Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 04:12
Yeah what ever happened to translucent blue?
Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay
Posted on Today, 03:50
It's going for an insane amount with 5 days to go.
Re: Most disappointing games?
Posted on 2023-02-05, 01:53
HL intro might have been long, but it was quite unique for it's time and most of us were transfixed.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2023-02-03, 02:14
Icewind Dale Now that I'm getting some combat in, I'm remembering what I didn't like about the real-time with pause system. It seems difficult to keep characters from charging forward into the area of effect of a spell/bomb, etc. Is there a trick to keep characters put until you're ready to let …
Re: P4 Win98 Small Form Factor?
Posted on 2023-02-01, 00:59
pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-02-01, 00:45: Main issue is low profile video cards and SFF *rarely* have AGP. Most are PCIe and cut off is 915 chipset for win98se. Cheers, Plenty of gf4mx and fx5200 in low profile agp. Good cards tho...
Re: Pentium 4 chipsets for Windows 98 SE
Posted on 2023-01-28, 01:36
I still don't understand a "fast" P4 for a Win98 only build. By that point almost everyone had moved on to XP. And any late 98 games can be played just fine (and likely better) in XP. Actually large numbers of late 98 games had issues on WinXP. Many were optimized and tested for Win98, and large …
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2023-01-26, 17:42
Re: How much of your retro hardware do you actually use?
Posted on 2023-01-25, 19:44
Of the "active" builds I have setup, I try and play them all at least once a fortnight. Of the large amount of stuff in storage? Never, as you might imagine.
Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023
Posted on 2023-01-25, 03:42
I found second hand Sandisk, 30mb/s CF cards on ebay a few years ago. They probably saw heavy use as industrial cards, but as said have been flawless. That being said, strictly MSDOS only, no Win98. I only use SSD or HDD for Win98. I have issues with sdcards, but it was probably adapter issues. Cf …
Re: SD vs CF Stability in 2023
Posted on 2023-01-24, 21:59
I only use industrial CF cards and they have been rock solid.
Re: Fastest/Best Pentium 4?
Posted on 2023-01-22, 23:14
3.4Ghz Northwood is the best for high end Win98 gaming.
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-20, 01:15
The bitchyness and drama in the retro-console world sickens me. I am glad I am not part of that community. Vogons is a *retro PC* community and totally different.
Re: My little PC collection (11 Retro-PCs)
Posted on 2023-01-19, 21:41
Project #12: a 2009 Core 2 Quad Description: to close the gap between Pentium 4 with Hypertreading and the Hexa-/Octacore machines after 2010 I built this Core 2 Quad machine. The Cooler Master aluminium case with it's glossy black finish, is monolithic and with It's discreet LED lights, it is …
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2023-01-19, 18:28
Re: Opl3 and ESS FM on one card. Does it exist?
Posted on 2023-01-14, 10:15
Good idea for Orpheus 4 sound card.
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2023-01-12, 20:17
EPIC- Divine Knockout (DKO) First Class Trouble Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Re: GPU suggestion for my P4 setup
Posted on 2023-01-12, 07:06
FX5900 Ultra. Save the Radeon HDs for your Core 2 setup.
Re: Passive AGP cards for a retro-build...what do you think about these?
Posted on 2023-01-11, 18:37
That case has poor airflow tho and is cramped. I would not do that to a valuable card, maybe a MX440 or something.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2023-01-11, 03:53
amontre wrote on 2023-01-11, 03:15: I just started to play SSI gold box starting with Dragonlance - Champions of Krynn, oh my i'm still at character creation after few hours. The way it's supposed to be. Don't forget your graph paper.
Creative founder Sim Wong Hoo, the man behind Sound Blaster, has died
Posted on 2023-01-07, 20:01
Not usually the sort of thing I would post here, but I figured the Sound Blaster is important enough to make it worthwhile. https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/other/creative-founder-sim-wong-hoo-the-man-behind-sound-blaster-has-died/ar-AA163Gn4?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid= …
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