Re: Splinter Cell (1) Projected Shadows?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:48

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I wanted to play it old-fashioned way on Windows 9x without dgVoodoo2 and that is why I am asking. So how is it? Grab a Geforce 3 or 4 and go nuts, newer Geforce *cards tend to have some issues with too new drivers but early Geforce FX drivers should also work fine too. Personally I have a Geforce …

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Re: Splinter Cell (1) Projected Shadows?

Posted on Yesterday, 11:41

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by Trashbytes

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IIRC dgVoodoo2 solves any issues the game has now, might be worth looking at that for splinter cell 1. Not sure if this startup option is needed now but Properties > General > Launch Options: -shadowmode=projector is the one you should use.

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Re: Smoke coming from PAS16

Posted on Yesterday, 07:48

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It does sound like the chip is operating in the wrong mode, with one or more of the multi-function pins operating as outputs when they're intended to be input only. But that's probably just a symptom of VCC being almost shorted to GND; I'd say there's still more bad caps to be found. Another …

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Re: S3 Gx2 memory expansion

Posted on Yesterday, 01:24

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rasz_pl wrote on Yesterday, 01:23: 2 to 4MB Virge upgrade, so you are after that sweet sweet 8fps gaming I see 😀 You know its where all the cool gamers are !

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 01:23

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Got a pretty simple s.775 PC with a Geforce 6800 GT (PCIe) in it for ~ $15 (basically bought it just for the GPU). I understand why AGP versions of 6800-series cards cost quite a lot, but can someone explain to me why the PCIe 6800 cards sell for $50+ on ebay? 7800-series PCIe GPUs are cheap, but …

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Re: S3 Gx2 memory expansion

Posted on 2024-05-18, 13:53

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I have spent hours hunting down the 2Mb module on a few occasions and they are pretty hard to find on Evil Bay, Do you happen to know the exact name of the module or some unique identifier one could use for searching. Zuldan like myself is in Australia so finding retro parts is difficult at the best …

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Re: S3 Gx2 memory expansion

Posted on 2024-05-18, 12:27

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by Trashbytes

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Anyone know what type of memory this card takes? Kinda looks like laptop SODIMM. 2955A7A5-889D-41E5-A029-3735441495B0.jpeg The module you are after looks similar to this here https://www.ebay.com/itm/256385754547? This is the ATI 4Mb SGRAM module, no idea if itll work in your GX2 but it might, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-17, 15:22

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This board, complete with P4 3ghz… is a good board?? Asus were at the top of the game back then. I'm sure without checking that it's a fine board. Dont let the Name ASUS lull you into thinking that every board they made for 775 was a good board, they had a few stinkers in their cheaper boards. This …

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Re: Nvidia Geforce FX5500 repair question

Posted on 2024-05-17, 13:17

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by Trashbytes

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I guess you could if you have the BGA reballing equipment for it, if you dont then .. its cheaper to just buy another FX5500, I wouldn't attempt replacing the core without some reballing gear and a hot bed as its exceptionally difficult. These cards are dirt cheap so yeah without the right gear its …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-17, 13:03

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Bought this Toshiba Satellite 5205 S705 yesterday… … it’s got the normal usage scratches, anyone have a good way to remove them without causing more damage Car “scratch remover” polishing compounds like Mothers or Meguiars work great with a foam or wool pad on a polisher/angle polisher. Like glass …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-16, 22:11

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Bought this Toshiba Satellite 5205 S705 yesterday, its going to need a little cleaning and I need to find a way to remove some light scratches from the shiny outer lid. Its got decent specs for a retro XP laptop and also good specs to use it as a DvD media machine. You can see from the lid photo …

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Re: How to enable Agp 2x on P3B-F?

Posted on 2024-05-12, 05:18

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I'm sorry how can it be the P3B-F be an agp x1 motherboard? The 440bx supports agp up to 2x, how can the motherboard dictate to be agp 1x? From the manual of the Asus P3B-F: AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D …

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Re: How to enable Agp 2x on P3B-F?

Posted on 2024-05-12, 03:06

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by Trashbytes

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IIRC the P3B-F is a AGP 1x board, not sure if it supported 2x on early revisions, what revision is your board ?>

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-12, 03:00

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by Trashbytes

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Got this neat ISA extender/proto board off ebay. It has some interesting features: - hot swap ISA cards while PC is booted - set power limits for ISA card - power ISA card from external sources - software or manual control of the above IMG_2120.jpg IMG_2119.jpg Honestly I would buy this just …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 14:11

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by Trashbytes

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there was always a dedicated fanbase. the cards always commanded a premium on ebay. but the recent resurgence is just baffling. I can understand the PCI models getting a resurgence as they are fairly useful, the AGP models though .. Id rather have a nice Geforce 256 DDR over AGP Voodoo 5, unless …

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Re: Check this out!

Posted on 2024-05-11, 08:16

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by Trashbytes

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Thats a true skunk works setup ! Way to go at getting that setup working, that Shuttle board is interesting though I wonder what sort of transfer speeds you get over Parallel port with such a setup.

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Re: What does "IOCHREADY" mean and what is its purpose?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 08:06

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by Trashbytes

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Input Output Control Hub or the South Bridge in most cases controls access to all IO systems on the Motherboard from Serial through to Drives, pretty sure USB along with all other Input/Output systems are part of the south bridge in newer modern systems. In older boards USB/Firewire is controlled …

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Re: What does "IOCHREADY" mean and what is its purpose?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 08:03

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by Trashbytes

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Input Output Control Hub or the South Bridge in most cases controls access to all IO systems on the Motherboard 386 is _way_ before any of those things. I'm using some ISA I/O+ATA controller in my old 386SX system and on its settings jumper are missing two pins corresponding to "IOCHREADY (Optional …

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Re: What does "IOCHREADY" mean and what is its purpose?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 07:28

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by Trashbytes

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Input Output Control Hub or the South Bridge in most cases controls access to all IO systems on the Motherboard from Serial through to Drives, pretty sure USB along with all other Input/Output systems are part of the south bridge in newer modern systems. In older boards USB/Firewire is controlled …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-10, 07:44

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Picked up a pair of GPUs, Got a nice looking MX440 PCI and a X850 XT untested. The X850 is one of the PCIe models so hopefully it fires up ok, still looking at a board to throw it at, a Socket 754 setup should fit it well enough. MX440 PCI 128Mb 128bit.jpg Going to put this MX440 into my Dual …

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