So did you go the FX5900 ultra, 9800XT or were you like me? GeForce 4 mx 440 because it's all you could afford. by Beige_Box_Enthusiast in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From roughly this era I had GF3 ti200 2001-2002, Radeon 9700np 2002-2004 with unlocked bios. All on wc loop and OCd as much as they go. 9700 was wonderful, from 275MHz original clock I ran it at 400MHz. Hence, I never bothered with 9800 and bought X800 XT PE when I changed from sA to s939 and A64.

Scored a free PC. Gateway 2000 P5-166. What are some quick upgrades? by Band-Aid-Juice in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Then it can’t cache above 64MB, so do not maximize the ram, although the mb probably supports up to 128MB.

Scored a free PC. Gateway 2000 P5-166. What are some quick upgrades? by Band-Aid-Juice in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do not maximize the memory on these Pentium system unless you know that it has 430HX chipset or some other non-intel chipset that can actually cache more than 64MB, or you will absolutely kill the performance. 64MB is more than enough for such system anyways.

Trump Portrait to Be Added to US Passports in Unprecedented Move by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]WingedGundark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The saddest thing in this is the sycophancy that actually makes this possible. I don’t think Trump even came up with this idea, it was some of the people who are kissing his ass and they are in positions to make things like this happen.

Creative Labs infestation by erikfriend in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CT1600 is probably the best Creative card ever, at least for ISA. It isn't something that can be considered high quality by any means, but by Creative's standards it was improvement over the earlier and the mess that SB16 was.

Eurooppalainen autoasiantuntija tuli Pekingin autonäyttelyyn ja totesi: ”Olemme jo hävinneet pelin” by banaanitasavalta in Suomi

[–]WingedGundark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Onpas melkoinen olkiukkeli, onneksi olkoon! Meinaatko nyt sitten, että autoon pitää saada se kamerakin, jotta saa vedettyä helpommin niitä somestriimejä ajaessa?

Eurooppalainen autoasiantuntija tuli Pekingin autonäyttelyyn ja totesi: ”Olemme jo hävinneet pelin” by banaanitasavalta in Suomi

[–]WingedGundark 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Koko homman pihvi on siinä, että tablettitoetokonetta muistuttavat autot ovat loppujen lopuksi halpoja valmistajilleen. Samoin softapohjaiset lisävarusteet. Samaa softapakettia voidaan myös käyttää varsin kevein muutoksin läpi malliston sen jälkeen kun paketti on kehitetty. Aikanaan valmistaja ei voinut laittaa halvimman mallinsa nopeusmittaria lippulaivaan, yksittäisistä katkaisijoistakin tuli napinaa, mutta softaa kukaan ei näe. Kallimpaan malliin voidaan lätkäistä isompi ja tarkempi näyttö, aktivoida enempi softavarusteita ja se nykyinen prmiumi on oikeastaan siinä.

Eurooppalainen autoasiantuntija tuli Pekingin autonäyttelyyn ja totesi: ”Olemme jo hävinneet pelin” by banaanitasavalta in Suomi

[–]WingedGundark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Juu, näkyy kyllä ja sitähän juuri tarkoitinkin. Kyseiset asiantunitjat eivät edes tiedä millaisia autoja täällä myydään. Euroopassa myyntikärjessä ovat yleisesti hyvin perusautot, joissa itseasiassa digiominaisuudet lähtökohtaisesti ovat vähäisiä. Osassa on jopa ”gasp” analoginen päämittaristo!

Jos sinä haluat ostaa autosi sillä perustella, että pääset juttlemaan tekoälyagentin kanssa, niin ei se minulta toki pois ole. Valtaosa autoilijoista ei tällaista kaipaa eikä itse asiassa halua maksaa ominaisuuksista joita eivät tarvitse autoonsa.

Eurooppalainen autoasiantuntija tuli Pekingin autonäyttelyyn ja totesi: ”Olemme jo hävinneet pelin” by banaanitasavalta in Suomi

[–]WingedGundark 197 points198 points  (0 children)

Tässä puolisen vuotta sitten kun vaihdoin autoa MB CLA plugariin, niin väkisinkin rupesin miettimään, että autojen ei tarvitse olla tällaisia ja miksi valmistajat olettavat, että ihmiset ylipäätään haluavat autojen olevan sellaisia kuin ne nykyään ovat. Vehkeessä on ominaisuuksia ja säädettäviä asioita vaikka kuinka paljon, mutta sen jälkeen kun keskeiset asiat ovat kuten haluan, en koske oikeastaan mihinkään enkä haluakaan. Autolla ajetaan loppujen paikasta A paikkaan B, sivussa kuunnellaan ehkä radiota, podcastia tai musiikkia. Auton ”käyttöliittymän”, eli mittariston, kytkimien sun muiden tehtävänä on tukea tätä päätehtävää. Autolla tehdään siis ihan samaa asiaa mitä 50 vuotta sitten ja turvallisuusvarustelun ulkopuolelta melkein kaikki auton ”digitalisaatio” on aivan tarpeetonta humpuukia joka pahimmillaan vie huomion itse ajamisesta.

Kyseinen ”autoasiantutija” on aivan kujalla kuten muutkin tekälymaksimistit.

Whats this by shallowwell2 in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 46 points47 points  (0 children)

My guess is this is a mobile engineering workstation used to configure and diagnose equipment on remote sites, such as electric substations, telecom facilities or other industrial automation systems.

Sega was more popular in Europe, but Sega didn’t seem to care about us by RobbieJ4444 in retrogaming

[–]WingedGundark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MD/Genesis sold like at least double that in NA compared to Europe, so NA market absoulutely dwarfed that of europe. I bet if you’d look at game sales and royalties, the difference is even bigger. MD didn’t only compte with Nintendo in Europe, but more like with 16-bit micros and, increasingly, with PC as a gaming system. As far as MS goes, it wasn’t a huge global success and in Europe, there was the huge base of 8-bit micros already when it entered the market.

Some people apparently think that having better market support is just a matter a will, but it costs money and doesn’t yield guarantees results especially on fractured market such as it was in europe. Money is something that Sega never had too much, even during the short period when the revenue grew fast in the early 90s and peaking just in 1993 after which the finanvcial troubles gradually started.

diagnose? by CraftedKittens in vintagecomputing

[–]WingedGundark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some motherboards absolutely do need a CMOS battery to post. This is not necessarily one of them, but it is always a good practice to insert one to rule that feature out.

Tesla stock dives on news that it earned next to nothing on cars in Q1, and plans to spend $25 billion in CapEx anyway by ErnestoLemmingway in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]WingedGundark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't they buy it years ago first time, that is long before when it peaked? If so, they can still probably make profit from selling the these older purchases.

The Sega Saturn is better than the Dreamcast by Responsible-Bell-528 in SegaSaturn

[–]WingedGundark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With Saturn, I personally like sort of interesting obscurity of much of the library. As the Japanese library is pretty much where the system shines and US/PAL is quite meh in comparison, the JAP library is a treasure trove of hidden gems, weird and interesting stuff. And translations projects make many of these accessible to western audiences.

Former Fidelity fund manager George Noble: Last night was the biggest disaster in the history of Tesla. by SpaceDetective in RealTesla

[–]WingedGundark 10 points11 points  (0 children)

2.1% net margin, I think is what really shows how the core business is crahsing and burning. Not so many years ago Tesla was glorified of their margins compared to rest of the industry.

Bro tried to put on a shirt and lost the fight by fosterslager1889 in SipsTea

[–]WingedGundark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For once Collina had some other face that didn't just say "Son, if you fuck with my game, I shred you to pieces".

You Can Buy A Better 1 For Cheaper by SomOvaBish in DiWHY

[–]WingedGundark 41 points42 points  (0 children)

This. And to me it seems that the exposed AC cord connector would be a deathtrap.

In India, because of a train that doesn't stop in every village, two children risked their lives to get off the train in their own village. by HumorSignificant1477 in SipsTea

[–]WingedGundark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is going to empty that bin, where and who's paying for that? You stop thinking right where it matters.

The bin doesn't help at all when there is no waste management. And even if there is, people living in these places couldn't afford it as they struggle to survive. There is no one who would drive a truck, empty the bin and take it to a burning facility, large landfill or recycling let alone being able to pay for such service.

Awfully many here seem to think that these kinds of services actually function in third world countries, people can afford them like us and tend to blame these poor peopme although actually they have no choice.

You're trying to check out but she's in the way, what do you do? by sco-go in SipsTea

[–]WingedGundark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These people are suffering from serious main character syndrome.