Re: Hi! My rig

Posted on 2009-09-23, 09:39

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by PowerPie5000

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Just one thing to mention about the GeForce 2s - I *think* the general image quality is a little bit on the blurry side, from what I've heard. I don't own one, so I can't say for certain, but I'm sure a few people have mentioned this. Yes i also agree the Geforce 256 DDR and Geforce 2 have slightly …

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Re: Hi! My rig

Posted on 2009-09-22, 23:59

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I would also prefer a Voodoo 5 over a G400 Max but not a Voodoo 3! I've not run into any problems yet with my G400 Max.... i prefer this compared to my old ATI Rage Fury Maxx and i personally think it has better image quality and 2D performance over the TNT2. I'm sure it may have driver bugs like …

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Re: Hi! My rig

Posted on 2009-09-22, 20:54

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I use a Matrox G450 32mb card. I don't know how it compares to a G400 Max card. It's very good, and has DVI output. I believe you can flash the BIOS on those Matrox cards (G200/G4xx), for some general overall improvements. The G450 is basically a die shrink of a G400 and is also equipped with DDR …

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Re: Hi! My rig

Posted on 2009-09-22, 09:11

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I'd love a Voodoo1 but they seem to be a bit scarce now. Plenty of Voodoo3 2000's though.... might get one for the PIII system I'm building. But I'm kinda split between that or a Matrox G400/ TNT2. Theme Hospital is hilarious. Loaded it up for a bit of nostalgia....IMO it's aged well and is still …

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Re: DVD-ROM reader drive won't work in a Gigabyte slot 1 mobo

Posted on 2009-09-21, 17:30

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by PowerPie5000

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>> are you using the SB-link for dos compatibility? I'm going to check that out again, cos this GA board (like most slot 1 boards I expect) has that SB-link header on it. I'll report back later... :happy: Using the SB-link cable gives it SB Pro 2.0 hardware support and it uses genuine OPL3 :happy:

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Wooo! finally got a nice SB Pro 2.0!

Posted on 2009-09-21, 17:26

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I have just managed to get a Sound Blaster pro 2 CT1600 for 99p :cool: well it was actually £4.99 if you include the postage... but still a great buy considering other people on evil bay charge ridiculous amounts for one of these :disapproving: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item= …

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Re: DVD-ROM reader drive won't work in a Gigabyte slot 1 mobo

Posted on 2009-09-21, 17:20

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by PowerPie5000

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Wow! You're even throwing in that Yamaha soundcard you said was so cool - only the other day. (I even bought one, through your recommendation!) That's a good system you got there. P3 complete systems don't fetch all that much on evil-bay (hehe, I like it!). IMHO, I think you're making a mistake …

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Re: DVD-ROM reader drive won't work in a Gigabyte slot 1 mobo

Posted on 2009-09-21, 16:53

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That's really interesting. This is my first go with this GA board. It says Rev 2.0 on the PCB. I really don't know much about it! It came with a PIII @ 450mhz. So far, I've tried a universal AGP 3.0 card, an nVidia MX440-8x, and it works OK. I'm hoping to put in a PIII @ 800mhz, and see if the …

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Re: LAN card for a Pentium I system?

Posted on 2009-09-21, 14:01

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I have an old system, from the late 90s with an Intel Advanced/EV mobo and a Pentium 1, 100Mhz processor. It has Win98 SE installed on it. I want to get a LAN card for another PC (also quite old but at least has more modern architecture, such as a couple USB ports). Will a LAN card work with the …

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Re: Barrel type CMOS battery replacement.

Posted on 2009-09-21, 00:32

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by PowerPie5000

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Does your mobo have an external battery "header"? It'll be 2 pins, probably close to that barrel shaped battery. I will have a look :happy: if there are 2 pins then would it be safe to de-solder the old battery before it decides to spill it's guts everywhere? or does it need to stay in place? (i …

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Barrel type CMOS battery replacement.

Posted on 2009-09-20, 19:13

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by PowerPie5000

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Where can i find a "new" replacement CMOS battery for a 486 motherboard? It's a blue barrel type battery soldered to the board! Does anyone know where i can find one? i've tried searching the net but keep getting results for laptop and coin type batteries!!

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Re: AMIGA games VS IBM PC ... which are better?

Posted on 2009-09-20, 18:37

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Apparently the game "Civilization" is best on the PC, as I have read Amiga reviews that stated the Amiga version plays quite a bit slower (and I assume there's not a lot of difference in the graphics, although not sure). Yeah, they are pretty darn close in graphics but it does seem that Civ on the …

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Re: AMIGA games VS IBM PC ... which are better?

Posted on 2009-09-19, 22:26

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Some of the Amiga games, like many or the Sierra games, were just very poor ports of PC games. Because of this the real answer is more of a depends on the game. Which Sierra games? all the oldies on the PC had 16 colours and horrible sound... such as the early Leisure suit Larry and King's Quest …

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Re: AMIGA games VS IBM PC ... which are better?

Posted on 2009-09-19, 21:24

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Games from the late 80's and early 90's always looked better on the Amiga compared to horrible 16 colour EGA graphics at the time. The audio on the Amiga was also superior compared to what most PC sound cards could do (Gameblaster and Adlib sucked compared to the Amiga audio chipset.... even Sound …

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Are there any micro ATX cases for SLI/Crossfire setup??

Posted on 2009-09-18, 10:31

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I am seriously thinking about going micro with my current gaming PC! I have seen various micro ATX motherboards that have support for SLI/Crossfire but i cannot find a good micro ATX case to fit it all in! I am looking for a desktop/cube shaped case and not a tower. I have seen micro cases that fit …

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Re: Shuttle/Cube PC for use with Win 98se

Posted on 2009-09-18, 09:39

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KEGA holy crow thats old! KEGA has since evolved into Fusion wich runs quite well. In fact fusion runs better over network by accessing another computer's hard drive over wifi on linux better than a native linux sega emulator. Fusion is still Kega! It's now called "Kega Fusion" :happy: I also use …

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Re: Shuttle/Cube PC for use with Win 98se

Posted on 2009-09-17, 23:06

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by PowerPie5000

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Thanks for the suggestions guys but i just got this on ebay :happyhappy: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150372422766&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT I uses an Asrock P4I65GV motherboard with an Intel 865GV chipset. It's fully compliant for Win 98/ME/2000 and XP :cool: This system is …

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Shuttle/Cube PC for use with Win 98se

Posted on 2009-09-17, 13:52

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I am thinking about getting myself an old small Shuttle or similar style PC for ruinning homebrew and emulation through my TV and cannot seem to find any that have driver support for Win 98se! All the ones i fnd are either for Win XP or Vista (and maybe Linux). One of these would be ideal for me as …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 4000: The return

Posted on 2009-09-17, 13:39

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by PowerPie5000

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Evergreen and Powerleap adapted processors should work fine but they will cost a bit more and are a bit harder to find these days. If it was me i would just try the MMX CPU and see what happens.... they are very cheap and easy to get on ebay so you would not be losing much if the CPU did go pop : …

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Re: New Riser Board for my Deskpro

Posted on 2009-09-17, 13:29

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Companies like Compaq, Dell, HP and IBM etc... all use proprietary hardware so i doubt you will be able to use just any riser board. Try and look for a PCI riser card from either another Deskpro or Prolinea PC.

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