Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-21, 00:12

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subhuman@xgtx wrote: new toys xD http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2563/img0198ma.jpg You bought that Canopus Spectra 5400 that was on ebay recently? I was debating that one myself.

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Re: Diamond Edge 3D 3240

Posted on 2012-07-20, 21:18

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Experienced three more things with the NV1. 1. It does not like a PowerVR card along side it. I had terrible performance in Ultimate Race and other games would not even start. 2. Whiplash did not work in SVGA mode in DOS and DirectDraw performance is terrible compared to other cards like S3 Virge, …

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Re: Cyrix MII-433GP Build

Posted on 2012-07-20, 21:15

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feipoa wrote: Hahaha! Are those yours? If those were all 433's you'd be soiling yourself. 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-20, 15:39

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Epic! I was reading past GPU reviews on Tomshardware and the TNT2 seems to have been the card that started the demise of 3DFX. Yeah, the TNT2 Ultra version was REALLY difficult to find - mostly just the non-Ultra versions on eBay these days. I disagree http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sop=15&_from= …

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Re: Diamond Edge 3D 3240

Posted on 2012-07-19, 22:50

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For the prices some people ask for NV1 cards, it's ridiculous. I only got the one I have because I was lucky enough to get a good price. For the handful of games that are playable on it and as hard as those games can be to find, it's not worth having it just to let it sit idle. If the sound card …

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Re: Diamond Edge 3D 3240

Posted on 2012-07-19, 21:05

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I got one from ebay about a year and a half ago. It was one of the cheaper models.

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Re: Evolution of PC Games

Posted on 2012-07-19, 15:09

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SquallStrife wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuO-s1kugLs That's it folks, Internet over, nothing left to do here. http://www.1112.net/lastpage.html

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Re: [SOLVED] "Upgraded" GPU, now recent bouts of stutter, help?

Posted on 2012-07-19, 12:50

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I know quite a bit about DOS but this thread really makes me want to do some W98SE projects. I have some experience as a kid just before I went overseas (I had a PII 300 with a Voodoo 2 and I left in 99/2000). The last games I seem to recall playing under W98SE was Wing Commander Prophecy, some …

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Re: new setup = PC Linux

Posted on 2012-07-18, 13:16

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All this is what I used to say about windows 98. Two things are finally killing that... (1) unable to run a modern web browser, and (2) unable to use USB drives.... I should use a third thing... (3) unable to use larger drives....the 40-gigabyte drives I have been using are becoming inadequate …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2012-07-18, 11:28

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There is a DirectX 3 driver for Midas3, would be nice if somebody could share it. http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=18994 Just when I found this and decided to buy one from the auction they sold out :sealed: I just picked up a PCX2 a couple of weeks ago, maybe I got it. : …

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

Posted on 2012-07-18, 11:20

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You don't know what fake auction means? *facepalm* google bodagonktank. Fake auctions would be preferable to any of the ugly realities: 1: Idiots that simply expect way too much for their supposedly "rare" but actually quite common bit of garden variety 90s hardware 2: Hoarders working to exploit …

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Re: Very demanding 3D games to run on a 486

Posted on 2012-07-18, 00:24

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I was partially thinking of the Quake scores (where the AMx5 200 had a decided edge over the Cyrix 5x86 133). I don't quite follow. An IBM/Cyrix 5x86-133 (2x66) beat the AMD X5-200 (4x50) in Quake by 0.1 fps (18.4 fps vs. 18.3 fps). If you are refering to the Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison …

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Re: What kind of system?

Posted on 2012-07-18, 00:19

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This dude is driving me nuts ;-). He wants both glide and D3D, with no AGP slot I don't know I can pull that off! And want's it perord correct Hmm, so he went from wanting to use a P4 to wanting something period-accurate? (circa 1999/2000, I assume) You could probably make do with a single video …

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Re: buying/building

Posted on 2012-07-17, 20:28

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Athlon XP is fast enough to install Windows 7.

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-17, 16:34

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I've always been partial to the Dell GX cases. Too bad they're proprietary.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-17, 16:20

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Absolutely. I don't see the point paying over the odds for something because someone thinks that because its old it's worth a bomb. A few years ago I picked up a brand new (sealed) Guillemot MaxiGamer 2 8MB Voodoo 2 SLI pack for less than £10! :surprised: On the other side of the coin, though, some …

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Re: matching CPUs to GPUs - Rules of Thumb?

Posted on 2012-07-17, 16:14

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I don't mind having an overkill system to be honest. A constant 60 frames at every situation is what I like. Ideally more but now with LCD displays it's not was easy as it was back when we had CRTs. Ageed. 60 FPS is a good target mininum and the one I try for. Even if 60 only represents the average …

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

Posted on 2012-07-17, 16:07

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-2600-GAME-CARTR … =item4155e68cf9 Common as dirt, in poor condition, worth about $1 at the most. Atari 2600 Casino cart. Seller asking $1,000. Doh!

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Re: It's really old!!!

Posted on 2012-07-17, 15:54

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I am finding it hard to get floppy drives these days. A few years ago most PC stores would still sell them. Now they only sell the USB drives. I wish CF > IDE adapters would be hot-swappable :) A bit pricey, but I like the idea: http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=42 http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-17, 15:52

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RichB93 wrote: Picked up a G400 16MB for about £5 and a G400 MAX 32MB for £9 😁 Good job. I love it when someone gets a bargain. Anyone can get things if they are willing to overpay but finding deals makes the acquisition feel a little bit better, somehow.

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