Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:58

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Don't get into paralysis by analysis. It's good wanting to make an informed decision, but only if you actually make a decision and act on it. You'll only learn through experience what you actually need and want.

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 12:59

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If your playing a lot of dos games you want something with an ISA slot. If it's just one or 2 games you might get away with a PCI card with dos emulation but if your going to be spending half the time in dos then ISA is needed for the soundcard. Is an ISA card really that needed though? On my …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 09:26

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Usually for a first build it's best to go simple. A Geforce MX400 128bit should be fast enough to do well in all your games in period correct resolutions. It's cheap and, runs with fairly old drivers. Your biggest problem will be balancing late era CPU performance with early era speed sensitive …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-06-09, 04:18

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Got these today, think they're all bundle versions, as you might guess from the Powercolor logo on the TR AOD case. Says 9600/9800 required, not sure how super strict that will be. Back then I got it as magazine bundleware and it ran well with a 9600 Pro. The bigger problem is, that it was a buggy …

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Re: Need a new socket 775 motherboard

Posted on 2023-06-08, 06:36

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How about the ASUS P5E Deluxe? I thinkt it's a nice looking board.

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Re: Passive cooling on a Geforce2 GTS?

Posted on 2023-06-08, 06:14

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I'd look for a cheap card with a large heatsink, preferrably higher TDP than the GTS and use that. Something like the FX5200 for example. https://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImage/14-187-045-03.jpg https://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImage/14-170-024-08.jpg Edit. But pay attention to the …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2023-06-07, 06:31

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Steam Field of Glory II https://store.steampowered.com/app/660160/Field_of_Glory_II/

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

Posted on 2023-06-06, 08:43

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So far I patched the burnt trace,replaced a funny looking cap, with a needle went through between the legs of the ES1868F chip and checked if there is any shorts between them, then made some turn-on tests with an expendable PC, but without monitor. Based on the boot sounds and beeps the card doesn't …

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

Posted on 2023-06-05, 11:52

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I have no idea how that may have burnt. I misaligned and inversely plugged in wavetable headers before and never managed to burn anything before. Please check C25 for a short.. But I have a feeling they plugged in something other than a wavetable onto that header - the header itself looks a bit …

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

Posted on 2023-06-05, 11:15

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After a little bit of scrubbing I found a burnt trace coming from the ISA slot straight up to the wavetable header. Burnt traces are never a good sign, but if that's all there is to it, then it shouldn't cause any problem as long as a wavetable isn't connected and also it should be an easy fix. …

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

Posted on 2023-06-04, 17:17

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Vintage market 2023, June: Today it was a lot bigger than usual with some street performers. Huge crowd, but a lot of good stuff unusually cheap. IMG_20230604_120445.jpg A huge full-copper new-old stock Socket A/478 cooler. The packaging is very worn and missing the fan screws and the s748 …

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

Posted on 2023-06-04, 15:32

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Vintage market 2023, June: Today it was a lot bigger than usual with some street performers. Huge crowd, but a lot of good stuff unusually cheap. IMG_20230604_120445.jpg A huge full-copper new-old stock Socket A/478 cooler. The packaging is very worn and missing the fan screws and the s748 retention …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-06-02, 18:59

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Today I finally started Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair. The controls are indeed not the most precise in gaming history, as I've been warned, and it's a little bit frustrating sometimes, but I've palyed worse, and also Dirk supposed to be an insanely clumsy knight. What's really actually bad is …

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Re: AGP GPU to pair with 2.8Ghz P4 + 2GB PC133

Posted on 2023-06-02, 10:13

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There is an RV410 based X1050. It's basically a rebranded Radeon X700. Since it's bottom of the barrel, it should be cheap, but with very decent early XP performance, around Radeon 9800 Pro level and passive cooling. But you have to pay attention and avoid the RV370 based 64bit variant. Those are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-06-01, 15:50

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Maryoo wrote on 2023-06-01, 15:06: Radeon X800GT PCI-e for $15 from an untested PC. […] Show full quote Radeon X800GT PCI-e for $15 from an untested PC. Untested.. ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°) Yep, tested and faulty = untested. A lot of seller plays this game, hardware can be sold for more (or at all) and they have …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-30, 17:52

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https://i.ibb.co/kqbMf70/Screenshot-2023-05-30-at-19-37-31.png And done. 40.08 hours, 72% completion. It's alright, but I still think, it's not the best in the series. The main story line is marginally more serious than SR3 and 4, otherwise over all less polished. I don't think I'll replay it any …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-29, 14:16

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https://i.ibb.co/TqDz3fS/Screenshot-2023-05-29.png Three gangs down, only Ultor's left. So far I'd say it's the Brotherhood missions that I enjoyed the most, and that's where I really felt the Saints are villains. I don't know how long the Ultor mission line is, but I think for now I'll get back to …

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Re: GeForce 4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2023-05-28, 15:46

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Slightly offtopic, buy why not skip FX for GF6 series? Seem to work in W98, still in P4 era, support pallete/fog... GF6 dropped a lot of legacy features (I think it does not support either of those) and requires even more modern drivers which doesn't work with certain games. Sometimes even the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-27, 15:00

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https://i.ibb.co/mSSmnCM/Screenshot-2023-05-27.png I'm in about halfway through the Brotherhood missions, which is the second gang I took on. In the meantime I read up why many people say SR2 is the best in the franchise. Apparently because it takes its characters more seriously and by seriously, I …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-27, 05:49

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Do you guys have experience with motherboards from ECS? Are your impressions good or not so good? During my search for a suitable motherboard, I came across an interesting offer (maybe). Could purchase an ECS K7S5A motherboard which already has a CPU including the Athlon 1700xp one of the CPUs that …

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