Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2019-11-29, 12:16

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I suppose this doesn't deserve its own thread so I will pose the question here even though it's not exactly capturing 'vga'.. but.. Do PCI VGA cards like the ATI All-In-Wonder Pro output on their TV-Out by default (ie. in BIOS, MS-DOS, etc.) or do they require some kind of Windows 9x driver …

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Re: End of an Era

Posted on 2019-11-29, 08:21

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9800PRO doesn't choke on Far Cry It chokes heavily with anti-aliasing and high resolution. 40+ fps at 1600x1200 is not choking AFAIC. https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/6600gt%20review_09070410954/4392.png because if you enable HDR you can't enable FSAA. You can, that's only GeForce 6xxx/7xxx …

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Re: End of an Era

Posted on 2019-11-29, 08:16

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Far Cry can't be maxed out on Radeon 9800. Patch 1.3 implemented HDR support, which can't be rendered on Shader Model 2.0 hardware. That's a moving goalpost, by the same token Half Life 2 added HDR with Episode 2 as well. Out of the box Far Cry works just fine with a 9800PRO. Also, you can't max …

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Re: End of an Era

Posted on 2019-11-29, 08:08

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9800PRO/XT don't choke on Far Cry or Half Life 2. In fact, they are playable even at 1600x1200. https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/6600gt%20review_09070410954/4392.png https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/6600gt%20review_09070410954/4408.png Doom 3 and Halo are where I draw the line for 9800PRO. …

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Re: End of an Era

Posted on 2019-11-29, 07:06

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GLQuake is when MS-DOS died for sure. Halo 2 is what killed Windows XP. Ok, ok, that one was a joke.

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Re: On "time-accuracy," and whether it's worth it.

Posted on 2019-11-29, 06:47

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Since everyone is sharing their personal views, I may as well I suppose. I approach the matter in two ways, because there are two different kinds of builds I do. One is the (mostly) time accurate builds I have in my signature. These are made to run software from a (usually) three year period and …

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Re: Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 14:52

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I do have a Ryzen 5 2600 so yeah.. Good idea 😀

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Re: My Winter Holiday 2019 Retro Build - Athlon 64 Deluxe King Centurion 5

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:42

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by appiah4

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My Socket 754 build is quite a bit faster than this but I still approve of every Athlon64 build, 754, 940 or 939. 😎

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Re: Ideas for my best windows 98se build

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:22

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by appiah4

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WTF those things are (almost all of them) horrendously overpriced. Especially the FX5900, if you pay that kind of money for that junk, faith in humanity -1. If you decide on what you want to buy first, you can find a better offer on pretty much all of them, with a bit of patience.

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Re: Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 13:19

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To elaborate, I am undecided between an Am486DX4-100 32MB system vs a K5-PR166 64MB system.. I want to build a 486 but I'm not sure I will be comfortable with its Warp 4 performance.

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Re: Voodoo 3 "baking"?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 12:59

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Some questions: 1. Are there corruptions in BIOS or in real DOS mode, ie. without loading any Windows drivers? 2. Have you tried booting something like a live linux distro such as Puppy Linux 4.1.2 Retro to see if that works fine? 3. Is this a clean Windows install or was there a different graphics …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 10:58

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Anonymous Coward wrote: I'll listen, but the band name sounds pretty gay. Wait what? Being gay is supposed to be bad? Thats really offensive man... Girlschool is an all women band...

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Re: On "time-accuracy," and whether it's worth it.

Posted on 2019-11-28, 09:48

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One thing I never understood with these period correct builds: a part becomes available (=gets released at a crazy price and in a specific country) on some date and Bill Gate's son and his friends buy it. Why is it considered period correct when the majority only saw/bought it maybe a year later, …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 08:27

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Anonymous Coward wrote: I normally just listen to late 70s/80's New Wave, 80's Hair/Glam Metal or Alternative. Oh, Girlschool may just be up your alley..

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 08:10

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by appiah4

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Discovered Girlschool while at gym the other day. Kind of hooked.

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Re: Athlon XP build suggestions

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:53

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by appiah4

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I think that InWin A500 is a beauty in simplicity but requires a THOROUGH cleaning..

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:18

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Slowly expanding my MS-DOS Flight Sim collection.. Really happy to finally own this game, it was one of my most beloved flight sims of the time and actually ran fine on OS/2 if I remember correctly.

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Re: Voodoo 3 "baking"?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:10

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by appiah4

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Some questions: 1. Are there corruptions in BIOS or in real DOS mode, ie. without loading any Windows drivers? 2. Have you tried booting something like a live linux distro such as Puppy Linux 4.1.2 Retro to see if that works fine? 3. Is this a clean Windows install or was there a different graphics …

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Re: On "time-accuracy," and whether it's worth it.

Posted on 2019-11-28, 05:46

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by appiah4

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Its a hobby. Its your hobby. Whatever gives you more gratification is whatever matters. You do you.

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Re: Mini ATX motherboards for old PC?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 02:55

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Pabloz wrote: i have one of these SOYO and i love it […] Show full quote i have one of these SOYO and i love it 440bx , agp, pci, isa and supports up to 600mhz only pentium3 its my main pentium3 retro pc. That is baby AT though not mATX.

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