Weird monitor/gpu issue with Netflix

Posted on 2020-02-26, 00:06

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Hey guys, I know this site is more about older hardware and software, but everyone here seems to really know their stuff so I thought I'd ask here first. Having a strange Netflix problem with my computer. So what happens is that my monitor sometimes displays nothing but a bunch of "static" when I …

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-25, 19:11

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Oops, ya I was thinking FSB when I typed cache. 😜 AMD XP 2500 or 2600 is what I had in 2004 as well and I remember my games running smoothly on that computer. From what I just read the P4 3.06GHZ is even faster so it *should* have no trouble hitting 30 FPS. Can't wait!

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:59

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Ya starting to sound like it. Shit. I’m cheap and lazy and really don’t want to rebuild this thing. Just gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope the 3.06 GHZ does the trick

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:38

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If I have to buy a new motherboard to make these games playable, I'd probably skip ahead to Core 2 Duo instead. That's what my XP machine is, and it runs everything pretty great. I did upgrade it to a Quad Core a few years back, but that was mainly to try to get GTA4 to run acceptably >_< RockStar …

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:26

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what games apart from GTASA are problematic? but yes, P4 2.2Ghz is not that faster for newer stuff, fine in 2002, but kind of slow not long after even my p4 at 3GHz feels very limiting in some games from 2003 (like NFSUG in some specific parts of some tracks) Hmm, off the top of my head Midnight …

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Re: Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-22, 23:05

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Well I found a P4 3.06GHz for $18 shipped, so I ordered it. I looked at the 800 FSB motherboards and it looks like they take up to 3.4GHz. If I have to buy a new motherboard to make these games playable, I'd probably skip ahead to Core 2 Duo instead. I'm hoping that I won't have to, that the P4 3. …

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Disappointing Windows XP gaming performance

Posted on 2020-02-22, 21:03

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Hey guys, I finished building my cheapo Windows XP gaming rig mostly out of parts I already had. The specs go as follows: ASUS P4B533 motherboard Pentium 4 2.2 GHZ 1.5GB DDR1 RAM BFG Geforce 6600 256MB AGP 8X Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit I thought these parts would have me covered as I had a similar …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-12-01, 18:32

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Beatles - Rubber Soul

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

Posted on 2019-12-01, 18:29

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I ran 3DMark01 on a 110" 4K projection screen, and first thing I noticed was the complete absence of any motion blur. I don't think I've see such smooth, clear motion since running this benchmark on a CRT. This JVC D-ILA projector has absolutely astonishing motion resolution--far better than any …

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Re: Trying to find a picture of a specific 1970s-1980s tv.

Posted on 2019-12-01, 18:16

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My parents had a Hitachi TV that looked that! I clearly remember that digital tuner with the LED channel indicator. Maybe Hitachi made TVs for other brands like Phillips (or vice versa?)

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2019-12-01, 18:09

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Two builds: an AMD "barn burner" with the FX-9590 CPU, two R9 295X2's in quad-fire, and maybe a bit of overclocking to push the 220w CPU and 2x500w GPUs even harder. :-D I would also like to do a NexGen build. I saw a thread here about the Nx586 recently and it intrigued me. There's a built in cache …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-28, 02:49

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To counter that, here's what I just bought for 1/1000 of that (4 EUR): http://stoof.sdf.org/images/zenith1.JPG Ooh, that brings back many fond memories. My dad used to have a very similar laptop (maybe even the same?) that I used to watch him type his university papers on back in '91/'92. It …

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Re: Using a 2.1GB drive as 528MB

Posted on 2019-06-20, 02:24

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Man this forum is great! I input the drive geometry for a 500MB hard drive in the 486, formatted, moved to the PIII and entered the same drive geometry, copied my games, and moved back to the 486. So far it has been working flawlessly. Thank you all for the help and info! 😀

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Re: Using a 2.1GB drive as 528MB

Posted on 2019-06-19, 05:59

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So that's all it takes? Awesome! One last question: After entering those parameters in the BIOS and formatting the drive, would I be able to take out the drive, hook it up to my PIII, write 350MB worth of DOS games to it then put it back in the 486 without worrying about data corruption?

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Using a 2.1GB drive as 528MB

Posted on 2019-06-18, 19:04

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I've run out of space on my 250MB hard drive and would like to put in a larger drive. Unfortunately when it comes to storage, my 486 is a finicky beast. The BIOS is limited to 528MB, and it doesn't like CF cards. I was going to buy a 528MB HDD off of eBay but for whatever reason, they're very …

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Slight input delay under Win7/10

Posted on 2019-06-02, 22:13

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So I've always noticed some slight input lag while playing games in DOSBox. I always assumed some lag to be normal, as it's there on other emulators as well. However the other day I was running DOSBox on Windows XP for the first time ever, and immediately noticed that the usual input lag was …

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Re: Some JetStream 2 benchmark results

Posted on 2019-06-02, 22:01

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162.892 on my 8700K @ 5GHz. Chrome and Win10.

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Re: General PC Chips flakiness, or do I have a hardware problem?

Posted on 2019-06-02, 21:43

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So I cleaned and reseated all of the expansion and RAM cards/slots. However, it turned out to be a bad hard drive! I am not sure why everything worked when I booted the drive in the P3 system. Also the diagnostics didn't find anything wrong with the drive. But when I swapped the drive for a …

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General PC Chips flakiness, or do I have a hardware problem?

Posted on 2019-05-26, 00:55

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Hey guys, I'm trying to get my 486 DX2 set up for DOS games, but I'm running into several different road blocks. It has a PC Chips motherboard, which I know aren't good at all, but it's not as if I'm trying to run Windows on this thing! The system stats are very typical for a 486: MS-DOS 6.22, Intel …

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Re: Quake III Arena Benchmark Thread

Posted on 2019-04-17, 17:51

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I'm now running my PIII at 1628MHz, so I thought I'd retest my 9800 Pro. My previous score @ 1575MHz was 208.6 FPS. PIII-S @ 1628MHz, 155MHz FSB 2GB DDR @ 310MHz, 2-2-2-5 9800 Pro @ stock, Catalyst 4.12 X-Fi Platinum QDI Advance 12T mobo, Via Apollo Pro266T chipset WinXP Media Center 2005 SP3 …

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