Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-29, 20:59

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Pony up and pay the extra for more gigabytes instead of being a cheapass if your ISP charges you more for additional bandwith or download your movies in a lower resolution so you don't reach your cap as quickly. It totally defeats the purpose of having a nice big TV if your going to corrupt it with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-28, 22:18

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sliderider: stop being a prick. Even with my more or less fucked eyesight (depending on my blood sugar). Then I can see a difference between HD and SD. Hell I am an amateur photographer, and I can see quite a difference between good resolution picture, that I have taken and a crappy one, a …

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Re: Siemens Scenic Pro 5

Posted on 2012-08-28, 21:58

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Is that one of those round keyholes in silver circle on the upper right? Having the key and unlocking it would probably be the first step towards opening it. Locks were put on computers specifically for the purpose of thwarting thieves who might steal the RAM sticks or other parts inside.

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Re: And from the weird ebay news column...

Posted on 2012-08-28, 18:30

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Rofl, this one is awesome! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Haunted-Grandma-Bakes-More-Than-Cookies-Real-Life-Asian-Dragon-Spirit-/130756569579?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e71b2e9eb What the.... is he/she serious in selling a dragon spirit? I mean,...really? This is part of the description I saw there : …

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Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-08-28, 18:23

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LCDs can have image retention (my Nook Color's IPS LCD for example). And CRTs have their moire and geometry problems. There are trade offs everywhere. Plasma tech isn't as prone to burn in as people fear though. I've had a 50" TV connected to a PC for years. It even gets to display a Windows …

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Re: best windows 98 agp card

Posted on 2012-08-27, 23:58

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For me, the first choice will be the 6800 Ultra if possible, and will settle for a plain 6800 if not. But NOT those newer 6800 GT, GS or XT ones. Second choice will be Radeon 9800XT . Third will be a Geforce 4 Ti 4800 . <---- Because I had very good experience in terms of compatibility with this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-27, 23:54

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sliderider: stop being a prick. Even with my more or less fucked eyesight (depending on my blood sugar). Then I can see a difference between HD and SD. Hell I am an amateur photographer, and I can see quite a difference between good resolution picture, that I have taken and a crappy one, a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-27, 13:53

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uhhh WRONG you think upscaling a regular DVD makes it look just as good as the BD/HD version of the same movie? or how about expecting the DVD to be the same quality as "off the air" 1080i HDTV? THINK AGAIN... it is NO WHERE CLOSE you won't be able to tell a difference if your TV was crap and/or …

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And from the weird ebay news column...

Posted on 2012-08-27, 02:01

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You will no longer be able to buy magic potions, spells, tarot card readings, etc. on ebay after August 31. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/20/ebay-bans-sale-spells-potions-magic/ Basically most non-material goods and services will be banned because of difficulties with refunds because there is …

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Re: Quake 3 vs Unreal Tournament

Posted on 2012-08-27, 01:58

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swaaye wrote: sliderider wrote: Any idea why they're so hard to find? Have they become collectible and people are hoarding them or did most of them end up in the trash? No idea. Maybe it's a bad time of year for Parhelia liquidation? 🤣 No, I meant the FX5800 Ultra. Parhelias are everywhere.

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Re: Quake 3 vs Unreal Tournament

Posted on 2012-08-27, 01:53

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Is it louder than a FX5800 Ultra? :lol: And speaking of which, was there a recall on those? It's really HARD to find one for sale anymore. 5800 is hair-dryer instead of amplified-mosquito. Dentist drill or Leaf Blower - pick your poison. ;) I got two Parhelia cards earlier this year off fleabay. …

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Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-08-27, 01:51

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Scanlines suck. So do reflections. The way CRT's refresh is also harder on your eyes than LCD's. I don't miss CRT's one bit.

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Re: Quake 3 vs Unreal Tournament

Posted on 2012-08-27, 01:38

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Of course they did. UT2K3 was a benchmark game and you can't release a new video card that turns in poor numbers on games that are used by the press as benchmarks. Yeah of course. It seems like they put some good effort into those benchmark games and then dropped driver effort for games maybe a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-08-27, 01:32

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Call my stuck in time but, regarding the LG drive, I thought BlueRay was hip and new? Is BlueRay obsolete? Blu Ray was always obsolete, so was HD-DVD. You can buy upscaling DVD players that look just as good from normal viewing distances. The only real advantage of Blu Ray is all the bonus crap …

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Re: GeForce4 MX 4000

Posted on 2012-08-25, 11:44

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A friend of mine played EQ with a Voodoo2 at first. They sure cranked the requirements up a lot. I was using a Trio3D at the very beginning. Just for laughs, I tried using it after the change to DX 8.1 and there were black boxes and missing or misplaced textures everywhere and of course the lag was …

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Re: Best Fanless AGP/PCI Graphics Card

Posted on 2012-08-24, 20:58

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I should be able to eventually find one of these for under $20, BFG Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT. http://www.ebay.com/itm/290765431855 It appears to be keyed for 2x/4x/8x. Will it work on a 2x board? Any idea which two-slot heatsinks can be attached, or do I need to fab one on my own? I guess I have …

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Re: GeForce4 MX 4000

Posted on 2012-08-24, 20:46

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Everquest first required DX8.1 installed with the Planes of Power expansion released 29th october 2002. It required a DX8.1 compatible graphics card like Riva TNT+ or Voodoo. As for the hardware features, even The Buried Sea Expansion* requires just a TnL capable card as Radeon 7500 / Geforce256 …

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Re: Best Fanless Graphic Card

Posted on 2012-08-24, 00:17

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For such video acceleration, you need at least Radeon 4350 or GeForce 8400. Interesting, there is a PCI GeForce 8400 from Sparkle which is fanless. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310393090984 You also might want to move to an early PCIe motherboard. Your fanless video card options improve immensely just by …

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Re: GeForce4 MX 4000

Posted on 2012-08-24, 00:05

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Everything up to and including 2003 should be good to go. I am comparing to my friend who had a 800MHZ PIII and a Geforce 3 Ti 500. He got 6084 3Dmarks in the 2001 edition (I have 4800 with my Geforce 4 MX 440 and 1400mhz PIII-S). He had that score in 2002, and he ran all games on full back then. I …

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Re: GeForce4 MX 4000

Posted on 2012-08-23, 14:34

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I'd like recommendations for my specific setup if anyone can answer these off of the top of their heads. The specific board I'm using seems to have an AGP 2x slot, but it looks like it's keyed for 3.3v. Under win98, what would the most powerful card be that I could use with this restriction? Radeon …

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