Re: Power Supplies And Age?

Posted on 2012-06-24, 03:24

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by Pippy P. Poopypants

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Components lose efficiency over time; their overall impedance can change from heating for instance, etc. Regular cleaning will help keep dust from building up and stressing out the components from heat. Monitor your power rails from time to time too; when your power supply's load regulation starts …

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Re: Geforce 2 MX VS Geforce 3

Posted on 2012-06-24, 03:09

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For its time, GeForce2 MX = entry level card; GeForce3 = high-end. No contest there. Anisotropic filtering is better but on a GF3 the performance hit is extreme. You really need to go up to a GeForce FX for anisotropic to be more usable. Same with anti aliasing. Alternatively, all of the Radeon …

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Re: If Quake were made today

Posted on 2012-06-24, 02:50

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... And this is why I've stopped playing. I enjoy being able to freely roam around and doing whatever I like without constantly being nagged. Or be treated to a lame cutscene every couple of steps.

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Re: S3 Savage 2000

Posted on 2012-06-24, 02:39

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This card is nothing but a pile of Windoze ME. Even UT99 under MeTal still has some noticeable rendering errors. Not to mention some fluctuating frame rate issues and other hiccups. Has serious issues with many D3D games of its time too. The only other games I recall that worked fine besides UT99 …

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Re: Graphics card investments over the years

Posted on 2012-06-24, 02:23

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I've since stopped upgrading my machine unless if I really have to, since working 40+ hours a week and having other errands to run doesn't really permit me to play games as often as I used to. But here's the history going as far back as I can remember: Desktop graphics cards: Unknown Realtek SVGA …

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Re: windows 3.1 reboot

Posted on 2012-06-24, 01:52

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Win 3.1 was what I started with; didn't really do anything CPU or memory-intensive back in the old days so it suited. But after using Windoze 7 for a while now and going back, using anything pre-Win2k feels quite clunky. But my point is, if you try to use Win 3.1 the same way you use your current …

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Re: how bad would a pent3 1ghz bottleneck a fx5900

Posted on 2011-12-28, 06:19

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Probably the best choice then. If Mr. Toastytech uses it for gaming then I don't see why not. 😜

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Re: AGP graphics card for pentium dos system

Posted on 2011-12-28, 06:15

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i would undoubtedly use a 5950ultra for sure, a pity that the geforce6 cards are incompatible with agp2x slots. :lol: for socket7 agp boards(most likely from via and ali) you must install proper chipset drivers for the agp slot to function. its more troublesome that they may require some old …

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Re: ATi Radeon Thrill Thread

Posted on 2011-12-25, 23:59

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by Pippy P. Poopypants

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Yeah around the time HL2 was released Valve did a survey and the GeForce2 MX ended up being the most common card in most gamers' machines (GeForce4 MX was second if I remember). And of course, HL2 has a DX7 renderer as well. Regardless, just looking at the number is no easy affair nowadays. Always …

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Re: Best PCI Vid Card

Posted on 2011-12-25, 23:53

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Some online outlets like newegg and tiger direct still carry (brand new) PCI GeForce2 MX (400) cards, but more than often you'll be paying way more than if you just got a used one. And more than often these new cards use a 64-bit DDR memory interface, making them slower compared to their original …

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Re: Windows 3.1x & Windows NT 3.51 Graphics Card Drivers Collection

Posted on 2011-12-24, 22:06

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I recently read through NVIDIA's TNT2 datasheet stating that Windows NT 3.5x would be supported as well. Though I have not seen any such drivers floating around. Have a gander here: http://www.o3one.org/hwdocs/vga/RIVA_TNT2.pdf.pdf

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Re: how bad would a pent3 1ghz bottleneck a fx5900

Posted on 2011-12-24, 21:59

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Even a lowly FX 5200 (128-bit) can beat out a GF3 Ti 200 in some cases. Personally I prefer the GF4 Ti (sharper anti-aliasing compared to the GF3) as your P3 won't be bottlenecked as much, but if you wanna use high-level anisotropic filtering you're looking at a serious performance drop. Doesn't …

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Re: ATi Radeon Thrill Thread

Posted on 2011-12-24, 21:42

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I have yet to play Doom 3 on any pre-R300 card, but from what I hear it doesn't seem to suffer from the same graphical artifacts present on NV1x/NV2x cards (most noticeable on the carry weapon models). And the built-in NV10 support is quite impressive too, considering that Carmack was knocking the …

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Re: Unknown isa-card

Posted on 2011-12-23, 02:38

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Thanks for the help. T3200 is indeed a monster. It does take one full size 16-bit isa card and one smaller 8-bit. Although you have to bend full size card quite a bit to plug it in. Only problem with mine is that the floppy drive doesn't work, so i have no means of getting any software to the …

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Re: ATi Radeon Thrill Thread

Posted on 2011-12-23, 02:25

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ATi Radeon LE 32MB DDR AGP *snip* I remember newegg and zipzoomfly got a ton of crap for advertising these as full-fledged 32 MB Radeon 7200 DDRs (which are clocked at 164/164 and used active cooling). Whether or not HyperZ could be fully enabled was pretty much if you got lucky or not. However, …

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Re: Windows 3.1x & Windows NT 3.51 Graphics Card Drivers Collection

Posted on 2011-12-17, 17:51

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The TNT/TNT2 drivers for the most part work fine, although you might experience occasional graphical glitches and text input problems (tested with a Diamond Viper V770 Ultra and MSI TNT2 M64). I don't think NVIDIA ever intended for it to be used for production release purposes. Oh and just for the …

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Re: Posting from 1996 system!

Posted on 2011-12-17, 17:47

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SquallStrife wrote: The oldest computer I ever made a forum post from was my Quadra 700. […] Show full quote The oldest computer I ever made a forum post from was my Quadra 700. 🤣 brings back memories of grade school. Eventually our school caved in and switched over to Windoze.

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Re: Videos grabbed from real Retro PCs.

Posted on 2011-12-13, 05:45

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Haha perfect... Yeah the V2 SLI was the ultimate config for Unreal back then and nothing came close or beat it (at least until the V3 came along).

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Re: PowerVR SGL / Extreme List

Posted on 2011-12-13, 05:37

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As far as I recall VideoLogic's (read: Imagination Technologies - aka PowerVR's parent company) Neon 250 was the only one that made it into the retail channel.

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Re: Diamond Viper V770 Issue

Posted on 2011-12-13, 05:35

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I've never had any issues with the V770 and any i440BX-based motherboards. Which drivers have you been using (i.e. Diamond's or the actual NVIDIA reference drivers)? Please post your motherboard's BIOS settings too, just to be safe (e.g. if the AGP aperture size is set too low or something). I had a …

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