Re: PIII-powered 2000-2004 gaming box & video playback benchmarks.
Posted on 2013-01-20, 00:12
there is an HD3850 which might be a little faster than the 4650 possibly faster than the 4670.
Re: PIII-powered 2000-2004 gaming box & video playback benchmarks.
Posted on 2013-01-19, 07:26
how do you get the video card hardware rendering? is it possible to do with newer cards on Pentium 4?
Re: New Socket 462 (Socket A) Windows XP build
Posted on 2013-01-17, 20:33
I have found that just about any barton core run windows 7 just as well as it runs xp, though 1gb and lower ram you will need to turn some stuff off. Barton cores were ahead of their time. At the shop we still have some customers who still have barton machines still kicking along, one guy refuses to …
Re: WHAT! ARRG! I want to punch this guy.
Posted on 2013-01-03, 02:51
you guys must hate me i'm about to scrap a ton of old gen/school stuff and have already scrapped a number of machines. it sucks because the scrappers at least pay us money for the stuff which we normally can't give away.
Re: 10th Anniversary
Posted on 2013-01-03, 02:49
eL_PuSHeR wrote: HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! Ten years with the same forum GUI, yeah... 😁 and a decent one at that, if they ever update i hope it's a lot like the old one.
Re: Well optimised PC games?
Posted on 2013-01-03, 02:46
seems like unreal was pretty well optimized...for being as sophisticated as it seemed to be pretty lean modern ut3 based games do well, except for the few exception to the rule like borderlands 1, while Alice madness returns and batman AA/AC and border lands 2 run rather well with the a few …
Re: Default Bios Passwords
Posted on 2013-01-03, 02:38
bios passwords aren't too bad in your experienced and have a few aces in your sleeve.
Re: Maldita Castilla - Free game.
Posted on 2012-12-23, 12:30
eL_PuSHeR wrote: Too bad you neither cannot save games nor the game does it. It becames quite difficult. in 8 bit killer or Maldita Castilla ?
Re: Well optimised PC games?
Posted on 2012-12-23, 12:22
Stojke wrote: Roller Coaster Tycoon? Well optimized, written in assembly, runs on any thing.
Re: DXGL (DDraw\D3D wrapper to OGL)
Posted on 2012-12-21, 08:41
I'm gonna have to try this on a machine some time. maybe i could play the older command and conquers in 640x480 with rainbow throw up, same with start craft and diablo 1.
Re: "Project Freeman" Retro 3dfx gaming build (Pentium3+Voodoo2 SLI)
Posted on 2012-12-21, 08:34
you might also check out this voodoo sli thread.
Re: Socket 370 to Tualatin Converter!?
Posted on 2012-12-21, 08:32
I never had nor knew of slockets with Tualatin support, what i did was use a slocket AND socket adapter in a big giant sandwich. Dell XPS R450 450mhz How To upgrade to 1.4ghz
Re: Maldita Castilla - Free game.
Posted on 2012-12-20, 10:35
There are other games there too, I downloaded 8bit killer too.
Re: Socket 370 to Tualatin Converter!?
Posted on 2012-12-20, 10:33
I have used such converters though it wasn't as sleek and had it' own socket and lever, they do work. now a days you can just buy the cpu with the adapter soldered on/in it, which also work. I wonder what will happen if you put one of those modded Tualatins in a real Tualatin board though? IF i …
Re: DirectDraw Wrapper
Posted on 2012-12-20, 10:32
isn't there another thread on here with an Open GL powered DX/draw wrapper?
Re: "Project Freeman" Retro 3dfx gaming build (Pentium3+Voodoo2 SLI)
Posted on 2012-12-20, 10:30
I also use Kernel Ex as well as unofficial Service packs i also use a Microsoft wifi card with MS wifi software but, it only works with WEP. Any reason you guys didn't get faster CPUs?
Re: World's Most Expensive Hard Drive Teardown
Posted on 2012-12-20, 03:09
nforce4max wrote: Sadly I had 30 freaking cats at my backdoor when I lived in town thanks to some nut job "feral friends" animal rights group that dumped them next door in a grocery store parking lot. Bwahahahahahaha.
Re: Socket 370 to Tualatin Converter!?
Posted on 2012-12-20, 03:08
I have used such converters though it wasn't as sleek and had it' own socket and lever, they do work. now a days you can just buy the cpu with the adapter soldered on/in it, which also work.
Re: dual tualatin motherboard
Posted on 2012-12-20, 03:03
Hey I just I sold one of these boards, couldn't keep though i wanted to. I wanted to try win 7 on it.
Re: "Project Freeman" Retro 3dfx gaming build (Pentium3+Voodoo2 SLI)
Posted on 2012-12-20, 01:55
windows 98se with mods is another good choice. would you benefit from a faster pentium 3?
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