Re: Older PC games on Win8 tablets

Posted on 2013-12-22, 19:50

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by swaaye

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I don't have a Radeon 9700 on hand for performance comparisons, though...just a Radeon 9600 XT and a Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB, along with an Athlon XP 1800+ box for the former and the latter potentially being matched with an Athlon XP 3200+ system, if I didn't opt to replace it with a locally-sourced …

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Re: Older PC games on Win8 tablets

Posted on 2013-12-22, 01:53

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by swaaye

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You'd be surprised how well some games work with touch. If they are primarily mouse based and left click oriented, all is usually well. I wrote about some already. I just yesterday tried Legend of Grimrock to great success. Also, see the first post for an idea of Baytrail GPU performance. I think it …

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Re: awful savage3 driver experience

Posted on 2013-12-21, 07:00

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by swaaye

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I have had problems with Win9x+DX9 and lockups/crashes. I suggest DX7.0a (or older) unless you absolutely need a newer version. I did some game testing of repeatable kernel crashes awhile back and 7.0a was the newest that didn't cause it. I do have a Savage3D. I did some recordings of it. It wasn't …

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Re: New Atom tablet vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-20, 20:24

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by swaaye

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Not bad and wonder how my HP elitebook 2730p that I bought for just $10 stacks up against this, C2D sl9400 with gm45/gs45. Atoms were never fast and unthinkable for gaming except for a few with the Nvidia Ion but pointless when cheap c2d laptops can be had for the price of a chicken. GM45 vs. …

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Re: New Atom tablet vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-20, 19:36

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by swaaye

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Controlling an RTS is definitely tricky. The worst issues are map navigation and any right clicking. The most playable game I've found is Total Annihilation because it primarily uses left click. However, TA needs the Shift key for queuing. The solution is VirtualGamepad, once they add support for a …

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Re: New Atom tablet vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 05:45

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by swaaye

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The Venue Pro could be used with a mouse and keyboard, it's an impressive tablet.. The desktop has already lost much ground to the laptops. I still prefer desktops, but I could see these tablets coupled with "adapters" to replace the desktop computer. :) Yup you can go bluetooth or get a USB OTG …

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Re: New Atom tablet vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 05:30

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by swaaye

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Since we are talking about gaming here, you really can't beat a Vita for $200 as far as the current devices go. Buttons > x86 compatibility for the games that you'd usually play on the go. Now if they'd just finally hack that thing :( Maybe. I haven't done portable gaming like that since Gameboy. I …

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Re: The New Atom vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 05:16

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by swaaye

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Half-Saint wrote: All that for only $299. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Got it for $210. They have been on sale occasionally lately. $200 is the point I start considering a tablet and the ability to run any Windows app is so much nicer than Android and Apple options.

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Re: The Return of Mobygames?

Posted on 2013-12-19, 05:11

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by swaaye

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I browsed to the site today and did a double take after what had happened finally registered in my brain 🤣 Yeah the redesign made no sense. Good riddance.

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Re: The New Atom vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 05:05

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by swaaye

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cdoublejj wrote: this only further proves how good of a CPU the Athlon XP is and how usable it can still be. Actually I think it shows how vastly far we have come when a SOC on a <5W max budget has a quad core CPU and a GPU that can rival a ~70W Athlon XP with a ~60W GPU!

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Re: The New Atom vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 04:56

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by swaaye

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Private_Ops wrote: Is this relevant? (Although expensive) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It … N82E16813157475 Not exactly. Avoton uses the same CPU architecture but has no IGP. It is intended for servers. That board actually has a basic discrete GPU.

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Re: The New Atom vs. '03-'04 gaming PCs

Posted on 2013-12-19, 04:44

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by swaaye

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Right click is tricky in RTS yes. So is map scrolling. Still, I have beaten a few Tiberium Sun missions. I think Total Annihilation will be quite playable. It uses left click. Drag-selecting works perfectly too. These combined with VirtualGamepad for map scrolling, shift key (queuing), and a few …

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Re: The New Atom

Posted on 2013-12-19, 02:08

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by swaaye

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Nice! Are you able to hook it up to a larger screen? It can use a wireless display tech called Miracast but I haven't looked into it. I really only care to use it as a tablet. Actually I am mostly experimenting with turn-based, RTS and adventure games on it. Any games that primarily use mouse …

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Older PC games on Win8 tablets

Posted on 2013-12-18, 21:52

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by swaaye

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I picked up a Dell Venue 8 Pro. It's one sweet little tablet - very fast and not terribly expensive if you find it on sale. Of course I've been curious about how the new Baytrail Atom runs old 3D games... I also ran some 3DMark runs and compared to results I have stored on Futuremark's site. Look at …

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Re: Preemptive PSU replacement - thoughts?

Posted on 2013-12-16, 20:21

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by swaaye

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If the failure spikes DC voltage it could certainly blow things up. But it is hard to tell if a PSU is going to die. You need electronics knowledge and the ability to diagnose it. I am certainly very hesitant to trust a PSU from the 90s unless it is properly evaluated. To make a good PSU purchase …

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Re: id tech 3 settings

Posted on 2013-12-16, 20:10

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by swaaye

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I suspect leileilol will have insight. 😀 I tend to simply ignore those settings. The Voodoo GL seems like something leftover from development when perhaps it had use with older Voodoo drivers. GL extensions is surely a troubleshooting option for cards with awful GL support.

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Re: Really? A Packard Bell??

Posted on 2013-12-15, 17:20

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by swaaye

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🤣 people are saying nice things about the scourge of retail PCs during the '90s. The good old times of ridiculous proprietary motherboard form factors.

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Re: Half-Life vs. Unreal

Posted on 2013-12-15, 05:32

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by swaaye

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leileilol wrote: I also liked Klingon Honor Guard at the time. Me too. It was the first Unreal engine licensee too AFAIK. They did a pretty good job with it.

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Re: Half-Life vs. Unreal

Posted on 2013-12-14, 20:21

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by swaaye

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I don't think I can pick one over the other. I have played Unreal more though, and prior to UT the Unreal multiplayer was pretty popular.

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2013-12-13, 21:37

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by swaaye

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jwt27 wrote: Do you know what kind of synth these ESS cards are designed for? ESS had their own synth and effects processors. https://web.archive.org/web/19980215231227/ht … io/isaaudio.htm

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