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Re: Old DX SDKs

Posted on 2016-12-17, 19:05

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Gamecollector wrote: If you try to re-read the first post - the list include "I not have those" versions only. I re-read it, but I was correct the first time: Your post does not say that. Even if it did, I think for clarity it would be good to point out that there are more SDKs than the ones in …

Re: Old DX SDKs

Posted on 2016-12-17, 11:48

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SDK = Software Development Kit, i.e. in this case the software required to develop DirectX games for older versions of DirectX. If I'm not mistaken, this is just a list of DirectX 9 SDKs though. Which means they don't include documentation or samples for earlier versions of DirectX, and at least in …

Re: 486 FPU vs 387 ?

Posted on 2016-12-16, 12:07

I would think the 486 just having built in cache to keep the FPU fed would help quite a bit. Yes. From what I recall, the 487 is not very different from the 387. However, as mentioned, the fact that it is integrated into the CPU means it has lower latency than the external bus and socket that the …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2016-12-15, 12:20

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One thing to consider is that Intels currrent CPUs (consumer ones anyway) use half their silicon for the integrated graphics, which gives AMD an advantage, since they can make 2x the CPUs per wafer by not including an integrated gpu (in theory). Intel did this because it made business sense for …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2016-12-15, 09:46

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So if they have a chip that performs at the level of a $1100 Intel CPU, why would they give it away? For Intel, price is just a number. AMD wants the prices to be as high as possible, to avoid losses. Intel can lower the prices to put AMD under pressure. If I look at the Core2 Duo... When it was …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2016-12-14, 18:12

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They are actually on schedule. Either that, or they had to rush some show for the press because Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake is the most "meh" release ever. They basically overclocked Skylake. IPC is exactly the same. You forgot to look at TDP. They get the same IPC at lower power consumption, so they …

Re: CGA Composite Mode under DOSBOX (Commited r3804)

Posted on 2016-12-14, 14:19

For a monochrome signal that's really the only way to normalize. For a colour signal there's also the color burst which is specified as going between -20 IRE and +20 IRE. Lots of input devices (including the composite TV I use and the ImpactVCB in hardware decoding mode) will use this for …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2016-12-14, 08:18

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Painful detail: In another demo, we got to play a bit of Battlefield 1 running with ultra settings at 4K on the RYZEN and 6900K-based system, each with a pair of GeForce GTX Titan X cards installed in SLI. I didn't know AMD made GeForce GTX Titan X cards 😀

Re: Why no much attention to mac/amiga on this site ?

Posted on 2016-12-12, 14:03

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Yeah, they also had that famous "Video Toaster" nobody here in Europe had ever heard of (until it was obsolete). I think I've even read a few times how Amiga people from the US wondered why we (the PAL users from the rest of the world) don't honour that damn thing in our retro videos and vintage …

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