Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2023-12-10, 12:46

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Dell OptiPlex GX1 Pentium II 350MHz Intel 440bx 128 MB PC100 RAM Windows 98 SE ATi 3D Rage Pro (Rage Pro Turbo'd using the 2002 drivers -- grain of salt and all) 2x AGP 3DMark99 1578 3DMark2000 899 EVGA e-GeForce FX 5200...? (NV19PL stenciled on the card, but it has pixel shaders enough for 40 fps …

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Re: SB Live! (CT4780) or Audigy EAX Advanced HD (SB0090/1394?) for the Athlon build?

Posted on 2023-11-29, 12:47

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Interesting... I have a 180nm K7700 alongside my A0750 (and freebie K7500 that tagged along with a HSF assembly) that according to CPU-World is 1.6. I wonder if there's much headroom to undervolt from there... 50 MHz isn't all that much speed to lose, either. I might just go with the 700 for most …

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Re: SB Live! (CT4780) or Audigy EAX Advanced HD (SB0090/1394?) for the Athlon build?

Posted on 2023-11-29, 00:16

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Alright, thanks for the input. Found a 2 ZS on the 'Bay for a good price and ordered it, though don't really have a good use for the Live! or 1 EX anymore. I guess I could see whether any interesting computers can use them, or if I should just start on a Baby AT K5 system for DOS and find some …

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SB Live! (CT4780) or Audigy EAX Advanced HD (SB0090/1394?) for the Athlon build?

Posted on 2023-11-27, 23:35

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As a reminder: Athlon 750 (or 700, may downclock it just so it doesn't get so hot to hopefully extend the life of it), KX133 on an Asus K7V, and I plan on running Mandrake 8.2, Fedora Core 3, and Windows NT 5.0.1796 just for the variety of it and to try it out to see how far it can go. I used to …

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Re: the unofficial Vogons server centric thread

Posted on 2023-08-07, 02:59

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Hey, not bad for $11! Hope it's good. I got my own CPU deal, an IBM 02CY231 for $175 ($186 total). Based on Raptor's pricing for the 18-core, it should be $2,350, so I got it for about a 92.5% discount. It's 16 core, unfortunately paired but 160 watt so it should just work in the Blackbird. Can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-18, 19:24

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Just found a GeForce4 Ti 4200 on eBay for only $40.44 total, including shipping and taxes (~$20). On top of that, it's an Asus (V8420), which matches up perfectly with my K7V -- I was planning on going for a GeForce2 Pro or Ti (V7700), or a Radeon 7500, but I'm not a period snob. I've got a PII and …

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

Posted on 2023-01-28, 05:35

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I dunno where to put this but it happened on modern hardware. I ran 3DMark2000 at 1872x1248 on my Surface Laptop 3 i7 to get... 4302 3D marks. And a few graphical glitches, but those are to be expected. https://link.storjshare.io/raw/jvxikkhiqnksyeatwcn3iigoa3ta/techlgbt/media_attachments/files/109/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-22, 18:32

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Text You would be fine in that situation. Lots of people have released that kind of stuff under their regular identities, in fact pretty much everyone has. The only times it's ever been sued over is when what's been released is either still for sale or still part of the backbone of something for …

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

Posted on 2023-01-10, 09:34

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I dumpster dived for a PC in a gaming case, but it definitely isn't gaming. The only thing I can really tell about it is that it has a GT 640. There was a Sony Vaio laptop there I should have taken too, it came with Vista preinstalled... it might still be there if I go back. I already have a Sandy …

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

Posted on 2023-01-08, 19:45

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I dumpster dived for a PC in a gaming case, but it definitely isn't gaming. The only thing I can really tell about it is that it has a GT 640. There was a Sony Vaio laptop there I should have taken too, it came with Vista preinstalled... it might still be there if I go back. I already have a Sandy …

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

Posted on 2023-01-03, 23:51

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RGB is usually an easy attack vector, too. As for myself, I've been throwing bids os Surface Laptop 3s to try hackintoshing, dual booted with Slackware. I've got a promising one going so far. I would prefer just getting a real Mac, but I can't afford one. Plus, I love the 3:2 aspect ratio and 1.54:1 …

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Re: Cheap but well performing PCI 3D video cards

Posted on 2022-12-23, 01:49

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A PCI 5200 or 5500 would be fine, just don't expect amazing DX9 gaming as FX series cards are well known for having poor DX9 performance, but for anything DX7/8 based they will be great little PCI cards. Note apparently some PCI FX 5200s are rebranded MX 4000s with a slight memory boost (33MHz, …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-12-23, 01:38

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My confession: I think Half-Life 2 is overrated. As someone whose favorite PC game is HL1, I too think it is. HL2 is a fine game, but it's erased the first game in any form other than Black Mesa or the occasional novelty. I think HL2 tends to get a little too much praise, to the point of some of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-10, 06:41

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Bought a Slot 1 CPU retention bracket. For my Athlon. It kinda feels like the kind of thing companies would be incentivized not to make specifically a Slot 1 or Slot A product because it would save them money to make it universal and there wouldn't really be any structural integrity issues as it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-09, 22:01

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- A Radeon 9600 pro box with a "Certified for Windows Vista" printed on the box. Well... a 2003 card for a Vista system in 2007... don't expect anything good with games. And it's not a generic box with an unknown brand (Power color) It could have still been useful as a display accelerator for …

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

Posted on 2022-12-06, 21:04

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I believe Intel also makes (or made?) SSDs, too, so that's something to add to the list.

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Re: Windows XP how many people still use for it their MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-12-06, 21:03

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As someone that used Office 97 for most of the decade between 2009 and 2019, even via WINE, I can't say I remember it crashing.

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Re: Hardware you wish you'd never bought.

Posted on 2022-12-06, 04:25

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I'm starting to think the cooler I just bought for my Athlon may be SEPP. If so, that's a major oopsie on my part, to say the least. I thought I was getting a good deal but a cooler labeled as being for Athlon and a fan wasn't much more... I'll give it a quick shot when I get it but if it gives me a …

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

Posted on 2022-12-02, 21:50

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Updating Mageia on the road. Filename IMG_20221202_134913.jpg File size 95.84 KiB Views 1256 views

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Re: SHARP Transmeta Efficeon laptop

Posted on 2022-12-01, 11:31

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I also decided to check to see if the AGP driver worked, and... maybe? Since I can't install the Radeon driver yet, I don't know if AGP is disabled because the driver is disabled or because the standard VGA driver only supports PCI. Filename IMG_20221201_032919.jpg File size 78.88 KiB Views 289 …

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