Re: Is it really worth it to fix a voodoo3 card now these days?
Posted on 2020-03-01, 02:30
If you can do so affordably, yes. They are great cards, if not the best for retro gaming.
Re: Hello tech lovers just found this
Posted on 2020-02-29, 21:04
imi wrote on 2020-02-29, 20:38: just make sure you don't give it to someone who will just resell it but someone who will actually use it ^^ I do wonder if this forum has been infiltrated by those human scum waiting for a freebee to appear. Make sure you check someone's history before giving …
Re: $100 bounty for a long lost Far Cry 1 mod. Research of a cancelled PC game from 2005.
Posted on 2020-02-29, 19:49
Do you work for a game publisher and are secretly planning on making this into a real game? That would be freaking awesome 😁
Re: $100 bounty for a long lost Far Cry 1 mod. Research of a cancelled PC game from 2005.
Posted on 2020-02-29, 18:52
Re: PCI-E Bandwidth and you
Posted on 2020-02-29, 10:53
Bandwidth affects loading times not frame rates in general. Once textures are loaded that's it.
Re: Hello tech lovers just found this
Posted on 2020-02-29, 08:26
Yes you found the right place 😁
Re: What is your favorite Vintage ISA/PCI test motherboard ?
Posted on 2020-02-29, 05:47
Some EPOX with a sblink header, 2 isa slots, agp, agp, ss7. Not sure it's my favorite but it's what I currently have on the bench.
Re: Mac Quadra Upgrade: Shopping for 40mhz 68040
Posted on 2020-02-29, 02:28
But strictly with C, I am also assuming that any calculation (and I view C as a set of calculations requested by a user) would be performed with the FPU. Err...no, that's not how CPUs work. The FPU stands for floating-point unit, which performs calculations on numbers with something after the …
Re: Mac Quadra Upgrade: Shopping for 40mhz 68040
Posted on 2020-02-29, 00:16
But strictly with C, I am also assuming that any calculation (and I view C as a set of calculations requested by a user) would be performed with the FPU. Err...no, that's not how CPUs work. The FPU stands for floating-point unit, which performs calculations on numbers with something after the …
Re: Mac Quadra Upgrade: Shopping for 40mhz 68040
Posted on 2020-02-28, 21:29
Not sure why you think an FPU is important for compiling c code...
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2020-02-28, 19:24
It's a Dimension 4550. P4 2.4ghz. The P3 was a 866mhz GX150.
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2020-02-28, 17:56
Love those dell cases, probably my favorite of all time. I have a ddr p4 version. I also have the horizontal p3 model. Both run win2k.
Re: Builds general discussion
Posted on 2020-02-28, 07:58
> would a build with a later PIII/Celeron Tualatin CPU be useful between builds 2 and 3, or should build 3 handle it all fine? I believe you need 4-5 builds to be covered. This is what I run roughly: DOS: k6-3+, v1, awe32 Late DOS/Win95: via c3, v2sli, awe64, sb live! Win98: Athlon XP, v5, vortex2 …
Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup
Posted on 2020-02-27, 19:23
I use a 1TB sshd with winXP and it's great. I also use ssds with win98 because they conveniently and cheaply come in the treasured 120gb capacity.
Re: Advice on a reliable Windows 98 setup
Posted on 2020-02-27, 18:20
You are much better off with a K6-2+ or 3+ (or a via C3). You are not playing lots of DOS games with a CPU that can't easily be slowed down to 386 speeds.
Re: BFG Nvidia FX 5950 Ultra Build
Posted on 2020-02-26, 18:37
You really only want to use the FX series with Win98 and DX8. FX blows hard with DX9...which is the XP era. XP is better off with something far more powerful like a GTX560. Personally I have a 5950U in a P4 3.4ghz machine running Win98 and DX8....was playing Star Trek Elite Force on it last night in …
Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance
Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:49
> Pentium 4 2.2 GHZ What did you expect? Need a good c2d for xp.
Re: What soundsolutions (speakers/soundbars etc.) are you using on your machines?
Posted on 2020-02-21, 08:57
Creative T20 speakers with as much spdif as possible into a decent headphone DAC. Small mixer to mox DAC output with the output of a midi stack and that's it.
Re: Which one of you was it?
Posted on 2020-02-21, 08:23
So why didn't you buy it when you had the chance?
Re: I'm looking for a videocard with good Win9x and Early XP compatibility
Posted on 2020-02-20, 07:03
It's a difficult bridge to cross. WinXP means dx9, and cards with good dx9 support often lose compatibility with win98. I would say a geforce FX 5500 (fairly cheap), but it is not a strong performer. FX 5900 Ultra is better but expensive. You are better of with 2 PCs, one for 98 and one for XP.
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