Re: Athlon 64 or Athlon XP?

Posted on 2017-03-04, 10:30

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Ampera wrote: They have finally regained the position with Ryzen I think it's like ¬1998 now, where AMDs K6-2 is performing on-par with Intels much more expensive PII, except when it comes to games.

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Re: Retro phone Nokia 3310

Posted on 2017-03-02, 05:38

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They already released a "new" 3310 more than a decade ago. It was called the 6300 and it had nearly the same specs as this one. And then there were tons of "new 3310's" before and after that, by Nokia and almost every other phone maker, only they didn't have the name.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-23, 08:26

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P_20170221_164750.jpg NOS Diamond Stealth III S540 PCI (aka S3 Savage4) Will come in handy for an upcoming build of mine Build log of some sort please. I've always found those savage cards interesting. I'm looking for a specific case to house the system. Once I have it, it's going straight to the " …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-22, 12:39

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Filename P_20170221_164750.jpg File size 1.07 MiB Views 1925 views NOS Diamond Stealth III S540 PCI (aka S3 Savage4) Will come in handy for an upcoming build of mine

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Re: Thermal Paste and Socket 7 chips

Posted on 2017-02-18, 13:04

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I just use a small pea sized dip on CPUs (except ones w/o heat spreaders like socket A ones) and all is well - chips seem to be completely covered with just a tiny bit of extra seeping over from the sides. Many S7 CPUs will run happily even w/o thermal paste, so I would just put a drop in the center …

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Re: I blame Phil..

Posted on 2017-02-16, 19:47

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I blame Phil only for a few items I've bought. The full responsibility for getting me into this hobby goes to LGR, specifically the Voodoo 1 video, which made me think "wow this whole retro dual video card thing is pretty cool, think I'll do a Voodoo build for myself!" 🤣

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-15, 09:57

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Batyra wrote: Nice! And that F-19... I've played this game long, long time ago on my 486sx 33... The 8 year old me had the game completely figured out and would pick the perfect load-out to complete any mission thrown at him. The adult me tried it recently and gave up after a few hours 🤣

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Re: SB AWE64 - noisy, how to troubleshoot?

Posted on 2017-02-13, 18:49

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I had the same issue with my budget AWE64. Tried different slot placements, PSUs, CD drives and other stuff, but nothing worked. Switched to an Audician32 and the noise was gone. These cards just have poor signal quality and there is very little you can do about it.

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Re: VOODOO 2 12mb sli

Posted on 2017-02-07, 05:26

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Adding some 35-25mm heatsinks using 3M tape worked fine for me. Filename P_20160915_201231.jpg File size 1.81 MiB Views 760 views

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Re: VOODOO 2 12mb sli

Posted on 2017-02-06, 20:06

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what computer would be the best to put them in I'd suggest Pentium 3. P2 might become a bottleneck in some games at low resolutions while a P4 is a bit of an overkill. Nothing wrong with going with any of these, but from my personal view, a P3 would be a good balance of power and era-correctness. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-05, 22:27

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Along with some other stuff, picked up this HP Pavilion 453. Comes with an Athlon XP 2400+, nForce 220 motherboard and a geforce2 MX400. P_20170205_235618[1].jpg Doesn't want to boot. I assume it's likely due to the tiny 200W Bestec power supply, which has no place running a system with an Athlon XP …

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Re: Relatively Unknown Motherboard.

Posted on 2017-02-05, 20:07

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So is this a decent board for Win95/DOS? Is the chipset a good one? Not sure about the chipset, but a voodoo/s3/Pentium combo is really great - good overall compatibility and games from w95/late DOS era will run smooth and you shouldn't run into many speed problems (and should this happen, you can …

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Re: New socket 5/7 build advice

Posted on 2017-01-25, 15:41

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stevemagin wrote: It was a P90, and I could OC it to 100 it just didn't seem very stable after a few hours to me. Maybe there was something else going on. But not a P75. 😀 Sounds like it might have been the cooling.

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2017-01-25, 06:53

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MrEWhite wrote: Kinda disappointing (probably because I'm on the latest version) but what evs! 292.4 FPS, i7 7700k @ 4.5 GHz, Asus ROG Maximus IX, 2x8GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator @ 3000 MHz, GTX 1080. Looks like the perfect build for the "can it run Crysis" thread

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2017-01-24, 21:25

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25.1 FPS P4 Northwood 2.4 GHz, Radeon 9800 XXL (shows up as XT), 512MB DDR-266 2.5-3-3-7, Intel D845GERG2 (i845GE), Onboard AD1981B, XP-SP3 Filename doom3 timedemo.PNG File size 51.57 KiB Views 1487 views Filename doom3 timedemo2.PNG File size 608.79 KiB Views 1487 views

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Re: Good quality / Inexpensive Joystick?

Posted on 2017-01-22, 20:09

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I've been using a Gravis joystick for a while and so far I haven't had any problems. Looking at ebay they can be found pretty cheap. Filename P_20160821_105508[1].jpg File size 1.02 MiB Views 1437 views

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Re: Aureal Vortex

Posted on 2017-01-19, 19:15

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I have Vortex card made by turtle beach and from what I used it it's a pretty neat card for 90's games with it's 3D sound support. Doesn't have as many features as a Live! with EAX, but it sounds nicer with very little noise.

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Re: Is my Radeon dead?

Posted on 2017-01-15, 18:32

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A small update: bought a 9800 XXL by Medion, which should arrive sometime within a week. Looking at the specs its equivalent to a 9800pro. 9800XXL.jpg Has anyone had any experiences with these cards? How is the cooling compared to stock 9800pro? Also I assume it's powered by the floppy power cable? …

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Re: Great PC! But can it run Crysis?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 18:44

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Filename crysis.png File size 1.79 MiB Views 1400 views No hardware to properly max it at the time of release, that's for sure... EDIT: Just realized I had the memory in single channel, Fixed 😀 Not that it helped much. Filename crysis2.png File size 1.83 MiB Views 1388 views

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Re: Is my Radeon dead?

Posted on 2017-01-01, 18:45

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You could also skip one or 2 generations and upgrade to the 2xxx or 3xxx series. They use PCIe to AGP bridges but otherwise would run way cooler. I'm looking into building an era-correct, early DX9 rig from 2003-2004, the kind you'd build for HL2, Doom 3, UT 2004, etc. Preferably ATI. So the card …

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