Re: matching CPUs to GPUs - Rules of Thumb?

Posted on 2012-07-15, 09:04

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@mole totally right about scaling and the logevity of XP - I still run XP for example. But in retro terms though, we have a choice - what systems to build, what cards/boards/cpus to focus on - it's not so much about running a particular game to the max. Deus Ex? HalfLife 1? I think we all know what …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-14, 22:29

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Have these on the way: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/Amakusa666/autcion%20pics/gpulot.png Diamond Voodoo 1 Visiontek Geforce 4 Ti 4200 Visiontek Geforce 3 Ti 200 BFG Technologies GeForce FX5900XT OC Also have a BFG GTX 260 Maxcore OC on the way. LoL! I deleted that one from my watch list …

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Re: Building a 486 system

Posted on 2012-07-14, 14:21

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sunaiac wrote: Not A DX4, The DX4 😉 @feipoa: When you did your ultimate socket 3 comparison, did you try fancy tings with this chip ? (2x50, 2x60, 2x66 ...) What's so special about it?

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Re: What kind of system?

Posted on 2012-07-13, 20:13

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If you're going to build a glide system, then go with a V4 or V5 video card so you can take advantage of 32 bit color, larger textures, and a little bit of AA to make things more bearable.

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Re: It's really old!!!

Posted on 2012-07-13, 20:10

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ProfessorProfessorson wrote: That's not a computer. This is a computer. […] Show full quote jmrydholm wrote: This is old: […] Show full quote This is old: That's not a computer. This is a computer. But can it compute the question to the ultimate answer?

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Re: It's really old!!!

Posted on 2012-07-13, 20:06

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jmrydholm wrote: This is old: […] Show full quote This is old: OMG! I used to have racks filled with old war vintage radio equipment that looked exactly like that!

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Re: rude awakening => DVD drives

Posted on 2012-07-13, 11:17

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Try finding SCSI DVD drives, especially writers. It took me years to find one for a reasonable price and it was DVD RAM. There are exactly zero SCSI drives that can burn standard DVD-R/RW discs. Such a thing was never made by anyone, anywhere. Pioneer made two that could do DVD-R authoring media, …

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Re: Octek DCA2 Dynamic Cache Architecture 2, 486 Boards

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:19

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I've been looking for an Octek Hippo myself for a while. I'd try ebay Germany if I were you. That is the only place I have ever seen them for sale.

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Re: Pentium(PRO) 2 Overdrive 333 BEAST

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:13

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NT4 - absolutely! Almost as if NT4 was hard coded for ithe PPro. That is what this board ran when I was Fortran programming and calculating. The old 16 bit applications ran, but not well. I went to win2K after I retired from needing all that 32 Bit speed. There were a some programs which just did …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:11

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luckybob wrote: 100Mbit on ISA was NOT very common! Nice find! Were there ever any gigabit ethernet ISA cards? I have yet to see one.

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Re: It's really old!!!

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:09

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Several months back i had the clever idea of putting an add on Kijiji Where i said i would buy for 5$ any old computer that is on an AT board, I specified "First generation pentiums, 486, 386, 286 and anything older." I also said i was interested in EGA, CGA monitors or anything older. Before i …

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Re: rude awakening => DVD drives

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:06

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Try finding SCSI DVD drives, especially writers. It took me years to find one for a reasonable price and it was DVD RAM.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:05

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I found a Nexgen PCI motherboard *WARNING! Crappy camera phone pic to follow.* http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e160/animekenji/nexgenpci.jpg That really is crappy :P (I'm not talking about the board :D ) My phone only does 480x640 in portrait mode unless I turn it on it's side then it's plain old …

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Re: It's really old!!!

Posted on 2012-07-13, 00:03

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I knew a guy at school who was doing gold recovery on "386 and 486" computers. I said bring me one - I will buy it off you. It turned out to be an IDT Winchip. Um, no thanks............ You should ask how much he is paying for his parts to do gold recovery. I'll bet he's paying more than the gold …

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Re: the internet - then and now

Posted on 2012-07-12, 14:15

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I have heard about that program - does it really work? Is it stable? There's some little things that need to be worked around like setting Firefox as default browser and automatic updates don't work, but otherwise it seems to work ok. Here's the KernelEx Firefox page with all known issues listed …

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Re: the internet - then and now

Posted on 2012-07-12, 14:02

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I am witnessing the end of an era here. The most modern version of Firefox I can run on Win98 is 2.0 - and browsing with that is rapidly becoming intolerable. Every other site the computer goes off into never-never land and I have to manually end the program. Yes I also have opera, which is faster …

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Re: is a 486 really worth it

Posted on 2012-07-12, 13:53

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Yea and eBay doesn't make it easy with most (non professional) sellers not naming them "socket 7 or super socket 7 board" but just generic descriptions. So if you want a bargain you need to invest plenty of time. Those who name them correctly know about their value and it's usually a "buy now" …

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Re: Built-in sound card volume vs standalone PCI on win7

Posted on 2012-07-11, 23:31

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I once found a pair of old Altec Lansing speakers out for trash that were high end speakers in their day that I have been using for years. They are white with blue, cloth grilles over the speakers and the sound is great.

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Re: Good NICs for retro rigs?

Posted on 2012-07-11, 18:19

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It's hard to go wrong with an Intel brand NIC. Drivers are available everywhere and compatibility is very good with every motherboard that I have ever seen.

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Re: is a 486 really worth it

Posted on 2012-07-11, 15:19

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Finding parts to build a 486 today is going to be frustrating to say the least. Affordable motherboards come up only rarely and usually get snapped up by collectors/resellers pretty quickly. I never let a cheap 486 motherboard get by me when I see them. Most of the 486 chips, though, can still be …

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