Re: Most obscure game(s)?

Posted on 2010-08-14, 17:46

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My most obscure game would be a "You're in a shaceship shooting asteroids then buy upgrades" game called 'piranha'. It had very nice graphics, very nice music and can be played in coop and multi (and it won't run on XP). Could never find any info on it, I'd end up with those fish instead 🤣

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Re: p4 with 3 pci: graphics cards?

Posted on 2010-08-14, 17:40

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MURLON wrote: I would rather buy Sparkle NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT with passive cooling. http://www.sparkle.com.tw/product_detail.asp? … d=69&sub_id=160 Holy shit! Wouldn't that be overkill for a system like that? (Me wants to have that card! 😁 )

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Re: AMD Duron - super budget CPU

Posted on 2010-08-14, 17:38

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I went from a P2-350 (later upgraded to a Katmai 550) to a P3-1000 years later and finally to an A64 3500+ (excluding extra computers such as test, fun and gaming rigs). My first socket 7 was a very shortlived K6-2-333 several years ago and more recently a K6-3-400. I'm pretty sure going from a K6 …

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Re: Duke Nukem Forever...and ever......and ever.........and ever............?

Posted on 2010-08-13, 00:29

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Reminds me of a game a friend of mine was 'waiting for', Harpoon 4, or something it was to be called. He had been waiting for this game for 8 years when we finally heard it was cancelled! Even now when I say the word "Harpoon 4", we both know what it means haha!

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Re: Defunct multi-player games

Posted on 2010-08-13, 00:25

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Aliens vs Predator 2 Master server got shut down 1 or 2 years ago, then someone made a new master server. I have no idea if that game's still alive though. Fabulous gameplay!! 😁 Sorry, it's the only game I know of, never heard of any lists before.

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Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...

Posted on 2010-08-12, 18:24

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Yeah, I think the Compaq version was the only 16MB V3 1000... though, there didn't seem to be a defined spec for that model, so I'm not clear on all the different versions. The Velocity cards were something even different still... sort of. The hardware was the same as a V3 1000, but they had one of …

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Re: Slow task switching with windows 7

Posted on 2010-08-12, 18:21

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It might help when reloading maps for online gameplay or something. I noticed loading a multiplayer map the 2nd time is MUCH faster then the 1st time.

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Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...

Posted on 2010-08-12, 08:22

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I've found working Voodoo 3's which actually were discolored where the little heatsink is! I have a slightly discolored V3... but it's one of the weird Compaq OEM ones, didn't even have a heatsink on it originally, just the bare chip. Still works great, but I added a heatsink just to be safe. Isn't …

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Re: PowerVR Kyro II vs Voodoo 5 5500...

Posted on 2010-08-12, 08:16

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I remember when they were new. It's too bad they were never continued, could've been interesting to see how far they could've gone. I never owned one but I'd definately love to have one 😁

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Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...

Posted on 2010-08-12, 00:19

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Yep, noticed that myself. I once build a system with a banshee for my first voodoo rig, but as Unreal gave me troubles I decided it was easier to replace the banshee with a tnt2 vanta and the system used over 10W less right away! (I added a single voodoo 2 later). Nowdays I want to make sure I don't …

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Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...

Posted on 2010-08-11, 20:58

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Just remember not to plug it into an AGP slot that's overclocked to 89Mhz or you will fry it No you won't. Voodoo3 cards tend to be perfectly happy at 89mhz AGP speed, but even if you get one that isn't, you just have to back down on the bus speed until it starts working, no harm done. Pfew, well …

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Re: Recommend me a motherboard for...

Posted on 2010-08-11, 18:24

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Simon wrote: VooDoo3 300016mb 210-0364-003 128Bit AGP 2x That a good one? IRRC irrc there was no 32mb version? and it was faster than most 32mb cards at the time anyway, g400 etc. You are correct 😉 Just remember not to plug it into an AGP slot that's overclocked to 89Mhz or you will fry it

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Re: cleaning old computers

Posted on 2010-08-11, 18:23

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h-a-l-9000 wrote: You can kill a microwave by switching it on with nothing inside. The antenna will burn off. Omg that is so simple! Anyway, I'm not gonna try that with my microwave...it was inhereted to me by my grandmother 😁

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 18:20

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Tetrium: TL/DR. But from what I gather you seem to suck at being a hobby psychologist. You probably won't be able to stop me from giving opinions on VOGONS anyway, so please stop trying to analyse me by reading my posts (; . Not reading someone's posts seems to be something you are very good at. …

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 15:51

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And then, being addicted to WoW is a big problem too. Yup, it's why I stopped playing online RPG's, they are great at eating away all your precious time! 'Normal' games are basically just a matter of playing them from start to finish and you're done. With those online RPG's theres always more to do …

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 15:21

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You're the one posting crap. I was giving information, where all you are able to do is to throw around cusswords and paste links to content of questionable quality. Btw: contrary to you, I actually know what I'm talking about . Some years ago when DRAM was incredibly expensive I've tried to build …

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 12:33

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People also are jumping from high buildings and consequently smash into the concrete, or driving cars at night with the headlights off while being drunk. These things are done, though it's questionable whether they are sensible. " Baking" a piece of electronic is bound to destroy more than it " …

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 10:41

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Thanks, I'll try the other cable type for this PC - the kvm is only vga but the other 3 pcs on the same setup dont seem to have a problem. As to the 6800gt, it was a secondhand ebay purchase that never was quite right. Every few months it would degenerate into showing flashing icons on boot up, I …

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Re: Slow task switching with windows 7

Posted on 2010-08-11, 10:39

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Depending on your chipset (whether it really can accomodate 128-bit Ganged mode will yield worse performance). This is specially true for some AMD/Ati chipsets like mine (790FX+SB600). It's better to do some testing before and after. It is? Well atleast when testing my AM3, ganged mode increased …

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Re: blurriness round screen edges

Posted on 2010-08-11, 07:41

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So the card itself maybe just doesn't have the quality of my now-dead 6800 [which wasnt bluyrry with the same cabling]? Thats a pity. I'm also wondering why it won't do a desktop resolution higher than 1600x1200. Maybe I have overlooked something. The HD 4850 is WAY better then that 6800 you had. …

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