Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-20, 14:14
Today's haul: -Premier LC-B400ATX 400W ATXPSU -Asus EN8400GS 256MB Geforce 8400GS PCI Express x16 video card -WinFast TV2000XP Global TV Tuner
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-19, 13:58
Received today a Western Digital WD Caviar SE WD1600JD-22HBC0 160GB Serial ATA HDD. It is in a good shape.
Re: -<[({My Old PC})]>- Retro AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RIG
Posted on 2019-11-18, 04:29
I have an Sound Blaster Audigy SB0230 PCI. It is good? What Audigy is this from the part number (SB0230)? I wasn't sure that had EAX 3. It is true?
Re: My old Super Socket 7 AMD K6-2 system
Posted on 2019-11-17, 15:57
THX A LOT, chinny22! I am a proud owner of a very rare 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee, but it's AGP 2x when you see the connector with 3.3v notch, but itself it's a PCI card bridged to AGP. It does not even require an IRQ! Also, it is not louder. It is silent! I had replaced the cooler with the Startech.com …
Re: My old Super Socket 7 AMD K6-2 system
Posted on 2019-11-14, 04:20
STX: The Avance Logic ISA Sound Card works with DOS games at A220 I7/I5 D1 T5/T6. Emulates a Sound Blaster 16 or Sound Blaster Pro II maybe and a AdLib. The yellowing has its value. Also STX, thanks for the nice Windows 98 Setup I have.
Re: -<[({My Old PC})]>- Retro AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RIG
Posted on 2019-11-14, 04:17
RoyBatty: What benchmarks to run on it? Any advice? Chinny22: I have a Sound Blaster Audigy PCI in a box. Maybe worth to put in there? Because I use onboard sound, and the SoundMax is good however.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-13, 18:32
This is what I received today. An ASUS K8V-X SE Socket 754 mainboard for my future AMD Sempron El Cheapo Build, 1x 1GB Geil DDR400 DIMM, 4x 512MB GeIL DDR400 DIMMs and a Leadtek WInfast A6200TD 128MB 128bit GeForce 6200 card which have a problem:If I plug it on any computer, the PC cannot power on …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-11, 16:29
Today I received a ASUS DRW-1608P DVD burner manufactured in March 2005. It still had the original box but without accessories, CDs, manual and cable. A nice find.
My old Super Socket 7 AMD K6-2 system
Posted on 2019-11-10, 19:18
Hello. Today I will present my old retro Super Socket 7 AMD K6-2 rig from 1999. Specifications: Generic Baby-AT PC case (possibly JNC) JNC 200W AT power supply AMD K6-2 333 MHz (100MHz FSB) processor Lucky Tech P5MVP3 ViA MVP3/VIA VT82C586B motherboard with 512K L2 cache onboard 128MB PC133 SDRAM …
Re: -<[({My Old PC})]>- Retro AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RIG
Posted on 2019-11-10, 19:10
Hello! Anyoen read this? Please post a message about advice and opinions.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2019-11-08, 11:14
bjwil1991: Do you talk to me? DO you like this PC? Your opinion please.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2019-11-07, 19:04
Today I will present my old PC, a retro rig now. I have some pictures. Specifications: -AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton 1.917 GHz with AMD Stock Cooler (no overclock, stock voltage) (used Arctic MX-4 as thermal paste) -ASUS A7V600-X motherboard (VIA KT600 northbridge + VIA VT8237 southbridge, essentially …
-<[({My Old PC})]>- Retro AMD Athlon XP 2600+ RIG
Posted on 2019-11-07, 05:31
Hello Vogons! Today I will present my old PC, a retro rig now. I have some pictures. Specifications: -AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton 1.917 GHz with AMD Stock Cooler (no overclock, stock voltage) (used Arctic MX-4 as thermal paste) -ASUS A7V600-X motherboard (VIA KT600 northbridge + VIA VT8237 …
Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)
Posted on 2019-11-05, 14:56
My old Gateway 2000 Solo 9100 laptop with Intel Pentium MMX 150Mhz, 48MB RAM, Yamaha OPL3-SA audio card and Chips&Technologies 65554 4MB video is good for retro gaming?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-05, 14:49
Anyone seen my post? You liked it? What do you like from my retro hardware posted here?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-11-04, 14:49
Hello fellow VOGONS! This is what I received from a friend. I show you a picture: Left of the row of video cards: Samsung SpinPoint P80 160GB HD160JJ SATA2 Top row of video cards: -Palit NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 with AGP8X 64MB AGP8X with VGA, TV-OUT with RCA and S-Video TV-OUT -Club3D NVIDIA GeForce …
Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!
Posted on 2019-11-04, 14:42
appiah 4:I I go to KT600, i already have a KT600 machine. Is was my old PC. I will present it sometime.
Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!
Posted on 2019-11-04, 04:25
appiah4: i know about Universal AGP on KT333 for Socket A, but from my chipsets what do you like?
Re: Any wonder what case is this?
Posted on 2019-11-04, 04:14
For HanJammer: Please ask on the Romanian computer forums. I am from Romania.
Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!
Posted on 2019-11-03, 19:11
I have in use in my retro PCs only ASUS motherboards for socket A. I like the following chipsets: NVIDIA nForce 2 Ultra 400 (on ASUS A7N8X Deluxe rev2.0) (for the gamer and multimedia, as it is called "The Digital Media Gateway") NVIDIA nForce 2 IGP (on ASUS A7N8X-VM/400) (in my opinion, the best …
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