Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-01-25, 18:35

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by cskamacska

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I didn't know there were DOS games that used nVidia, I've only seen a dozen or so that use Glide.. I think he's maybe overstating the case for TNT cards. They're pretty good for DOS compatibility and decently fast, but I'm not sure that they're better than VESA 2.0 S3 cards. For DOS 3d work, you'd …

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-01-24, 10:52

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by cskamacska

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PCI über alles! :D Oh that Ru-Clip site is so confusing, heres the direct link to teh Tube PixelPipes - The Fastest Graphics Card on a PCI Bus It pretty much confirms my statememnt about GT610-430 performance, poor 430 got downclocked to the bottom. Not sure well ever see a 8400GS-8500GT-9400GT- …

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Re: Best standard PCI video card of XP era?

Posted on 2018-01-18, 14:00

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by cskamacska

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They stopped making new PCI graphics cards in 2012(together with native PCI bus chipsets, the B75-Q75 duo were the last ones on Intel side, all newer boards have bridge chips if they even have PCI slots anymore) while XPs support lasted till 2014 so practically all of them are XP era. The best is …

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Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2018-01-09, 19:52

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by cskamacska

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a surviving one. Most SS7 boards were often cheaply produced and wouldn't last after a few years of use (read: not one year of use and 16 years of hoarding), be it capacitors or not Yeah pretty much this. Board availability drastically decreased in recent years not just beacuse people threw them …

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Re: Any good Windows 3.1 games?

Posted on 2017-12-04, 08:31

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by cskamacska

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I didnt see it mentioned, but it would be a true shame to leave out EarthSiege 2. MobyGames - EarthSiege 2 (Windows 3.x) One of the few Win3.1 compatible 3D games, this 1996 release was meant for Win95 but had a Win3.1 backport version for some curious reason, so it required WinG and Win32s to …

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Re: What's with the PCB cutout on some video cards?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 15:43

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by cskamacska

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It was for the NLX form factor , where the backplate connectors got in the way. Possibly some other proprietary brand name stuff as well. https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/n/nlx-motherboard.jpg Standard NLX cards looked kinda like this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/ …

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Re: Best Fanless AGP/PCI Graphics Card

Posted on 2012-09-20, 18:45

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by cskamacska

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A local shop sold Zotac ZT-40605-10L GT430 PCI cards(for relatively cheap, it was same price as on Newegg even with 27% VAT - it was also a miracle that such a niche product made it here, were not exactly Akihabara :sly:) that i could have used to upgrade my machine, but they sold the last of their …

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Re: Slot A motherboards

Posted on 2012-01-05, 11:33

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by cskamacska

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Well i just checked and my Abit KA7-100 has 4 ram slots. But then sadly this is not the fastest Slot A motherboard around.

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Re: Retro Sound Card Signal Quality

Posted on 2010-10-30, 21:22

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by cskamacska

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Stereo with an amplifier. I use(khm used :dead: but it shall be reborn!) a Denon PMA-320(retro :happyhappy: ) amplifier, with a pair of rather noname(?) larger speakers and yet they sound MUCH more better than any 2/2.1/5.1(for music) PC speaker setup i ever heard. :sly: Home audio systems are …

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Re: Retro Sound Card Signal Quality

Posted on 2010-10-30, 12:40

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by cskamacska

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While i don't consider myself as an elitist in any way(far from it :happyhappy: ), i do think anything below AWE64 Gold/SB Live is mm.. meh. :disapproving: Now if you take an AWE32, or even a fabled GUS PNP card, and turn the volume up a notch the WSSSSSH monsta will rear its ugly head. (not to …

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Re: Retro Sound Card Signal Quality

Posted on 2010-10-29, 21:07

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by cskamacska

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PCAVTECH.COM went down in early 2009. It was a great site, lots of retro soundcard and general audio info. Sad panda. :depressed: They also had other useful stuff, like midi sound comparison: http://web.archive.org/web/20061205232549/www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/MIDI/index.htm By the way here is …

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Re: Aopen tube motherboards

Posted on 2010-10-17, 23:22

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by cskamacska

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ALC650+tube amplifier=blasphemy 🤣 At 340 dollars it is also quite expensive. At least it looks good:

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Re: The 3000 MHz Windows 98 machine - does it make sense?

Posted on 2010-10-14, 20:54

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by cskamacska

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Does not work with localised version(hungarian) of Win98 I'm afraid. 😢 I'm a chauvinist pig. 😁 (but not sexist lulz - damn feminists monopolised the expression according to wiki)

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Re: The 3000 MHz Windows 98 machine - does it make sense?

Posted on 2010-10-14, 19:22

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by cskamacska

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Dump it. :cool: I had big plans myself some years ago. I got hold of a A7M266-D motherboard with 2 mobile Athlon XPs wired to 2266MHz, 2GB 400MHz(@266MHz 2-2-2) ECC REG memory, iPanel Deluxe, 80GB hdd, Aureal SQ2500 OEM(?)+Prodigy 7.1 HiFi, varying graphics from Videologic 3Dx to Geforce 3, with …

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Re: Smallest BX chipset mobo?

Posted on 2010-10-07, 14:33

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by cskamacska

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Well, probably not the smallest, but I think it's too cool not to post it. Asus P2B-N NLX board for teh win! 😎 http://ultraexp.w1.siotex.com/computer/p2bn.htm

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Re: What motivates you?

Posted on 2010-10-07, 14:24

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by cskamacska

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Madness.. Using thrown out old junk to run obscure programs that nobody cares about anymore.. MUHAHAHA

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Re: Socket 8 --> Slot 1 Slotket Adapters

Posted on 2010-10-07, 14:04

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by cskamacska

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As far as I know only i440FX, and maybe a handful of the very first i440LX based Slot 1 motherboards accepted them. Im sure of the FX boards, but most pages list the LX as incompatible with Perntium Pro. Then again some early LX motherboard do support 3,3V core voltage, and only Pentium Pro …

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Re: Super Socket 7 - VIA MVP3 or ALi Aladdin V?

Posted on 2010-09-20, 23:49

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by cskamacska

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Epox MVP3-G2/G5 and MVP4A über alles! 😎 No, really, the best.

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Re: AGP Pro

Posted on 2010-09-11, 15:53

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by cskamacska

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Asus V6600 MX used an AGP Pro conector http://www.sg.hu/kep/2001_03/0323asus66001.jpg It was unnessecary of course, but AGP Pro was an overhyped marketing gimmick at the time, similar to AGP 8x 2 years later. Many motherboards from 2000-2002 had an AGP Pro connector for the same reason. Also all AMD …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2010-09-01, 10:23

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by cskamacska

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Oh come on people, that card is absurdly overpriced. I would not give 80 dollars even for an Apocalypse 5D Sonic. :pppt: I bought a 3Dx with a driver CD for 30, and don't think it was worth it.(at least the card, a CD contains good stuff that I can't otherwise on teh intarwebz - will be sharing if I …

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