Re: Radeon 9800 Pro or Mx440 for Win 98 SE gaming

Posted on 2023-06-20, 13:12

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by Trashbytes

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You know, I had this exact conundrum a while back when I was trying to pick between a slower PCI-graphics card and a Radeon 9200 for a system with a slot 1-motherboard. It's important to note that some slot 1-boards with VIA chipsets do actually support higher front-side-bus speeds with the proper …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-20, 05:50

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...Should definitely make a video about the GeForve this month. There's actually a GeForve 256?? I thought it was a typo. Typo 😉 Nexxen is not the first Vogons user to joke about it. I will change my signature because it's outdated... and i have more systems, like one for every year. So I can't …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-20, 05:04

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Yeah I wish I could find more info on how they did it, Asrock is well known for doing some cool stuff with hardware .. like their true Hybrid AGP/PCIe boards or their Upgrade boards that could use a daughter board to upgrade the motherboard to a newer socket.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-20, 04:50

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by Trashbytes

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Funnily enough Asrock got SLI working on AGP, they had a skunk Works board at a tech demo show displaying it working, it was AGP 8x only since that version did technically support multiple AGP devices as part of the paper standard. It never went anywhere as PCIe had just been released and AGP was …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-20, 04:27

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Being a reputable seller I'm willing to give them the benefit of doubt, its possible they could have had something serious happen to them, I remember a time I bought two 1400s Tualatins from a seller, took a month to get a reply even after eBay had refunded me, turns out the seller who was a top …

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2023-06-20, 04:07

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by Trashbytes

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Not trying to be rude but walls of text are difficult to read, some paragraphs would help immensely with readability.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-20, 01:41

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wow its a small world, its a great article about how the SLI VSA cards work internally, the Fury MAXX communicates between each GPU via the AGP bus as it doesnt have a bridge chip or any interchip pci lanes , its a truly weird card hardware wise and quite amazing ATI even got it work as well as it …

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Re: Best ISA Sound Cards to Pair with Dream Blaster X2 GS ?

Posted on 2023-06-19, 15:17

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Thats like saying All Gasoline work equally on all Cars. Some cars ( games ) require specific MIDI audio components and sound cards To best be heard as the composers of the Music intended. Any music composed to the General MIDI specification should work on any General MIDI device. That's the whole …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-19, 14:56

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What was the maximum number of VSA100 chips that could theoretically be on one card together? If that is a known data...I suspect that there is a diminishing return for having lots of chips due to inter-chip communication. 4 was quite a challenge and IIRC they never fully resolved all the issues, …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-19, 14:55

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Not every seller on eBay is out to screw you over and there are a good number of good and reputable retro hardware guys on there just looking to shift their parts to other like minded people. Try not to be so jaded, sometimes just talking to the seller will quickly tell you which is which and can …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-19, 12:19

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by Trashbytes

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What was the maximum number of VSA100 chips that could theoretically be on one card together? If that is a known data...I suspect that there is a diminishing return for having lots of chips due to inter-chip communication. 4 was quite a challenge and IIRC they never fully resolved all the issues, …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-19, 11:22

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by Trashbytes

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I absolutely would sell it without a second thought. I'm not so much a hardware collector, not very much into Voodoo cards either and as long as there are people willing to pay the price of a couple of years old economy car for one, I'm willing to accept it. I would too, even at the 5,300 above its …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-06-19, 10:00

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by Trashbytes

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I would generally agree with that, however this is a special case. People who buy this card don't really care about any of that (and I wouldn't either). I would repair it myself, or - worst case scenario - send it to Oskhar and he'd fix it for 500 - $1000. Probably true, I'm just allergic to …

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Re: Best one sound card (possibly with daughtercard) solution for DOS Gaming?

Posted on 2023-06-18, 14:17

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(Just realised this is for a single ISA slot so the Audician modded on its own is still a solid choice + you could also look into a MT32 or SC55 for external midi) That's the way think to connect to yamaha audician a db50xg, because with my thinkpad i dont want to move my roland sc-55. At home i …

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Re: Best one sound card (possibly with daughtercard) solution for DOS Gaming?

Posted on 2023-06-18, 10:22

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by Trashbytes

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Trying to find the best single sound card for DOS will drive a man to drink :D But you have a nice range of choices. Personally I would go for the Audician for its great compatibility, real OPL and bug free MIDI. You can even do the mods to the Audician to fix the reversed stereo channels IIRC …

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Re: your proudest and most deplorable old puter acquisitions

Posted on 2023-06-17, 10:50

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by Trashbytes

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Hmm I guess my favourite might be the old MicroVAX 2000 unit I had given to me because no one wanted to try and maintain the poor thing, oddly enough it didn't require much at all to get it back up and running, turns out it was a PSU issue and a quick 20 cent component fix later it roared back into …

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Re: Intel Arc used in System Requirements by CD Project

Posted on 2023-06-17, 10:16

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The A770 is an alright GPU, does what it set out to do at a reasonable price, sure its no halo RTX 4090 but it didnt need to be either. Good performance at a good price without the stupid PSU or case space overhead required by stupidly expensive halo GPUs. They have the new Battle mage GPUs coming …

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Re: No sound woofer ?

Posted on 2023-06-16, 11:37

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by Trashbytes

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Its a passive sub woofer, means its getting its input from both sound channels, if the woofer isnt working then it likely its got a bad connection inside the box, possibly a loose wire or dry solder joint. Might be worth opening the main unit and checking out the connections and solder joints, its …

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Re: How to store spare retro parts over longer time peroid?

Posted on 2023-06-13, 12:52

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by Trashbytes

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@all thanks for the info You have a point of course. The reason why I plan in the long run is that I want to wait for the best possible offer that's why I want to take my time with my purchases. But when being on the watch every day it should be possible to complete the build way faster. GF4 4200 …

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Re: How to store spare retro parts over longer time peroid?

Posted on 2023-06-12, 20:56

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by Trashbytes

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@all thanks for the info The stuff is 20 years old and was probably stored under not ideal conditions for at least the last 10 years. Unless you plan to store them in a damp cellar I wouldn't waste any thought about that :) Why do you want to spread the next purchases over such a long time? A GF …

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