Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-08-16, 02:37

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I finally bought a Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 32" monitor and stepped into the wonderful world of variable refresh rate displays. This bad boy has it all--at least, for an LCD display. It's based on one of the new super-fast VA panels that have absolutely no issue with dark color transitions. It can …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 02:30

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I can't help but wonder if there are more electrical fires in Australia and Germany. Maybe not. Maybe the electrical codes are more stringent. When you grow up with higher mains voltages you learn to be pretty dang respectful of it so we dont have any more electrical fires here than you would …

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Re: Are these worth anything?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 02:13

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Moogle! wrote on 2022-08-15, 23:57: Sorry to bump and derail, but does that Acumos card work in an 8bit slot? You know looking at the card it doesnt have the 16-bit option rom populated so perhaps it might, hard to say without the card in hand though.

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-16, 01:53

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I can't help but wonder if there are more electrical fires in Australia and Germany. Maybe not. Maybe the electrical codes are more stringent. When you grow up with higher mains voltages you learn to be pretty dang respectful of it so we dont have any more electrical fires here than you would …

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Re: Intel arc and d3d9

Posted on 2022-08-16, 01:17

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ptr1ck wrote on 2022-08-16, 00:04: It's probably actually something to do with the weird performance of the cards and some supposedly unfixable issue with the current silicon. Might be more to do with current silicon being optimized for DX12U and RT that is making havoc with older DX versions.

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-08-15, 18:22

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Basic safety goes a long way, walk loud so everything can avoid you in time, have your food in a bear barrel and hoist it between trees overnight, and have a big stick handy. Anything toothy comes along, look big and make scary noises. What was teh saying I hear, if its black fight back, if its …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-08-15, 18:17

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But that's true for the entire franchise. You no longer can buy any of the entries separately, but they are still separate entries in your library to install and play. read my edit, I just checked this, you install one you get them all. Just checked the standalone expansions, hitting install does …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-08-15, 18:07

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I have no idea. I also have the steam version but I have never played the steam version. And indeed, it's close to 17gigs? What for? lol And actually, last night me and a friend were talking about FEAR and how we found "They tried to bury their sins, but instead planted the seeds of their doom. A …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-08-15, 18:00

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Hamilton is Southern Ontario, which has a modest amount of snakes and spiders to help you feel at home. Only the massasauga and black widow will kill you though. Then in the lakes you only have to worry about muskelunge and snapping turtles https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/us-woman-attacked-and- …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 17:58

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Nothing like a GPU that costs $876+ a year of power off the wall 1200 watts is near the practical continuous limit of a U.S. facing power outlets Beyond that you need a hospital or HD outlet, the rear stab in outlets in most homes flame up above 1200 watts, the really good (hospital grade / …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-08-15, 17:45

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Bought another copy of FEAR for €1. I don't really need it, but it's a great game I now got for a great price and pickings are quite slim these days where I live. A couple of years ago I installed the Steam version and was shocked that it installed something like 17GB without the expansions. The …

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Re: Intel arc and d3d9

Posted on 2022-08-15, 17:42

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-08-15, 17:24: DXVK does the same thing and can work in Windows. In some ways Id prefer to have D3d9 wrapped to Vulkan rather than DX12, would the performance overhead be less going to Vulkan rather than DX12 though. Might be worth looking that up I guess.

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 15:24

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Yeah I have a Suprim X 3080ti .. freaking beast of a card in both power and sheer size, would have loved a 3090ti but at nearly 5000 AUD on release it simply wasnt worth it, funny thing .. they are now down to 2500AUD for a Suprim X 3090ti, which is what my 3080ti cost. Fuck The mouse mat in the box …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 14:54

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If I can manage I'll grab a 4090 or 4090ti as soon as they drop. You might need a new 1200 watt PSU to power them beasts. That aside, I have a 3080ti that I find hard to use its full power, even recent games are hard pressed to use it fully unless I abuse RT without DLSS, but for pure raster stuff …

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

Posted on 2022-08-15, 12:13

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PD2JK wrote on 2022-08-15, 11:15: TrashPanda wrote on 2022-08-15, 10:44: Need some Tualatin 1.4s with DDR results 😁 Yes that would be interesting. But I don't have both. Prices of those are mad. 😁 heh yup I know, I only have one board that can do both and I'm afraid to use it too much lest it …

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

Posted on 2022-08-15, 10:44

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I did some benchmarking on two platforms, with a Celeron 1.3 GHz and two Pentium 4's. Lets see what happens. Intel Celeron 1.3 - stock and overclocked to 1.58GHz only by setting the FSB to 122 MHz. AOpen MX3S-T (i815E) 1x 256MB PC133 CL3 Geforce 6800LE 128MB Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (Willamette) and …

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

Posted on 2022-08-15, 08:50

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For shits and giggles just grabbed a boxed set of Windows 95 on Floppy Disk, no idea if they work but the box is in great condition and the disks are in their sealed wrapper so fingers crossed !! Will be added to my Dos 6.22 and Win 3.11 WFW collection. Anyone here have any experience in backing up …

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Re: A good use for an S3 Virge ?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 07:33

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This all depends on what S3 Virge card you have too .. if you have one of the ones with a good DAC on it ill look amazingly good ..if not then it'll look like washed out garbage. Yup, hence my note on using cards from reputable manufacturers. Unbranded (no-name) Virge cards tend to suffer from poor …

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Re: A good use for an S3 Virge ?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 06:29

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IMO, the best use case for a Virge card is DOS gaming. Their DOS compatibility is among the best, and they have good Windows 3.1 drivers too. It's also fun to experiment with S3D accelerated games, but don't expect great performance there. Despite popular belief, the Virge can actually be faster …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 06:19

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If I can manage I'll grab a 4090 or 4090ti as soon as they drop. You might need a new 1200 watt PSU to power them beasts. That aside, I have a 3080ti that I find hard to use its full power, even recent games are hard pressed to use it fully unless I abuse RT without DLSS, but for pure raster stuff …

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