ncmark wrote on 2021-07-26, 10:20: Is it confirmed that internet activation has been shut down? Yes. The activation shutdown is why everyone has been using cracked or volume licensed ISOs, which don't require activation. Microsoft can't activate XP anymore and my product keys are gone from my …

The Q6600 is still used by gamers of old games and is considered a good choice. Pair it with some fast dual-channel DDR2 and a solid GPU and you're good to go.

Everything I dug up says it uses a standard 2.5-inch PATA drive, though I have no information about drive height.

I do feel there is a gap in the market for a £200, 'lite' GPU the reign in the behemoths currently on the market. 1x 6 pin PCI-E connector (which limits it to something like 150 watts I think?), no three slot designs , no RT or SAM or DLSS (it would be able to use AMDs new scaling thing I guess?) …

It's not likely legit. All the IP was gobbled up by Nvidia and only briefly used, before being discarded. Even now, the IP is worthless, as it's all ancient tech and DGVoodoo covers the 3DFX chips on modern hardware. More to the point, the market can't/won't tolerate or support another GPU maker, …

I can't see this 3DFX resurrection being legit. All the old - and outdated to the point of being worthless - VOODOO and GLIDE IP is locked in Nvidia's warchest and there's really no room for another GPU maker, especially one that does things like 3DFX did back in the day. Apparently, Nvidia let the …

There likely won't be anything available for that, as it's from the Windows 3.1/DOS days or the early days of Windows 95. Everyone shifted to USB after Windows 95 came out, so that's what you really should be using. If the OS won't recognize the throttle, it likely means the control is borked or the …

There are a few games in which A3D works wonderfully and is sublime. That is why people pay big bucks for the last of the premium A3D cards, where the hardware and software was at it's finest. There are many basic/OEM A3D cards with spotty software that isn't as good as it should be. I don't recall …

leileilol wrote on 2021-07-30, 18:00: RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2021-07-30, 15:28: shipped before Unreal did, October 15 was far later than May 22. KHG was released in Europe in early 1998, with a Murica release in late 98. Unreal was released in Summer of 98.

I'd go with a low-end GeForce 700-series or 10-series card, preferably with 2GB GDDR and not one that requires a power connection.

The only Unreal game I ever got into was Klingon Honor Guard, which was the first Unreal game released. It was developed alongside Unreal and shipped before Unreal did, though the game failed because a lot of other FPS (including Unreal) came out and over-shadowed it in sales.

Hi, Just out of curiosity: Can the address space separation be implemented with a firmware upgrade on Dreamblaster X2/X3? I mean without the licensed Roland bank. Just the ability to load 2 different 'user' sound banks and switch between them with the same method as on the X2GS. I think it would be …

The X2GS has a newer sample set at higher resolution than the 90's era SC hardware modules and cards. Because of advances in technology, it can output sound at higher quality than the classic SC hardware, but does not have as many sounds as a preferred hardware module would and the only accurate …

Years ago, Epic said that they want to open-source Unreal Engine 1.0 and Unreal, but it requires a lot of time on their part to organize and clean-up the code, which is why they haven't done it. The successor releases can't be open-sourced because they use middleware that is commercial and requires …

The embedded/industrial PC industry requires weirdo storage options for older DOS/Windows hardware that can't really be replaced due to being mission critical and can offer you what you need. There are IDE/ATA flash modules, SATA flash modules, CF-ATA adapters, SD/microSD-ATA adapters, and probably …

Looking at the patch list, is this essentially a wavetable of the SC-88? Officially i cannot call it like that Let me ask differently then: am I correct that these are the same waveforms or at least the same patch list? They are distant relations at best. The Roland GS implementation in the X2GS is …