Re: 1996 spec PC build
Posted on Yesterday, 14:09
Just a minor point, it's unlikely to have been 16GB ram.
Re: Creative Voodoo 2 - picture quality issues
Posted on 2024-12-24, 14:25
Would it be possible to fix this without swapping out the PSU?
Re: What are your great games found by accident or second chance?
Posted on 2024-12-14, 11:01
I saw Dos Quake running on a housemate's PC at university and thought it looked brown, and ugly, and boring. Then a couple of years ago I loaded it up on N64, just to check how it ran, and to my surprise started enjoying it quite a bit. Then last year I started using it on my Win98 PC to test opengl …
Re: Voodoo1 over Voodoo2?
Posted on 2024-12-11, 13:46
My only consideration on a Pentium or PPro system would be if I had a quality Voodoo Graphics card with a cleaner video signal than a cheap Voodoo 2.
Re: Help using an original HL2 DVD without Steam...
Posted on 2024-11-30, 16:15
It's worth noting that my disc is not the GOTY edition that the tutorial I was following was aimed at, but an earlier edition (all the CAB files on my disc are dated Oct 8th 2004, not sure what build that would make it) I've tried this on both Windows XP and Windows 10. Same result - missing …
Re: What to do with old modems and gateways
Posted on 2024-11-24, 18:23
There was an old professional grade ADSL router being disposed of at work. It's now in use at home as a gigabit switch and wireless access point. Has been doing its job 6 or 7 years now - not bad for dumpster fodder.
Re: I never thought the hardest bit about building a 486 would be...
Posted on 2024-11-13, 17:59
I never thought the hardest bit about building a 486 would be... Putting the topic subject in the thread title?
Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 Clock Speed Shenanigans
Posted on 2024-10-30, 01:13
I had a Voodoo 1 up to 57mhz stable with heatsink+ fan. This was on standard speed PCI bus. It was one of those Guillemot voodoo 1's that apparently are supposed to be run at 45mhz. 58mhz was unstable. Without heatsink+ fan it was unstable even at 50mhz.
Re: Challenge with new Socket 370 Build - Azza 810DTA
Posted on 2024-10-04, 17:52
With regards to cpu my plain i810 runs either a celeron 900 or a P3 900 with 100mhz fsb. Didn’t try anything faster as they start getting expensive.
Re: Challenge with new Socket 370 Build - Azza 810DTA
Posted on 2024-10-03, 12:38
I have an i810 system that won't boot (no video) with PC133 ram sticks. It only works with PC100. It's a dell so I would've got different beeps.
Re: The Rage 128 Line of cards is confusing as heck
Posted on 2024-09-19, 12:54
The page on wikipedia regarding the rage 128 pro is intriguing. It mentions the pro has "better texture filtering" than the 128 non-pro. I wonder if this refers to the sub-par bilinear filter optimization mentioned on the vintage3d rage pro page? ( https://vintage3d.org/rage3.php ) Or maybe it's …
Re: Why so many Katmais (and Deschutes)?
Posted on 2024-09-01, 20:17
Ah yes I see. Thanks for the explanation gents.
Re: Why so many Katmais (and Deschutes)?
Posted on 2024-09-01, 12:18
VivienM wrote on 2024-08-29, 12:04: The other observation I will make is that I didn't realize until fairly recently how many 1GHz socket 370 coppermines seemingly landed in large OEM i810 systems. Such a waste. Forgive my ignorance but why would this be a waste? What would be suitable for an i810? …
Re: Reversible adhesive thermal compound
Posted on 2024-06-19, 19:16
The thing about tape is that it can get less sticky the hotter it gets. So the heatsink could be on rock solid, but fall off when the GPU is put to use. Different tapes can be specified by how sticky they stay at higher temps. If you can add a picture of the gpu and heatsink, you may get some better …
Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 - Win98 Green Screen
Posted on 2024-06-15, 18:06
Speed sensitivity issues with the Voodoo Graphics card on faster computers are visible with D3D and DOS Glide games where glitches and lockups happen. Depending on the CPU and motherboard chipset, temporarily lowering the FSB to 66 MHz helps. 66 MHz FSB also worked for me (i810 chipset). The other …
Re: Could not get the ATi Radeon 9250 drivers installed on Windows 2000.
Posted on 2024-06-15, 18:01
You can also get the Catalyst 4.3 driver for W2k from vogonsdrivers.com
Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?
Posted on 2024-05-13, 18:37
My recollection is that the Voodoo 3 was well regarded as a solid choice for price, performance, features and compatibility. By the time the Voodoo4/5 were on the scene all that had changed. Nvidia's relentless product cycle and 3dfx's own mistakes meant that 3dfx were clearly behind on price, …
Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?
Posted on 2024-05-09, 21:21
I didn't have a P4 back then, (I have one now, was given it) but I remember reading at the time they were so bad that Intel enthusiasts were using the P3-based Pentium-M laptop processors in desktop motherboards.
Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?
Posted on 2024-05-05, 09:22
P4 - as boring as a modern computer, except old, slow, and hot.
Re: Quake3 colorMipLevels LOD curiosity
Posted on 2024-04-20, 17:19
Radeon 9000
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