Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-03, 11:10

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There were 2 Nvidia cards at the local shop for 6€, a TNT 2 without any obvious markings, but I found it via the FCC ID and it’s a « Joytech » and a GeForce 2MX 400. I never had a TNT before and the other one will be perfect for testing. The MSI card probably came from a Medion PC, there was a "MED …

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Re: Poor performance of Pentium II

Posted on 2023-11-18, 13:28

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What motherboard are you using? Does it have a BX440 (or similar from Intel)? Or is it something with a VIA chipset? I had a lot of problems with ALL slot 1 motherboards that were not Intel bases, sudden hard freezes or reboots, data corruption on hard drives, PCI cards not detected, etc, etc, etc. …

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Re: Another "identify this mobo" topic :)

Posted on 2023-09-20, 08:53

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That's an awesome idea... a pinned thread "Help me identify this hardware" would be very, very nice.

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Re: ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2023-09-20, 08:51

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I agree with shevalier, I'd also go with GF2 GTS, it's a perfect match for PIII 1000, period correct, also a high end card. 9600XT would be more suitable for a mid range computer with Windows XP, paired maybe with an Athlon XP. PIII 1000 + 9600XT is a weird choice.

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Re: Remastering games, is it really worth it?

Posted on 2023-07-26, 18:31

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Remaster generally means keeping all the original assets (with possibly minor texture improvements) and not significantly changing the gameplay, while allowing the game to run at a higher resolution and on modern platforms. Remake means a complete overhaul of the original game using all new assets …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-03, 10:11

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What is the deal with all that Socket 478 and Socket-A lately? Are this becomming the "new black"? It's just their time. Think that people used to be teens back then (early 2000s), are now in their late 30s, approaching middle age, have good jobs, but also are nostalgic about when they where young. …

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Re: We found a dual Cpu patch (SMP) that works on old games.

Posted on 2023-04-11, 09:42

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"seta r_smp 1" always worked, but it was misundserstood. It was meant for Quake hosting servers, not for the client (the player).

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Re: Your opinion on the ATi Rage IIC and Rage Pro

Posted on 2023-04-03, 11:01

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Short answer: don't bother with Rage IIC for anything 3D, it's not worth trying, unless you are a masochist. Longer answer - there's already a thread: OpenGL on Rage IIc

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Re: Voodoo2:SLI cable - maximum length?

Posted on 2022-12-30, 17:25

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Sure, here it is... work in progress.

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Re: Voodoo2:SLI cable - maximum length?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 19:38

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-12-29, 18:48: How long do you need it? How many slot spaces? About 20 cm... The cards are not installed in a standard motherboard, there's a pci "riser" and I have pci slots on both sides and I want to use both sides. That way I can see a side for each V2 card.

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Voodoo2:SLI cable - maximum length?

Posted on 2022-12-29, 15:19

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What is the maximum length of a SLI cable for a pair of Voodoo2 cards? I don't think there's an official answer, since (I think) all cards came with the same cable. Has anyone tried a custom cable that's longer than the standard cable? Any issues?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-22, 10:04

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Post pandemic? So until 2020 you've found out retro stuff? Consider yourself lucky, here it dried out in 2010. Sure, you can still find a thing or two, but 2-3 times per year. Before 2010 I was finding each weekend a lot of stuff. Now it's only broken phones and tablets, laptops and "modern" …

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Re: 3Dfx v1,v2 and VIA Apollo Pro 133T problem please help to find the solution..

Posted on 2022-12-14, 12:45

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First of all: VIA chipsets for Intel platforms sucks. If you can, don't use slot1/sk370/sk 478 etc motherboards that have VIA chipsets. However, in your case, you could try two things. 1. Downclock the CPU, try FSB 66 if you can, you'll get a 600 MHz CPU. It will still be a little too fast for V2 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-26, 08:04

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Hey, don't post NSFW pics 🙁 Damn... boxed... how much did you pay?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-24, 09:10

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Grzyb wrote on 2022-10-24, 07:20: TrashPanda wrote on 2022-10-24, 04:56: For me .. this card is what 6/7 generations old now For me, if it's PCIE, it's modern... Same for me, but it might be very misleading. Matrox G550 - there is a PCIE x1 version, so...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-08, 11:32

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Completely offtopic, here's what happened to me recently. I bought a PS3 game (I know, it's not hardware, but the idea is the same). Before buying the game I asked the seller if he can pack it well, bubble wrap, sturdy box, bla bla bla. He said yes. I sent him the address and repeated my request to …

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Re: Your opinion on the ATi Rage IIC and Rage Pro

Posted on 2022-09-06, 19:33

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I had an ATI Rage Pro Turbo as my first 3D accelerator. It was on a PII-300 with 64 MB of RAM in 1998, and it was simultaneously a revelation and a source of pain. The 2D quality was spectacular, and a lot of 3D games looked... well, good enough. But it never could do alpha blending properly, no …

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Re: faulty VOODOO2 with dots on textures

Posted on 2022-09-06, 19:25

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by RaverX

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That looks like a bad memory chip on the card.

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Re: Three 5.25 bays idea

Posted on 2022-07-12, 07:24

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JustJulião wrote on 2022-07-12, 00:29: Do you guys know which sound cards have a 5.25" interface ? I know about SB's and the Terratec DMX 6 Fire. Terratec EWS64. And the card it's truly "retro" and awesome, ISA, nice wavetable chip onboard.

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Re: Three 5.25 bays idea

Posted on 2022-06-30, 20:21

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fragmentfi wrote on 2022-06-29, 11:07: If it is a Windows machine, you could put the SB live drive there. I totally forgot about that, and I agree 100%, a SB Live drive would be really nice for a 98-99 system.

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