In the market for a new laptop but on a budget...

Posted on 2020-11-13, 19:33

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So here's the thing guys: I watch a lot of anime movies, and for a long time this HP Pavilion tx2500 was my main machine for that (I sometimes run Win7, sometimes various Linuxes). But lately some movies--particularly any anime fansub that uses the h265 codec--has been causing this thing to chug, …

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Re: Voodoo 3 1000 (AGP), is it any good?

Posted on 2019-01-22, 10:27

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I think mine must be the latter since it was also 8mb. But if it were like appiah's, I would put a heat sink on it. Don't wanna risk it overheating, and a Voodoo 3 WILL overheat.

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Re: were/are the Voodoo 4 and 5 even worth owning?

Posted on 2019-01-20, 09:13

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And of course if you don't own at least 1 of every Voodoo (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) you will remain just a mere pleb for all of eternia :neutral: ... I didn't know He-Man and the Masters of the Universe had anything to do with late-90s PC graphics cards, maybe that's the true secret of Castle Grayskull? ( …

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Re: Voodoo 3 1000 (AGP), is it any good?

Posted on 2019-01-20, 09:10

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Odd how everyone is saying 1000s don't come with heat sinks... mine did... maybe the previous owner put one on? (it looks just like the heatsink a v3 2000 comes with by default)

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Re: GLQuake dynamic lighting performance request

Posted on 2019-01-16, 15:49

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So, like, is there a way to fix the issues that article presents using GLQuake? No, but it's very easy to mod in, and most source ports are based on a codebase with support for lossless overbrights. The state of vanilla GLQuake renders the dynamic lights almost invisible, but they are nonetheless …

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Re: Has Anyone Done Any Quantitative Tests to Determine How Much Better a Third-Party Heatsinks Performs on a Voodoo5 5500?

Posted on 2019-01-15, 16:22

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How does one do that exactly? Liquid Nitrogen? Freezer? Do they need to be hot beforehand? You show the card some Rule 34 then make it take an ice shower. The heatsink pops right off. ;) (More seriously, on a V3 I managed it putting the card in a freezer overnight and then prying at the heatsink …

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Re: GLQuake dynamic lighting performance request

Posted on 2019-01-15, 16:11

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While its not my place to discourage tests, I recently read this article about how some lighting features simply do not work correctly in GLQuake (somethings called Overbrights.... see the article, it explains better than a non-expert like me could). I assumed the console commands mentioned in the …

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Re: were/are the Voodoo 4 and 5 even worth owning?

Posted on 2019-01-15, 07:52

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My Windows 98se rig is built to handle as many oldschool games as possible, from old CGA RPGs up to whatever it can handle with its hardware. That's why I never replaced its Soundblaster 16 despite becoming more aware of its shortcomings ever since hearing what an Audigy 2 sounds like, because any …

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Re: GLQuake dynamic lighting performance request

Posted on 2019-01-13, 10:41

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xjas wrote: software (WinQuake 1.09): 14.9 Umm, wasn't the author asking for tests with GLQuake, not WinQuake?

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Re: were/are the Voodoo 4 and 5 even worth owning?

Posted on 2019-01-13, 04:19

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Glad to hear the V4/5 still works fine with DOS games... if I were to ever seriously want one, being bad for pure DOS would be an immediate turn-off. My Windows 98se rig is built to handle as many oldschool games as possible, from old CGA RPGs up to whatever it can handle with its hardware. That's …

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Re: Voodoo 3 1000 (AGP), is it any good?

Posted on 2019-01-13, 03:46

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I have a V3 1000 now and its pretty good... though mine is only an 8mb model. It struggles slightly with Quake III and I haven't tried it with Unreal Tournament or Half-Life yet, but in my case I have a second comp that runs those games better, and for games that specifically use Glide I don't see …

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were/are the Voodoo 4 and 5 even worth owning?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 19:24

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So just everything got me wondering. It seems whenever the Voodoo line is discussed, the early stuff is where its at (to use a deliciously 90s term). I see no end of youtube videos and forum discussions talking about how Voodoo graphics literally changed the face of gaming, how SLI was so awesome, …

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Now here's something that sounds off.

Posted on 2019-01-07, 22:11

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Okay, so I was on ebay and happened to spot this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/FAKE-Geforce2-MX200-real-3DFX-Voodoo3-2000-32M-AGP-Video-card/273643549623?hash=item3fb66d33b7:g:WqsAAOSwOVlcMvo6 So... the screencaps and descriptions say that this is a Voodoo 3... but it somehow has a Geforce bios (And …

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How good is an ATI Rage Pro Turbo?

Posted on 2018-12-16, 04:54

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So, when my Voodoo 3 went bad awhile ago, my dad handed me an ATI Rage Pro Turbo (AGP). Thing is, when I got a V3 1000 later... for some reason it felt like some graphics (particularly 2D ones) looked sharper with the Pro Turbo than the V3. Of course the Rage Pro Turbo can't do Glide, but is it …

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Re: Basic questions about adding a video card heatsink

Posted on 2018-11-25, 06:49

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I'm not completely interested in keeping mine (I use a Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro and it works just dandy for any games I can't play with a keyboard and mouse) so if you want it, you know who to ask.

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Re: Basic questions about adding a video card heatsink

Posted on 2018-11-24, 03:16

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Thanks. Unrelated but wow, I have the joystick pictured in your avatar... never got it to work. Might be a subject for a separate topic tho.

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Basic questions about adding a video card heatsink

Posted on 2018-11-24, 02:02

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Seems like lately I only ever post about my Voodoo 3s. Sorry. Just Googling never gets useful results. Okay, so... the Voodoo 3 1000 I have does not have screwholes near the main chip, and its default heatsink seems to be held on with epoxy. I want to put a new heatsink on without having to drill …

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Re: Should I be satisfied, or keep looking?

Posted on 2018-11-22, 03:25

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@Arctic - here's the ebay listing of the card I bought. Pretty sure its a V3 1000 but he could've always mislisted it. I also did read this is the only V3 that can come in 8mb forms. @whole topic... for something like Quake 3 I think I'd play that on my Dell. I don't think this comp is gonna play …

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Should I be satisfied, or keep looking?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 19:41

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So I mentioned my Voodoo 3 2000 going bad previously. I got a replacement. The replacement however is a Voodoo 3 1000 (which I didn't even know existed until ebay searching) and before buying it, I did extensive googling to make sure this wasn't some knock-off. I have the 1000 now. Only thing is the …

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Re: Voodoo3 expected temperature?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 19:23

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My own Voodoo 3 PCI recently developed issues due to overheating (search through my threads) and I was only using it on a 700mhz system. If I got another working one I would add heatsinks to every heat-sinkable part of the device (And a fan) before any extensive uses. In all fairness my card lasted …

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