Re: [Advice wanted] Pentium 3 450mhz budget soundcard + GPU for DOS / Win98 games

Posted on 2024-02-13, 18:11

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by RandomStranger

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For convenience, SATA SSD with an IDE adapter. You don't need more than 64GB at this performance level. Don't go above 128GB. I see some people recommend compact flash, what's the advantage of CF over a SATA SSD? Lifetime and price. CF cards got expensive and W98 wears them out much quicker. It's …

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Re: [Advice wanted] Pentium 3 450mhz budget soundcard + GPU for DOS / Win98 games

Posted on 2024-02-13, 17:13

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by RandomStranger

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All I'm asking: What GPU and Soundcard combo can I get for a good price that would give me great compatibility for both DOS and Win98 games? Assuming you have AGP: Geforce 2 MX400 or Geforce 4 MX440 or Geforce MX460 These are affordable, accessible and compatible. ISA, for DOS: ESS AudioDrive …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-02-12, 17:59

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It's when you talk the last boss into retreat rather then fighting him. There is no other requirements than to have a speech skill of 100 (or close enough so you can boost it with consumables and wearables). ah yes, read a skill magazine and world peace follows! Only if it was that nonsensical. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-02-12, 09:59

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Fallout New Vegas .. Yeah, it's a great game. My biggest issues that the pacifist ending is garbage. For it's world, Fallout 3 is the odd one. 200 years after the war and the world is still a burning junk yard. NV's world builds on Fallout 1&2, so it makes sense that there are actually functioning …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2024-02-09, 15:29

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https://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/87593.jpg https://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/45226.jpg https://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/130728.jpg https://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/127643.jpg Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Finally I had one that isn't Platinum Edition, has the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 12:30

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Fallout New Vegas - nearly complete, just a few steps from final decisions the game itself is great, lots of variety and lots of NPCs and most of the time the faction perception of you works. I liked that companions had their own quest lines in addition to the many factions quest lines and side …

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Re: Is it true that Windows XP games work great on Windows 10?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 13:40

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by RandomStranger

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Yes, most XP era games are generally easy to run on modern Windows. There are problems with unsupported features or broken DRM on certain titles, but I'd assume 80% runs out of the box and feature complete.

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Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-08, 06:36

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by RandomStranger

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Almost every new game is crap, and new games (and "security" updates) are the only reason to have Windows 10, in my opinion. I've been daily driving Linux for 4 years and most games work without issues. There are problems with some multiplayer games' anti-cheat systems, but if you play single …

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Re: Are retro towers really now $150-300?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 07:06

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by RandomStranger

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It's always more expensive if you look for something very specific fast.

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Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-06, 06:58

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by RandomStranger

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Yeah GOG kinda sucks. They need big warnings about stuff being stripped/ not vintage compatible.... IMHO but no they won't... No GOG is kinda great. They were never meant for running old games on vintage systems. GOG is meant for running old games on modern systems. The games are often modded/ …

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Re: Different Windows eras

Posted on 2024-02-05, 07:21

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by RandomStranger

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For me an OS era is from its commercial release to the end of its mainstream support. This means there are some overlap, but I don't think that's a problem. Where there is a minor issue is versions that did not really have an era. Windows 2000 and ME in all their life time were overlapping with …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 18:59

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by RandomStranger

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I never personally used it during the time This might be the reason you don't understand it. It was redundant between 98SE, 2000 and XP, short lived, had issues at launched both within and with it's driver support from third parties. By the time these were solved, MS axed it and people moved over …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-04, 16:40

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by RandomStranger

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Vintage market 02/24 The weather was warm, the market was bigger than in the past couple of months. Barely any computer parts or PC games. I found 2 floppy drives, 3.5" and a hard drive. There was an XP era Pentium M laptop, the 386SX PC I've seen for months, and that's about it. There were a couple …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-03, 15:08

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Cleaned up the Olivetti a little, also replaced the soldered in CR2032 with a battery holder, though not in the most elegant way. Also downgraded form 80MB RAM to 32MB which is more appropriate for a 100MHz Pentium. Also chose to replace the SB16 with a Vibra16S. IMG_20240203_115126.jpg It ended up …

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Re: Good affordable desktop PC to run Windows XP for retro gaming?

Posted on 2024-02-03, 07:20

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by RandomStranger

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red_avatar wrote on 2024-02-02, 21:29: The problem is the dual core CPU there - that's exactly what I want to avoid. If I could disable the second core when booting Windows it could be an option Start menu > Run > msconfig > boot (or BOOT.INI) > advanced options

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Re: Good affordable desktop PC to run Windows XP for retro gaming?

Posted on 2024-02-02, 21:14

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by RandomStranger

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No. Netburst era OEM PCs are garbage. If you really want an OEM, instead of building your own, get something like a HP DC7900. Core2 era and it can handle a decent graphics card that won't be severely underpowered for the XP era.

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Re: what would be thest and also affordable win 98 sound card

Posted on 2024-02-02, 13:20

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by RandomStranger

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So you want a bang for buck card? For Windows 98 it's either the Sound Blaster Live! (SB0060; SB0100; SB0220) or the Audigy 1/2 (SB0090/SB0240). The Live! is dirt cheap, but supports EAX up to version 2.0. These are usually sub-10 $/€ cards. Audigy 1/2 non-ZS are a bit more expensive, usually 15-20 …

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Re: TechSource Raptor GFX8P

Posted on 2024-01-31, 12:05

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by RandomStranger

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That was my suspicion too, but never attempted to tamper with the firmware/BIOS.

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Re: TechSource Raptor GFX8P

Posted on 2024-01-31, 12:01

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by RandomStranger

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I used to have one. If you boot your PC with two graphics cards, one whatever that posts and the other is this one, you'll see that the device manager recognizes the Sun Permedia 2 too and drivers can be installed. That's as far as I got with it, then ran out of patience and sold it. Edit. Allegedly …

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Re: Recommended boot manager for quad boot from single drive (DOS / Win 95 / Win 98SE / Win XP)

Posted on 2024-01-31, 07:39

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by RandomStranger

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xfdisk worked fine so far, though the latest OS I've used it with is W2k. Re: What retro activity did you get up to today? XP should work too.

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