Re: WindowsME splash screeen

Posted on 2025-03-12, 01:37

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Maybe monitor is too slow to display it? My Athlon XP 2400+ displays the splash screen for 1 second, then switches back to text mode before launching into desktop. Most LCD monitors I have are too slow to switch modes and therefore miss the splash screen. Only with a CRT screen I can see the ME …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-03-10, 23:52

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Why, what happened? * The OSD system is cluncky and lacks simple things like image positioning. Whatever is used seems to be from a low end TV and not something really fitting for a monitor. * It couldn't display stuff like BIOS boot screens over VGA connection (at least on the computer we were …

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Re: The Ivy-Bridge Titan, now with Windows XP!

Posted on 2025-02-10, 23:57

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Wow, there's 12GB of VRAM on that Titan! In Windows XP, would games be able to use more than 4GB of VRAM, or does the 4GB limitation not apply to VRAM? It is more of a theoretical question, since XP games probably won't need more than 4GB of VRAM even at 4K resolution, and you're also dual booting …

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2025-02-07, 00:36

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I used to make my own Prince of Persia and Commander Keen level packs, but none of them were very good. There are amazing Keen mods on shikadi.net. The Universe Is Toast trilogy makes me want to get into the scene again. that sounds good, was it an editor like 'keenedit' or similar later ones? I'd …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2025-02-06, 03:26

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I bought a used Ryzen 5700X that was bundled with a slow 32 gb ddr4 2666 kit. I want to put it in an ITX case for use under my TV and experiment with SteamOS. I'm hoping that it will become a viable alternative to Windows for gaming. Windows 11 still has a bug where the file explorer toolbar …

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Re: First ever request. Windows 10 game compatiblity that works but breaks on windows 11?

Posted on 2025-02-06, 02:38

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Original release of Need for Speed Most Wanted doesn't work on Win11 for me, but it did work on Win10.

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2025-02-06, 02:06

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I used to make my own Prince of Persia and Commander Keen level packs, but none of them were very good. There are amazing Keen mods on shikadi.net. The Universe Is Toast trilogy makes me want to get into the scene again.

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2025-02-06, 01:25

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BTO - Takin Care oF Business Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now I keep cycling between my two musical personalities - alternative metal and synthpop (wonder what that says about me as a person). Any other Devin Townsend fans here? I also listen to a lot of Nine Inch Nails - managed to score tickets to see …

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Re: 9800XT low score in 3DMark03 on WinXP with a 3700+

Posted on 2025-02-06, 01:19

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Here we go, The Grand Reveal..................What are your thoughts? Any way to tell if it's Pro or SE? Card.JPG GPU.JPG Memory.JPG I think that's an SE. I have the same style of card in my Athlon XP system. It is branded as a Radeon 9800SE and has the same style of memory (rectangular chips, 128 …

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Re: 9800XT low score in 3DMark03 on WinXP with a 3700+

Posted on 2025-02-05, 17:57

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Here we go, The Grand Reveal..................What are your thoughts? Any way to tell if it's Pro or SE? Card.JPG GPU.JPG Memory.JPG I think that's an SE. I have the same style of card in my Athlon XP system. It is branded as a Radeon 9800SE and has the same style of memory (rectangular chips, 128 …

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Re: Integrated graphics good enough for windows 98?

Posted on 2025-01-10, 16:16

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Isn't nforce 2 windows 98 compatible? That has Geforce 4 MX integrated, with dual channel RAM it shouldn't be that bad.

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Re: My Compaq S400NX Story: Pentium 4 Build

Posted on 2024-09-16, 01:02

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Very nice! I like this type of system, it's very honest and representative of what the average person had in 2003, even if they wanted something faster. I have a Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 2350 which is also PCI-only with a Radeon 9200, similar to your Compaq! I like the Pentium 4. P4 systems are so …

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Re: Which were the "MUST UPGRADE HARDWARE" games of your past? Which are the consensus games?

Posted on 2024-08-01, 16:55

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Unreal Tournament 2004 and GTA San Andreas. I really liked those games (still do) but my 1.1 GHz Athlon and Geforce 3 TI200 couldn't keep up, especially in UT multiplayer. I upgraded to an Athlon XP 2500+ and Radeon 9600XT just for those games. Huge improvement, I think the speed more than tripled. …

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Re: does food make you sick?

Posted on 2024-07-31, 22:59

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So glad my internal float switch still works.

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Re: Does Windows Me halt the CPU when it's idle?

Posted on 2024-06-20, 16:16

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Just to update you guys on this - I've installed Windows 98SE with forced ACPI support, and proper CPU idle seems to be working! I haven't found any software that can read CPU power draw on this P4 laptop, but the fan mostly stays off at the desktop and turns on right away when it's running a game. …

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Re: Does Windows Me halt the CPU when it's idle?

Posted on 2024-06-19, 22:25

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Just run Rain or one of its contemporary rivals to execute halt - and remain blissfully happy with Win98SE? I prefer to have it built in to the OS if possible. I know it's silly, but it's just how I am. lol Of course, if ME doesn't support HLT and I can't get 98 to cool down even after forcing ACPI …

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Does Windows Me halt the CPU when it's idle?

Posted on 2024-06-19, 21:21

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Hey everyone, I picked up a Dell Pentium 4 laptop with a Geforce Go Ti 4200 video card. It came with XP but I feel this would make a great portable Windows 9x gaming computer. For a hot CPU like the P4 running in a laptop, having an OS that supports the HLT instruction would be would nice. Windows …

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Re: intel is back!

Posted on 2024-06-12, 08:02

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let's say i would like to update my i5-3450 to latest ryzen. I just have to get: - new board, -new ram, -new cpu -new mounting kit for the cooler right? NO! i also need to get: -a scalping kit for the cpu and -a few separate cpus in case i break them in the process, and no guarantee i will succeed …

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Re: intel is back!

Posted on 2024-06-08, 06:21

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robertmo3 wrote on 2024-06-08, 06:18: amd is twice slower than intel in emulators this single argument eliminates amd for me Not as slow as you think. https://hothardware.com/news/this-is-the-best … ording-to-rpcs3

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Re: Windows 2000 on P100 vs Win98

Posted on 2024-05-28, 17:32

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I ran Windows 2K on a Pentium Pro 166 and it felt slow as a dog compared to Win98SE. I'm just wondering because the Pentium Pro did not work well with 16 bit code still being used in Win98SE. But the Pentium Pro should run well with any full 32 bit system like Windows 2000. But perhaps the RAM is …

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