Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-15, 11:45

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Just checked and yes GLQuake is Win9x only, however there is an official DOS glide version of Descent2 (D2VOODOO) that is different from D2_3dfx (which is Win9x only), so in essence for DOS only it's just Tomb Raider, Descent 2 and Screamer 2 that I'm interested in. I suppose no DOS Glide patch for …

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Re: ATI cards for retro builds... any benefits?

Posted on 2018-05-15, 11:14

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ATI does not 'cheat', their R200 architecture simply does not support Trilinear filtering and Anisotropic filtering together. The result of this is a slight loss in filtering quality but nothing major. They did 'cheat' with texture quality overall in some drivers (the Quack debacle) but those ' …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-15, 08:13

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by appiah4

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Not interested in the others, but isn't D2_3dfx Win9x only? I could swear it was..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-15, 05:34

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by appiah4

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So basically Quake, Tomb Raider and Screamer 2? FX fighter had glide? Or Virtua Fighter?

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-05-15, 05:30

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Boxed Menzo, Stone Prophet and MM6z Ffffffuuuuuuuu...

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Re: Can somene help me with best 2006 AMD windows xp gaming pc ?

Posted on 2018-05-14, 22:51

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by appiah4

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I understand why you are going for 2006, the pre Core2 era is interesting, but 2006 is a rough target. It's very early in an era of gaming I tend to classify as 2005-2010, which is the late XP early Win7 gaming era of PCs catching up to and eventually surpassing the XBOX 360. Core2/Phenom and up …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2018-05-14, 22:20

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Another score to report, file under GPU/CPU correct 2000 please: 79.7 FPS, appiah4, GeForce 2 GTS, Pentium III 700, 440BX, 512MB PC133, WinMe

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NFS High Stakes crashes at launch

Posted on 2018-05-14, 21:39

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by appiah4

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3D Device Setup utility complains about my GeForce 2 GTS not being a supported card, the game crashes to desktop shortly after launch. Windows Me, DirectX 9.0, Game patched to 4.42, driver is nVidia 45.23 All help appreciated.

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Re: Restoring a trashed Quantum3D Raven PCI...

Posted on 2018-05-14, 20:53

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by appiah4

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Any piece of 3dfx gear that ends up working is a warm sight to behold..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-14, 20:09

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As for the Voodoo 1, it would probably be waster in my P133 DOS build, but would be too slow to replace the overkill SLI in my K6-2 build.. I think it would fit nice in your P133 build using it for DOS 3Dfx titles. Well, I'm not very familiar with DOS 3dfx games, I know Tomb Raider and GLQuake will …

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

Posted on 2018-05-14, 20:01

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Not today, but actually yesterday.. It was the first really sunny day of May, so I decided it was time to try my hand at retrobrighting for the first time, on my most 'grandma's rotten teeth' yellow plastic stuff: https://s5.postimg.cc/70aqm4rkz/Retrobright_01_Before.jpg The results were not bad for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-14, 19:35

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by appiah4

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These came in the mail today: https://s5.postimg.cc/w3rt63ewz/AMD_K5-_PR166.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/kenti6leb/A-_Trend_ATC-2465_A4.jpg Not sure what to do with either.. I'm not sure what to do with the PR166 at all, for a 1997 chip it's fairly slow. As for the Voodoo 1, it would probably be wasted …

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

Posted on 2018-05-12, 23:19

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It was keyboard cleaning and retrobrighting day today.. Filename 6C51667E-2B39-497C-AC45-97F233813634.jpeg File size 723.42 KiB Views 555 views

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-12, 06:00

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by appiah4

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Yeah dude. You won. Good job.

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-11, 10:19

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by appiah4

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I really think you both are very opinionated people who won't back down from their arguments for long enough to rethink their points; one of you is less right but ultimately it stopped being important a long time ago. I would kindly ask that you agree to disagree and stop trying to disprove each …

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Is Roland SD-35 worth getting?

Posted on 2018-05-11, 00:18

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by appiah4

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It has a Floppy Drive, but otherwise seems to be identical to an SC-50 (so no MT-32 compatibility..)? Can this be used with PCs for General MIDI music?

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-10, 23:28

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by appiah4

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By the way, here is the Matrox Mystique 220 Driver CD image that I had promised earlier. Unfortunately my CD does not seem to include that video or I have been unable to locate it.. I believe that video must be from the original Mystique's driver CD.

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Re: Pentium 1 - 60 MHZ - Graphics Card

Posted on 2018-05-10, 22:19

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Knowing what it does represent and to what extent would be useful but it's not clear here. We only know that it's likely a group of people so the output won't be random. That's the point. We have no way of applying your usenet data as a proxy for the overall consumer market, so it's simply a waste …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-10, 21:44

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by appiah4

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Grabbed a Voodoo 1 and a K5-PR133 for $20 total, not sure if it was a good deal or not.. Will post photos when they arrive.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-10, 21:34

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by appiah4

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brostenen wrote: hard1k wrote: Artex has his treasury in an underground basement. That would be a tough mission! 😁 Time to call in the Terminator T-800..... I guess. 😁 Or to send it back in time.. to kill Artex before he buys the Voodoo 5s!

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