Re: The speed of the tech industries (or what is retro/vintage for the general man)

Posted on 2015-01-06, 22:34

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Basically P4 is hated because they are common (not interesting) and they are hotter, slower per clock and use more power consumption than a Pentium 3. 486 - P3 era are quite interesting and each generation was innovative in it's own way. Also, I challenge you on what can be run on a 486 and P3 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-06, 20:30

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I'm sorry to hear that I missed a halcyon era for collecting vintage gear. And yes, it does sound like the EU is a better place for this than the US. At this point, I'm a bit resigned to either shelling out or hoping that something like Craigslist yields some treasure I can make use of. I just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-06, 16:42

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Dumpster diving used to be a good way for me to obtain parts, but since then I've moved away from my favorite dumpsterdiving area and most locations now have these underground containers instead of all trash being put on the curb. Also people don't regard old computers as trash anymore, these days …

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Re: Building High-End PC 2004

Posted on 2015-01-06, 16:29

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Smooth sailing? No way. FEAR struggles on a GeForce 7. Note that I come from the expectation of all details and high resolution with 60+ FPS so keep that in mind. For me a 8800GTX / 8800GT is what's required for these games. Strange. I used to have mini-LAN parties with a couple friends and we'd …

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Re: The speed of the tech industries (or what is retro/vintage for the general man)

Posted on 2015-01-06, 15:25

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What's going to happen? Is the speed of the tech industries just too blazing fast? Actually quite the opposite. I have a friend with an old Core 2 Quad rig from 2008 or 2009 and it runs Far Cry 4 comfortably enough on Low (not the lowest possible) settings in 1920x1200 with all components stock …

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Re: The speed of the tech industries (or what is retro/vintage for the general man)

Posted on 2015-01-06, 02:14

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Some people may say Athlon 64's with XP are retro while some others may claim calling a 486 retro is pushing it. I think it's not as much a solid wall with everything to the left of it retro and everything to the right not-retro, to me it's more a gentle slope (a gray area). Last weekend I installed …

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Re: My new 99 build. (picture heavy)

Posted on 2015-01-06, 02:05

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Very nice build! I have a build around the same board, it's very nice 😀 Though personally I wouldn't use a Codegen PSU though

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Re: The speed of the tech industries (or what is retro/vintage for the general man)

Posted on 2015-01-03, 16:30

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Going back to the OP's original point [or question] - is it time to add new sub-forums for 'emerging retro' platforms - I'd say it's really not necessary. VOGONS goes with the flow for the most part and I find that threads on all manner of non-current machines sort themselves out smoothly in …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-12-04, 12:27

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meljor wrote: All mocked up photo's in here, where is the big mess! 🤣 Hows post up pics of your "computing area" for a big mess? 😜 My attic looks a bit different now though but my camera doesn't want to cooperate with me anymore 🤣

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Re: Intel VC820. Worth buying?

Posted on 2014-12-04, 12:16

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I have 2 such boards (one is an ES with 3 RAM slots instead of 2 and is quite unstable when I tried installing an OS on it. I was lucky to have gotten it) and I like that board 😀 I'm always somewhat looking for a spare, I'd snatch it if I had any spare money in my budget 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-22, 17:06

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In the thriftstore today I was lucky and got a ASUS P4P800 with 3.2GHz Northwood and CPU mounting bracket (but without io shield) for €6,50. Nice, especially the CPU I'm happy to have 😀

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Re: The Parts Store Experience

Posted on 2014-11-20, 13:24

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Computer fairs used to be great. I remember the HCC Dagen in NL . Look up HamFests in your area: usually lots of vintage PC stuff. I went to my local Micro Center months ago to buy a DisplayPort cable. Cool store but not cheap. I remember this too! Great times! :D I would come to Utrecht (city in …

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Re: Upgraded from GF3 to GF4Ti, now crashing to desktop

Posted on 2014-11-18, 11:40

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Your board is a K7VMM, not a K6VMM (I couldn't get google to return any good hits), just a headsup 😀

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Re: Which chipset for a cyrix pr233 cpu?

Posted on 2014-11-16, 12:16

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There was this extra option "Liniar Burst" or something, that is supposed to make those Cyrix chips a bit faster. Intel doesn't support it though so you might want to get a non-Intel chipsetted mainboard. I'm not sure if the Ali and VIA chipsets support Liniar Burst, but the SiS one does (though you …

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week: I've got a bug, the Y2K bug!

Posted on 2014-11-15, 17:52

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Looks really nice, as I've come to expect from a build coming from your hands 😜 Nice pics again, how's your system running things? 😀 And how loud are those orbs, I have a couple myself and I always found them a bit odd (theres proly a reason such design HSF's aren't made anymore? )

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Re: Best Slot 1 CPU for a Voodoo 1

Posted on 2014-11-15, 11:55

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JaNoZ wrote: So the pII 450 is that scarce? I have two in a tyan thunder board actually. It's definitely more uncommon then the 450 Katmai, that's for sure 😜

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Re: Your favorite hardware generation

Posted on 2014-11-15, 11:54

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I can't really make a choice, there's not much hardware I don't like.

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Re: How collectible is an Intel Socket 5 motherboard?

Posted on 2014-11-14, 09:16

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Socket 7 AT boards (especially the VX and so) are much more plentiful then any Socket 3 board. Eventually they might become more valuable (maybe some models more quickly then others) but so many of those were made. Socket 7 ATX is harder to find though, and so is Socket 5. I think I ever seen 2 …

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Re: ...thanks for the fish...

Posted on 2014-11-14, 09:12

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Welcome aboard! 😁 Feel free to post some pics of your (completed) retro rigs 😁 Theres plenty info available on this forum (and from it's users!), just ask as someone is bound to have an answer 😀

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Re: 486 Playing a youtube video

Posted on 2014-11-14, 09:06

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I seen the video (it's available at this time). I'd like to know how you downloaded the vid prior to playing it, could come in handy 😁

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