Re: Warez Question
Posted on 2015-07-27, 03:42
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 02:19
philscomputerlab wrote: Ah, right, got confused with the X-Fi MB3. Do you happen to know of a game that makes the X-Fi elevation filter apparent?
Re: BIOS Setting: "Write Cache Pipeline"
Posted on 2015-07-27, 02:13
Boxpressed, you might enjoy this old VA-503 page. That BIOS setting was discussed. https://web.archive.org/web/20030412183857/ht … aprok.net/dave/ I had a VA-503+ long ago... I tend to prefer the ASUS P5A though. My K6-3+ clocks higher on it for some reason.
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 02:03
CMSS-3D on a X-Fi can sound pretty impressive, but it does depend on the game. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is quite a good one. FEAR is good, so is BF2142. It gave me quite an edge hearing the position of sounds. In FEAR, as I've said a few times now, I literally hear no difference between Audigy …
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-27, 01:45
What software were you testing with to come to these conclusions? And yeah CMSS must be enabled for 3D audio. I couldn't hear any headphone elevation filter effects in FEAR. I want to find a game that makes it apparent. Maybe something with more of a 3D world to it. I don't know if I play the right …
Re: Best Fanless DX8-Capable Video Card
Posted on 2015-07-24, 21:19
You could make a Radeon X800 or GeForce 6800 fanless if you were motivated to do so. Install an Accelero S2 on one for example. That's for your Win9x needs. If we're talking XP, then you can go much faster. I mean a modern card is quite capable of DirectX 8.
Re: Nvidia Quadro 2 Pro
Posted on 2015-07-24, 20:48
I got this Quadro 2 Pro (ELSA Gloria III) to output 1920x1200 on DVI. For some reason, you need to enable aspect ratio scaling in the NV control panel. The Silicon Image DVI chip on these cards is still quirky but it's better than the one used on the DVI GeForce 256 cards. The GeForce 256 card I …
Re: AGP Voodoo 5500 replacement fans
Posted on 2015-07-24, 19:04
There are many Socket 8 coolers. Probably used 50-60mm fans.
Re: Great PC! But can it run Crysis?
Posted on 2015-07-23, 19:23
Here's a Socket 939 Opteron machine. Opteron 185 w@ 3GHz 4GB PC3200 CL2 Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe - nForce4 SLI x16 chipset SB X-Fi Titanium Fatality Win7 x64 SP1 The single 8800GTS came out slightly faster than the Opteron 180 + HD 2900 XT 1GB setup I ran a few pages back. http://www.vogons.org/ …
Re: Sound Blaster X-Fi SB0770 Dell / Alienware OEM
Posted on 2015-07-21, 21:13
Actually, I think it's 2MB.
Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
Posted on 2015-07-21, 18:40
BTW we have some threads on here from a few years ago that explored what could be done with Slot 1 for making a machine with varied speed. A nice thing about Slot 1 is how fast you can change CPUs too. Unfortunately most of those people don't come by anymore. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46 …
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 20:57
Yeah it's the game's sound design. I was using XP. No Alchemy translation. As for the boredom, I think I'd rather play it than Quake4 and Doom3 even though none of them are particularly astonishing. FEAR has the squad AI that's at least somewhat fun to deal with. FEAR seems to be more demanding …
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 19:22
I found a room in FEAR that has machine noise emanating from the center and concrete columns near it. Sound is occluded by the columns. I noticed that the machine noise is essentially muted. It's almost inaudible. In real life you would hear the noise reverberating off of the concrete walls. I …
Re: Best storage solution for 98SE/MS-DOS: CF or HDD?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 16:48
Even MLC and TLC SSDs have been shown to be able to handle hundreds of terabytes of writes so I wouldn't worry about longevity in most cases, or having the swap file on them. I have a few drives around that have been running Vista and 7 desktops for years with swap and have < 10 TB write totals.
Re: Is there such a thing as a robust mouse wheel?
Posted on 2015-07-20, 03:04
Split some off-topic material to a new thread and moved some reported posts to the trash.
Re: Genius Peripherals
Posted on 2015-07-19, 04:35
Moved to Marvin.
Re: My new Apple iMac! Bondi Blue 233mhz! :D
Posted on 2015-07-19, 04:32
Moved to System Specs and moved some posts to the Trash Can after a report. Please stay on topic.
Re: Sound Blaster X-Fi SB0770 Dell / Alienware OEM
Posted on 2015-07-19, 00:05
Why would they have wanted UAA X-Fi badly enough to build this card?
Re: Is X-Fi actually practically superior to Audigy?
Posted on 2015-07-18, 18:36
I've heard occasional pops with Vortex 2 on 440BX with 98SE as well. I think it is just something that happens with 3D cards combined with PCI sound cards. And yeah the Doom3 EAX4 twitch thing is strange. It comes and goes.....
Re: Nvidia Quadro 2 Pro
Posted on 2015-07-18, 03:48
philscomputerlab wrote: Not good news 😒 At 1920 x 1200 and also 1680 x 1050, the image is a narrow vertical strip. I guess I'm not surprised. Thanks for trying it.
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