Teens react to Windows 95
Posted on 2016-03-07, 05:55
http://www.winbeta.org/news/watch-kids-react- … irst-time-video 🤣
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2016-03-06, 01:18
My $30 x1950Pro AGP arrived yesterday! x1950_front.jpg x1950_back.jpg Here it is paired with an Athlon 64 3700 @ 2.75GHz and some nice, fast DDR500 memory. 3DMark01. Keep in mind this is running Win7. I'm pretty sure this setup would hit 30K under WinXP. http://i.imgur.com/2WfEZVH.png 3DMark03: …
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2016-03-06, 01:09
Here's my first entry for the less strict somewhat period correct toplist. :) A64 3700+ @ 2.75GHz, Radeon X1950 Pro AGP (Cat 10.4), 2GB PC4000 @ 500MHz/CL2.5, Gigabyte K8NSC-939 (NF3 250Gb), onboard audio, Win7 x86 SP1 640x480 Medium: 107.8 1024x768 Ultra: 103.5 1280x1024 Ultra: 94.0 1600x1200 Ultra …
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2016-02-28, 07:09
I found a PCI-E GeForce 6800GS the other day, so I decided to stick it in my overclocked Q6700 to see what it could do with absolutely no CPU bottleneck. The 6800GS appears to be roughly the same speed as a 6800GT. In 3DMark03, the GS scored 13452; the GT paired with a 2.64GHz Athlon 64 scored 12074 …
Re: SlySoft shuts down
Posted on 2016-02-26, 23:34
I don't even HAVE an optical drive anymore. Last time I had one was, I don't know, 4 years back? 5? People still use discs? What for? :lol: You can not stream in high enough quality for us with really big screens. Like Steve I was also waiting for Ultra HD Blu-Ray, I was thinking I finally would …
Re: GeForce 6, Pentium 3, 3DMark2003 and Mothernature Test Crash
Posted on 2016-02-26, 17:57
No problem on my current PIII system. PIII-S @ 1575, EVGA 6800GT with 81.98 drivers (the latest driver 307.83 also works fine), Apollo Pro 266T chipset, 2GB DDR, XP Pro SP3. I did , however, have that exact problem with a P3-800/FX5200/440BX based system. :-S I wonder if it's a power delivery issue? …
Re: SlySoft shuts down
Posted on 2016-02-26, 08:03
Well, that does it. No more Blu-ray purchases for me. If I can't rip the movies to my file server, I see absolutely no point in spending big bucks on BDs only to view them with half-assed playback software/hardware. PowerDVD and standalone BD players are just horrible and really detract from the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-02-23, 19:37
Scored an AGP x1950 Pro for a mere $35, shipped ! I had one a few years ago and made the mistake of selling it. But at least I got a lot more than $35 for it. :blush: Looking back at some of my old benchmark results, the AGP X1950 Pro can be over twice as fast as the 6800GT when the CPU doesn't get …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2016-02-22, 04:01
On my DOS/Win98 machine: the Xargon trilogy and Interstate '76 On my main rig: Painkiller, Mirror's Edge, and GTA V
Re: Technology that fascinated you, but ultimately flopped
Posted on 2016-02-22, 03:51
MUSE LD, an analog High Definition laserdisc. I've always been a fan of the Laserdisc format & still have 78 movies in my collection, but I've never seen a MUSE LD rig in action. Another fascinating flop: D-VHS, a digital format that stored MPEG-2 video (at 720p or 1080i) and Dolby Digital/DTS audio …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-21, 07:52
Captain's log, supplemental. It is now Saturday night and I am home and completely sober. This can only mean that it is LaserDisc night. After some deep thought, I have come to the conclusion that a Back to the Future marathon would be the only logical way to end a long, gruelling week. -The popcorn …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-18, 19:55
I played Mirror's Edge for the first time since...2009? Played it with all the cool PhysX effects enabled this time! 😀
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-15, 00:33
Nice setup, and I agree...the Phenom 2 is a wonderful CPU. I have 2 Phenom II x4 setups, the 945 has been used regularly for nearly 7 years without a single issue. I briefly had an fx8350, and despite a few tasks that I could see a noticeable difference, I was surprised at how well my 975 @3.8 ghz …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-12, 22:10
It's not quite retro, but I've been itching to build an ultimate Phenom II system lately. I recently pulled a 2.8GHZ Ph2 X6 1055T out of a dead HP computer and installed it in my previously unoccupied Asus 890FX board. I never paid much attention to the Ph2 when it was a new CPU. The performance is …
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2016-02-10, 08:28
Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.1GHz, GeForce GTX 760 (361.43), 8GB DDR3-1600 CL9, Asus Crosshair IV Formula (890FX), X-Fi Ti, Win7 64 Phenom II is not half bad! It's faster than 65nm Core 2 Quad, clock-for-clock. My Q6700 at 3.33GHz produced 265.4 fps. This slightly lower clocked Phenom X6 (3.1GHz) posted …
Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?
Posted on 2016-02-09, 21:17
I never had any trouble with Vista. SP1 was already out when I upgraded, which probably helped a lot. WinME on the other hand...yikes. Course, I could say the same thing about Win98. Win9x in general was just a wonky, unstable mess of an OS
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2016-02-08, 22:19
Main PC running Doom3 under WinXP. I'm actually surprised it wasn't a little faster. The XP result is only around 30 frames higher than Win7. Then again, of all the benchmarks I've tested, the only ones that really got a major boost from XP were 3DMark2000, 2001, and some older DX7/8 games. 3DMark03 …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2016-02-08, 22:17
Here are a couple I haven't posted to this thread yet: My Win98 box - Celeron 1.4GHz/V3-3000 AGP http://i.imgur.com/u4kLtAC.png Experimenting with Win XP on my main PC. i7-4930K @ 4.6 and a temporary GTX 680. BTW, this machine scores 92357 in Windows 7 with a GTX 970. http://i.imgur.com/pbPlO5y.png
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:10
I finally got WinXP up and running on my main system! Man was that a pain in the ass. Unfortunately I couldn't run any benchmarks with my GTX 970, (no driver support for XP), so I installed the next best card in my collection, a nice little EVGA GTX 680. I'm gonna try and do a little more …
Re: Video for CPUs - The Software Decode Reference Thread
Posted on 2016-02-06, 20:38
Added two more CPUs to most of the charts: -An older Atom N470 (1.83GHz Pine Trail, single-core w/HT, in-order Bonnell architecture). Man was this CPU weak. -A Phenom II X6 1055T, slightly overclocked to 3.1GHz
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