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Re: Pentium III build -- which Windows and which soundcard

Posted on 2016-04-23, 04:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't give any recommendations but can say I have DOS 6.22 (with Windows 3.11) and Windows 98 SE and an AWE 64 on my PIII 1 GHz + ASUS P2B system. Technically, you could triple boot DOS/Win98/Win2K. I previously had triple boot with WinXP but the performance in XP was poor.

Re: Sierra Screamin'3D Rendition Verite 1000 with box...

Posted on 2016-04-01, 22:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought one of those cards when they were new for one reason: IndyCar Racing II.

Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-04-01, 00:54

in Milliways

in Milliways

As a follow-up to my earlier thread, I've bought a new gaming desk and pedals. This is a picture of the pedals mounted in the front portion of the frame for testing the pedals.

Re: Building an XP gaming computer

Posted on 2016-03-31, 00:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The other reason to avoid 64-bit XP is that it cannot run 16-bit code. That can bite you if you are trying to run some older software.

Re: How to reliably (and cheaply) store data?

Posted on 2016-03-14, 21:54

in Milliways

in Milliways

There are M-DISC DVD and BD-R's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-01, 22:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

While I was in there I spotted the cute Shuttle mini-PC case. It's pretty stripped; there's an Athlon XP / 962 board in there but nothing else, and especially no PSU (which is proprietary.) The form factor is apparently "flexATX" but Shuttle call it "Shuttle form factor" so who knows what fits it …

Re: Do you limit your DOS PC to a single 2GB partition?

Posted on 2016-02-15, 18:43

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Single 2GB partiton since all my DOS/Win3 stuff fits in it.

Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-02-05, 13:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AFAIK you NEED to upgrade an existing (and validated) Windows 7+ install to be able to activate Windows 10 for free. Once you do this the motherboard is tied to the license and you can do a clean install whenever you want, but the first time it needs to be an upgrade and not a "side" install on …

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-20, 03:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Now all I have to do is buy a new racing rig and some pedals to house the current setup so that I can repurpose the existing setup with this XP build, my backup wheel and a single monitor. That won't be until August or September.

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-18, 20:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

clueless1 wrote: If you don't mind my asking, what was the reason for 8GB on WinXP? I suppose if that's all you had, or if you'd be dual-booting into an OS that could use all that, that would make sense. No reason beyond I already had a 2x4GB kit and it didn't seem worthwhile to sell it and buy a …

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-16, 21:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The only things I'll be running are race sims. They are typically more single-threaded CPU than GPU intensive, especially DX9 era stuff.

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-16, 16:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The system is built and running. I tested it with Papyrus' NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and it was able to maintain upper 70 FPS minimum with all graphics maxed and no ini tweaks (1920x1200x32 bit color). That's the most intensive game I'll probably use on it. Final build: Fractal Design Core 1100 …

Re: High end XP retro rig

Posted on 2016-01-13, 21:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My plans for an XP-specific build are in this recent thread. I'm using a mixture of new and old components.

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-13, 21:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The GTX 560 Ti I found on eBay arrived today. I also ordered a case (Fractal Design Node 1100), power supply (SeaSonic S12G-450 - the unit I was going to use is old and doesn't have enough PCIe connectors for the 560) and generic DVD-ROM drive.

Re: How can I FAT32 format my hard disk?

Posted on 2016-01-03, 02:55

in Milliways

in Milliways

There's always VirtualBox.

Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2016-01-03, 02:54

in Milliways

in Milliways

My desktop and notebook are a custom-built i7-3930K (w/ 64 GB RAM) and Dell XPS 14. My wife's desktop and notebook are a custom-built i5-3570 and Dell XPS 13. I have two dedicated PCs for sim racing and most of the pieces to build a third: Custom-built i5-3570K in sig Custom-built P3 1GHz in sig …

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-02, 21:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My wife's computer has a GTX 660 ti in it and I have a spare GTX 770. I thought about swapping the 770 in and using the 660 ti for this XP system until I saw prices on eBay. 😀

Re: Fastest Windows XP System

Posted on 2016-01-01, 15:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I ordered an ASUS P8H61-M LE from Newegg and found an i3 3225 on eBay. I already have spare RAM, SSD, sound card, power supply and monitor. I need to get a case and find a video card. Gaming will be 1920x1200.

Re: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback and normal steering wheel - installation CD

Posted on 2015-12-29, 19:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I can't imagine iRacing on one of those things, especially oval superspeedway racing!

Re: Post your 2015 retro year in review

Posted on 2015-12-29, 01:36

in Milliways

in Milliways

Scoring an NIB SL4KL P3 1GHz Slot1 CPU for $29 + shipping was a good find.

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