Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-13, 14:39

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by AlucarD86

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Allright then I will be on the lookout for the voodoo 3 then. So far I can get the Matrox 550. I had a Riva TNT 32MB back in my days I can still memember playing Unreal on it and it did run flawless but when I tried Call of Duty 1 or Return to Castle Wolfenstein I always received a nasty error …

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Re: Disturbing Evil-Bay pracitces...

Posted on 2013-07-13, 05:36

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by AlucarD86

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mhm been using ebay since 2007 I think and yes it was freindlier back in the those years I remember not being spammed that much by ebay, still I think its a good marketplace and if you find decent sellers its always a joy just make sure to keep a good and polite contact with the seller and check out …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2013-07-13, 05:33

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by AlucarD86

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wow aweome find you got there 😁 its so weird how many guys still have treasures in their attic or garages and they dont even care about it anymore 😁

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-07-09, 22:11

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by AlucarD86

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Allright, the Matrox M3D PowerVR finally arrived today and physically I can say its in a very mint condition (the owner said to me that it wasn't even used over the years and was only collecting dust in the corner xD). Unfortunately I can't test it right away because I am lacking some parts like a …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-08, 09:29

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by AlucarD86

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Never heard of the Rage Fury Max is it this one ? is it on par with a Voodoo 3-5 ?

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-07-07, 05:39

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by AlucarD86

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thanks for the post, very informative and helpful advice you give there ^^ I know my way around ebay and even on the real money auction house in Diablo 3 so I have a good sense of stuff that is going on, however sometimes there are certain things I absolutely want and thats where I tend to loose …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-06, 05:43

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by AlucarD86

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thanks swaaye so your best bet would be the voodoo 3 then ? Well I can get a MATROX G550 AGP 4X 32 MB pretty cheap around here it looks like this http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/471/611/506/matrox-g55+mdha32dr-g550-agp4x-32mb-ddr-dual-head-9b3b.jpg there is also a dual head VGA version which …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-05, 16:11

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by AlucarD86

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Okay I checked out ebay it seems the Voodoo 5 is pretty sought out and expensive (is it really so good ?). The Voodoo 3 (the one with the TV Tunner) is feasible so is the Matrox G200/G400 but I can't seem to find the Matrox Mystique there, is the Mystique more rare than the G200/G400 ? And how is …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-04, 17:18

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by AlucarD86

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What is considered to be one of the best graphics cards from the late 90ties ? I have seen that a lot of retro guys are using Voodoo 2's in SLI mode is it really that good ? O always thought PCI is slower than AGP because it shares the slots also what graphics card would work great in tandem with …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-04, 14:32

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by AlucarD86

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Interesting setup, Socket A Athlons are easy to get here not so much the Slot 1 boards, I will check out what I can find once my m3D arrives because thats the main reason I went the oldschool way, my damn BioHazard PowerVR wont play on anything expect a PowerVR chip, also I am planning to get a new …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-03, 13:39

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by AlucarD86

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Thanks vetz that board looks awesome and has a lot of PCI and even two ISA, I will look out for it on ebay de. I think I had a similar board years ago with a Slot 1 P3 and I remember I did a lot of reading about hardware back then because it was one of my very first PCs and I did a background check …

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Re: Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-03, 11:27

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by AlucarD86

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Nope dont really need a very fast CPU just one that will run some mid to late 90ties games like Resident Evil 1-3, Metal Gear Solid and maybe Thief series but those already run fine, the versions from GoG at least. I remember I fried an AMD Athlon XP once because I didnt put the heatsink correctly …

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Intel Socket 370 or AMD Socket A ?

Posted on 2013-07-03, 10:49

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by AlucarD86

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Just wondering which motherboard would be better suited for an old gaming PC with Windows 98SE on it ? I remember back in those days the S370 and there was also the Slot 1 which ran the Pentium 2-3 and later there were the tualatin P3 CPU models, on the AMD side of things all there was, was the …

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-07-02, 09:44

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by AlucarD86

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thanks everyone for the input, seems like a lot of helpful guys on this board who actually know what they are talking about :D as for the card yes the price was around 5 pound before the last minute then it went really up maybe people were really into this card as well, it was also bundled with a …

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-07-01, 14:48

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by AlucarD86

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hello yes I have won it and wow in the last 30 seconds the price went up 43 pound :/ I have talked to the seller he will only send me the m3D because I dont really need the rest of the cards and hopefully it will work. This is kinda a bummer as the Matrox m3D was considered a crappy card even in its …

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-06-23, 20:34

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by AlucarD86

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yes I am aware and am observing it ^^

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-06-23, 05:21

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by AlucarD86

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yes I noticed its either that people dont bother anymore with those old cards or they simply put them up there bundled with a lot of other stuff, I hope I will get my system up and running by the end of the summer but right now the graphics card is my only concern, also what would be a good primary …

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Re: Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-06-21, 18:27

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by AlucarD86

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yeah but it must be the one with the PowerVR chip otherwise games wont even install like Resident Evil PowerVR PC and Tomb Raider I think there is a power VR version of that one as well.

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Where to find old retro/vintage PC parts ?!

Posted on 2013-06-20, 08:58

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by AlucarD86

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Hello people, title says it all, I am having some difficulties tracking down parts to build a vintage PC, I started out very optimistic but with time wearing out and with no luck on finding the desired parts I am kinda hopeless :/ so my question is do you guys have some sources or good advice on …

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Re: Help with running Biohazard PowerVR edition jp !

Posted on 2013-05-26, 12:12

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by AlucarD86

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BTW, anyone knows if this is a uncut version? wow thats a rare version I never saw that before I assume it must be the asian version or japanese version which is always uncut (everything labeled Biohazard is uncut as far as I know), its actually easy to tell as the uncut version has the intro in …

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