Re: Voodoo 2 Temperatures
Posted on 2013-02-16, 15:15
The coolers for Voodoo2's generally look something like this. They're hard to find not already installed on a V2 card, though.
Re: The Natural Evolution of the Retrogamer.
Posted on 2013-02-16, 15:00
I mean, recently someone paid almost 100 bucks for an AWE64 Gold... I think this actually defines a type of retrogamer, the one who has more money than sense. Personally, I somewhat fall into this category having paid way too much for some of my sound card devices in the past! Paying too much is a …
Re: MASSIVE Steam Update: Trashed HL1 and CS16 !
Posted on 2013-02-16, 13:55
I for one am excited for more games being ported to linux. Microshat has shot themselves in the foot with windows 8. I'd bet my first born that valve has decided to start gearing linux up in preparation for when computer users rebel against the closed garden and go linux. I'm actually already …
This makes me want to buy an iPad
Posted on 2013-02-16, 13:24
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-iCade-Core-Retro- … =item35c483d989 😁
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2013-02-16, 02:21
the diamond edge maybe? Pff, c'mon, are you even trying? He obviously bought it for the CDROM audio cables. :lol: ^.^ I honestly wasn't even looking for one, but I saw what's his face on LGR talk about one he was donated. I've always held the belief that cables and accessories are more valuable …
Re: Netbook purchase advice
Posted on 2013-02-16, 02:09
I was looking at netbooks about 2-3 years ago and found that a cheap laptop was actually a better deal. My laptop was only $50 more than the cheapest netbooks but had a more powerful CPU, more RAM, better graphics and a bigger screen. It also had a few more options that the netbooks didn't. Oh, did …
Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price
Posted on 2013-02-16, 01:54
And it ends at $709.99. Slightly disappointing. I expected it to break $850, at least.
Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price
Posted on 2013-02-16, 01:28
At least two people want it pretty badly. Someone just bid $310 with 26 minutes to go and didn't beat the high bid. it's at $315 now and will probably go at least double that. Oh, and I am the king of the snipers. On another forum I used to go to I had in my signature an image that I made from …
Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price
Posted on 2013-02-15, 18:21
My plan is to test the thing and publish the results. Tell me you're joking about opening up a sealed package. You're going to pay a high price premium if you win because it's sealed and then you're going to throw it away by opening it? The card is really rare, there probably won't be another ebay …
Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price
Posted on 2013-02-15, 17:02
vetz wrote: My plan is to test the thing and publish the results. Tell me you're joking about opening up a sealed package. You're going to pay a high price premium if you win because it's sealed and then you're going to throw it away by opening it?
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2013-02-15, 13:24
To the best of my knowledge, we had a Cyrix 686 rig with a Matrox G200 card and a Sound Blaster AWE32. God, that Cyrix chip was good for squat. Anyone else have the extreme displeasure of owning one? Cyrix chips were still better than the dreadful IDT Winchip at the time. I had the displeasure of …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2013-02-15, 00:27
To the best of my knowledge, we had a Cyrix 686 rig with a Matrox G200 card and a Sound Blaster AWE32. God, that Cyrix chip was good for squat. Anyone else have the extreme displeasure of owning one? Lousy FPU=lousy game performance. Those alternative CPU's back then were meant for businesses and …
Re: Dual 1.4ghz Pentium 3
Posted on 2013-02-15, 00:21
Interesting considering R6x0 and later have a command processor that's supposed to make the driver less CPU intensive. But you know marketing.... ;) Of course who really knows what's going on. P3 does not support SSE2 and that is possibly a performance issue with video drivers and games. There's …
Re: What specs would you recommend for a high end 3DFX box?
Posted on 2013-02-15, 00:16
Most Glide games should run fine on the Voodoo4. The only problem with a Voodoo 4 is they're nearly as expensive as a Voodoo 5 so if you can afford a 4, you may as well go all the way and get a 5 instead. If you can find a V3 3500 with the adapter cheap, it would be a much better value for the …
Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!
Posted on 2013-02-14, 23:39
One other point I forgot to mention, it looks like there is a LOT of Japanese stuff in that lot. If the seller is shipping that lot from Japan, it would cost him a fortune to rent or buy a place with enough space to house it all. Real estate values are just too high there for most people to afford …
Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!
Posted on 2013-02-14, 23:22
If it is a scammer the pictures has to originate from somewhere. I did a quick search on TinEye on some of the pictures (search to find other locations of pictures online) and it came up with no hits. Walk into any game shop with a digital camera and you can get all the pictures you like. It …
Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!
Posted on 2013-02-14, 19:47
$575K auction, foreign seller, ZERO feedback. http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001557351/1933972076_Chances_answer_2_xlarge.jpeg "PLEASE SORRY, EBAY IS JOKING WITH MY AUCTION...!!!! NOW IT WAS REMOVED CAUSE I WROTE THAT I PREFER A BANK MONEY TRANFER TO PAY THIS AUCTION! SO I HAVE TO ACCEPT ALSO …
Re: Dual 1.4ghz Pentium 3
Posted on 2013-02-14, 13:06
bucket wrote: I believe that the Radeon X1950 is the best DX9 card Why bother? Just go for a HD3850 or HD4670 and never have to worry about upgrading again. They will run DX9 games even faster than a X1950 anyway.
Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!
Posted on 2013-02-14, 12:54
sprcorreia wrote: robertmo wrote: no there is not 😉 http://www.ebay.com/itm/OVER-30-years-of-VIDE … s-/121065833957 Someone wants a comission on that half million... 😁 Yeah, ebay and paypal.
Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era
Posted on 2013-02-14, 12:39
Stull wrote: No way man, THIS game is blocky! […] Show full quote No way man, THIS game is blocky! And to think, Pong was impressive as hell back in 1972 and the original home video game systems were all Pong based to some degree.
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