Re: Broken graphics cards?

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:50

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This generation of cards has several problems that causes failures mainly thermal death and rot caps while the other can't be fixed short of either buying another card or replacing the gpu which not very many people have the tools on hand to do. Oven baking can "fix" a card if the broken joint is …

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Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 32Mb

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:41

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In my opinion but probably a fact for many that one of the biggest downsides to the V3 pci is going to always be the cost as the cards are always in demand while the Banshee often goes under the radar so to speak as people are less familiar while others it is looked upon as being slow for the job. …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:34

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Well, there is unwritten rule that everything "Core 2 era" and newer are too modern to be considered retro... so it goes here. :happy: But of course for todays standards even 5870 is far from modern HW. Yea but unless you're playing modern triple A titles. Anything Core 2 era is perfectly usable …

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Re: Things you regret giving or throwing away?

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:29

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Going to throw in another post as some regrets come to mind. I once gave away a V3 2K pci to a friend who later threw it away back in 2007 then again to someone else I gave away a netbook sized pentium 4 laptop that would have been good for 98, and last but not least I had no choice but to throw out …

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Re: Retro Gaming Laptops Win9x and XP

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:23

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Bumping this old thread so newer people can read up, as for machines already listed don't give up searching as there is plenty more models out there that are decent for both if one accepts that performance isn't the best and doesn't want to be limited to period correct models only. The best thing …

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Re: A new retro computer case project from Cyberdyne.

Posted on 2018-01-13, 23:00

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Nice work but do improve the situation about the hard drive before it cooks and clinks out as those little IBM drives can be dreadful just like the Desktop drives.

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Re: The Cheap Windows 98 Laptop Recommendations Thread

Posted on 2018-01-13, 22:56

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I did a similar thread about XP laptops a ways back but there is some middle ground where there is some performance for both but drivers are a problem however just getting the laptop is going to eat that sort of budget very quickly then there is added costs mainly storage. As for what machines …

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Re: What do you consider the break point between vintage and modern?

Posted on 2018-01-05, 20:51

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Unlike some here I am not set in stone and enjoy whatever I please, retro and vintage are often personal interpretation anyway until something is really that old though like a 486 ect.

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Re: Intel CPU design flaw - Kernel-memory-leaking

Posted on 2018-01-05, 20:45

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All I can say that is on part of the people who made this possible is GG WP, how in hell could this go on unnoticed for what 23 years?

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Re: GeForce 256 and SB AWE32

Posted on 2018-01-05, 20:39

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Had the DDR version a ways back and found it a tad slow even though it had only cost me a few bucks at a goodwill before they could suck a golf ball through a garden hose. Fun collectable but once you get bored of it put it away in a safe place where you can lose it as it will only get more …

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Re: How to repaste old slot 1 celerons is there any guide ?

Posted on 2018-01-05, 20:36

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Should be easy as lemon squeezy by just taking off the retaining clip as there is nothing else to it.

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Re: Windows XP graphics card recommendation?

Posted on 2017-12-28, 04:01

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They way I see it is to not be too picky as there are so many interesting cards to play with just like with 9x instead of oh you must has this or has that to be cool for XP gaming. Personally had two GTX 280s in sli at one point and they are nice cards but really XP doesn't need much to be enjoyable …

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Re: Recommend me a graphics card for Netburst.

Posted on 2017-12-28, 03:55

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For low budget and without care of being anything period correct going something modern is a good choice as the card should be able to handle more of the load sparing the knee capped cpu from doing more than it could handle.

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Re: TOP 5 videocards of all time

Posted on 2017-12-28, 03:52

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For me any list should automatically include the ATI 9700/9800 and the legendary 8800 GTX/Ultra as they were such a big thing during their time and performance wise lasted much longer than anyone had expected along with the V1 and V2. Also we can't forget cards like the 6800 Ultra and X850 PE.

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Re: Apple PowerMac G3/400 help needed

Posted on 2017-12-27, 04:06

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My advice is to get a proper card which for that era mac shouldn't be hard as there are still plenty of them around if all else go ahead and flash a known to be working card. As with the advice above always check the ram first.

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Re: Were there any ATX Socket 3/4 boards?

Posted on 2017-12-27, 04:03

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In a way they do exist but only as industrial units and often with the cpu integrated either onto the board or as part of a larger chip with the chipset. You may as well scrounge around for something that can emulate 486 performance and is atx.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets

Posted on 2017-12-24, 03:27

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I am pretty certain that this game is unknown to a lot of people despite being big into the 16 bit era anyway I hope that some here enjoy the game. http://bszelda.zeldalegends.net/bszelda.shtml https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLK8Fs1Nb98

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Re: Intel Larrabee - need help getting it to run

Posted on 2017-11-30, 04:46

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I remember hunting around for info on this card years back and yes there are driver for it that will allow it to run as a graphics card but I think that you are sol unless someone helps you out. A dev even ran GTA IV on it with poor performance and I believe that it was the drivers being hell to the …

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Re: Is there any way to put together a socket 7 dos/windows gaming pc cheaply?

Posted on 2017-11-07, 04:34

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My advice is to scrounge eBay looking for an ATX style socket 7 though it doesn't have to be a high end one there are still some to be had at acceptable prices if you don't mind going without an agp slot. AT style socket 7 boards can be very cheap but the cost of the cases along with some of the …

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Re: Any of those cards worth keeping ?

Posted on 2017-10-19, 04:46

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In this hobby trashing hardware isn't recommended unless its really dead even with some less desirable lower end cards as supplies of higher end parts dries up there is usually demand for whatever works comes up so holding on for later use or sale is your best option. In a few years to a decade …

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