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Re: Pentium 4/D/Duo chipset questions

Posted on 2018-01-11, 11:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Best Intel AMD chipset would be 865PE, at least for me. This chipset was bring from Socket 478, and they just change Socket for 775, no other changes was made to chipset. Proper new chipset for Socket 775 was 9xx series. ASRock did made few Frankenstein/transition board with VIA/Ali chipsets, I do …

Re: Asrock 775i65G Millenium/XP Build

Posted on 2018-01-10, 16:49

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Heh, that mATX board looks so small in that case :-) One can almost overlook it :-D Hopefully, I will soon join the dual core group as well, and replace current C2Q for something much cooler. Previous 2 orders got lost during shipment. And I'm looking forward, which AGP graphic card will end up in …

Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2018-01-09, 13:21

in Milliways

in Milliways

Yeah, it's boxed PCI version, but I still can't justify the price... https://www.ebay.com/itm/3Dfx-Voodoo-4-4500-32Mb-PCI-WITH-BOX/332513047399 And this AGP version is cheaper, but I don't think it's cheap enough... https://www.ebay.com/itm/3dfx-Voodoo4-4500-AGP-32MB/192420131339 EDIT: Is a Voodoo4 …

Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2018-01-08, 21:04

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The 9500 NonPRO 64MB can sometimes be unlocked into a 9500 PRO but I dont have a WIN XP platform to test it. I wanted to try the Omega drivers from philcomputerslab but they dont work on win 98... Yeah, but Omega drivers aren't the only way, how to softmod card. There are others, and one of them …

Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2018-01-08, 19:06

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Ahh, so sad, 9500 just with 64MB RAM. I have 128MB RAM version, and was able unlock it to full fat 9700 without a hitch. Oh, and btw, some news about your V4 BIOS chip?

Re: Coolers for older graphics cards.

Posted on 2018-01-08, 14:55

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

If you find Zalman VF700-Al/AlCu/Cu, you should be good to go.

Re: Installing Half-Life GOTY (non-Steam version) on Windows 7 64-bit

Posted on 2018-01-08, 13:12

in Windows

in Windows

No, I mean installing in either virtual machine or real retro Win98 machine.

Re: Installing Half-Life GOTY (non-Steam version) on Windows 7 64-bit

Posted on 2018-01-08, 07:18

in Windows

in Windows

Yeah, I found that later, when I compared content of game dir with content of CD. But with this method I'm almost certain, that Cobra! would be able to install his copy of HL GOTY.

Re: Windows ME build

Posted on 2018-01-07, 20:14

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

PcBytes wrote: The only thing I don't really like, but can live without, is the removal of real-mode DOS. You can bring it back 😉 https://web.archive.org/web/20070808002732/ht … me/real_dos.htm

Re: Installing Half-Life GOTY (non-Steam version) on Windows 7 64-bit

Posted on 2018-01-07, 20:00

in Windows

in Windows

Hmm, I dig my old CD of Half-Life, and even though its older then your GOTY (version 1.0.0.9), I was able to install it and also run it on my Windows 10 64-bit without issues. But, I have a similar problem like you with original Unreal CD, and I solved it just by running that installer on my virtual …

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-01-05, 18:45

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This is my current PC area, since "retro" PC don't have permanent place yet.

Re: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition and problem with DirectX 9.0 games

Posted on 2018-01-05, 06:33

in Windows

in Windows

This early access driver is being provided for users who have had issues launching a small number of DirectX 9 based games. This alpha driver has not been fully tested by AMD and is not recommended for general use. Download and release notes: Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.1.1 Alpha Release …

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

Posted on 2018-01-04, 21:43

in Milliways

in Milliways

vladstamate: either via BIOS or sometimes Windows Update.

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

Posted on 2018-01-04, 17:30

in Milliways

in Milliways

clueless1: no, this is another completely separate issue with Intel CPUs.

Re: Confused with AGP Speeds and Voltage

Posted on 2018-01-03, 21:28

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hmm, my PSU have 400W with 23A on 5V rail, and can powered C2Q 6600, with Radeon X850. I just can't see, that your PSU would be so weak, that it would have that much of problem with X700 just because of shortage of power. Unfortunately, I don't have any ATI card with Rialto chip for testing, since …

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

Posted on 2018-01-03, 12:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

brostenen wrote: For me.... Retro is WinXP and newer. Vintage is anything older than XP (2000, 98). This could be quite tricky, if you realized, that you can run Windows 98 even on CPU's like C2D/C2Q 🤣 But I get your point, even tho I consider vintage way older stuff then 98 era.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-03, 09:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That "sticking thing" in a socket, it's a thermal probe?

Re: Confused with AGP Speeds and Voltage

Posted on 2018-01-03, 08:58

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I was asking, because I know that with my X800/X850 AGP cards (although without Rialto bridge chip), when connected via DVI->HDMI adapter to HDMI monitor/TV, machine will not post either. Well, more specifically, monitor will stay in stand-by, and will show nothing, no matter what you do. When you …

Re: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition and problem with DirectX 9.0 games

Posted on 2018-01-02, 19:01

in Windows

in Windows

Nice, good to hear, that they are not throwing old games overboard! For sure, they don't want to cope with sh*tstorm from community.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition and problem with DirectX 9.0 games

Posted on 2018-01-02, 18:16

in Windows

in Windows

I know, that this is kind of modern HW related, but it shows, why it's good to have some older machine for playing older games. https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ncr3y/regarding_amd_and_the_lack_of_directx_9_support_a/ http://www.hexus.net/tech/news/software/113720-amd-adrenalin-driver-dx9- …

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