What did you buy today. - Page 195

Retrofan · 17 September 2013, 00:24

A Fast ATA MKIV from Amigakit

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http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...oducts_id=1052

Lord Riton · 17 September 2013, 00:46

Nothing.

Retrofan · 17 September 2013, 02:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Riton

Nothing.

That's what my wife recommends me to buy

, but hey! I've got 0,98€ discount on this at Amigakit

jimbob · 18 September 2013, 20:51

Sony BVM-14M4DE monitor

Very nice CRT monitor, probably cost 000s when it was new. Massive but not quite as bulky as some of the other 14" broadcast monitors. Need to make a cable to connect amiga RGB but PS2 on component looks great and even on composite amiga looks pretty good. You can clearly see I've not got very far in Heimdall 2 yet

DDNI · 18 September 2013, 22:10

Sweet, is it a rack mounted thing?

jimbob · 19 September 2013, 01:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

Sweet, is it a rack mounted thing?

I reckon so, though it is too narrow for standard racks, I expect there is a racking kit or special racks for them.

Can't wait to get the amiga RGB connected, just looking for a BNC crimp tool and it's mucho£££s. Have to pinch one from my brother which will take some time. Xbox 360 looks nice but the screen is too small for it.

I really wanted a 20" PVM L5 type as they also do 31KHz but who knows where I'd find one at a sensible price. This cost me £80 delivered which is a bit much considering you can't give away most CRTs these days.

laffer · 19 September 2013, 02:16

Bought a new 360 controller for my PC, this time I bought a wireless one... in the past, I've bought ones with cables, so I wouldn't need to buy batteries... but after the wire was pretty much cut on two 360 controllers in half a year by my armchair here (that foot thing you can put down, the cables would get caught up in there and ruined), I decided I needed a wireless one anyway

Also bought Duck Tales Remastered for a guy I know on Steam, cool game that.

hansel75 · 19 September 2013, 10:53

Got myself 2x MSI Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB 780 GTX's!

I don't think there is anything out there that could stress these in sli

Bf3 Maxed/1080p@60fps only uses about 50% of each GPU, there friggin awesome!

Bring on the next gen games!!!

s2325 · 19 September 2013, 14:27

from flea market volume 2 and 3 of DVD 'XP Spiele for Windows' with some simple titles for half EUR

Nobby_UK · 20 September 2013, 01:51

lesta_smsc · 20 September 2013, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by hansel75

Got myself 2x MSI Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB 780 GTX's!

I don't think there is anything out there that could stress these in sli

Bf3 Maxed/1080p@60fps only uses about 50% of each GPU, there friggin awesome!

Bring on the next gen games!!!

How much were these!?

johnim · 20 September 2013, 21:13

hansel75 get a 4k monitor or 3 for them now

DDNI · 20 September 2013, 23:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by hansel75

Got myself 2x MSI Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB 780 GTX's!

I don't think there is anything out there that could stress these in sli

Bf3 Maxed/1080p@60fps only uses about 50% of each GPU, there friggin awesome!

Bring on the next gen games!!!

Whoa serious pixel pushers! Will they suffer when the Aussie summer kicks in?

Retro-Nerd · 21 September 2013, 00:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbob

Sony BVM-14M4DE monitor

Very nice CRT monitor, probably cost 000s when it was new. Massive but not quite as bulky as some of the other 14" broadcast monitors. Need to make a cable to connect amiga RGB but PS2 on component looks great and even on composite amiga looks pretty good. You can clearly see I've not got very far in Heimdall 2 yet

Nice scanlines .

DDNI · 21 September 2013, 09:58

I got an A1200 setup on ebay for a good price. The seller wan't keen on posting it but agreed in the end. It is currently with MyHermes and I am anxious as to what effort he put into packing it... Updates to follow.

hansel75 · 21 September 2013, 11:32

lesta_smsc-

Australian $859 each, to much i know!

This is the card here- http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages..._review,1.html
Also each card has 2304 Shader Processing Units, but i'm running 2 of them in SLI so have 4604 Shaders, it's crazy lol!

johnim-

Agree, need a 4k monitor now, i'm not keen on multi screen gaming though.
The nice thing about gaming at 1080p at the moment, is you simply can max any game out plus put crazy amounts of AA on even the latest most intensive games!

But when you have so much grunt, downsampling crazy resolutions down to 1080p is the way to go, it can look amazing, zero aliasing!

For example the latest tomb raider max'd with tressfx on and 4xSSAA 1080p, constant 60fps with vsync

I also force 4-8x sgssaa through nvinspector for a lot of games as well, downsampling needs a lot of gpu grunt but some games almost look like cgi there that clean with sgssaa!

DDNI-

Yer it does get hot here, but the nice thing about these 780's is that you can adjust the fan speeds at different temperatures in 8 custom steps in msi afterburner.
So if you want the cards to use 80% fan speed when it hits 70c, or 90% fans at 80c, it's easy to do that.

Also you can set a max temperature threshold as well, so if you don't want the cards to go any higher then say 85c, then when it hit's that max temp the cards will automatically down throttle a bit to keep them cooler and within the threshold.

This also works in reverse with the boost clock feature, my cards core is at 954mhz, but when gaming and temps are ok, i have seen them clock up to 1100mhz a times!
And since most games barely stress the cards, they don't run that hot anyway.

Leandro Jardim · 21 September 2013, 12:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbob

Sony BVM-14M4DE monitor

Very nice CRT monitor, probably cost 000s when it was new. Massive but not quite as bulky as some of the other 14" broadcast monitors. Need to make a cable to connect amiga RGB but PS2 on component looks great and even on composite amiga looks pretty good. You can clearly see I've not got very far in Heimdall 2 yet

Hmm, your screenshot gave to me the idea to use WinUAE with Tyson's TysonCRT filter and with Gulikoza's CRT.D3D filter, together. Thanks.

Paul_s · 21 September 2013, 13:24

finally got hold of a brand new old stock Yo! Joe! (French version)... The sides are slightly creased as the inner box is protected only by a sheet of folded cardboard (got the English version so that's how I know

(if a little battered))

laffer · 22 September 2013, 09:12

Gotten so hooked on Rayman Origins now, so today I bought Rayman 1-3 on GoG.com.

I already finished the first Rayman once, the GBA version... but that was more than 10 years ago so I've forgotten most of it.
Never played the other two.

EDIT - tested out Rayman 2 as I was curious how it would run, being such an old game... it works perfectly well, and the graphics look nice enough... I think it uses Direct3D maybe.

It also made use of my 360 controller automatically, and I can use the left analog stick for moving.
With a little help from Xpadder, I can use the right one to look around... so the controls are pretty nice.

Lord Aga · 24 September 2013, 19:38

PCMCIA transfer kit, and some trinkets

Courtesy of AmigaKit

It's an incredibly useful piece of hardware. A must have if you want to make your life easier

19 September 2013, 02:16	#3887
laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Bought a new 360 controller for my PC, this time I bought a wireless one... in the past, I've bought ones with cables, so I wouldn't need to buy batteries... but after the wire was pretty much cut on two 360 controllers in half a year by my armchair here (that foot thing you can put down, the cables would get caught up in there and ruined), I decided I needed a wireless one anyway Also bought Duck Tales Remastered for a guy I know on Steam, cool game that. Last edited by laffer; 19 September 2013 at 03:48.

19 September 2013, 14:27	#3889
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	from flea market volume 2 and 3 of DVD 'XP Spiele for Windows' with some simple titles for half EUR Last edited by s2325; 19 September 2013 at 14:39.

21 September 2013, 11:32	#3896
hansel75 Walk Off? Boolander! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gladstone Australia Age: 48 Posts: 628	lesta_smsc- Australian $859 each, to much i know! This is the card here- http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages..._review,1.html Also each card has 2304 Shader Processing Units, but i'm running 2 of them in SLI so have 4604 Shaders, it's crazy lol! johnim- Agree, need a 4k monitor now, i'm not keen on multi screen gaming though. The nice thing about gaming at 1080p at the moment, is you simply can max any game out plus put crazy amounts of AA on even the latest most intensive games! But when you have so much grunt, downsampling crazy resolutions down to 1080p is the way to go, it can look amazing, zero aliasing! For example the latest tomb raider max'd with tressfx on and 4xSSAA 1080p, constant 60fps with vsync I also force 4-8x sgssaa through nvinspector for a lot of games as well, downsampling needs a lot of gpu grunt but some games almost look like cgi there that clean with sgssaa! DDNI- Yer it does get hot here, but the nice thing about these 780's is that you can adjust the fan speeds at different temperatures in 8 custom steps in msi afterburner. So if you want the cards to use 80% fan speed when it hits 70c, or 90% fans at 80c, it's easy to do that. Also you can set a max temperature threshold as well, so if you don't want the cards to go any higher then say 85c, then when it hit's that max temp the cards will automatically down throttle a bit to keep them cooler and within the threshold. This also works in reverse with the boost clock feature, my cards core is at 954mhz, but when gaming and temps are ok, i have seen them clock up to 1100mhz a times! And since most games barely stress the cards, they don't run that hot anyway. Last edited by hansel75; 21 September 2013 at 11:50.

21 September 2013, 13:24	#3898
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,336	finally got hold of a brand new old stock Yo! Joe! (French version)... The sides are slightly creased as the inner box is protected only by a sheet of folded cardboard (got the English version so that's how I know (if a little battered)) Attached Thumbnails

22 September 2013, 09:12	#3899
laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Gotten so hooked on Rayman Origins now, so today I bought Rayman 1-3 on GoG.com. I already finished the first Rayman once, the GBA version... but that was more than 10 years ago so I've forgotten most of it. Never played the other two. EDIT - tested out Rayman 2 as I was curious how it would run, being such an old game... it works perfectly well, and the graphics look nice enough... I think it uses Direct3D maybe. It also made use of my 360 controller automatically, and I can use the left analog stick for moving. With a little help from Xpadder, I can use the right one to look around... so the controls are pretty nice. Last edited by laffer; 22 September 2013 at 10:28.

17 September 2013, 00:24	#3881
Retrofan Ruler of the Universe Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lanzarote/Spain Posts: 6,190	A Fast ATA MKIV from Amigakit . http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...oducts_id=1052

17 September 2013, 00:46	#3882
Lord Riton Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: France Age: 52 Posts: 507	Nothing.

18 September 2013, 20:51	#3884
jimbob Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kilmacolm Age: 46 Posts: 632	Sony BVM-14M4DE monitor Very nice CRT monitor, probably cost 000s when it was new. Massive but not quite as bulky as some of the other 14" broadcast monitors. Need to make a cable to connect amiga RGB but PS2 on component looks great and even on composite amiga looks pretty good. You can clearly see I've not got very far in Heimdall 2 yet

18 September 2013, 22:10	#3885
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,432	Sweet, is it a rack mounted thing?

19 September 2013, 10:53	#3888
hansel75 Walk Off? Boolander! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gladstone Australia Age: 48 Posts: 628	Got myself 2x MSI Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB 780 GTX's! I don't think there is anything out there that could stress these in sli Bf3 Maxed/1080p@60fps only uses about 50% of each GPU, there friggin awesome! Bring on the next gen games!!!

20 September 2013, 01:51	#3890
Nobby_UK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,598

20 September 2013, 21:13	#3892
johnim Amibay Mod/Staff Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: birmingham uk Age: 48 Posts: 1,019	hansel75 get a 4k monitor or 3 for them now

21 September 2013, 09:58	#3895
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,432	I got an A1200 setup on ebay for a good price. The seller wan't keen on posting it but agreed in the end. It is currently with MyHermes and I am anxious as to what effort he put into packing it... Updates to follow.

24 September 2013, 19:38	#3900
Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	PCMCIA transfer kit, and some trinkets Courtesy of AmigaKit It's an incredibly useful piece of hardware. A must have if you want to make your life easier

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