Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-09-21, 23:11

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by Montaron

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As a collector of multisync 15khz+ monitors, I like! I feel these 15" good quality shadow mask CRTs are perfect for DOS gaming. I actually notice less phosphor retention/ghosting on them compared to a 'modern' Trinitron.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-21, 22:50

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by Montaron

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Couldn't wait for Jensen to hurry up baking the next batch of 3000 series cards.. 4000 series courtesy of PNY Filename _20200921_234728.JPG File size 678.38 KiB Views 1876 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-10, 20:42

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by Montaron

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The board with a VGA port and switch is an Amiga scan doubler I guess. The square board, bottom right one is useful, an Amiga kickstart rom switch.. ah you got that one. Ramboard up top is for A600 I guess

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2020-09-09, 18:34

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by Montaron

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Nice I will have to get Duke Nukem 3D and Quake 2 setup for benchmarks

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2020-09-09, 11:18

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by Montaron

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Sorry meant Quake and Doom benchmarks from Phil's benchmark pack. Any other benchmarks recommended?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-09, 10:45

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Thanks! Based on the 440GX Chipset. SMP version of the 440BX that supports up 2GB of ram. https://www.anandtech.com/show/72/11 Hard to tell if this one is intended as a server or a workstation or just trying to cover both but very handy to have a AGP slot :) Cool things about it is multiplier …

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Re: e-nForcer (My Q9550, GTX 280 SLI Windows XP/Windows 7 Gaming Rig)

Posted on 2020-09-09, 10:33

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by Montaron

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Bear with my memory it was some time ago. I had SLI GTX 480s heating my room up. From memory 2 cards can do 32xQ (2x16xQ) in SLI but different drivers will show different things, the Fermi series exposed more AA modes then the 200 series I think even though it's not a hardware limitation. Here is a …

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Re: e-nForcer (My Q9550, GTX 280 SLI Windows XP/Windows 7 Gaming Rig)

Posted on 2020-09-09, 00:19

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by Montaron

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Great setup, also have a similar SLI late XP / Vista build on the go. Do you plan to use the SLI AntiAliasing modes? Used to use that a lot and I think with a driver tweak or by adding a quadro card (not to actually use, just to allow quadro driver installation alongside geforce) you can unlock 128x …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-08, 23:56

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by Montaron

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Sad really. I guess those smelters are really organised at collecting from recycling centres or offering e-waste disposal to companies. Curious how they collect their parts to save a few.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-08, 23:35

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@ imi 🤣 I did not realise how bad the situation was!

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Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2020-09-08, 23:33

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by Montaron

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Nice benchmarks! It's amazing what the Aussies created with this unassuming card. My quick Quake and Doom benchmarks showed GF2 GTS (AGP) = GF 256 DDR (AGP)> GF2MX (AGP)> ET6100 (PCI) > ARK (PCI) > everything else by a long way. The ARK and ET6100 are very close by a few fps and the same for the …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-08, 23:24

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Can we all agree to be angry at the gold refiners on the bay these days. Searching for scrap lots always comes up with these fake "gold" bars that must contain little gold, be unprofitable to refine and put out a load of toxic fumes to make. Many CPUs were harmed in the making :( Glad to see any …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-08, 20:20

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@luckybob Absolutely, I was stoked to finally find the 900/2/100 one on home soil (I read you have 2 of the beasts). I just got the others for benchmark comparison fun. I'll create a build thread eventually.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:56

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Amazing find Predator, IMI Picasso IV board there too? Might actually be the most valuable

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:43

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I think Pentium speed deserves the board :D Talking of more hot running, recalled Pentium iiis.. Apparently Xeon PIII heatsinks were still not big enough lol SL4HE 1000Mhz 133Mhz FSB 256KB Cache Slot 2 Xeons _20200908_203456.JPG _20200908_203439.JPG For scale.. _20200908_203516.JPG Happy to find …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-08, 19:18

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Been hiding these for a while, especially the board :D Supermicro S2DG2 _20200908_200406.JPG Xeon 900Mhz 2MB Cache Boxed, Sealed and now well... ;p (This CPU should of been recalled I think) _20200908_200452.JPG _20200908_200517.JPG _20200908_201726.JPG Real3D Starfighter PCI 16MB _20200908_200807. …

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Re: More fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) - some SDK bits and some reverse engineering

Posted on 2020-08-27, 22:23

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by Montaron

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Amazing work guys, I have a Creative 3d Blaster PCI and the Fire GL 1000 Permedia NT card if you want me to do any testing. Might have to walk me though it I'm not caught up on all your CGL work.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-08-27, 14:06

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by Montaron

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I hear all the pain points on collecting and prices. I guess retro console prices warned us what could happen. I sold plenty of my hardware as it became obselete and threw away game boxes to make space that now demand such high prices. Only the realisation that we have't got the same kind of quality …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-27, 13:52

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by Montaron

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and PCI too :0 Yeah should give a bit flexibility for a multi use retro machine I hope :) Awesome Montaron!!!!! You will have to install rivatuner and find out the specs for those cards, I thought INNO3D was the only company that made pci FX5600s. Where did you find those cards? I'm huge into pci …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-27, 01:00

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And..the top dog FX5700V 256MB PCI (Believed to 128Bit) Filename sim.jpg File size 16.34 KiB Views 2081 views Sellers pic, not yet arrived. Looking forward to testing them all in 33mhz and 66mhz slots on a Tualatin machine!

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