Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-09-24, 23:15

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by elfuego

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For me 60hz CRT is flicker hell, totally unbearable. It depends on the persistence of the particular CRT, as well as the quality. I've had a similar experience. The old 14" CTX multiscan that I had (and still have somewhere in the cellar) was doing pretty ok with 800x600x60Hz - or even 56Hz. But …

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Re: My Socket 7 Build

Posted on 2012-09-23, 11:20

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by elfuego

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@luckybob Heeey I have the same cooler on my K6/3+ rig :D After pouring through the pile of games on my list, I think the most demanding game I'd want to play is Klingon Honor Guard. Assuming I go with a K6-2/3, will I be able to go dual V2s in SLI and get any kind of decent performance with this …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2012-09-22, 14:29

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by elfuego

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Interesting fact is that replacing those Xeons with Tualatins 1.4 would literally triple the result. 😄

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Re: Best Matrox PCI card

Posted on 2012-09-22, 14:27

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by elfuego

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By that i meant that i found those cards on sale on one auction site and am wondering is any worth buying? All of those are PCI models. In that case, only the Viper 330 (riva 128) would be worth anything. The Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro is a total failure and the S3 vision isn't really worth having …

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Re: Best Matrox PCI card

Posted on 2012-09-21, 23:19

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by elfuego

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swaaye wrote: Stojke already mentioned that (s)he has a Virge DX and maybe a Trio in a prior post so I have no idea what (s)he's on about. Indeed. If he already has Virge DX, diamond variant will do little to impress 😀 Maybe only in output quality, but thats also disputable.

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Re: Best Matrox PCI card

Posted on 2012-09-21, 23:12

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by elfuego

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The first one is really old S3 vision chip, second one is riva 128 and third one is a 3dlabs permedia. None of them are Virge. Get Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro instead 😀

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Re: Best Matrox PCI card

Posted on 2012-09-21, 20:24

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by elfuego

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keropi wrote: my vote goes to the S3 Virge DX 4MB Absolutely. Look no further then Diamond stealth - champion of all virge cards 😀

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2012-09-20, 14:53

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by elfuego

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^ its actually the core 2 duo which is outperforming the atom, and not just GMA3150 vs GMA950. Dont forget that we are speaking about 3dmark 2001 here ;-) Here's (very slightly overclocked) Atom N270 with i945 @ native resolution (1024x600). If the standard resolution is used, the score drops to …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2012-09-16, 12:29

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by elfuego

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The performance of of the Pentium M (Dothan) is really incredible. I got the 2Ghz Version in my old laptop paired with mobility radeon 9600 and it can still run quite a few games.

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Re: What's the attraction of legacy hardware?

Posted on 2012-09-16, 12:22

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by elfuego

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(( 3 Emulators arent that good compared the `real stuff` )) > That's both subjective and objective. Objectively, some emulators are troublesome or don't 'feel' right, true. But I think that many emulators, at least for any machine older than the N64, are good enough to serve as replacements for the …

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Re: What's the attraction of legacy hardware?

Posted on 2012-09-15, 23:29

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by elfuego

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Why do so many people here like using old PCs to play their games? One word: 3dfx :blush: ...and since the 3dfx rig is old 'nuff and has an ISA slot its good to try out a bunch of different sound cards and daughter-boards - DOS and the rest are just a very nice bonus. There are a bunch of 3dfx …

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Re: Retro PC for MS-dos games

Posted on 2012-09-11, 18:06

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by elfuego

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Does installing win98 on top of dos 6.22 sound wrong? Sounds perfectly fine. I do the same. 2 gigs for DOS FAT16 partition and a basic installation of Win98. Intermediary files that are sometimes but not always needed are on FAT32 partition and everything else either stored on NTFS (win XP) or …

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Re: Finally got my K6-2+ 500, did some Benchmarks.

Posted on 2012-09-06, 16:25

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by elfuego

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yeah i want a k6-3+ too but its getting very rare and difficult to find these days, and price is often unacceptable. i have a k6-3/450 2.4v and its 10% faster than k6-2+ clock to clock I will admit that I had waited a few years off and on till I got what I have now. Often I see a k6-3 going for the …

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Re: My Socket 7 Build

Posted on 2012-09-04, 20:41

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by elfuego

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senrew wrote: I definitely want to run benchmarks on this once its done. The funny thing about P5A and K6/3 @600Mhz is that it owns synthetic benchmarks like sandra, especially with bus ~120 Mhz. The sad part is, the dream is over once you load up any 3D game 🙄

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Re: SB16 Under windows

Posted on 2012-09-04, 20:32

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by elfuego

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Next question. The one I'm getting has the hanging note bug. Under what conditions will that come up? Conditions are hard to define. It will sometimes occur almost immediately after you start playing midi and sometimes after a random amount of time. But it will occur with 100% certainty :) However, …

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Re: Is it possible to have 2 graphics cards installed at the same time?

Posted on 2012-09-03, 15:50

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by elfuego

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Mhm... Never tried such a setup, but I'll bet that if you install win98 only with PCI graphics inside (ISA video removed physically) and plug in the ISA card afterwards, it should use the PCI as a main card and almost completely ignore the ISA card. DOS is a different issue however. Maybe there is …

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Re: SB16 Under windows

Posted on 2012-09-03, 15:43

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by elfuego

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SB16 works flawlessly under practically any windows. Its really, really plug and play. So, no worries mate it will serve you nicely.

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Re: Sound card modifications (YMF719 + DB60XG)

Posted on 2012-08-30, 20:09

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by elfuego

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Sounds awesome. Great job jwt! 😀 Tutorial would be epic.

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Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-08-29, 10:26

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by elfuego

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... Most of the higher-end ones let me get things just right, though. ...and then a wild resolution/refresh rate change appears. :lol: I use my 21" Sony trinitron for 3D-playable games (shutter glasses) only. For 2D games like civilization, bubble bobble and similar, LCD is a much, much better …

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Re: Advice on Tualatin board

Posted on 2012-08-23, 17:09

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by elfuego

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I havent tried any of them, but I know that i815 is a great and fast chipset - but its limited to 512MB RAM. VIA doesnt have that limitation... so... coupled with ISA slot, and lower price tag - my vote goes for VIA. ...and just ignore the 4-in-1 packs if everything works. Its more often then not, …

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