Re: What case do you prefer?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 16:08

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by mothergoose729

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I bought four identical cases for my retro builds. All modern ATX. I think I would prefer a lovely beige tower for the retro sex appeal, but tracking down four of them in good shape, nonetheless all identical, is too hard. From a quality of life standpoint, modern cases have a lot going for them …

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Re: Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 14:52

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by mothergoose729

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Everyone and their dog would want one.The chips themselves aren't that expensive, but there is more to a GPU than the core(s).

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Re: Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 04:46

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by mothergoose729

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I am not a hardware expert, but I would say not likely. Replica sound cards are made from old stock chips or recycled components. There isn't a ready supply of GPU cores in the same way. The electrical complexity is also a lot higher. To replicated a retro GPU, realistically, would probably involve …

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Re: Ideas for my best windows 98se build

Posted on 2019-10-18, 19:15

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by mothergoose729

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Phil uploaded an interesting video on this topic today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_TpsS3KNF8

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Re: My first retro build

Posted on 2019-10-18, 17:59

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by mothergoose729

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Happy to help :) PSU and RAM isn't complicated. Any ATX PSU with 20 pin or 20+4 pin connector will do fine. You can also buy 24 pin to 20 pin adapters. Much of the power is on the 5v rails, but the whole system will consume maybe 50 watts. I am using a PSU with 20 amps on 5v and I haven't had any …

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Re: My first retro build

Posted on 2019-10-18, 16:29

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by mothergoose729

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The FSB is controlled with a third party software utility. It isn't an officially supported feature. It works on some boards and not others, but I can't tell you what the reason is. I use the SMB.exe tool from here: http://rayer.g6.cz/programm/programe.htm I think the command in DOS is SMB /SP 10 66 …

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Re: My first retro build

Posted on 2019-10-18, 04:57

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by mothergoose729

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Any socket 7 or 370 cooler will work. Nehemiah runs really cool. You could probably get away with passive if you wanted too. If you search "socket 370 cooler" there are lots of options. One of the smaller ones will do just fine. For a slotket adapter, I would recommend searching for the following: …

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Re: My first retro build

Posted on 2019-10-18, 00:19

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Awesome, sounds like it is all coming together! Not all motherboards will play nice with a slotket adapter. In general, any board that is compatible with Tualatin will work with any socket 370 CPU. Some motherboards can have their FSB speed controlled in software. IMO this is the gold standard. With …

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Re: My first retro build

Posted on 2019-10-17, 21:59

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Hey guys, I finally bit the bullet and am building a dedicated retro PC. Even after reading through many resources, I still feel a little bit unsure and would appreciate feedback to my plan. I hope this thread is not against the rules; I haven't really found guidelines about this. Originally I …

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Re: Ideas for my best windows 98se build

Posted on 2019-10-17, 21:37

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by mothergoose729

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Anyway given your requirements (which are actually quite light) I'd suggest a Socket 478 PC with any 2GHz or so fast Pentium 4. I'm suggesting Socket 478 over Socket A as 478 works much better with modern power supplies. A 2GHz Northwood P4 is overkill but not "stupid overkill" for Windows 98 …

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Re: Ideas for my best windows 98se build

Posted on 2019-10-17, 17:14

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by mothergoose729

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What stuff do you already have? My thoughts: - Win98SE doesn't need ISA, so spare yourself that struggle. - Sound card is a three-way toss up between Aureal Vortex 2, Creative SBLive or Yamaha YMF744. I chose the Vortex 2 for my similar build, but could just as easily gone for one of the other two. …

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Re: Voodoo Card(s) in a fast Pentium 3 machine - Necessary/Worth it?

Posted on 2019-10-16, 16:46

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by mothergoose729

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Which card you want depends on what you use the system for. For DOS and early windows the voodoo 3 is better. After 2001 or so the voodoo 3 is pretty much useless. It is cheaper to get a voodoo 3 PCI than 2 voodoo 2s. I picked up a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI for 80$ USD and I have seen at least one more go …

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Re: Internal USB header

Posted on 2019-10-16, 00:01

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by mothergoose729

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You can easily adapt an internal type A USB port to a front panel with cheap adapters. There are NEC USB cards that are cheap and work really well with windows 98 at full 2.0 speeds.

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Re: Intel vs AMD?

Posted on 2019-10-15, 17:55

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by mothergoose729

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In my experience with windows 98, how good of time you are going to have really comes down to chipsets. The intel chipsets are usually better behaved. I don't think the speed difference between the athlon and the p3 are that significant. Before you get rid of anything, try setting up some software …

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Re: Need help with a niche build idea - early P3

Posted on 2019-10-11, 20:37

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by mothergoose729

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A slotket adapter + P3 with a 7x multiplier would be the easiest. You can find slotted version of the coppermine 700mhz EB but they are pretty rare and expensive, as they are the fastest officially supported for the platform. 133mhz capable slot 1 boards are a bit expensive, but another option with …

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Re: New Very Powerful computers coming soon.

Posted on 2019-10-10, 22:39

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I like the industrial design look. Metalic white and gray are cool colors, and the power mac cases were always the most interesting to come out of apple. Looks expensive though. I agree, a stack able design would be better. Maybe even a 2U rack mount form factor with the same aesthetics would be …

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Re: Fastest Windows 7 system [omg, it is already retro]

Posted on 2019-10-10, 06:46

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by mothergoose729

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I never understood the philosophizing around old hardware. Why does there have to be rigid rules and definitions around anything? Retro computers are about experiencing some point in the past. If you want to build a windows 7 computer with some arbitrary of "period correct" hardware, whatever any of …

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Re: Ryzen 7 most powerful windows 98 computer?

Posted on 2019-10-09, 17:18

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by mothergoose729

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Dumb question, but what about a PCI-E GeForce FX series or a Quadro equivalent? The FX 1300 has official win 98 drivers. I know of two users who have tried it. One had a decent amount of success, the other couldn't get hardly anything to work. I think it probably comes down to how the motherboard …

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Re: Dual video cards & Win98: avoiding "driver hell"

Posted on 2019-10-05, 03:06

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by mothergoose729

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I have a voodoo 3 pci and a Quadro FX. On my system, I installed the voodoo drivers and then the nvidia drivers and I haven't had any serious issues. The only thing I have noticed is that I can't change the resolution of the display on my voodoo. So I made sure to dial in my voodoo settings before I …

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Re: How important are 8-bit Palleted Textures for using Win98 and nGlide (need to choose best video card)

Posted on 2019-10-04, 23:09

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by mothergoose729

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For starters, a lot of the major paletted games are UnrealEngine1 based. Any images are required to be a paletted texture as there's no other supported texture format (Besides DXT1/3 for the s3holes) Can dgvoodoo2 emulate palatalized textures with shaders? Does Nglide use palatalized textures if …

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