Re: R.I.P. VHS

Posted on 2016-07-23, 01:58

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this reminds me that I need to continue capturing some old tapes with my bt878 card; trouble is cleaning the heads and tapes with all that mold and dust 😵 oh well, my old tapes lasted better than my old CDs

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Re: Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 16:09

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if you are ever going to look for a NF7-S Rev 2.0 keep in mind the NF7-S2 is not the same board I think it's an easy mistake,

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Re: Oldest PC you've visited VOGONs with?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 15:48

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it might have been my Compaq 486 DX2, running win95 and IE 4.0, but I can't remember if it loaded the site properly; more recently the PII 400 running Opera on win98 I think.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2016-07-22, 01:39

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Filename readme.txt File size 4.27 KiB Downloads 154 downloads File comment readme from Viper II Z200 CD let me know if it would be worth uploading a Diamond Viper II Z200 (Savage 2000) CD image, but it's large at 378MB. I've included the readme.txt listing what is included

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Re: Best Socket A Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-21, 23:54

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socket A had agp8x with Nforce 2 and I assume KT400/600 (and newer SiS chipsets like the 748) but AGP8X + ISA I'm not aware of ISA socket A boards are probably the ones with older chipsets like KT266 not sure about the best at everything, but the abit nf7-s rev 2.0 was my favorite back then, nforce …

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Re: First computers you've used

Posted on 2016-07-21, 20:48

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uhn... a MSX, from a local brand, named Gradiente http://museuvirtual.unipar.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/resized_DSC00031.jpg same for me, but when I used it was already to outdated (realistically it always was) and I was very little, I couldn't do much on BASIC, it was more about loading some …

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Re: The GTX 1060 Thread

Posted on 2016-07-21, 20:42

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Not really. The gap between AMD and nVidia is (currently) a bit smaller in DX12/Vulkan. But AMD still loses. if you are talking 480 vs 1060 that is not correct http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/GPU/GTX-1060-REVIEW/GTX-1060-REVIEW-96.jpg the 1060 is only superior on the Nvidia …

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Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro - Better than expected!

Posted on 2016-07-21, 01:35

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if anyone happen to test lost vikings... let me know (if it behaves like my 9500pro, with poor scrolling) 😎

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-07-21, 01:33

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So, hwinfo and Aida 64 both show the GPU to be 250Mhz, but they show 250Mhz even when underclocked to 166Mhz, so they do not seem to be updating the frequency. Powerstrip, GMA Booster and GPU-Z show 400MHz. The difference as I said was mostly in the fillrates, and a few fps lower in other tests, …

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Re: Tiny memory cards

Posted on 2016-07-21, 01:30

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the smallest I have is a FujiFilm X D card 16MB, I think it came with the camera, probably around 2002. I probably haven't used it in over a decade, the camera stopped working around 2005

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-07-20, 22:22

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I guess GMA 950 is not massively faster than GMA 900 if this is GMA 900 SC vs GMA 950 DC but it's also probably CPU limited, and the GMA 950 had versions at 250 up to 400MHz I think, so there is that. when I tested the GMA 3100 (not x3100, just 3100 which is a small evolution from GMA 950) with …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-07-20, 21:14

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I guess GMA 950 is not massively faster than GMA 900 if this is GMA 900 SC vs GMA 950 DC but it's also probably CPU limited, and the GMA 950 had versions at 250 up to 400MHz I think, so there is that. when I tested the GMA 3100 (not x3100, just 3100 which is a small evolution from GMA 950) with …

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Re: The GTX 1060 Thread

Posted on 2016-07-20, 21:08

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also it's good that the 1060 is actually good, because the 1070 is looking to expensive compared to what the 970 was. Yea, that's because the 1070 is also good, perhaps too good :) It pretty much matches the 980Ti in performance. I expect that nVidia has started the 10x0 series quite high up in …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-07-20, 19:44

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Alright, even though i created a bunch of these charts for various games and benchmarks and it's own thread for them, i believe this one belongs in here: http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/rick62008/3D%20Mark%202001_2_zpszzpgfuvw.jpg All hail the great Geforce 3 TI200 that overclocked can …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-07-20, 19:24

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Well, to be fair, back in the day I only ran the game at 800 x 600 max res on an 8MB Intel i740 graphics card via AGP and it ran fine for me. Although....now that I think about it, there was the occasional stutter during heavy disk loading... Hmmmm.[/quote] I was playing the game (HL) with a Voodoo …

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Re: The GTX 1060 Thread

Posted on 2016-07-20, 19:15

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I like the card, it's a little bit faster (and a little more expensive) than the RX 480, but the 480 4GB still looks like the better buy (if you can find these cards for their correct prices), also I'm excited for the cheaper stuff, RX 470 is looking good (in terms of specs vs price), and there is …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-07-19, 23:45

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very nice build, I really like the P2B, from all the old boards that I've been trying to use for the past decade it was one that gave me the least problems, it has been pretty stable all things considered and it has all the original caps and such... also, I kind of think it looks good, the old Asus …

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Re: Drive from 2008 reporting 60 THOUSAND power on hours?...

Posted on 2016-07-18, 18:56

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RacoonRider wrote: SMART is far from the most reliable source of information. What you see does not have to be true. in terms of hours used I found it to be quite accurate on the drives I have (the ones from mid 2000s and higher at least)

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Re: Drive from 2008 reporting 60 THOUSAND power on hours?...

Posted on 2016-07-18, 01:28

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my main hard drive (Samsung 1TB) has been running since 2009 almost 24/7 so it also have lots of hours. I wouldn't be surprised if it just failed tomorrow, but still, hard drives can last a long time... some months ago I powered on a Seagate 40MB for the first time in maybe 20 years and it worked …

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Re: The problem with modern displays = Motion Blur

Posted on 2016-07-14, 15:41

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the technique to reduce blur on LCDs that started with the 3D Vision monitors is really interesting, but being tied just to Nvidia kills it for me, is this benq blur reduction method independent of driver support? just on the monitor side? that would be a nice thing to have, specially if it works …

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