Re: List of GF3 / R8500 era games that actually put DX8 hardware to good use

Posted on 2022-11-13, 10:20

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Just a question. Why don't include GeForce 4 TI and Matrox Parhelia in the list ? They are both DX8 capable hardware. I think some Xabre and Volari were DX8 capable too. GeForce FX were also good DX8 cards

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-12, 00:07

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Picked these 5 PCs up last week for a tenner each and have been working on them since. A P3 1GHz, P3 1.26GHz, a Celeron 700MHz, an Athlon 1GHz and a P4 3GHz with a mix of hardware, nothing particularly exciting. Built up 3 good ones so far ready to pass on! A proper Win98SE and XP fest :) The …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2022-11-11, 15:00

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The celeron 1400 is multiplier locked, correct? Was it overclocked by increasing the fsb? As for the multiplier I can't say, ... Tualatin multi is always locked except perhaps for some ESs I was just reading this topic and it reminded me that I have a 1.4 Celeron Tualatin Sample (QID2QS) Is there a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-10, 19:24

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Light Scribe 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-10, 08:38

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Why yes, I will take 2009 overkill for $10. Finally have myself a 5970 2GB. Wow, now that's serious ! I recently got a working one (i have a dead one for display for a long time) It's a very significant card because it's the last "ATI Branded" Flagship card. Starting with HD6XXX series, AMD Brand …

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Re: List of GF3 / R8500 era games that actually put DX8 hardware to good use

Posted on 2022-11-09, 07:19

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No offense but you lack the scientific understanding of the topic you are trying to discuss. No offense sir but remarks like that are not appropriate. Commenting on errors in the topic content is great and elevate the discussion. Commenting on the allegate lack of understandng of the topic by …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-08, 08:51

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You can always do the baking fix ...its known to work ok on them 7000 series GTX cards, you could also hit the GPU core/Vram with a heat gun to reflow the BGA. For anyone that is worried .. the card is already dead you cant make it any worse by trying this. I did bake them. (once or twice, i don't …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-07, 22:30

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Wow. Tbh you can get that for less than 50€ in France. In fact I bought one of the pcpartner at 45€ a few month ago. The seller have a small pile of new old stock. It adds ram, a CPU (model may vary) a cooler test everything and ships it. Filename IMG_20221107_232330.jpg File size 68.41 KiB Views …

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Re: List of GF3 / R8500 era games that actually put DX8 hardware to good use

Posted on 2022-11-07, 17:10

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16.11.2004 Half Life 2: (Early versions run on DX6 cards, at very low texture resolutions however... Still, that's amazing for a top notch 2004 game!) Well... Open the console and enter "mat_dxlevel 70", go to the graphics menu and set all the visuals to "high" and you will be surprised, how good …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-07, 16:59

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Oof. The most I'd seen one of these boards go for previously was around $300. Even with a CPU, SCSI card and memory $616 is a massive inflation over previous highs. Is there anything special about that board in particular? I have a few SiS496 based motherboards and they all have similar performance …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-07, 16:51

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Yesterday, i cleaned some cards i "recently" bought. Not very recently actually because i took a break from my retro hobbies after an very frustrating incident with a GTX 7800 512MB. I love that 2005 card. Twice the memory and hugely overclocked in comparison to the standard 256MB version. But it's …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-07, 16:09

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Madman! :D Let me guess: It's ASrock, so you thought it's worthless. And because it has both AGP and PCIe, you used it as a expandable testboard, so you didn't have to swap boards. :D Please don't do that. More or less, yes. 😅 I don't think ASRock is worthless (i have no opinions about Asrock). But …

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-11-06, 14:29

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Just out of curiosity. Why Antix ? Is it because it's a live system ? I used it a few times as a live CD system, to mirror disks over the network. root@antix:~# cat /dev/hda | nc -l -p 8000 alex@desktop:~$ nc 10.0.0.10 8000 > disk.img But I never installed it. I have a Debian Potato installed on a …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-11-05, 20:26

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I looked further and noticed that it only has one PCIe slot, which I think must have limited its usefulness. Were there other AM2 AGP boards with one PCIe x16 and one or two PCIe x1 or x4 slots? There's only the AM2NF3-VSTA which has no PCIe at all. That one usually sells for 50€+. But there's also …

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Re: ATI Rage Fury MAXX

Posted on 2022-11-05, 18:17

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got two sets of jumpers and a removable bios. Which set of Jumpers turns off the cores .. or do you use each set to disable a certain core ? Hmm interesting. I don't know the purpose of having two jumpers. You can also disable AFR from the driver options. The Slot A board I would like to throw it …

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Re: ATI Rage Fury MAXX

Posted on 2022-11-05, 15:19

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I have one for a few months. I mostly collect ATI cards, so I had to have one 🙂. I tested two drivers, the CD iso from vogonsdrivers and the installer from AMD website. I think i stayed with the one from ATI. But the hardest part is finding a suitable motherboard. The card is known for its pickiness …

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Re: Building a win 98 machine

Posted on 2022-10-24, 09:16

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That should be a very solid Win98 machine. With these specs, we're well into the XP Era (something like a 2003-2004 system). 2GB Memory only became mainstream even later with Vista. But it's totally fine if you're not looking for period correctness. With that machine, a 9700Pro would be a perfect …

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Re: Missing Bios Chip Soltek SL-54U1

Posted on 2022-10-24, 08:42

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Bios Fixed, Motherboard OK ! I used AT29C010A Flash chip. (5v EEPROM would probably have worked too) I found a cheap lot of period correct BIOSs from 1997-1999. All DIP32 AT29C010A. 2€ a piece x 6 + 2 stamps for shipping (i will re-use the other for an Arduino project) I already had a working …

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Re: What era of computers do you draw the line at collecting and/or using?

Posted on 2022-10-17, 16:20

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For me : 1996 -> 2010 But it's only because i started using computers around 96. It was probably also fun before. But for me, fun in hardware died in 2010 Filename tombstone.png File size 259.27 KiB Views 1053 views The only newer piece of tech i own are a GTX960 (on a 2009 X58 system) and a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-10-13, 23:04

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And I'm happy to report that the card works perfectly fine in my XP rig after soldering the capacitor back onto the board. In fact, my X850 XT non PE went with a missing capacitor too. But neither me nor the last owner noticed it and the card worked perfectly. I fixed it anyway, just in case it …

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