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

Posted on 2014-10-15, 14:52

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by RacoonRider

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Just a few minutes ago I completed Gothic II:Night of the Raven. I'm actually pretty impressed. Took me a exactly month (I have other stuff to do). As a kid I remember how hard it was to play vanilla Gothic II, and this time it was exactly the difficulty I need, even though the expansion makes the …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-10-15, 05:37

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by RacoonRider

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kixs wrote: Some good 15" CRT is ideal for old games. I have 14" and 17" CRTs. Although I like the design of this 22": Awesome monitor! That's the one I'm looking forward to hunt down next 😲

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-14, 09:35

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by RacoonRider

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smeezekitty wrote: What if it was done by a woman? Then I would eat it.. umm never mind we won't get into that 😊 Actually it looks a little too yellow. Makes me wonder if they used colorant or something It's all ecology, man! Either that or lemon juice.

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-10-12, 08:03

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by RacoonRider

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Phil, the main (stock) table has evolved since it was first introduced. Perhaps colomn AB, that was going to be deleted eventually, should finally be removed? Plus, the overclocked table is still as it was when first introduced. Don't you think it should be brought to uniformity with the stock table …

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

Posted on 2014-10-11, 04:45

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by RacoonRider

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Yesterday, inspired by a discussion on a Russian forum about retrocomputers, I went on and checked if system/video/BIOS cacheable=ON improve Phil's VGA benchmark score on a 5x86. No, they don't. Then I downloaded a program called TweakBIOS 1.5.3b and tried to max out Acer AP43 motherboard settings. …

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Re: Your favorite retro apps?

Posted on 2014-10-10, 17:20

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by RacoonRider

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Mathcad 14. It does work under Windows 7 though 😀

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Re: Your Mothership PC Components

Posted on 2014-10-10, 05:31

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by RacoonRider

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Gonna bring this thread back from the dead. Current Rig: Intel 3770K 3.5Ghz Quad Core 4GBs Generic DDR3-1600Ghz RAM Jetway Q77 Motherboard (I like my "workstation boards") 240GB Intel 335 SSD PC Power & Cooling 400w PSU (This is getting replaced.. It's acted weird through 2 motherboards now) Nvidia …

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Re: RIVA TNT & signal quality

Posted on 2014-10-10, 04:20

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by RacoonRider

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Same with V770 TNT2 32M. Very sharp at 1600x1200. Not that it would be useful - I find most 3D games to support this resolution painfully slow at 1600x1200x16 on a TNT2. And besides, HUD is painfully small in most of them.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2014-10-10, 02:06

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by RacoonRider

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My current/day-to-day PC for the last ~6 years: - Core 2 Quad Q9550 - Intel DX48BT2 - 8GB DDR3 1333 (originally was 4GB, G.Skill Pi Series - added-on another 4GB of Ripjaws when the pricing crashed a few years ago) - GeForce GTX 660 2GB SC+ (originally was Radeon HD 4870X2, and later 4870X2+4890 in …

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Re: Problems with my Pentium 4 rig (warning, big images)

Posted on 2014-10-09, 02:34

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by RacoonRider

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Do you expect it to boot from a flash card via F8? You sould do it through BIOS or F10 if your BIOS supports selecting a boot device without changing settings. Before performing the oven trick you'll have to desolder the capacitors.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-10-07, 09:47

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by RacoonRider

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A quick question about the gog.com ad: do you get money for showing the bar, or for clicks as well? In the second case, it might be a good idea for us to click on it as a gesture of good will. I do it all the time on the websites I like, to help the admins maintain them.

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2014-10-07, 01:59

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by RacoonRider

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How about hardware emulation? http://www.brunofreitas.com/node/36

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Re: VooDoo passthrough cable

Posted on 2014-10-06, 02:09

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by RacoonRider

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Not cheap but it's new. http://www.ebay.com/itm/3DFX-VOODOO1-VOODOO2-loop-cable-and-SLI-cable-/271626007732? I actually bought this exact one from that seller for my Voodoo 2 SLI setup. The passthrough cable has no problems and works exactly as it should. (the SLI ribbon looks aged though, compared …

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Re: VooDoo passthrough cable

Posted on 2014-10-04, 14:10

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by RacoonRider

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I've got three original passthrough cables and one 1.8m VGA extension cable I use to protect the cable of my CRT from regular bending. The extension is just as good as the original cables, it's longer yet better shielded. It has male screws on both sides. The extension cables are sold in most …

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Re: Wind tunnel cooling solution for PII Klamath

Posted on 2014-10-03, 02:26

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by RacoonRider

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AidanExamineer wrote: That looks incredible. Mine is clocked too slow to need any sort of fan, but I can just imagine the damage I could do with one of those! Klamaths are hot... Even at low clock.

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Re: Wind tunnel cooling solution for PII Klamath

Posted on 2014-10-02, 05:31

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Holering, watercooling is superior to it. α between a metal surface and water is way more than α between a metal surface and turbulent airflow. Phil, great cooler! nforce4max, it's fairly easy to plug it into 5V line to reduce noise significantly :) Anyway, I wish I had one of these. They are very …

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Wind tunnel cooling solution for PII Klamath

Posted on 2014-10-01, 07:33

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by RacoonRider

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Ever seen these mounting points for Slot1 CPU cooler and wondered what cooler they were for? Well, here's the answer you were looking for:

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Re: Don't laugh... Anyone have any love for Packard Bell?

Posted on 2014-10-01, 05:45

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by RacoonRider

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I don't love them, but I dig the name. Packard Bell. Sounds awesome.

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Re: Do you guys collect other things?

Posted on 2014-09-30, 10:01

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by RacoonRider

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I would not call this a collection, yet I buy up all the soviet technical literature that is related to my speciality. Books were extremely solid back in the 1960s-1980s. Unfortunately, 95% of modern technical books are either ugly reprints or inaccurate compilations of good old stuff. Btw, at work …

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-09-30, 03:09

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by RacoonRider

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Got some more results from the Russian guys I know from a different forum. Phil, could you please sort the list? P.S. philscomputerlab, is that you as well?

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