Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-06-12, 13:52
TrashPanda wrote on 2022-06-12, 13:16: anyone willing to suggest a equally terrible GPU for this build 🤣 I think it begs for a 64bit FX5200 ;D
Re: Should I use Win98 or XP for my Build?
Posted on 2022-06-12, 13:49
I think ME is a great pick for anything with, say, 400MHz and 128MB RAM and up, up to when WinXP starts to become a serious pick (which is anything that can run XP well without it feeling sluggish, usually from >=512MB RAM + (Northwood or AXP) and up and many people favor XP on much higher specced …
Re: Should I use Win98 or XP for my Build?
Posted on 2022-06-12, 06:27
leileilol wrote on 2022-06-12, 06:24: RandomStranger wrote on 2022-06-12, 05:59: There aren't much to justify using it on an active build other than as a curiosity. High mouse rate and USB storage are two reasons. There's also some support for later versions of DirectX 9. This P3's a strong …
Re: Should I use Win98 or XP for my Build?
Posted on 2022-06-12, 05:59
I think the MEs problems are: Bad rep: back then a lot of people had issues with it. Short time frame: When it came out 98SE was still relevant, 2000 was already out and XP was already on the horizon. There aren't much to justify using it on an active build other than as a curiosity.
Re: Should I use Win98 or XP for my Build?
Posted on 2022-06-11, 17:03
Though I would also use a different sound card like an ESS Solo-1 or Aureal Vortex 2-based card. That's just my preference. I don't know, the SB0220 is a good sound card with EAX support, which you probably want in a W98 system. Also decent in DOS. The Vortex 2 has A3D which is also desirable ( …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-06-11, 12:35
I was browsing a local trading site and I just found the cooler I got earlier this month: Looks like it's from a GTS250 so if I buy a fan for it, it should be good for my 8800GT.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-06-10, 15:56
It's not that simple. Company equipment that is in the books can't be simply taken home. If it's a computer, notebook or a monitor, I can take off the IT identifier with a heat gun and put it on a broken, disposable device I pick up for free from wherever. For other devices, like an OTDR, it's a …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-06-10, 15:43
sing it like Taylor Swift does! .. "and the scrappers tend to scrap, scrap, scrap, scrap, scrap, " ok maybe not :) anyway, scrappy doo did kind of spoil Scooby doo it sure did have a long run though, i'm not familiar with Vulkan at all, but it makes sense to change as the hardware has changed so …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-06-10, 14:53
We are repurposing a storage room at work into a server room. It has to be emptied by the end of next week. There I found this, perfectly working, no yellowing. It has no IT identifier sticker, so it doesn't exist, meaning I can take "nothing" home for free. IMG_20220610_083429.jpg (edit: forgot …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-06-10, 13:55
We are repurposing a storage room at work into a server room. It has to be emptied by the end of next week. There I found this, perfectly working, no yellowing. It has no IT identifier sticker, so it doesn't exist, meaning I can take "nothing" home for free. IMG_20220610_083429.jpg (edit: forgot the …
Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?
Posted on 2022-06-10, 04:20
Funny thing is this game works on Windows 11 out of the box: That's the issue with modern systems. For some reason for some old games run out of the box, for others, they are completely broken. Steam reviews of Return to Castle Wolfenstein says a lot of people has issues running it on Windows 10, …
Re: What was the most surprising/odd thing you've found on an old computer?
Posted on 2022-06-09, 08:48
I don't know if I should be bothered that people still don't protect their sensitive data with full disk encryption and don't know how to erase their data properly or be glad pedos are so dumb they can't even reinstall their Windows.
Re: What video card for an authentic 2009/2010 system?
Posted on 2022-06-08, 17:35
I'd choose GTX460 (or GTS450 GDDR5 if HD4850 performance level is alright). As said before, PhysX was still relevant so why not take advantage of it? I'd say a HD4850. Just one. From my perspective when it was new, the HD5xxx series were considered a bit of a hog to bother upgrading from then Back …
Re: How do you peeps store your parts?
Posted on 2022-06-07, 11:26
For expansion cards I do it similarly, only without the cardboard separators. I don't have so many motherboards (that aren't already in a case) so I can use separate "pizza box" for each. Also, if I have something on-topic to say, I rather necro a years old relevant thread without a second thought …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-06-06, 16:24
Fuck this guy . I've been fighting him an hour. Bullets don't damage him, hand granades don't damage him, can't melee him. I thought I have to bait him behind the container that slides back and forth to crush him, but he just wouldn't go to the right place. Turns out there is that very specific …
Re: Are we reaching a point where hardware before year 2007 is hard to find?
Posted on 2022-06-05, 15:17
Depends on what you are looking for. Desirable parts are getting rare for cheap.
Re: My 2007 Socket AM2 Build
Posted on 2022-06-05, 15:04
a little on the low end side for 2007 games You can't do much on X1550. It barely can play games like Far Cry or Doom 3, being only slightly better than GeForce 6200. My guess is OP simply doesn't have enough faster graphics cards to go around. OP said it's one of his builds from back then and it's …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-06-05, 14:40
Went on the June vintage market, spent around 50€, though around half of it was for a month worth of home-made grass-fed cheese. Also, the market was bigger than usual with street performers. Though dog merchant was missing. As for the inedible stuff I spent money on: IMG_20220605_113239.jpg I've …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-06-05, 10:01
Went on the June vintage market, spent around 50€, though around half of it was for a month worth of home-made grass-fed cheese. Also, the market was bigger than usual with street performers. Though dog merchant was missing. As for the inedible stuff I spent money on: IMG_20220605_113239.jpg I've …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-06-04, 20:33
Not really a DRM issue. I could have played it without updating anything and logging into PSN. I just wanted my trophies to sync.
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