Re: pixelated video in warcraft 3

Posted on 2011-09-12, 21:29

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Yeah I tried lower resolutions but I couldn't see any difference in the cutscenes, I'll try again later this week. It doesn't support glide but you can use opengl instead of directx. Though the opengl version was supposed to be not as good iirc.

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Re: pixelated video in warcraft 3

Posted on 2011-09-12, 18:47

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Yes I am referring to the cut scenes. I'm not using a widescreen monitor, it's a 4:3 crt hence using 1600x1200 on the hd4850. I didn't realise the cutscenes were 640x480 so I guess it could just be blowing that up; somehow I imagined that sort of thing was just like DVD footage. [Or is that also …

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pixelated video in warcraft 3

Posted on 2011-09-12, 16:40

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I'm playing warcraft 3 on this: win 7 pro 64 phenom x4 hd4850 21" lacie crt The game looks great at 1600x1200 but the video clips look very pixelated [areas of similarish coloration look like they are made from blocks]. Any ideas? I'm using catalyst 2010.0527.1242.20909.

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-09-11, 06:14

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I suppose this isn't one of those instances when you need to do fdisk/mbr to get the system to boot. Seem to recall having to do that to get rid of grub as [some] windows install procedures seem to leave it in place. All beyond me.

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Re: Monitor for XT computer

Posted on 2011-09-10, 18:32

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYUNDAI-HMM-1200-Mo … =item4aae74ae79 pity it's green i suppose, though it has a certain nostalgic value

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PCI-X and PCI slots, 3.3v and 5v

Posted on 2011-09-09, 17:31

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I'm pondering the purchase of an old workstation. The motherboard has pci and pci-x slots [not pci-e]. The manual says: The 32-bit PCI slot 1 supports 5.0 V signaling PCI adapters; it does not support 3.3 V signaling adapters or 64-bit adapters. The 64-bit PCI-X slots 2 through 5 support 3.3 V …

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Re: Phoenix ATX-G P4-with-ISA-board

Posted on 2011-09-08, 11:37

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retro games 100 wrote: I may have to get one of these Soyo boards. Perhaps in October, when I can afford one! 😉 There's a 478 isa board on ebay uk at the moment, it comes with cpu and ram. 865 chipset, dunno how suitable it might be.

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Re: Help me trying to repair a friend's computer

Posted on 2011-09-08, 06:39

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You can just short temporarily/quickly across the pins you would connect the "power on" wires to. Touch them with a screwdriver for example. The manual should say which pins this is.

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Buying a new monitor in 2011

Posted on 2011-09-07, 18:05

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I'm needing to replace our 1024x768 LCD screen with something a bit more capable, but I'm not sure what to look for. Advice please! I have checked the monitor-threads but they are a bit old now. The machine will get used for modern games, dosbox, and old 9x games. Probably not going to be used for …

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Re: The Mystery -5V Rail

Posted on 2011-09-03, 16:28

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Your link in your signature... those games you have for download... are they even so-called abandonware? Or aren't they the games themselves?

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Re: Good reading for people new to retro computing

Posted on 2011-09-03, 16:22

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Agreed on redhill 😁 . Here's another one I like [I know GH has it in his signature 😉]: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/search/label/Midi

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Re: Are Yamaha YMF724s supposed to be this unreliable?

Posted on 2011-09-03, 09:18

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I bought a couple of NOS yamaha sp724s a few months ago, they were green rectangular pcb's. Didn't have any trouble with them. Here's the link to the auction [looks like he has a load of them] if you're interested: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sound-Card-SP-724-Yamaha-724-/190572121609?pt=UK_Computing_ …

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Re: Phoenix ATX-G P4-with-ISA-board

Posted on 2011-08-19, 22:22

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I bought one recently, but havent used it, just got it as a spare. But iirc someone on this forum uses one... Kreshna maybe? Ah, here's what I was thinking of, looks like riboflavin has a similar model too: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14446 As to benchmarking: I'm happy to do some when I …

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Re: Anyone knows this soundcard?

Posted on 2011-08-04, 08:15

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Slightly off topic but when did that stop anyone... Are those (real) Yamaha PCI sound cards any good btw? I have one or 2 laying around, made by Diamond iirc. They have the blue-ish PCB The Yamaha PCI cards [mine's an SP-724] can give you FM Synth for DOS games [due to a built-in OPL3 or some such] …

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Re: Single Player vs Multiplayer Games Trend

Posted on 2011-08-03, 12:38

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Trouble is that after mp, sp can seem very lonely. But mp seems to easily turn into a piece of social network software with a thin veneer of lacklustre gaming. What I dislike [but fully understand] is too much consumer research in game refinement. I think designers should do things we think are …

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Re: Raspberry Pi: The Teeny Tiny $25 PC

Posted on 2011-08-03, 12:32

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I wonder... - How good is the linux experience going to be on that? Seems a bit slow and limited. - What school kids do they imagine will be interested? Use of windows at school means homework easily picked up at home etc... Maybe it's aimed more at the IT or electronics specialists than all kids. I …

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Re: Rocking AMD 386 DX 40Mhz 256kb system build

Posted on 2011-07-29, 08:20

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The good news is that i have the memory chips for my soundcards.. The bad is that iam still waiting on that case.. I think it could take a while.. If i find a second hand case, then i could build the stuff in that case.. AT cases are very hard to get.. If i had my moped car i could go to fli …

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Re: Trade a Roland SCC-1 card for GUS Max, PnP or Original?

Posted on 2011-07-27, 07:48

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VOGONS is no marketplace! The vogons forum does not allow trade topics. Try queststudios.com although it's a rather quiet forum these days.

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Re: Stop playing video games. You're causing global warming.

Posted on 2011-07-25, 10:52

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The Chieftec used 8 Watt when the PC was turned off, which is like double the average. Now that's a wake-up call, I've been leaving 7 pc's plugged in all the time. Actually 8 with my son home. So that's probably wasting of the order of 30 watts [assuming average psu's]? I better put the surge …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-07-24, 18:36

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What would be the latest era of hardware generally supporting nt4... p3 and early athlon? PS. I just shifted a hard drive from a bx-based dual celeron system to a tualatin on a via board. Surprised me, nt4 booted fine. Not having the arcane knowledge, I'd assumed that like 2000 it would take it's …

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