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Re: Should I sell my Dell Optiplex desktop?

Posted on 2019-03-11, 12:58

in Milliways

Muz are you some form on machine learning, human computer interaction thingymebob? I think we are safe from the "rise of the machines" for the time being. I used the love Eliza on the Mac (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA)

Re: Best Geforce 6600 GT -1 slot cooler?

Posted on 2019-03-11, 12:55

by Weebob

in Marvin \ Video

Sorry is this AGP or PCI-E?

Re: Drunk'en eBay'ing

Posted on 2019-02-14, 19:29

by Weebob

in Milliways

I may as well carry on this madness and pick up the rest of the FX based Quadros. That seems like a great idea

Re: Drunk'en eBay'ing

Posted on 2019-02-14, 18:13

by Weebob

in Milliways

I wasn’t drunk but years ago I woke up in the middle of the night, was still half asleep, intended to bid on a PC but accidentally clicked Buy it Now and completed the transaction. I had spent like $800 on a computer that probably was worth $300. I was pissed at myself when I realized it moments …

Drunk'en eBay'ing

Posted on 2019-02-14, 11:03

by Weebob

in Milliways

Remember not to drink and eBay... this weeks damage is... P4 541 Quadro MXR Quadro FX 500 Quadro FX 1100 The P4 and one of the Geforce FX's make sense as that is my next build, Quadros where just cheaper. Ended up with two as I bought the "500" (Geforce FX 5200 ish) on a buy now then decided I …

Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2019-02-13, 13:49

by Weebob

in Marvin \ Video

The whole "Dustbuster" thing aside the Geforce FX series was a misaligned release, not helped by ATI knocking it out of the park. Loads of vids on-line explaining the 16bit registers that really hampered their performance. I remember reading somewhere that some ex-3dfx staffers worked on the Geforce …

Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2019-02-13, 11:38

by Weebob

in Marvin \ Video

ohhh so are we saying there is going to be no love for my next build... Prescott p4 and an Geforce Fx 5200 ultra 😢 I may just throw in WinME to top it off.

Re: The Janky Tuala-Bus Pentium III Rambus rig

Posted on 2019-01-25, 08:55

by Weebob

in Marvin \ System Specs

Cool, I have never had anything with rambus in it.

Re: Should I sell my desktop?

Posted on 2019-01-07, 14:27

by Weebob

in Milliways

What ever fits your usage Muz...

Re: Pentium 4 661 vs Pentium Dual E2160

Posted on 2018-12-14, 15:06

by Weebob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuDBEYIpls

Re: GOG WinterSale 2018 is here

Posted on 2018-12-14, 12:14

by Weebob

in Milliways

Ta, just grabbed it!

Re: I am a father

Posted on 2018-12-10, 10:46

by Weebob

in Milliways

Congratulations!

Re: New here

Posted on 2018-12-03, 10:48

by Weebob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does this get me a pass?

Re: Quick & clean K6-2 build, with some cool history

Posted on 2018-11-30, 08:59

by Weebob

in Marvin \ System Specs

Looks great!, what games are you planning to run on it?

Re: Post your Halloween Build

Posted on 2018-10-24, 12:47

by Weebob

in Marvin \ System Specs

Also whats with the football?

Re: Post your Halloween Build

Posted on 2018-10-24, 12:44

by Weebob

in Marvin \ System Specs

Think you will be pushing it wanting to run F.E.A.R, min specs are a P4 1.7 / 512mb /GF4. Also stated XP or win2k. Kiss psycho circus, always felt a bit Halloween'y to me. Clive Barker's Undying?

Re: What's your home/everyday PC?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 09:39

by Weebob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use three day to day, all now due an upgrade really. Work Laptop HP Zbook 14 Gen2 Intel Core i7-5600U AMD FirePro M4150 16gb DDR3 512gb SSD Main PC AMD FX 8320e @4.5ghz MSI 970 Gaming AMD RX 470 32gb DDR3 1866 Samsung 860 256gb SSD 2x WB Blue 512gb SSD's Home Server Dell T20 Pentium G3220 32gb …