Re: Bought these games today

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by johnvosh

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Was out getting a new computer chair and decided to stop in Value Village next door to Staples. Found a sealed copy of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberian Wars (I actually own the Kane Edition), the C&C 3 Pre-Order bonus, which is the Original Command & Conquer. I didn't even know this was a thing. Has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-14, 01:25

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by johnvosh

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demiurge wrote on 2024-05-11, 19:10: Asus PCI-AV264VT MediaBus 2.0 Triplex (啓亨) Tseng ET6000 Very cool looking cards. It's too bad the links you have don't work as I'd like to see what info they have. I tried them in two different browsers and neither of them will load, it just times out.

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Re: SATA to Molex ?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 12:38

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by johnvosh

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https://www.amazon.ca/axGear-Power-4-pin-Conncetor-Splitter/dp/B01MA6NX8P/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1O2MR1S7SOKWG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VlmpELoxefrV8UBi493BONPiHS18-9FfSXuGolgJIDi85ZO2QfFyX3WJedb3w1qNf47VUWAZQ0j9w8KwuM-UbU4wQR60yej5PNY_-A11BlutcjIki6M4pm8sO6T5hFrq0iw1wlsS5zEVsHV6uPiX- …

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Re: SATA to Molex ?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 12:31

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by johnvosh

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You can buy Sata power to Molex converters on Amazon. I recently purchased a couple and they seem to work good, no issues.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2024-05-12, 13:24

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Was out and about on Saturday, went to a Value Village and found 4 more Sims 2 expansion packs for CAD$2.99/ea! Now I just need to find University and Pets expansion packs and 8 stuff packs What I found interesting is the different system requirements for each of the expansions and how the listed …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2024-05-10, 00:14

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by johnvosh

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A number of years ago I got rid of all the boxes for my games that I had purchased, I have regretted that ever since. So I have slowly started buying the games again with the boxes/big CD cases. I tell you though, shipping makes it so expensive. I live in Canada and it is at least $20+ to ship …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 11:49

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by johnvosh

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I am personally okay with 1080p. I have a 50" TV from 10 years ago that is 1080p, but only use it when I have the family over. Normally I watch everything on my computer using a 24" 1080p monitor and my main display is a 27" 1080p monitor. I also game in 1080p as I find it perfectly fine. For my old …

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

Posted on 2024-05-05, 15:42

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by johnvosh

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Started doing more benchmarks on my systems. Today I am running AquaMark 3, Sanctuary, Tropics, Unigine Valley/Heaven, Cinebench 11.5

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Re: Athlon XP performance ratings

Posted on 2024-05-05, 00:00

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by johnvosh

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Hi all, apologies for potentially igniting a 20 year old debate with this question but I've been playing around with early XP (~2003) builds and am a little confused. I rebuilt my first gaming PC recently (Athlon XP 3000+ Barton, geforce fx 5900xt, 1gb ram) and for fun I got a Pentium 4 rig (2.8ghz …

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

Posted on 2024-05-04, 15:27

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by johnvosh

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I don't know if it's retro per say, but my town has a large item/treasure hunt weekend once a year and I was able to find an IBM thinkcentre M92P 2988E2U computer. The thing is 12 years old. It works, has a i7 3770, 8GB DDR3, AMD Radeon 7450 1GB low profile card. Was missing the hard drive, but …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2024-05-01, 01:39

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by johnvosh

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My 3DMark99 scores using default settings, running all tests: Gateway 2000 GP6-400 w/ Pentium II 400/384MB/Rage 128GL 16MB/98SE -> 3,111 and CPU score 3,816 Dell Dimension XPS T700R w/ Pentium III 700 slot 1/384MB/Rage 128 Pro 16MB/ME -> 5,626 and CPU score 10,629 Dell Dimension XPS B866 w/ Pentium …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2024-05-01, 01:04

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by johnvosh

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All the games I have found over the last month at the Value Village's in St.Albert, Edmonton, Sherwood Park, and Spruce Grove. I never really payed attention to the CD/DVD section, but I think I will. Most of the games are $2.99-$4.99/ea. There are a couple of the Sims/Sims 2 expansions that didn't …

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

Posted on 2024-04-30, 12:48

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by johnvosh

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My NOS Case Logic 280 CD Wallet from 2005 arrived, so I am now able to have all my game CD's in one place instead of spread out over 3 different CD wallets. I moved over roughly 260 game CD/DVD's to my new wallet! I love my physical media and wishes games still came on it. I think the last game I …

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

Posted on 2024-04-30, 11:36

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by johnvosh

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My NOS Case Logic 280 CD Wallet from 2005 arrived, so I am now able to have all my game CD's in one place instead of spread out over 3 different CD wallets. I moved over roughly 260 game CD/DVD's to my new wallet! I love my physical media and wishes games still came on it. I think the last game I …

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Re: No beep codes from motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-29, 12:59

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by johnvosh

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Also what I noticed with those bumpgate chips is that, when you apply pressure to the die, the board will POST reliably. Yup, that's what I've been doing to my ECS MCP61AM-PM with GeForce 6150 chipset. :D It's dying a slow death, but I ain't letting it off the hook yet. LOL Every time it stops …

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Re: My retro computer system log

Posted on 2024-04-29, 12:55

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by johnvosh

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I have a 1400 Thunderbird with a 9600 XT and a 1400 P3-S with a 9600 XT. Both machines get around 3400 in 3DMark03. Curious to know what graphics driver you are using and what 3DMark03 settings? Sorry about that, my mistake. That was the score from a different system. I just ran it on the …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2024-04-28, 20:09

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by johnvosh

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great range of computers there, i'd probably use the P2-400 and maybe one of the Athlon XPs for dos/98 and win xp respectively the most, with lots of games among them. its great to have some P3 and 4 in the mix though, nice variety in video cards too! Thanks! I did make a https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: No beep codes from motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-28, 18:47

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by johnvosh

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Before throwing the board away, check the bios. You need a EEPROM programmer, like a TL866II-Plus. Unfortunately I don't have any programmers and I don't really want to spend CAD $100 on something that I may only use a couple times. Thank you for the suggestion though! I understand. But I found a …

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Re: No beep codes from motherboard

Posted on 2024-04-28, 18:20

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by johnvosh

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Have you tried testing the CPU in another board or swapping in a different CPU? Unfortunately I don't have another CPU that will work in this board. This CPU was pulled from a working system. Before throwing the board away, check the bios. You need a EEPROM programmer, like a TL866II-Plus. …

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Re: My retro computer system log

Posted on 2024-04-28, 16:59

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by johnvosh

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I did have an Athlon 64 X2 4400+, socket 939 system, but the motherboard is no good. I could run for a little bit, do a restart and it wouldn't boot unless I shut it off then turned it back on, and it wasn't running stable. I really need to learn how to remove and reinstall caps on a motherboard so …

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