Re: I want to build another Win 98SE PC. Do any video cards offer anything a Voodoo3 does not?
Posted on 2023-11-09, 00:21
Voodoos are the only things in the retro community that are more meme than Windows 98.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-11-05, 20:15
capacitors are like new eh? 🤣.
Re: Dell 820 Motherboard
Posted on 2023-11-04, 00:26
pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-11-03, 23:31: VivienM wrote on 2023-11-03, 23:26: This is probably the 'standard' proprietary Dell power connector that they used at that time. Incorrect. Sarcasm went flying over your head 😁
Re: I pulled out a PCI card while a system was powered on today
Posted on 2023-11-02, 01:56
I've never pulled one out hot, but I bumped an SB Live on my testbench and it obviously caused a connection interruption and locked up Windows 98 (although, let's be real--Windows 98's natural state is locked up, so I was just leading it to the end faster than usual). There was no damage.
Re: Aiming for the Stars, Next platform?
Posted on 2023-10-31, 22:44
Aim for the stars by playing a game other than 3dmark 😁 We literally made this joke all the time 25 years ago.
Re: Suggest CPU Between Pentium200 and Pentium4 1700
Posted on 2023-10-30, 22:10
There were a metric ton of P3 800EBs. In mid/late 2000, the OEMs were pumping out a ton of Slot 1 800EB+Apollo Pro 133A systems, as they were in the pricing sweet spot. 800Es? Probably not a lot.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2023-10-27, 22:30
photo_2023-10-17 07.58.48.jpeg found this beauty in a scrapyard. Creative BlasterBoard M003 broken traces, not starting. repair required. 486sle.jpg there was one broken trace on this Chaintech 486SLE board, after fixing - it is starting/POST the board has been fixed by "Bits und Bolts" from Dubai. …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2023-10-25, 01:00
I finished 'Blue Shift.' Now, I'm finally putting this 7900XTX to work playing 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider.' It's (one of) the reason(s) I bought this card; the 2080 Ti it replaced couldn't play this game solidly above 100fps with everything turned up to 11 (less raytracing, which I don't care about …
Re: List of games which doesn't have CD check ( Windows 9x )
Posted on 2023-10-22, 02:29
I started to make a list because I was trying to avoid killing my CD-ROM by running games that need to constantly hammer my drive. It looks like I didn't make too many notes though. It looks like I switched to making notes about whether or not the game has copy protection (since I was converting my …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-21, 15:40
Good morning, I am new here. So hello @all. Today I am reinstalling Windows 98 SE on my current retro computer. I found it a few weeks ago on my university's electronic junk. Before reinstalling the OS, I had tried running CrystalDiskMark 2.0 on the previous installation of Windows 98 SE, but I got …
Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware
Posted on 2023-10-20, 23:38
I have three old monitors that are probably all equally flawed, but they work fine for my purposes. They all have pretty poor response times, but I don't play games fast enough to be impaired by any ghosting that might be happening. Syncmaster 170MP Syncmaster 192MP Sony MFM-HT95 The 170MP doesn't …
Re: Capacitor replacement for Asus A7N8X-E
Posted on 2023-10-17, 03:14
I'm not an electronics engineer, so take this advice for what it is. 1. Just match the capacitance and make sure you get >= voltage of the original. Then just try to get as low ESR are possible without laboring over it. 2. Stop quibbling over the other specs. These circuits are built with tolerance …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-14, 23:39
I moved my 3DFX configuration to a new AT case with an AT PSU, Upgrade to Pentium III 600EB from Celeron 300A, and also installed a USB bracket but I'm not getting any display on my monitor since I made these upgrades. Manual says it supports coppermine CPUs from 500Mhz-733Mhz, there is a 3pin …
Re: Zalman coolers and voodoo 5
Posted on 2023-10-14, 14:32
Is that 3 slots?
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-13, 23:44
DerBaum, that looks professional. Very nice job
Re: Best video card for 1996-2000 PC? (re: Half-Life, Unreal, Quake, American McGee's Alice, etc)
Posted on 2023-10-02, 23:35
Make a list of games you want to play. Are there any Glide exclusives? If not, don't spend top dollar on 3dfx. Are there a few Glide exclusives? Decide if they are so important that you need to build an entire system around them. Otherwise, just get a Geforce or Radeon. They are cheaper and they …
Re: Motherboard cleaning
Posted on 2023-09-30, 03:12
I've washed a board with plain old water and it cleaned up nicely. I've seen plenty of people do it with soap and water. I think you just need to be careful with it and make sure you thoroughly dry it. Would I recommend it? I'm not sure. I've seen some metals begin to oxidize quickly after being …
Re: Finally doing it.
Posted on 2023-09-29, 23:25
128 is plenty for anything up to 2000.
Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d
Posted on 2023-09-23, 13:44
You're right that the clock speed doesn't say anything when comparing different CPUs, but both Tualatins are basically the same core with the Pentium running at 33% higher FSB which usually results in 33% faster CPU speed. A slight difference here is the 0.5 higher muliplier and the larger cache on …
Re: Need Help finding RAM type for Pentium-lll-s , 1.4ghz CPU
Posted on 2023-09-22, 01:56
If you upload a picture of a single chip on that RAM stick, we'll be able to tell what it is (unless it's completely unmarked).
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