Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 09:38

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Just played through the Doom 2: No Rest for the Living expansion for the first time. I originally tried running this from within Doom 3: BFG Edition (it's a part of that bundle) but I encountered some screen tearing and I didn't like the soundfont that was used for music playback. Instead, I grabbed …

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Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:25

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I resisted these OPLSAx for years because of the unfiltered SB Pro output but once JamesF came up with the filter mod, that was it. True love. Having recently modded my own YMF719 using this method by James-F, I can confirm that it makes a big difference. It's especially noticeable in early 90s …

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Re: What's your absolute favorite piece of retro hardware?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 17:18

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by Joseph_Joestar

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For me, it's a toss up between my X-Fi Titanium and my Roland SC-155. The former lets me enjoy EAX games in their full glory, while the latter makes DOS games sound better than I ever thought they could. In my youth, I had neither of these, so I'm now experiencing how good my favorite games can …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 09:50

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I have read though that athlon cpus might have some driver issues with windows 98. The warning was rather cryptic though and I could not figure out if the warning was applied to all athlons or just for the xp or the 64 line. It's not Athlon CPUs that have issues, it's certain motherboards with VIA …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-22, 16:55

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Question: Is there any Socket 462 motherboard with at least one ISA slot that supports AthlonXP? The choice was limited even for Athlon-only MB (ABit KT7A, Biostar M7VKD, Epox EP-8KTA3 Pro, Gigabyte GA-7IXE4, to name a few I know); I can't find any consumer-grade MB (i.e. excluding specialized …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-22, 15:50

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by Joseph_Joestar

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However, I did not want to bring it up, since it tends to be a hit and miss because of the infamous BIOS "AGP" bug :sweat_smile:. So I wouldn't really recommend it for someone who is building their first (and maybe only) retro PC. Yeah, that and the bug with SATA 3 drives on certain VIA chipsets is …

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Re: What's the difference between these two SB Live! cards?

Posted on 2023-05-22, 14:25

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by Joseph_Joestar

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In addition to what has already been said, the SB0100 is a 5.1 card with full surround sound support. The orange jack can also be used for digital (SPDIF) output, with the proper adapter.

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-22, 14:21

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by Joseph_Joestar

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At this point, I have 27 x fully built PCs that span 4 decades and have tested hundreds of platforms in the past years, and yet I still pick the Athlon XP build every time I just want to easily play games without any hassle. Yes, even when I want to play DOS games, this build is less problematic …

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Re: General doubt on PC games that use CD audio

Posted on 2023-05-21, 05:55

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Hey, Have you guys ever noticed that every (at least on my experience) game that uses CD audio always freezes for a very brief moment once the audio track restarts? I always noticed that on PC games, but such thing never happens on console games due to them having a dedicated CPU for audio. …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-20, 17:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Are they, though? I would argue that there are A LOT of games (too many) that (most) 3dfx cards cannot handle well at more appropriate (higher) resolutions - especially since the OP mentioned a 'late 1997 to late 2000' interval. For sure, if higher resolutions at 60+ FPS are desirable, Voodoo cards …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155

Posted on 2023-05-20, 13:44

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I'm currently in the process of replacing my standard CF cards with industrial grade ones. Industrial_CF_Cards.jpg I didn't really have any issues with the standard cards, but I recently got a good deal for their industrial counterparts, so I figured why not. As before, the smaller 2 GB card will be …

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Re: Intel publishes a white paper on x86S, a 64-bit only architecture

Posted on 2023-05-20, 10:20

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Itanium's back? 😁

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-19, 14:46

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Finished the Lost Mission bonus campaign from Doom 3: BFG Edition . With only 8 levels, it was even shorter than RoE. The maps were fairly action packed though, with larger quantities of powerful enemies being regularly thrown at you. The fights on those last couple of hell levels were particularly …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-05-19, 12:31

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Sorry for the slighly offtopic. post. Was Prey 2006 ever available on Steam because of the rumor that it needs online activation? Have been looking for that game for quite some time but never found it on steam. Might be a regional thing or it was available many years ago? I had to with the xbox 360 …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-05-19, 09:56

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No idea where that quote is from but sounds like this game just barely dodged the bullet, no thanks to the developers though. Heh, looks like I missed that part. I read about the activation on the PC Gaming Wiki, searched Vogons, saw the first post in that thread and I figured it had it. Glad to be …

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Re: Which SB Audigy can I use?

Posted on 2023-05-19, 09:38

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by Joseph_Joestar

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chinny22 wrote on 2023-05-19, 09:34: For Windows the Audigy 2 will gives you EAX4 support over the original Audigy's EAX3 Creative eventually released an official driver update for the original Audigy which also gave it EAX4 capabilities. Nowadays, if you use DanielK's Audigy driver pack, you get …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-05-19, 09:33

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If you happen to mean the "CD keys activate on Steam" on PCGamingWiki I'm 99.9% certain that just means you can activate a free Steam copy with the CD key. Looking at the requirements section on original release box it says nothing about needing Steam or online connection. I wasn't sure of that …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-05-19, 09:10

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Prey.jpg Bought a NOS copy of Prey (2006) today, albeit the budget re-release. It was sealed when I got it, so the CD key wasn't used. This was important to me because I read that this game requires online activation via Steam. However, it turns out that this Sold Out re-release does not need to be …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-18, 17:19

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I decided to install Doom 3: BFG Edition (from GOG) having just finished the original game and its expansion pack. Basically, I want to play through the Lost Mission bonus campaign for Doom 3, and then try the new "No Rest for the Living" episode for Doom 2. Both of these are included with the BFG …

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Re: Voodoo 3 2000 Artifacts and noisy video.

Posted on 2023-05-18, 14:53

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Also, Joseph , I compared the original "rev 1.0" BIOS on my Voodoo 3 2000 PCI with the latest BIOS available for the Voodoo 3 2000 AGP (2.15.11), and one of the two DRAM registers is the same on both! This could explain why you are still seeing the problems with this later BIOS. Unfortunately, I …

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