Nvidia's framerate limiter

Posted on 2013-05-01, 08:16

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Anyone ever messed with this? In theory this could be a pretty nice tool for old game compatibility on new graphics cards, while avoiding the input lag of VSync. Some games display tearing way beyond what can be called normal at 100+ FPS (GoldSrc games are the best example from my experience), and …

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Re: Developers releases DRM free game, 93% pirated on day one

Posted on 2013-04-30, 19:21

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I'll admit, I've pirated all sorts of things over the years (who hasn't? :P), but I think pirating an indie game that lacks DRM is kind of low, in my opinion. So there are "good" developers/content creators who deserve the money and others where it's OK to pirate, and then go online to rant about …

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Re: Looking for these specs on a motherboard

Posted on 2013-04-30, 15:12

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FIC KA-11. Why do you want a VIA chipset though? I would strongly advise to go 440BX, especially since you just want 100 MHz FSB anyway... Edit: just saw that it has integrated sound which can only be disabled through Windows 🙁

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Re: Developers releases DRM free game, 93% pirated on day one

Posted on 2013-04-30, 15:02

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Some 'pirates' are 'Robin Hoods' of the seas, Some 'pirates' are 'Crusaders' of uncharted waters, But the mainstream mass, Still call them Outlaws. I recall you saying in another thread that you use console emulators. So unless you dumped the all the BIOS files from consoles you own yourself and …

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Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs

Posted on 2013-04-30, 11:32

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Elite Force should run without problems. Don't care for Star Trek at all but that game was pretty good 😀

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Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs

Posted on 2013-04-29, 09:29

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And there I was thinking speed issues are only for DOS games :) But didn't CPUs (at least some) have a selectable multi in BIOS? I know I could go as low as 400 MHz on my Athlon II BE 555. Even disable all cores but one. Depends on the CPU... but I thought you were the expert on slowing down CPUs …

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Re: Old PC or DOSBox?

Posted on 2013-04-29, 05:47

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Yeah at this point the majority of that hardware has already been thrown in the dumpster. Such a shame and keeps ebay prices high 🙁

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Re: Advice for setting up an oldschool LAN party

Posted on 2013-04-29, 05:44

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Yawnald wrote: d1stortion wrote: Why widescreens with 98SE? Must be the angle of the photo. They're NEC 1560v+ 1024x768 panels. Oh... I really thought they were 16:10 or something. Must be cause I'm somewhat used to 5:4 screens 🤣

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Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs

Posted on 2013-04-29, 05:33

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I think I already have some of them in the wiki article. I'll add the rest. Still for a lot of games currently listed approximated optimal CPU specs would be helpful 😀

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Re: Games you were impressed by graphically when they came out

Posted on 2013-04-28, 17:57

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Metroid Prime.

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Re: Advice for setting up an oldschool LAN party

Posted on 2013-04-28, 04:53

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Why widescreens with 98SE?

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Re: Possible Win98 rig?

Posted on 2013-04-28, 04:43

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This machine is intended for dx9 games that won't run well under windows 7 or 8. That's it. As long as it can handle up to about 2005, I'm happy. A more practical way would be to dual boot XP on your main machine, play those games in maximum quality/resolution and save yourself the trouble of …

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Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs

Posted on 2013-04-26, 11:39

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Just for the record, I recall speed fluctuations in a number of different Crystal Dynamics titles on the PSX which presumably all shared the same engine, including Gex. In certain spots, like when standing in front of a wall, the game would suddenly speed up etc. If the issues in the PC version …

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Re: Planning to Build a New Computer - Want Some Advice

Posted on 2013-04-24, 13:02

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I don't get your point. What do you mean they can afford it? I simply meant that they can bring out new sockets every two years because their CPUs are faster than the competition anyway. AMD on the other hand is basically forced to offer long time support for a single socket in order to stay …

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Re: Planning to Build a New Computer - Want Some Advice

Posted on 2013-04-24, 03:07

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Look at how many sockets Intel has changed since s775. s1366 then s1156 then s1155 and now they're coming out with s1150 for Haswell. They do it because they can afford it. Intel (and Nvidia, for that matter) hardware keeps its price pretty well anyway; crazy to think that C2Q CPUs still go for …

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Re: Planning to Build a New Computer - Want Some Advice

Posted on 2013-04-23, 23:19

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I don't think that AMD still gives the most for the money. Not since Sandy Bridge processors that overclock to 4.5 GHz on stock voltage. Single threaded performance is still way too important because some games don't even make proper use of two cores. I don't know what AMD was thinking when they put …

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Re: Sony Trinitron CRT

Posted on 2013-04-23, 03:37

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Tritrons seem to deteriorate more than other CRTs. Have two with the exact same problem: white colors smearing on black...

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Re: Planning to Build a New Computer - Want Some Advice

Posted on 2013-04-22, 23:33

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I think this Quicksync feature is only available when just the integrated GPU is used...

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Re: Creative Labs X-Fi + SoundFont + W7 64bit + DOSBox + General Midi Games

Posted on 2013-04-22, 22:06

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Onboard Realtek junk. Well, considering it's a pure software solution I'm not sure if the sound hardware has something to do with it...

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Re: Creative Labs X-Fi + SoundFont + W7 64bit + DOSBox + General Midi Games

Posted on 2013-04-22, 21:58

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Because TMIDI Player shows which resets are sent by the MIDI.

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