Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-04-30, 18:20

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I don't know if this counts as retro yet, but I found this machine today. It was left next to the trash bins at my uncle's apartment building. It looked mildly interesting, so it took it. ... God damn some people throw out decent stuff. I could use this as my daily driver, if needed :) it's amazing …

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Re: ASUS Radeon HD 7850 1GB - WinXP Performance

Posted on 2023-04-29, 19:09

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gta vc (and iii and sa), half life 2 and dozens of other games from the xp era i have found will run just fine in windows 7 64 bit with whatever drivers windows 7 wants for various graphics cards that are from the windows 7 era that's cd/dvd installed games rather than gog etc so that's another …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-04-29, 08:22

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As far as I know sound blaster lives are still dirt cheap , should be like what 5-10 dollars worth or so? Okay on second inspection it looks like eBay prices have jumped up a bit to like 20 - 30AUD? I'm not sure why that is I guess sellers have figured they can scalp people for higher prices? …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-04-29, 08:19

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i am playing half life 2 - for the FIRST time ever! yes, i bought the game used on dvd many years ago, installed and realised it wanted steam - gave up and shrugged it off, lots of other things to do but i've always wanted to play it - just never so much that i sat down to work out how to or just …

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Re: High-end Windows 95 gaming PC?

Posted on 2023-04-29, 07:59

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Here's an example - Dungeon Keeper 2 came out in 1999 - system requirements say 166mhz pentium 1 and 2mb video card with 300mhz pentium 2 and 8mb video card recommended. If you run the game on the recommended system, it will not be a pleasant experience, except for maybe the first 2-3 missions. …

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

Posted on 2023-04-27, 18:11

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using yet another old motherboard, this time from an old HP business machine - with celeron 900mhz and no AGP. tested and working. added a real FDD and ide to sd card to act as HDD and the HDD was immediately recognised in bios with its 8gb. installed windows 98se as a test and it was actually quite …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-27, 18:06

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As for my retro purchase today, I cannot believe I got this for so cheap. No one else bid and I got it for around $30 US including shipping. vss30_1.jpg vss30_2.jpg Look up the VSS30 on youtube. Sure, it's gimmicky, but this thing actually lets you record samples, apply effects to them and use them …

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Re: High-end Windows 95 gaming PC?

Posted on 2023-04-27, 18:00

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Pentium 4 is way overkill for win95, akin to running XP on a modern ryzen or i7. while i agree in principle, running xp on a modern 64 bit multi core system feels a lot more overkill some people like doing that, i really don't and i would out 98se on a P4 but would consider a P4 and Windows 95 a …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-04-25, 19:18

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Finally found the mini tower case I've been looking for. This is the exact same case that I had in high school for my am386DX-40 system. I just purchased this one on eBay and it looks to have an i486SX-25 CPU on a SIH 486B motherboard. There's a network card, IO card, video card, and modem …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-04-25, 19:16

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It's been a busy day but after chasing out some gremlins I managed to run a benchmark. :D . The Pentium 4 3.0C locks rather good in 3dmark 2001. I kind of doubt the Opteron 244 can beat this running at stock 1.8GHz. P4 3.0C 9800PRO 3DMark2001.jpg . Is this Vogons fastest period correct 20 year old …

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

Posted on 2023-04-25, 19:14

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checking into which motherboard i could put into a case and found 3 possible athlon xp compatible boards - one wouldn't start at all, the fan jolted once and nothing more, another started with no beeps, no video. in both cases i swapped psu and tried known working components for video and cpu. i'm …

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Re: Some folks back in 1996 discussing quake

Posted on 2023-04-25, 19:05

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But with an excellent video-card (2 MB memory or more) :) my experience of quake on a pentium 75 and then a pentium 166mmx was all positive to be honest.. Quake is not the game you want upgrade for . Trust me please. Jedi Knight or Unreal is the game to upgrade for talking about unreal already!

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-04-24, 16:10

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PCI/AGP slots are rated at Tens of insertion / removal cycles total, as in low double digits. Same goes for gold plated edge slots. is this a measured thing? i did a quick search online and found only reddit discussion suggesting PCIe slots in any case are good for many more it is something i've …

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Re: "The Tiniest 486 Computer" video

Posted on 2023-04-24, 16:05

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i like creative cases and builds like this (and the lego one wbahnassi - that is great!) the small size makes for interesting challenges, especially if using 'normal' parts as much as possible i don't have a 3d printer but making cases / parts for cases is something i'd want to do if i had one

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-24, 16:03

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LewisRaz wrote on 2023-04-23, 15:36: Did a best offer on ebay and got this real cheap. The final part for my athlonXP build. Probably.. i have a radeon 9250 in an athlon xp, a nice card for what is often a very good price, it can play most games of that time just fine

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-04-24, 16:02

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Rescued an old computer from e-waste that looked somewhat uncommon. It's a Digital Prioris XL Server 5133DP. I haven't found much info on the web about exactly this model, but back then (around 1996) it must have cost a fortune. It has VGA and SCSI onboard, 5 EISA slots, 3 PCI, two CPUs on a …

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Re: "modern" retro pc

Posted on 2023-04-24, 15:51

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Motherboard: A55BM-K CPU: AMD A8-6600K (quad-core @3.9 GHz, OC to 4.2GHz) FM2 Socket RAM: 8GB dual-channel GPU: Gigabyte WindForce OC (with AMD R9 270 2GB @975Mhz). Motherboard/cpu/GPU from 2013, I might keep this as my retro pc until I die from now on. Because: Drivers aside, currently (and …

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Re: Future retro classics

Posted on 2023-04-24, 15:41

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Hello, I'm not sure if such a thread already exists so...what do you think will become a future retro classic? Reading posts on this forum it looks like the Pentium 4 to current hardware generation isn't highly regarded but there must be some future classics in the lot! i think the top end Pentium …

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

Posted on 2023-04-24, 15:37

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i rescued a P3 800 mhz from an ailing computer with an MSI MS-6303 motherboard - one of those 'spaced saving' ones. i cannot think of another use, it's been unreliable anyway so its gone along with the 'too tiny to work with' case then inspecting another computer, a slot with P3 500 Mhz and noticed …

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Re: TNT2 Pro PCI card black screen on ASUS T2P4

Posted on 2023-04-20, 20:05

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I got a TNT2 Pro 16M PCI card, Installed on the ASUS T2P4, the boot screen is black, there is no display, no abnormal alarm, It can be displayed normally when installed on MVP3, why is that? When on MVP3, the information it shows is: WinFast 3D S320 II (TNT2 PRO PCI) BIOS V12.23.1999 TNT2.jpg could …

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