Re: Nvidia "G-Sync" announced

Posted on 2013-10-22, 20:14

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The caveat of this "Gsync" board and "Gsync" monitors is that it requires a GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost or higher GPU only. But will it work with AMD video cards? That's the big question. I don't think anyone is going to buy a monitor that locks you in with nVidia forever. I don't see much of a …

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Re: Athlon 500 Slot A Build

Posted on 2013-10-21, 21:33

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A board with the AMD Irongate chipset is a must for a slot A Athlon build if you ever want to upgrade to a Thunderbird in the future.

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Re: Shroud of the Avatar - New Ultima Game Designed by Richard Garriott

Posted on 2013-10-21, 19:56

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I have come to the conclusion a substantial portion of the SotA crowd are serious die hard Richard Garriott fans.... My wife recently allowed me to increase my pledge :) Minor Updates for those who are interested: Here we have the largest home for the aristocrats out there: It only costs a cool $11 …

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Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2013-10-21, 19:51

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Standard transformer-type PSUs rarely fail. Have you checked if it works without the cartridge? Mine will only power up if I have the Power Cartridge inserted about halfway in. The tape read errors may be caused by the tape head angle (azimuth) being out of alignment. That happened to mine only a …

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Re: *Everyone* Into Gaming Videos Needs to Watch This

Posted on 2013-10-21, 19:45

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It was better for them to restore the video than to see their sales tank due to public outrage. A big software house like EA or Activision might be able to handle some negative press, but a small, indie developer can't so caving to public pressure is often the best option. Consumers are getting sick …

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Re: Windows 98 vmware

Posted on 2013-10-21, 19:41

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leileilol wrote: Would you rather have a 3fps OpenGL game with higher version compliance or a 20fps OpenGL game with 1.1 compliance? Keyword being "game"... unlike the Mesa3D driver SGI had the budget to go aggressive on the assembly. FPS>eye candy. Just sayin'.

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Re: Curious about Voodoo 3 and on

Posted on 2013-10-21, 18:34

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I understand all that but what is the advantage of using a Voodoo over a Riva TNT2 for example? What's all the fuss? I understand that some games had exclusive 3dfx support but just how many games are we talking about here? its not just a matter of exclusivity , its also games that ran best on the …

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Re: Installing Windows 8.1 from 3 1/2" Floppy Disks

Posted on 2013-10-21, 18:26

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Some make strange bragging claims of owning floppy versions of CD only games. It makes you wonder about the intelligence level of the people making those posts. 7th Guest was part game/part interactive movie and those movie files are huge using the compression techniques of the day. There's no way …

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Re: Good introduction to Star Wars universe via games?

Posted on 2013-10-21, 18:03

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So, as a logical progression, I should start with KOTOR? I don't mind going back and forth from new graphics/games to old ones, as long as the continuity of a particular era is maintained. :) KOTOR and KOTOR II don't follow the main story line, but are incredibly immersive and all the Jedi/Sith …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2013-10-21, 17:34

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Take a look at Supermicro P6SBA motherboards on ebay. The pricing is crazy for some reason and people seem to be purchasing them. Its just a run of the mill 440BX ATX motherboard, nothing special at all. No crazy overclocking, no onboard SCSI. It even has the infamous AMI WinBIOS. Does anyone know …

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Re: Good introduction to Star Wars universe via games?

Posted on 2013-10-19, 17:57

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Actually, in both of these, you're the same guy. Somewhere in between, you gain Force Powers. Retcon. ;) Oh I am aware of that. :D People bitched endlessly about the lack of Jedi aspects in Dark Forces and so a sequel had some expectations. This outburst happened again when JK2 had you with no Jedi …

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Re: Good introduction to Star Wars universe via games?

Posted on 2013-10-18, 22:29

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d1stortion wrote: Yeah there simply are not that many games that mirror the storyline that accurately. He said it himself that you need to watch the movies to get the whole storyline anyway. Only thing games can do here is get one interested in the whole franchise. What about the Atari 2600 Star …

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Re: Good introduction to Star Wars universe via games?

Posted on 2013-10-18, 12:36

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Anyone who says they play Star Wars games but doesn't mention KOTOR is highly suspicious. 😁

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Re: What is fastest CPU usable on ASUS P5A v1.04 motherboard

Posted on 2013-10-18, 00:21

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Anything Commodore was HUGE in Germany. I believe the Americans hat Apple and in the UK the BBC Micro, Amstrad and all of that. The C64 and Amiga were hot sellers in Germany and most Germans had one or the other, or both. Many of the really good games are therefore PAL and that might be a reason …

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Re: Any success of running Star Wars : Shadow Of The Empire on a recent PC ?

Posted on 2013-10-18, 00:19

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Dreamcast : the console with a huge ergonomy problem, you cannot use the d-pad for too long otherwise you'll have to get a new thumb ... never play fighting games. Actually do not even bother to play DC, for me it's all beta, the pads, the games, everything ... I have one sleeping here with 30 …

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Re: Matrox Millenium G200A memory upgrade?

Posted on 2013-10-18, 00:08

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Old Thrashbarg wrote: This is exactly why it would be nice to have a thread creation date shown on the topic lists, as some of us were musing about in another thread. No, this exactly why old thread should lock automatically after they have been inactive for a certain amount of time.

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2013-10-18, 00:02

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YouTube continues to be ridiculous. They're now asking me to prove commercial use rights to monetize Episode 48... which is already age-gated due to being a graphically violent game... which means it can't even BE monetized and I don't even get a tab to adjust monetization settings... seriously... …

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Re: Rude/strange Ebay sellers?

Posted on 2013-10-17, 23:59

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I live in the UK and my nearest post office needs to be driven to thus thats part of the postage cost in my book as is the materials to send the item. it may only be a 20 gram CPU but in the years I've had selling items on eBay I would simply send anything in an envelope is a no no as its prone to …

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Re: The dangers of moving

Posted on 2013-10-17, 23:41

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What really sucks is if you live in a country where vintage parts are hard to come by in the first place. For someone in the US or Canada the parts may be easy to replace, elsewhere it may not be so easy. Just a few parts missing may represent years of searching gone.

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Re: Any success of running Star Wars : Shadow Of The Empire on a recent PC ?

Posted on 2013-10-16, 12:22

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That looks a lot like a N64 controller, which was one of the wackiest looking game controllers I ever used. The only one that look more toy-ish than that was the Gamecube controller. Even the Dreamcast controller was more serious looking.

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