Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2020-07-06, 11:43

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by oohms

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I have bought parts for and built nearly every aspirational build i've come up with.. but then there's no time to actually use them :D Since then i've settled on a K6-3+/V3 and a 2600k/780ti for nearly everything i could want to play, and I still need time to set those up properly and actually play …

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Re: MP3 player on a 386/387?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 11:28

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by oohms

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I don't know why you would.. it is taxing enough for a pentium mmx 233, i don't know why you would try on a 386

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 11:27

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by oohms

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I had a dual P3-450 system back in the day, and while it was good for desktop use (with windows 2000) it was fast and responsive, for gaming, it made zero difference

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Re: Buying a Pentium 133? Am I crazy?

Posted on 2020-05-30, 08:56

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by oohms

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A pentium 133 was the go to CPU between mid 1995 and 1997. I remember every school and office pc for a couple of years was a P133, and it co-incides with a golden era of gaming

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Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)

Posted on 2020-05-11, 07:49

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by oohms

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I am keen on ordering one of these

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Re: SSD Woes On Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2020-05-11, 07:40

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by oohms

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I've been reliably using IDE to SD adapters.. the only caveat being they have to be the only device on that IDE channel

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Re: Newest version of Windows for file transfer

Posted on 2020-05-04, 03:12

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by oohms

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I have a little netbook running windows XP that i use for my windows 98 boxes. If you enable SMB 1.0 in windows features, it works with windows 10

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Re: 3dfx card lot two questions

Posted on 2020-03-10, 03:42

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by oohms

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The top right card being a pci banshee might be worth a little more, and is a good all in one card for pentium/pentium pro systems For maximum compatibility with early dos games, maybe you can run the voodoo 1 (black card) with the voodoo 5?

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Re: Bought 2 motherboards, both do exactly the same (nothing)

Posted on 2020-02-21, 12:43

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by oohms

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I have consistent problem with ram, and a lot of boards are (or have become) very fussy about how the sticks are seated. With some boards, if i don't symetrically click in the sticks on both sides at the same time, it won't boot I tried with no ram at all as well, it should at least give me either …

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Re: Bought 2 motherboards, both do exactly the same (nothing)

Posted on 2020-02-20, 11:58

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by oohms

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I have consistent problem with ram, and a lot of boards are (or have become) very fussy about how the sticks are seated. With some boards, if i don't symetrically click in the sticks on both sides at the same time, it won't boot

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Re: Germicidial UV-C lamp for Retrobright

Posted on 2020-02-20, 11:36

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by oohms

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Maybe you need a 'real' UV-C lamp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0TQjBRcFo

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Re: GeForce2 Ti vs. Matrox G400

Posted on 2020-02-16, 11:45

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by oohms

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Matrox had great 2D image quality and a fantastic marketing department - that's it. I still remember the Matrox and Pentium Pro posters all over the school IT department and we all wanted those as kids - nothing to do with how good either of those were at gaming, compared to more sensible …

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Re: Graphics card for Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-10-20, 02:19

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by oohms

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Matrox cards were never great for gaming and have aweful drivers. I would go a TNT or GF2MX because they work, have good drivers and good dos games compatibility. They are also common enough that you can try a few to get one with the sharpest image output

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Re: List of Real Mode games that utilize MT-32/GM (for AWE emulation)

Posted on 2019-10-20, 01:46

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by oohms

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maxtherabbit wrote: Tyrian2k (gm): just selecting MIDI on port 330 crashed the setup utility - occurs irrespective of AWEUTIL being loaded I thought tyrian was mainly an adlib game

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Re: Dn3d - black screen with Quadro4 900XGL

Posted on 2019-09-08, 00:31

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by oohms

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Use a dvi - vga adapter and a vga cable instead.. DVI is a bit funny with older setups

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Re: Quadro 900xgl win98SE best drivers?

Posted on 2019-08-02, 09:57

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by oohms

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30.82 are also good

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Re: Slow games on Windows 3.11 with S3 Trio 3d/2x

Posted on 2019-05-12, 01:38

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by oohms

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Try a PCI video card instead.. SS7 boards are notorious for being finicky with most AGP cards

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Re: What would be the fastest XP Setup with XP Era Hardware ?

Posted on 2019-05-08, 12:35

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by oohms

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Until now I didn't consider to go with SLI. Is the nforce Chipset series the only way to get it work? If so I would think about.. Otherwise I would prefer to look for x48 Mainboards. Also i am doing some research on crossfire at the moment. There's no reason to do SLI/crossfire unless you are …

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Re: What would be the fastest XP Setup with XP Era Hardware - theoretically?

Posted on 2019-05-07, 11:17

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by oohms

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A fast core 2 duo is really what windows XP is about.. go with an E8600, 4gb of ram, XP 32 bit, an X-fi and a slightly newer video card to make your life easier.. something like a GTX 460.. not much else to it

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-04-25, 15:12

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by oohms

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looks like a voodoo rush

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