Re: Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II - missing cable

Posted on 2017-02-23, 14:27

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We thank you for reaching us regarding your inquiry. For this particular product we do not have any spare parts left. Regarding the adapter we recommend you taking the sound card to the local PC shop. The personnel from there might be able to assist you with some after-market compatible adapters. I …

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Re: Are ATI RAGE PRO or Intel 740 rare AGP Cards?

Posted on 2017-02-23, 14:11

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If it's in reference to Macs, yes, it's a graphics API (Renderer Accelerated Virtual Engine). If not, it's likely a typo.

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-02-23, 14:03

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The IMC was a genuine advancement although AMD didn't invent the concept (props to Sun and IBM). The sad part is that they didn't quite get it right. Core2 Duo was easily competitive with a standard FSB and chipset (at least in single-socket systems). Nehalem got more benefit from the IMC, and …

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-02-23, 09:22

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To be fair, K8 was a better architecture than P4 as well, and far better for wide shared memory machines. :) The IMC was a genuine advancement although AMD didn't invent the concept (props to Sun and IBM). Waiting for independent benchmarks to be released is certainly the pragmatic approach. The …

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-02-23, 07:55

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Are you not happy that Intel has some competition again and might have to price more competitively?

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Re: Hardware trading

Posted on 2017-02-23, 07:29

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Yeah, only invite people that you know from Vogons. No problem with that.

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Re: Hardware trading

Posted on 2017-02-23, 07:02

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Again, I think having it on a different server than the main forum would avoid a lot of problems. If policing it becomes a problem, you could shut it down and the main Vogons server wouldn't be bothered. Call it something other than Vogons so there's no splash back or confusion as it would only be …

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Re: I need advice for a 3DFX Config

Posted on 2017-02-23, 06:53

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Quick question. Do you have the KT3 Ultra yet? If not, see if you can track down a KT6 as it supports 200mhz FSB chips like the Athlon 3200. The KT333 (not 'CF') chipset is pretty good, but it's not designed for the very last generation of Barton chips. A board with a kt333 chipset is the last that …

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Re: Help needed identifying ISA Sound Card

Posted on 2017-02-22, 17:55

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What's the connection method for the game port on that card? I'm disturbed by the lack of ribbon cable.

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Re: Help needed identifying ISA Sound Card

Posted on 2017-02-22, 16:26

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by gdjacobs

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If it is an 1869, compatibility should be fine unless you need perfect reproduction of OPL3 FM.

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Re: I need advice for a 3DFX Config

Posted on 2017-02-22, 16:07

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That PSU is appropriate only for lower power Athlon CPUs or motherboards which regulate CPU power from the 12V rail. For the fastest Athlon XP, the 3200+, it's recommended that you have 30A available from the 5V supply if the motherboard sources CPU power from that rail as yours does. The 350ET is …

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Re: Hardware trading

Posted on 2017-02-22, 15:52

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AMIbay and VCF are a thing, but if those don't work for you perhaps you could create a dedicated officially unofficial hardware trading forum for vogons (kind of like vogons drivers or the vogons game server). Probably check with the mods about what to call it and maintain enough isolation from the …

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Re: Help needed identifying ISA Sound Card

Posted on 2017-02-22, 15:39

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I might be able to find more info with an FCC ID.

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Re: I need advice for a 3DFX Config

Posted on 2017-02-22, 11:28

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I have the MB, Ram, and Processor. I still need a CPU Cooler, case, PSU, Voodoo card and maybe sound card. The PSU is going to be a bit tricky due to the requirement for a heavy 5V rail. The best option would be to track down a top flight unit from oem manufacturers like Zippy or Delta rated for …

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Re: Advice for gfx skt 462 build

Posted on 2017-02-22, 07:58

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Jade Falcon wrote: My inner voice says multi core systems are crummy compared to multi CPU systems. It's nice, but does it run Crysis?

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Re: I need advice for a 3DFX Config

Posted on 2017-02-22, 04:39

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by gdjacobs

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Quick question. Do you have the KT3 Ultra yet? If not, see if you can track down a KT6 as it supports 200mhz FSB chips like the Athlon 3200. The KT333 (not 'CF') chipset is pretty good, but it's not designed for the very last generation of Barton chips.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-02-21, 15:29

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by gdjacobs

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Depends, as clueless1 noted. The best way to check is to load DOS and try altering the TR12 test registers with SETMUL. If it works, you have a great DOS slowdown CPU!

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-02-21, 08:23

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Yeah, I remember that brand of case!

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Re: Are ATI RAGE PRO or Intel 740 rare AGP Cards?

Posted on 2017-02-21, 08:21

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The Rage Pro has rather good image quality and can run titles which render using ATI CIF technology. Beyond that, it's 3D acceleration capability is pretty hopeless. DOS gaming support is not as compatible as other cards. Personally, I consider the DOS glitches to be minor, but I'm not very picky.

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-02-20, 17:35

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Well, empirical results are usually quite condensed.

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