Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

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I consider this a dumpster find on technicality. I got another ASUS 7300GT Silent for providing IT services to a coworker. It's the exact same I already had... witch I got for providing IT services to a different coworker. I guess SLI is now on the table. Or it will be if I find an SLI bridge. IMG_ …

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Re: How much does 4 cores matter w/ Windows XP?

Posted on 2023-09-21, 12:10

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What era ? The games mentioned by others are much newer than what I play on it and have never had an issue.. I guess if I played early Win95 games on it then I could but I also have run old Aldus PageMaker 4 and other old apps on that box recently w/o a problem ( I run 32bit which is more backward …

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Re: How much does 4 cores matter w/ Windows XP?

Posted on 2023-09-21, 08:06

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For games of this era more core are likely to cause problems not help. What era ? The games mentioned by others are much newer than what I play on it and have never had an issue.. I guess if I played early Win95 games on it then I could but I also have run old Aldus PageMaker 4 and other old apps …

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Re: Another "identify this mobo" topic :)

Posted on 2023-09-20, 08:42

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I still call for an all-inclusive "Identify this hardware" topic rather than having one new for every hardware someone needs identifying. Same as: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17341 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39993 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=60650 …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-19, 12:16

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Outside of getting bored with it, there are usually a couple of reasons why I will give up on a game. First, if I take a long break, I find it difficult to get back into a game, especially if it's story heavy. My memory sucks, so I usually forget what was going on. I haven't really found a good …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-09-18, 14:53

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Today I got the game no one ever bought yet everyone complains about not having a sequel. Filename IMG_20230918_164415.jpg File size 750.38 KiB Views 115 views The box in good condition, the discs are as if they were brand new.

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Re: win 7 on pentum ll 266,128Mb ram

Posted on 2023-09-17, 15:59

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When I sold my old PC back in 2009 before the release of Windows 7, I sold it with Windows 7 RC. It was already very sluggish to the point of being unusable on a 2.4GHz Northwood Celeron and 768MB RAM and a 256MB Radeon 9600 Pro. I can only imagine how responsive this could be. So you deserve all my …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-09-16, 18:56

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And if you didn't? If you have no subscription, never have and never and you have no intention of having in the future. Then can you claim the freebie?

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-09-16, 17:43

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Is it really considered free if you need a paid subscription to access it?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-16, 13:29

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Same here. I played through a quarter of it, maybe a third. Until the end of the Doom Hunter boss map. Where you beat the first one-on-one in an arena, then two other backed up by other demons... in a bigger arena. By that point I was already forcing myself to play, but then I just lost the drive to …

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Re: How to install and run vanilla Half-Life 2 without Steam

Posted on 2023-09-15, 07:52

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As someone mentioned earlier in this thread, the version on REMOVED works fine. I've used it on several XP machines, and I also installed it on a Windows 98 SE machine by using KernelEX. Yes it installs Steam, but it won't connect or update, and you should use MSConfig to disable it from starting …

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Re: Mid-noughties adventures on a modernish thin client

Posted on 2023-09-15, 05:54

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The t730 uses more power at around 30 watts, but it's performance is very impressive. Recently I've played through Ember and Stardew Valley on it with no performance issues. The T730 is fast, but it doesn't go further back than Windows 10. I wish it had W7 drivers. I use these types of machine for …

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Mid-noughties adventures on a modernish thin client

Posted on 2023-09-14, 16:44

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I've been looking to get an emulator box/workshop PC so I checked out some thin clients. What I needed for it to be as fast as possible, passively cooled and compatible with Windows 7. That's where I found the HP T630 which looked like it could tick all the boxes: AMD GX-420GI Radeon R7E.png CPU …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-09-12, 08:01

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Found this somewhat motherboard. It has a 128mb memory module and 512 mb ddr1 RAM. I could use the memory module in some build and a ram, otherwise, I don't know if the board itself could make any retro build at all. Looks like it used to belong to a NAS: https://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews …

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-12, 06:32

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ptr1ck wrote on 2023-09-11, 22:22: Both are the best achievements so far from each studio. I disagree on Bethesda. I think they peaked at around Oblivion/Fallout 3. Everything past those are one step forward, two steps back (ignoring 76 which is one step backwards, two steps back).

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-11, 08:46

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I haven't made a decision on the game yet. Skyrim was a competent time sink (competent at being a time sink), as for Fallout 4, it's already a high praise to call it mediocre. As for what I've seen about the game, it looks boring. Not something I'd pay 70€ for (which is already 10% more than $70).

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-06, 10:42

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I always just assumed W98 is simply slower. I didn't do extensive testing, but I also noticed with a couple of my graphics card that they don't score as high in W98 as they do in XP. Something like a 20% difference with Ti4200 for example.

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Re: The million dollar question on retrocomputing

Posted on 2023-09-06, 09:40

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One thing I miss from the questions, and without that I'm unable to answer any of them is price . I would 100% prefer an identical hardware or software manufactured recently over one that was manufactured 30 years ago and has an unknown history, for the same price. But if I had to pay brand new …

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

Posted on 2023-09-05, 12:07

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Today I almost didn't go to the monthly vintage market. It was heavily raining in the morning and last month almost no one was there to sell. Then I decided to check and in the worst case I had a walk. It was surprisingly big despite the weather. I got a bottle of wine, 1kg of dry smoked sausage …

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

Posted on 2023-09-05, 08:46

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Does Windows 7 count as retro yet? Steam thinks so. To me it's only a nostalgia OS. It's EOL, no first or third party support (maybe some indirect support, as some software still just happens to run on it), but not old enough yet to be retro. I also have something in plans on semi-modern hardware …

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