Re: Best Mini-ITX for XP

Posted on 2023-09-21, 19:58

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ElectroSoldier wrote on 2023-09-21, 18:43: Yeah I know the chipset drivers will be a problem that's why I asked what the best mini itx board for XP is. I'm not sure where to start, I don't want a load of boards good only for Win7 chipset drivers can be nice, but are absolutely not required.

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Re: Best Mini-ITX for XP

Posted on 2023-09-21, 15:44

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Audigy 2Zs absolutely has drivers for windows XP. It is an XP era sound card. https://support.creative.com/downloads/welcome.aspx?nDriverType=1#type_1 The Audigy cards support EAX 4. The x-fi cards support EAX 5 but there are only a handful of games that uses the latest version of EAX. You would get …

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Re: Tomb Raider I-II-III remastered

Posted on 2023-09-18, 19:46

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Looks pretty good. I wish they could have done something with the low detail geometry.

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-07, 23:43

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I spent 10 bucks on a month of MS Game Pass to give this a shot - I have no interest in the setting and the thought of space ship battles and base building leaves me cold, but the reviews are good so I was curious. I'm only a couple of hours in but from what I've seen it's a solid game - it looks …

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Re: Ultimate DOS rigs: Pentium MMX vs K6-2/3 vs Via C3 vs... something else?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 15:19

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I haven't found many games that I can't play on my via C3. At it's maximum performance it's also somewhere around a pentium 3 @ 700mhz. It can also get down to an 8088 more easily than most if you like really old games. I like it. Kind of like dosbox with real hardware. This is exactly what I'm …

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Re: Ultimate DOS rigs: Pentium MMX vs K6-2/3 vs Via C3 vs... something else?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 04:02

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I haven't found many games that I can't play on my via C3. At it's maximum performance it's also somewhere around a pentium 3 @ 700mhz. It can also get down to an 8088 more easily than most if you like really old games. I like it. Kind of like dosbox with real hardware.

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Re: The million dollar question on retrocomputing

Posted on 2023-09-06, 15:45

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I am not much of a hardware collector, so maybe others would feel differently. I don't have any parts I keep in the original packaging and if I buy something I plan to use it (even if many times I actually don't :P). I am not sentimentally attached to the history of the item. I bought an Orpheus II …

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Re: Dark Forces Remastered

Posted on 2023-09-03, 18:00

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Never a fan of any "remaster" or "HD remake". It might look better but it could never replace the feeling of first excitement of playing any original game. Just my opinion. I feel you on that, but what you want is a time machine. There is no feeling of wonder and discovery like being a kid. You can …

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Re: NVIDIA vbe function 0A fix for gtx 9xx and newer For warcraft II and maybe other games

Posted on 2023-08-28, 05:30

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Neat! This with sbemu is a really interesting way to play old dos games on modern PCs

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Re: Cool Win98SE Games?

Posted on 2023-08-25, 18:15

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Joseph_Joestar: I thank you for your advice. Download.com has some good games. The forum has pretty strict rules about piracy. It protects the forum. We can't help you find games for free. GoG and Steam and humble bundles ect are really good ways to get old games for cheap - especially if they are …

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Re: Would it be worth it?

Posted on 2023-08-22, 04:52

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Is that really the only option? Are you sure that the memory chips on the geforce 256 are bad? Could you harvest parts from a much less rare card (like maybe a geforce 2 mx) instead?

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 19:35

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Love the concept! Keep it up!

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Re: PCem emulation speed is terrible

Posted on 2023-08-17, 19:11

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Make sure Voodoo 3's render threads count is not set above 2. Change windows' power plan to "High Performance". If it still doesn't help, then it probably means your i7 is not powerful enough to emulate a PII 333; choose a slower PII. If still slow, try a Pentium 1. It must be noted that certain …

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Re: Best Graphic Cards for a 486DX4-133 System

Posted on 2023-08-16, 15:50

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On another page (amoretro.de) the author suggested to get a S3 Trio64 with 4MB RAM for better screen resolutions on windows. What do you think? Cards with 4 MB are also hard to find on e.g. ebay. S3 cards are great, but some times the image is too bright or too dark because they had QA issues. …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-16, 15:33

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How is input lag a thing for monitors? I mean, I can get complaining about DSPs on TVs, but those are TVs not monitors. Complaining about TV sets then generalizing that to computer monitors is hardly a fair or legitimate concern. I have yet to experience any input lag on a computer monitor. You can …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-16, 06:38

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For TVs I'm using a Rhapsody 5" CRT Portable for fun little shennanigans. When it's not running, it's on display. I mostly use it with my Atari 2600. It's funny because the ATARI can act as a TV stand for it, lol. For 16 bit and 8 bit consoles like the NES or Sega MD I don't mind playing them on …

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Re: Best Graphic Cards for a 486DX4-133 System

Posted on 2023-08-16, 06:30

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486 machines are fun, and early 3d accelerators are really interesting. However, texture filtering and performance on these early 3d cards are usually pretty rough. Many times "3d" accelerated means 25 fps with graphics that are basically identical to software rendering. ATI 3d rage cards supported …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-15, 18:21

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For original hardware I prefer to deal with old CRTS over old LCDs. It's definitely my favorite way to experience old games. I'm all in on emulation now though. VRR fixes all the worst problems fixed resolution displays used to have. A really good CRT is still better, just way less reliable and …

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Re: Best Graphic Cards for a 486DX4-133 System

Posted on 2023-08-15, 18:08

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leon22 wrote on 2023-08-13, 19:07: Thanks for the numerous responses and tips. Since I'm not aiming for Quake I think I will stick to the Trio64 in the meantime (Doom should run fine?). https://thandor.net/benchmark/32 You can expect to get somewhere around 40 fps average. Dooms fps cap is 35.

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Re: Best Graphic Cards for a 486DX4-133 System

Posted on 2023-08-13, 18:20

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I don't much see the point of doing 3d on a 486, nonetheless windows. I would focus on DOS performance and compatibility . If you occasionally boot into windows 95 or windows 3.1, then any decent PCI video card with at least 1mb of video RAM will give you 16 bit colors at 640x480. A voodoo1 for …

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