Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on Yesterday, 15:05

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Just ran it stock 1.4 and i returned a score of 9732 Interesting. We're close, but running a 5950U you would think I would be doing better. Although, when I ran a stock FX5900 and a FX5950U against each other (both Gainward cards) it almost didn't register a difference. I think the 5950U got about …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-03, 22:24

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Would you do me a big favor and run 3DMark 2001. I have a very similar system I would like to compare to your results. Thanks! I ran 2001SE for you liqmat. I'm interested to see how it compares to your machine. https://i.imgur.com/hDUbsoIl.jpg 9268 for me, but no OC on my 1.4 like yours. I am using …

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-04-03, 14:21

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SYMMETRY on GOG - 48 hours to grab it https://www.gog.com/game/symmetry

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-02, 16:13

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Pentium III 1400-S @ 1.6Ghz (152x10.5) Cooled by Startech Low Profile Fully Copper Cooler Gigabyte GA-6OMM7E Rev 3.2 i815 M-ATX motherboard 256 Crucial 133 CAS-2 RAM at 2-2-2 PNY Nvidia FX5900XT With Artic Cooler attached Aureal Vortex 2 With Yamaha DB50XG 82 Gig Hitachi Hard Disk Small M-ATX Case …

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Re: 3Dfx and Creative LEGO submissions. Needs 10,000 supporters.

Posted on 2020-04-02, 16:06

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Hey man, don't shoot the messenger. 🤣

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3Dfx and Creative LEGO submissions. Needs 10,000 supporters.

Posted on 2020-04-02, 15:32

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Any of you catch this? Both designs need 10,000 supporter votes for it to be considered for production. Probably will put my vote in. 3Dfx card >> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/480e824e-d651-4192-996a-937eb7b4fe98 Creative Sound Blaster Pro >> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/6ed8c720-ea66-45f7- …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-04-02, 14:29

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Guys, does US postal service work more or less as usual? I have a (delayed) order that is supposed to be sent from New Mexico to California. I'm not in US myself, so don't really understand what's going on there in terms of daily life. I've been receiving USPS, UPS, and FedEx packages quickly. My …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-04-02, 14:22

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So I am torn, I either forfeit the 15 precious hours I already sunk into it and start playing Tyranny/Torment/Pillars, or keep sinking about 85 more in the hopes that I will get used to the tone and end up enjoying it as most people did.. Anyone else have experience with this game to share? I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-01, 15:03

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Yeah it's Rock solid. Back in the day it was the family daily driver. The computer has that upgrade cpu, 128 megs of Edo ram, pci voodoo 3 that system is still fully functional today. It runs 98se beautiful my son uses it for older games as well as educational programs from when I was younger. Yeah …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-01, 14:47

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2020-04-01, 14:27: I bought one of those upgrade CPUs when they were new and I still use it today in a older Compaq all in one presario 4402. Nice to know yours is still humming along. Did yours get a lot of use? Sounds like a reliable upgrade.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-01, 14:23

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Funny, one showed up at my door too. Imagine that! Probably the best Socket 5 upgrade out there? This is actually for a friend and fellow vintage hardware enthusiast in the UK. Sending this along with some Socket 8 goodness from the 2018 haul later this year. Evergreen_400_Front.JPG Evergreen_400_ …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-03-31, 14:47

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chinny22 wrote on 2020-03-31, 10:04: https://i.postimg.cc/rskHw8TN/CM15-R.jpg […] Show full quote Digging the clock radio on the right.

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-31, 10:34

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A sad and pathetic situation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/c … e=pocket-newtab

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-03-30, 15:35

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Yeah, I got caught by that buying a physical copy of Duke Nukem Forever. Never going to make that mistake again and is why I swore off borroware over a decade ago. Haven't missed it a bit. Vote with your wallet.

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-30, 09:45

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Well, it could always be worse... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/20 … onavirus-device

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-03-29, 01:55

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That's too bad. I have had 20 and 40MB MFMs come across my desk in the last few years and spin up like new without one bad sector. Both were Seagate. Some last quite a long time.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-03-29, 01:50

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Nice luggable. How is the HDD dead? Not spinning?

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-28, 23:48

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Welp, getting kind of bored with cabin fever setting in. Know what I'm doing tonight. It's party time!

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-28, 17:58

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So Florida (where I am currently staying) is just about to go Chuck Norris lockdown. Read the article: (interstate checkpoints, jail sentences (if a traveler is from a "hot spot") for non-compliance, etc now being enforced) https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/28/florida- …

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Re: ebay NOS dual pentium pro build

Posted on 2020-03-28, 16:16

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Nice to see you are still enjoying the systems. I think a lot of people are going to revisit some projects due to the various lockdowns going on across the globe. As they say, through adversity comes innovation.

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