Re: The story of the QuForce FX 5800 Ultra...
Posted on 2020-05-21, 04:58
The review I saw had a 5800U running over AGP 8x. Is it your motherboard or the 1000 that wants to run at 4x?
Re: What HDD do you use? (1GB to 10GB)
Posted on 2020-01-03, 05:42
I wonder if mounting old, mechanical drives in rubber does anything for their longevity. I've seen drives with rubber sleeves, but I assumed it was for noise, not vibration dampening with endurance in mind.
Re: Soundblaster Live! 5.1 - Win 95
Posted on 2019-11-16, 04:21
I'm surprised because IIRC, Win95 had built in drivers to work with the Live!... or maybe that was just the SB16. But in any case, you should be able to use the kX Project drivers to get great stereo sound. You just won't get surround effects.
Re: AWE64 Recap - should I use high-grade audiophile caps?
Posted on 2019-11-16, 04:18
What position do these caps hold on the AWE64? Any pictures? If they are decoupling caps, which are in-line with the signal trace (part of the signal path, itself), then you have something you can work with, but if they the typical, LARGE output caps, of the 470uF-1000uF variety, then you're pretty …
Re: High Power PSU quality?
Posted on 2019-10-26, 01:58
Teapo are known bad caps. CapXon is also, cheapo capacitor. Does it have Rubycon or something with letters that LOOK like Rubycon?
Re: USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 05:33
Isn't the Extigy what you're looking for? It even has the MIDI connectors in addition to EAX and CMSS. IIRC, the only thing that is not legit is the Dolby, which is emulated.
Re: Removing 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 Heatsink (glued, epoxy) - Easy!
Posted on 2019-07-16, 05:33
Has anyone tried sanding the silicon down until they reach the core?
Re: Calibrating CRT screens?
Posted on 2019-06-29, 20:33
If you want to maximize your image quality, look into finding a pro-grade video cable that has 5 coax lines, internally for R G B H V.
Re: PCI Dell TNT2 card not working on 430HX board but works in any other boards.
Posted on 2019-05-23, 06:28
No, 430HX is a PCI 2.0 board, the introduction of 3.3V PCI. But you have a PCI 2.2 card. Not sure why the card is unhappy,
Re: Prometheus ARIA16
Posted on 2019-02-16, 23:06
Did you check the big, shrink-tubed fuse? F1?
Re: Does this look like a good late 90’s setup?
Posted on 2019-01-07, 17:51
Then perhaps, he could use an Extigy? Would that offload the CPU or would the USB usage hurt?
Re: So what makes a CRT a "Good" CRT?
Posted on 2018-12-15, 06:39
One of the issues that existed when CRT's were the norm, and which still exists today, is the quality of cables. I would stray from monitors that have cables hardwired to the internals rather than a port, which you can plug your own cable into. But point being, to really see what a monitor is …
Re: Which of these AT PSUs suck least?
Posted on 2018-11-26, 06:55
From what I've read on BadCaps, the Power Tronic is actually, a good OEM unit, which Gateway used. The Solar Power and Spectre seem to be less desirable units.
Re: Magnetically Shielded Speakers
Posted on 2018-11-06, 05:01
Good point! Another obscure option is the simple mention of a "bucking magnet" which accomplishes a measure of shielding (sometimes, more than enough).
Re: Magnetically Shielded Speakers
Posted on 2018-11-06, 04:16
Something you can include in your searches, in instances like this, are speakers which use drivers with neodymium motor assemblies as they have very low stray. You don't need to limit yourself to computer speakers; you could use bookshelf speakers with an external power amp/integrated amp/reciever. …
Re: Philips PCI soundcard? wow i never heard of this before
Posted on 2018-11-06, 03:48
Kamerat wrote: The chip on the card is based on technology from the newly acquired VLSI Technology, namely the VLSI ThunderBird128. Here you can listen how the Philips Acoustic Edge (PSC706) sounds in Doom. That actually, sounds pretty good!
Re: PC doesn't detect sound blaster
Posted on 2018-11-05, 19:28
Ten-Four, good buddy!
Re: PC doesn't detect sound blaster
Posted on 2018-11-04, 00:10
Any chance his board doesn't have the +5V on the ISA bus? Seems like it should be early enough, but contrary to OP's reasoning that it's not a clone, and shouldn't have issues, I'm afraid that being an NCR it's more proprietary, and more likely to have issues.
Re: Quadro FX 4400 mod to 6800 Ultra
Posted on 2018-10-26, 15:11
Wow, that doesn't seem like the norm.
Re: Quadro FX 4400 mod to 6800 Ultra
Posted on 2018-10-26, 00:28
It doesn't seem like that would be a good idea, anyway as the cooling is not as aggressive on Quadros. Their output filtering is better though so you get better picture quality on the right arrangement of hardware.
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