Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
Posted on 2024-11-17, 13:38
wow I haven't seen 1080p being referred to as an "extreme" reslution since like 2005
Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
Posted on 2024-11-17, 07:45
On our Win7 system there's latest Pale Moon for non AVX CPUs (v33.2.1) and latest compatible Firefox ESR (115.x.x) - the latter's design is a waste of space, it feels like a quarter or even a third of the screen is taken by bars and tabs (most is empty/grey space), but the useful status-bar has …
Re: DirectX 8 PC project
Posted on 2024-11-16, 22:31
Time for a little upgrade, can you believe it I actually found one more IBM Deathstar 75gxp that still works 😀 WIth that all four 3.5" mounts are finally populated 😉
Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
Posted on 2024-11-16, 19:27
UCyborg wrote on 2024-11-16, 17:59: Am I the only one who feels there are no "good", "normal" web browsers left? I've been pretty happy with Librewolf as main and Brave as backup browser
Re: DirectX 7 PC project
Posted on 2024-11-13, 01:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQ3PRKawa4 Yesterday the new transistor and capacitor finally arrived, so today I replaced them, and I'm testing it now, and it seems to work, however something is not right. After boot pc speaker starts making weird noises? P.S. just noticed the keyboard doesnt even …
Re: AWE64 Legacy
Posted on 2024-10-23, 12:11
I'd be interested in a bare pcb if theres any left
Re: DirectX 10 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-21, 11:07
E8600 did not yet exist when the 8800gtx released, so it is more of a cpu to pair to a GTX 280. https://i.imgur.com/lf3w90B.jpeg Dayum, I really did mess one up. Turns out of those two cards actually one was DOA and I got a refund for it and bought a 3rd and I had totally forgotten about it. Bad …
Re: DirectX 10 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-18, 19:52
I gave it a try, but I probably killed them in the process :x At least one smd component in the corner seems to be standing up, another looks a bit sus as well... next week gonna take them to the office to borrow the microscope and inspect my handywork 🙁
Re: DirectX 7 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-17, 21:49
Thanks for this photo, looks to be a 2SB1590K, so today I ordered a few of these and a replacement for the LXZ cap near the ps2 ports which swole up during the psu mishap. Hope nothing else got hit
Re: DirectX 10 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-17, 20:44
Like all the other builds Im doing, I shall try all combinations of windows versions and driver versions to figure out which has the best proportion of game compatibility and performance, so, starting off with the oldest driver I could find that supported those cards, 97.44 released december 2006... …
DirectX 10 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-16, 22:18
I started yet another build, this time targeting the dx10 era of hardware. I threw togeter an Asus P5B Deluxe with a Core 2 Duo E6700 cooled by a Thermalright Ultra 120, with a 4x1gb kingston ddr2-1066 cl5 ram kit. I mounted it into a SIlverStone Fortress FT01 case and powered it with a Seasonic SS- …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2024-10-16, 15:59
dormcat wrote on 2024-10-16, 14:41: IIRC GTX 960 is one of the five Nvidia models (along with 950, 750 Ti, 750, and 745) that could work under either WinXP or Win11 with unmodified drivers. don't forget 344.11 the launch date driver for gtx 980 and 970, which supports them on winXP un-modded too
Re: DirectX 7 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-13, 17:30
Win98SE, it was the primary home os at the time. BTW I think I might have killed the motherboard :/ I set it all up and gave it a quick test, it worked on first try, cpu detected as celeron 500 and everything. I tried various ram sticks till I found the combination I liked, that being 3x64mb pc100 …
DirectX 7 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-11, 19:25
Yesterday I started preparing a dx7 build, as the dx8 build is pretty complete now and is time to move on to something else. I figured the first dx7 card is gf256, which coincidentally has a 25th birthday today. Oldest driver I can find for that is detonator 3.34 dated 15 sep 99. Period-correct …
Re: DirectX 8 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-09, 21:37
https://i.imgur.com/UVzrMMk.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/uY7pEHy.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/FWOYZiH.jpeg So I finally got it up and running with some mostly period-correct software. Remaining bits I added are Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 SB0060, Promise Ultra100 TX2 ide controller, Intel Pro-1000GT …
Re: DirectX 8 PC project
Posted on 2024-10-04, 22:54
After being on pause for half an year till I was able to re-cap the power supply I chose (Enermax EG451P-VE), I'm finally getting close to getting this machine in an usable state to start performing game compatibility and performance testing. I added the infamous IBM Deskstar 75GXP hard drive, a …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2024-10-04, 05:32
I do wanna explore the angle of using CF/SLI for extra antialiasing rather than for framerate increase, that sounds like it should provide a bit of benefit without hurting the frame timing
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2024-09-08, 13:30
I haven't tested this thoroughly, but from what little I've heard, Creative ALchemy usually does the job quite well. One game where I noticed slight issues with EAX was Baldur's Gate 2, specifically the Throne of Bhaal expansion. With ALchemy, EAX effects are too strong in the expansion areas (e.g. …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2024-09-06, 08:56
Not if you want proper DirectSound3D support, as that doesn't exist in Vista and later Windows versions. The lack of DS3D also means no EAX, in most cases. To be fair, certain games are supported by Creative ALchemy, and there are of course third-party wrappers which can emulate EAX to some degree. …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2024-09-05, 05:35
And lets not forget that "made for XP" also incorporates all those 2006-2010 games from the period when 16:10 was the common gaming resolution (think 1680x1050 and 1920x1200). I still remember 16:10 being used in reviews in 2012 when Sandy Bridge was around. So I'd say that is absolutely an XP …
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