Re: Abit BH6: Upgrade CPU or put a faster GPU?
Posted on 2022-07-30, 03:27
Your CPU is underclocked. Set your system bus to 100 MHz so that your CPU runs at its rated 450 MHz , then get a cheap GF2 MX. Q3A and UT will run great!
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2022-07-26, 03:02
Ryzen 5 3600 & original GTX 1650 (GDDR5 memory)
Re: My 3DMark03 Mega Thread
Posted on 2022-07-26, 03:00
Ryzen 5 3600 & original GTX 1650 (GDDR5 memory)
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-05-08, 22:56
Oh, me? I'm about to play one of my favorite arcade games from back in the day, Virtual-On: Cyber Troopers . In fact...IMG_0171.png I just got a cheerful pair of Win98 PCs all networked up for some two-player action! Short of owning the 2-player cabinet, this is probably as good as home Cyber …
Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?
Posted on 2022-01-21, 21:59
Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-01-21, 19:15: Mitac- “When reliability is a decisive factor”. I saw that image in a RetroSpector video today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RE_eQ8IEiw
Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread
Posted on 2021-11-10, 22:29
262 fps with P4 3 ghz and geforce 6600 agp 256MB. Sound on, and using the graphics settings recommended on page 1. It's more than fast enough to be playable, but I keep thinking it should be 100 fps faster, based on results I see on this thread and even the K6 Quake 2 and 3 thread.
Re: Windows 11 has been released
Posted on 2021-10-13, 07:15
For those of you who've already promised family, friends, coworkers, etc that you'd install it on their unsupported PCs, check this out: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rufus-creat … ows-11-installs If it works as advertised, this will be a real time saver.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-09-24, 15:30
I've got another one! I am probably the world's biggest Dell fanboy. No, Dell didn't start the IBM clone business. They didn't out-junior the PCjr with their own custom sound and graphics modes. Hell, they didn't even have the balls to affix "Never Obsolete" stickers to any of their cheapo Celeron …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-09-14, 16:36
I tried to disable my math coprocessor to see what a hypothetical Core i7-SX would perform like. :lol: I don't think it worked, because everything seemed to be as fast as before, even after restarting windows. Does anyone know if disabling the coprocessor in device manager ever worked? I'm …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-09-14, 04:04
I tried to disable my math coprocessor to see what a hypothetical Core i7-SX would perform like. :lol: I don't think it worked, because everything seemed to be as fast as before, even after restarting windows. Does anyone know if disabling the coprocessor in device manager ever worked? I'm …
Re: Why people still love XP
Posted on 2021-09-01, 17:42
It's not just Windows. Big Sur is also really bad on my HDD based iMac. Ubuntu is still tolerable on HDD, but for the 99% of the population who wants to use a more mainstream OS like Windows or macOS, then ya an SSD is a must.
Re: Leak of Windows 11
Posted on 2021-06-26, 02:41
64-bit means P4F needed (2004) TPM means core 8000 needed (2016) Wait, what? TPM has been around a lot longer than that. Even the Dell Latitude laptops and desktops that came with 2nd gen Core-I CPUs had the option of having a TPM chip. Pretty sure my X79 (3-4th gen) and X99 (5th - 6th gen) …
Re: Leak of Windows 11
Posted on 2021-06-22, 05:36
Yes, On the Intel Mac OSX loads quickly were MS-Windows 10 takes longer to start up and performs to many update tasks at startup. It takes Win-10 about 3 to 4 minutes to settle down to idle speed of 1% CPU utilization were OSX gets down to 1% CPU utilization in just one minute. Yeah 3-4 minutes for …
Re: Garage Sale PC won't let me install Windows 95 or 98
Posted on 2021-06-09, 21:22
-During the File Copy stage of 95/98/ME setup, the computer will freeze. Sometimes the screen gets garbled when it freezes. I tried with a different video card and got the same result. Check the BIOS setup for any "virus protection" or "boot sector protection" options. Disable them. I can't believe …
Re: Garage Sale PC won't let me install Windows 95 or 98
Posted on 2021-06-08, 22:38
Hey guys, thanks for the tips so far. They've all been really helpful. :) So today I tried copying all of my Win95 files to the hard disc and running the installer from there, but again it hard locked during installation. I have tested the memory with memtest86, but not for 24 hours. More like 4 hrs …
Re: Garage Sale PC won't let me install Windows 95 or 98
Posted on 2021-06-07, 22:56
Are you saying you did a full install of NT, 2000, and XP from scratch, and they all worked perfectly? Check the motherboard for bulging caps. Also, which "9x-only" games were you thinking of? Yes, clean installs of NT, 2000 and XP went off without a hitch. I didn't think XP would work with only …
Garage Sale PC won't let me install Windows 95 or 98
Posted on 2021-06-07, 19:46
Hey guys, I picked up a socket 7 Pentium MMX-166 PC at a garage sale and have been trying to get an appropriate OS to work on it. I'd like to use Windows 95 or 98, but it won't let me install those OSes. It does work with NT/2000/XP, but those OSes are either not game-friendly (NT4), or too much for …
Re: Looking for Windows 95 PCI Gigabit 1000Mbps ethernet card.
Posted on 2021-01-15, 05:43
fwiw I only get 2.5MB/s LAN file copies on my K6-2 300 and 43MB/s on my 3.06GHz P4.
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-12, 16:21
Re: Is anyone excited for Big Navi?
Posted on 2020-11-20, 16:27
I just bought a 1660 for my old i7-4700, but it's more of a stopgap solution since I got it cheap (OB) and just needed something faster than onboard gfx. The plain RX 6800 looks great, faster than an RTX 3070 and cheaper. Maybe they'll be in stock next year when I build my new computer!
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