 on WinXP

Posted on 2024-09-29, 21:58

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BX tops out at 1GB. I've had two mainboards so far achieve that number proeprly, a Soyo 6BA+IV and an ABIT BX6r2. You do need 4 slots tho. I also have several BX6 2.0 that take 1gb of regular SDRAM just fine, so 440BX supports 1gb of RAM "out of the box". This is what I can't understand: Both use …

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Re: Where is the rest of the world?

Posted on 2024-09-28, 22:53

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The other thing that drove interest in home computers, as quaint as this now sounds in 2024, was the CD-ROM encyclopedia. Seconded. The late 1990s and Win9x were the heyday of e-books on CD-ROM. Just about every new computer has a disc of encyclopedia and many other e-books plus a few games bundled …

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Re: Niedobory dzieci

Posted on 2024-09-28, 09:00

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I remember Athlon XP and Pentium4 like performance monsters. I thought P4 gave good PC performance in 2005. It's hard to believe P4 3.2 ghz is not enough for games from its period at maximum settings. E8400 and E8500 is there a big difference in gaming performance? And C2D will be enough for WinXp …

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