My new system

[Gryph]

I had one of those ATI Rage "cards." I got a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI to counter it's shittiness.

[Agozer]

I had one of those ATI Rage "cards." I got a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI to counter it's shittiness.

I tried countless of other cards, but none of them worked properly. I think it's because of my mobo.

[Wizard]

They've come along way to this. ATi FOREVER! BECAUSE THEIR CHEAP!

[Weirdy]

They've come along way to this. ATi FOREVER! BECAUSE THEIR CHEAP!

for some reason on online retailers I always seem em cost a bit more than nvidia cards

[Wizard]

Normal ATi cards = Cheapest

Most Expensive = Asus made, but live up to the quality.

[Dynamo]

I wonder how the hell did a 2002-era PC (check specs a couple posts above) like my current one get stuck with a crappy (even back then) late-90's card like thr ATI Rage. I guess its a small step above PCI and integrated cards. Im amazed that i can get emus to run with this card (the rest of my specs must be doing the bulk of the work) but when the emus go up to arcade and the 32-bit systems thats where it starts geting choppy no matter how much i tweak the emus. Even the classic system emus are starting to run choppy with their new additions and those newfangled hqxx filters (which look quite nice). What i concetrate on first is getting the games to run as originally intended no matter how ugly it looks (i wont skimp on sound options though) and then if my specs could handle it add some bells & whistles. I wont even attempt PC games since its not worth the effort (an old PC game like Virtua Fighter 2 wont run perfectly on my specs no matter how much i tweak it ).

[Agozer]

Ironically, Virtua Fighter 2 PC runs flawlessly on my PC. <_>

 

On another note, I had to give up emulators tht emulate even the simplest systems because of new additions and mainly DirectX updates... Thank god there a thing called ZSNES DOS. Emulators like Gens, Kega, newest WinUAE and about every emulator that uses latest plugins do not work with my current system thanks to strong DX coding.

Edited August 15, 2004 by Agozer

[Weirdy]

Ironically, Virtua Fighter 2 PC runs flawlessly on my PC.

 

On another note, I had to give up emulators tht emulate even the simplest systems because of new additions and mainly DirectX updates... Thank god there a thing called ZSNES DOS. Emulators like Gens, Kega, newest WinUAE and about every emulator that uses latest plugins do not work with my current system thanks to strong DX coding.

yeah, those emulators use DX 7

[Agozer]

Ironically, Virtua Fighter 2 PC runs flawlessly on my PC.

 

On another note, I had to give up emulators tht emulate even the simplest systems because of new additions and mainly DirectX updates... Thank god there a thing called ZSNES DOS. Emulators like Gens, Kega, newest WinUAE and about every emulator that uses latest plugins do not work with my current system thanks to strong DX coding.

yeah, those emulators use DX 7

or DX8, like some of the N64 controller plugins.

[Darken]

sooo what you waiting for..... go and get a new Pc cause you realy miss all the joy

[Agozer]

sooo what you waiting for..... go and get a new Pc cause you realy miss all the joy 

Tomorrow is the fated day.

[Gryph]

So what's the first gaming piece of software you will install on your new PC?

[Agozer]

So what's the first gaming piece of software you will install on your new PC?

Doom 3 and Halo. Got from a friend yesterday.

[Gryph]

Doom 3, good. Halo, bad. But that's a personal vendetta, no need to bring that in here.

 

You should also install the pride of Finland, 3DMark03.

[Agozer]

Doom 3, good. Halo, bad. But that's a personal vendetta, no need to bring that in here.

 

You should also install the pride of Finland, 3DMark03.

Nah, I never really cared for benchmark programs, although they do provide some good eye-candy. I'll stick with the Max Paynes.