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

Posted on Today, 14:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I never considered EVGA as quality brand too, many seems to think they are, cuz their custommer support is OUTstanding. I have a friend who swears by EVGA. According to him, whenever there's a problem they replace it. Which, ok, that's good. But he doesn't seem to realize he's had to return 90% of …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Today, 13:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Back when it was relevant, I would connect multiple disc drives as I got new ones but the old ones were still relevant. It wasn't uncommon to have more than one disk available at a time, maybe you wanted to leave a game's play disc in, keep one available for burning, and a third was your only DVD …

Re: eBay Experience....

Posted on Today, 13:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Unpopular opinion maybe, but as an occasional seller on ebay, I like the way it's set up now that they've divorced from Paypal. Once you get paid, that's it - fees have been deducted and the net is yours. Before, you'd get paid for each item instantly but then you'd get slugged for all the fees a …

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

Posted on Today, 13:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Every brand (probably) randomly chooses to dump on a random customer but gives someone else trouble-free operation over their lifetime. I've never had any issues with Asus. My first board was an Asus P2B and I just bought a P2B-F about a week or so ago. In between '98 and now, I've had many Asus …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on Yesterday, 22:51

in Milliways

in Milliways

“Smokey and the Bandit” and “Rocky” Movie helped make the Pontiac Trans AM popular in the 1970’s, and 80’s Yep. Don't forget Knight Rider. My first "Hot Wheels" car (that I can recall) was the 'Smokey & the Bandit'-styled Firebird. I don't care for the re-styled update used in Rocky with the ' …

Re: What retro thin client/terminal for retro gaming?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Take a look through PhilsComputerLab; he has quite a number of videos covering various models for thin client gaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/philscomputerlab/se … ery=Thin+Client

Re: Sony PS3 game recommendations

Posted on Yesterday, 00:29

in Milliways

in Milliways

Final Fantasy XIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns are another set.

Re: 3gb pc2700 or 2gb pc3200?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 22:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

RETROKOMODO wrote on 2022-08-16, 21:12: Struggling with 1gb OCZ platinum sticks but there seem to be plenty of 512mb sticks 🙁 Keep an eye out. More than a few 1GB sets have sold over the past few months on Ebay. They will pop up again sooner rather than later.

Re: 3gb pc2700 or 2gb pc3200?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 20:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Corsair TwinX Platinum PC4000/DDR500 That system was temporary for the Quake III contest, though. Outside of Windows 9X and possibly Windows 2000 for games before 2003, 512MB-768MB is not going to get me as far as I would like, heh... I see! What are your thoughts on OCZ or Team Group? Just stick …

Re: 3gb pc2700 or 2gb pc3200?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 20:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Corsair TwinX Platinum PC4000/DDR500 That system was temporary for the Quake III contest, though. Outside of Windows 9X and possibly Windows 2000 for games before 2003, 512MB-768MB is not going to get me as far as I would like, heh...

Re: Sony PS3 game recommendations

Posted on 2022-08-16, 19:36

in Milliways

in Milliways

Heavenly Sword ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection All of the God of War releases. All of the Metal Gear releases.

Re: 3gb pc2700 or 2gb pc3200?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 18:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In general, you want faster/higher bandwidth/lower latency RAM. It all depends on how much you want to pay. Faster RAM w/low latency is where it gets expensive. At the very least you can get cheap PC3200, which will be better than PC2700. 2GB is all I install for 32-bit systems 2000/XP systems. If …

Re: The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2022-08-16, 16:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I also say AWESOME work and a great site!

Re: which video card should I keep

Posted on 2022-08-16, 15:53

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Just for my curiosity , what's wrong with the Mach64 CT ? I'm using one (Upgraded to 2MB) for my late DOS machine with a Voodoo. But i never really thought about using another one. (that, and also because i'm an ATI fan) I have a Trio64V2DX waiting in a box and a Matrox MGA-2064W / IS-STORM comming …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 15:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've nabbed another MISB Vortex 2. Unlike the last this one is completely sealed; so much so it is crushing the thinly constructed box. The seal has a couple of the 'Diamond' brand stamps inked onto the wrap along the bottom seams.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 15:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Toriessian wrote on 2022-08-16, 14:57: I got this wonderful looking AGP video card. Does anybody know what video card this is? Some kind of SiS video card based on the "SiS003" marking. I bet someone here will get it quick but turn it for another shot at identification.

Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 15:11

in Milliways

in Milliways

GTX 1070, and yeah, if you don't play modern games why would you bother upgrading. Also its only watt-hungry if you utilize its power. It's likely at least as efficient for the things you do with your 1070, probably more so if you keep a frame rate limit on it. I'm not the only one who limits their …

Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 14:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

I would like to upgrade to a 27" 1440p monitor and buy a GPU for it. Since I only play older games I was thinking of buying something like a used RX 580 or GTX 1070 which should be enough for playing older games on high resolutions. I recently upgraded to a 27 1440p screen with 120 hz and so far my …

Re: which video card should I keep

Posted on 2022-08-15, 19:04

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

S3 Trio64V+

Re: Anyone know where to find Visual Studio 6.0 resources

Posted on 2022-08-15, 17:48

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Will the MSDN Library be of help? There are 6.0 discs in the Wayback machine.

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