Re: DirectX 8 PC project

Posted on 2024-04-04, 13:26

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Update on the DX8 build, finally found a reasonably-priced GF3, an Elsa Gladiac 920, as well as some pc133 cas-2 ram, 3x128mb (micron?) https://i.imgur.com/0VmH1be.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zMW7wel.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/crji8XH.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/6Fhzlle.jpeg Starting to take shape now

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Re: DirectX 8 PC project

Posted on 2024-03-25, 19:13

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Having a date of release limit for hardware in a build is fine, but it doesn't allow all of the DX8 games to be their best. And this is why Im gonna have a myriad of builds, if any game works better on another hardware combination, Im gonna have that as well. And its not like Im gonna run dx8 games …

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Re: DirectX 8 PC project

Posted on 2024-03-25, 14:30

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Of course I will also use 2003 hardware like the geforce FX, but not on this build. Even though the FX was a bad dx9 card, it was still technically a dx9 card nonetheless, so its not strictly dx8 hardware that Im targeting with this build

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Re: 2001 Dream PC project

Posted on 2024-03-25, 13:10

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So a bit of an update from me. I lost my interest in doing yearly builds a while ago. My plan was to make a PC for each calendar year with components released within the calendar year. However calendar years did not match very well hardware generation release dates, and as a result some of the …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-13, 08:24

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Hi there, I don't know about an Athlon 64, but I once got an 486DX-50 emulation working at near full speed with an older PCem on an Athlon 64 X2. Emulation of something slower (say, 486DX-33 or other CPU brand) or an SX model might be possible, thus. :) I suppose I do have an Opteron 185 I could …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-13, 08:12

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How are the video card outputs handled? Do you have both VGA and DVI going to the same monitor? Well yes, here on the test bench vga and dvi both go to a dell 2007fp monitor and can just switch inputs with a button, however for an actual build I'd use one of my IBM C170 CRTs probably, so gonna have …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-12, 09:15

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If you wanted you could drop dosbox and still have dos gaming on actual hardware. Use Win98 to boot into dos mode and either use the official Vortex dos driver or the modified Audigy 2 ZS ones. No real benefit over dosbox but as your trying to push things to the limit already! Sure but neither card …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-11, 21:03

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This would also work with dual PCI/AGP cards, right? well sure, though I am not aware of any dual AGP motherboards existing What is your reasoning behind using 3 sound cards? Well, the X-Fi is the best sound card for winXP, an Audigy 2 just doesnt cut it. The vortex 2 is the most interesting win98 …

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Re: the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-11, 08:42

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Yes, only one gpu and only one sound card is enabled on each OS, and the remaining cards are disabled in device manager, and do not have drivers installed. That way no conflicts. At least as far as I can see. And if this works for 3, should also work with 4 cards 😀

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the definitive "I want to retro game but I only have space for 1 PC" build

Posted on 2024-03-11, 08:26

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https://i.imgur.com/lKHK0Xs.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/NdHM2Y2.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/5qkzNlQ.jpeg More of a proof-of-concept on a test bench to confirm the idea works than an actual build just yet, this ugly monstrocity incorporates 2 different graphics cards and 3 different sound cards for the …

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Re: Best IPS (if any) monitor for retrogaming

Posted on 2024-02-18, 10:05

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That pentium 3 gotta be bottlenecking that radeon 9800 pretty hard, going lower in res will just make things worse and introduce microstutter. Just get an used Dell 2007FP or HP LP2065, these are 20" 1600x1200 IPS monitors with CCFL backlight, which you can find used / refurbished for next to …

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Re: Best IPS (if any) monitor for retrogaming

Posted on 2024-02-18, 09:57

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Well the question was, what is best, not what is affordable ;) I personally use a CRT and I find it to be superior in most ways that matter than anything LCD and even competing with OLED. Blacks are super deep and really black, colors are great, motion clarity is unmatched, lattency is non-existent, …

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Re: Best IPS (if any) monitor for retrogaming

Posted on 2024-02-18, 09:42

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Eizo S2133 / S2134 might be the best, profesional grade 21" 1600x1200 IPS with LED backlight and 4:3 retro aspect ratio, can still be found new for about 1000 bucks

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-27, 19:20

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So then win7 is a retro OS since it can no longer run the latest software, and a 3090ti PC running win7 instead of win11 is a retro PC by extension. So gonna keep calling it a win7 retro PC, you call it whatever you wish, its just semantics anyways. Lets get back on topic of trying to figure out if …

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-27, 07:41

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I don't really agree with that definition, but by that definition, if I didn't own a 3090ti win7 PC when it was current (an year ago) and buy it now that it is no longer current, a win7 retro PC it is ;) Correct? No, I would have thought the 3090Ti is still current. well, now the 4090 is current, …

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-26, 19:12

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I don't really agree with that definition, but by that definition, if I didn't own a 3090ti win7 PC when it was current (an year ago) and buy it now that it is no longer current, a win7 retro PC it is 😉 Correct?

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-26, 16:53

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That makes no sense, you're telling me if I bought an IBM PC XT new back in the early 80s and still keep it and use it today, it does not classify as a retro PC but as a modern PC? What kind of definition for a retro PC is that? People call a retro PC, a PC optimized for enjoying old games and …

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-26, 07:49

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.... or is 2009-2022, because 2022 is when hardware driver support got dropped, so it was the last time you could build a win7 PC out of new components

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-25, 21:57

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7800x3d / 3090ti system running win7 is something we call a retro pc in my circle already tho.... as is my winXP build with xeon e5-1680v2 and gtx980 on the other hand, I don't think I will ever be able to consider a current gen win10/11 with rtx 4090 or 7900xtx PC as retro, not even after windows …

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Re: best windows 7 "retro" laptop

Posted on 2023-12-25, 09:15

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If you're going for efficiency, I wouldn't suggest Intel 12th-gen and newer. I don't know how Windows 7 will handle E-cores, but someone will probably have figured it out (I've seen community-provided patches and drivers to run Windows 7 on newer hardware, but I don't personally run anything like …

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