Re: Recommendations for a Better Cooler for My PNY Nvidia GeForce 6800GT?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 13:53

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by chinny22

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I've got a Thermalright Spitfire VGA in storage for my 6800 when the stock fan dies one day, but that may not be to everyones taste. The mounting holes is the key which according to this is 58x58mm https://koolance.com/help-gpu-hole-spacing So as long as a cooler you like the looks of supports this …

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Re: Voodoo 3 and directx

Posted on 2018-11-20, 13:43

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by chinny22

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Using the drivers off Phil's page: Earliest driver is voodoo3tm_driver_kit_1.03.04.zip (October 1999) According to the readme.txt step 5 "Install DirectX 7.0" Latest driver is voodoo3tm_driver_kit_1.07.00-whql.zip (November 2000) According to the readme.txt step 6 "Install DirectX 7.0" So 7.0 is the …

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Re: Recycle Pile Rescue: Compaq Presario 9232

Posted on 2018-11-20, 13:23

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by chinny22

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Come across plenty of PC's with same amount of dust, proves it was a good honest work horse. Not sure mine come out so clean the other side though. Any idea what it was used for? looks pretty much stock.

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Re: Master / Slave Hdd and CD-ROM (Same IDE, or not)

Posted on 2018-11-20, 12:52

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by chinny22

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Just answered on your other thread but will do it here for completeness in a slightly different way Basically you don't want drives that you'll be using at the same time on the same IDE channel as they will have to wait for each other for the IDE cable to become free. This is to squeeze every little …

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Re: Voodoo3 expected temperature?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 12:32

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by chinny22

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Voodoo's are hot running in general, so while it may be fine I usually set up a fan to increase airflow around the card.

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Re: IDE to SD Adapter with Bracket

Posted on 2018-11-20, 12:27

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by chinny22

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It's probably actually better for performance in most cases. What degrades performance is using 2 devices on the same channel at the same time. So with this setup you'll get a small hit when installing things to c:\ but playing games (Which I'm amusing you'll be doing majority of the time) d:\ and …

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Re: Any specific AGP cards I should keep (lower end) ?

Posted on 2018-11-20, 12:16

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by chinny22

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I've got a TNT2 partly to represent that family, partly as it supports Win3x apparently. Doubt it'll ever get used more then a test card though. Yes it has good dos support, but so do your early geforce and matrox cards. In AGP I'd let these early cards go, PCI is obviously a different matter

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Re: What applications are supposed to come with soundblaster awe32?

Posted on 2018-11-15, 17:34

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by chinny22

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SB16 though to the AWE64 share the same drivers, main difference is if the PNP util is needed or not Creative still have drivers as well if you want to poke around https://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=1&subCatID=207&prodID=1848&prodName=Sound%20Blaster%20AWE32&subCatName= …

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Re: AWE64 Gold vs non Gold: What’s the deal?

Posted on 2018-11-15, 17:19

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by chinny22

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According to this the 4380 is a value? If you run diagnose how much memory does it say it has? http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2012/07/sound-blaster-awe32-64-options.html But yes the only real difference it the on board RAM which only matters if you intend to use sound fonts. and is disabled as …

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Re: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Remasters are being made.

Posted on 2018-11-15, 14:52

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by chinny22

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Well after the mess that EA made of the final C&C "we are giving the fans what they want and going back to C&C roots... actually no we know better here is something completely different" let's see how this goes. Although it sounds very much like EA just trying to squeeze a few more dollars out of …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-11-14, 12:56

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by chinny22

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Nice, you probably already know but just in case you don't, 4.3 is the last version to support Win3x What is the last version of Works for Win3x? Works 3 by the looks of it (which is what I run for nostalgic reasons) You can just make out the system requirements for Works 4 here https://goughlui. …

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Re: Modifiying old machines

Posted on 2018-11-14, 12:31

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by chinny22

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Here is a link on someone else using their Dell case with a standard motherboard with guides on the front panel as well. http://duhvoodooman.com/mitchedo/Dell/casemods.htm I think what most people are missing is that you dont want to dremmel out the currant I/O Ports as its part of the case and not …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-11-14, 11:54

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by chinny22

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Nice, you probably already know but just in case you don't, 4.3 is the last version to support Win3x

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Re: ON HOLD: Ex-Govt Rebuild "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I"

Posted on 2018-11-14, 11:49

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by chinny22

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bugger, spose worst case you can use another motherboard but gets it then not a true representation of what was once a pretty common PC

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Re: PCI Sata Win98

Posted on 2018-11-13, 13:58

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by chinny22

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If it was me I would avoid the hassle and make a smaller partition for Windows and a second larger partition for games I usually go with 4GB for Win98 but don't bother with service packs and loads of software, You would still be safe with 10GB

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Re: Ps2 game value?

Posted on 2018-11-13, 13:46

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by chinny22

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I thought I remembered something about that game, It's rare on PS2 but common on xbox, or visa versa. But quick google I can find both for about $10 US used copies but wouldn't have thought that would increase the price by that much

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Re: Dos / Dosbox / Dos VMs ethernet / filesharing Dos+Win98 up to Win10 -WIP, help needed especially from Win admins..

Posted on 2018-11-13, 13:26

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by chinny22

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To be frank, DOS Ethernet support is lame and fragile, and I guest that was part of the reason Novell Netware failed miserably compared to WinNT and UNIX. Back in those days, when every PC was guaranteed to have LPT and COM port, LapLink or FastLynx file transfer over LPT/COM was the best. Not …

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Re: Windows 2000 Install Problems

Posted on 2018-11-13, 12:28

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by chinny22

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indeed it seems hard to find the actual forceware driver :( it looks like any official Nvida link is broken and just downloads the confirmation web page. The Raid Install disk link here shows how the correct way to install the drivers (basically the floppy disk method) but is confirmation it can be …

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Re: Life beyond 80486 (thinking 80s tech)

Posted on 2018-11-13, 11:25

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by chinny22

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I think the nostalgia apply to when you got into computers -1 generation eg I also started out on a 486 in 1995 but a lot of the games I got initially were released upto 5 years earlier, so 386 territory. That said I have no desire for a 386, as the 486 is either able to play or already too slow for …

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Re: Gateway AMD K7 Christmas Build

Posted on 2018-11-13, 11:10

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by chinny22

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Christmas games Easter Eggs at Christmas! Warcraft 2 winter maps

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