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Retro Misc Pics
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Friday, 28-February-2025 14:27:32 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Working overseas currently, so here's Retro Misc Pics from May 2012:
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iMic's Windows ME Update CD
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Thursday, 27-February-2025 20:37:11 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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iMic has been working on this for a few years and recently released a new version - an update CD for Windows ME. So if you want to run this legacy version of Windows for retro gaming or other nostalgic reasons, check it out.
The Windows Me Update CD is a community-sourced collection of official Microsoft updates, security patches and hotfixes for Windows Millennium Edition, including: An automatic installer for over 140 separate updates, security patches and hotfixes, including the System Restore Update, Windows Installer 2.0, Data Access Components 2.8 SP1, Jet Database Engine 4.0 SP8, Active Accessibility 2.0, and Windows NetMeeting 3.01 SP2. Options to update preinstalled Windows components to Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or 6.0 SP1 and Windows Media Player 7.1 or 9.0 during the installation process, along with updates and security patches for each. A collection of recommended and optional component updates for Windows Me.
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Palit RTX 5090 GameRock Review
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 12:59:31 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Forum-goer jjjc_93 has posted a detailed review of the Palit RTX 5090 GameRock video card, with some 4K game testing vs an overclocked 4090, DLDSR 2.25x game testing, undervolting and more. Check it out:
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5070 Ti Reviews
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 12:01:57 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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NVIDIA have unveiled the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, the mid-range card of their new Blackwell series. Here's a pile of reviews from the news box:
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio Review: Hot-Clocked Blackwell GB203 on HotHardware.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti VANGUARD SOC on Guru3D.
Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GamingPRO OC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC Plus on ThinkComputers.
Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GameRock OC on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio OC+ on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard SOC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 Ti TUF OC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti on StorageReview.
Asus Prime RTX 5070 Ti on LanOC.
GALAX GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 1-click OC White on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X OC on Guru3D.
ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Review: Midrange Blackwell Tested on HotHardware.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X Review - The GPU to Get (if the price is right) on Tweaktown.
Galax GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 1-Click OC White on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X Review - Beating RX 7900 XTX on TechPowerUp.
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Sunday Midday Reviews
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Sunday, 23-February-2025 11:58:00 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Audio Visual:
Dell UltraSharp 40 5K IPS Black 120Hz Monitor on HotHardware.
Philips Evnia 34M2C6500 34-inch OLED Monitor on OCInside.
AVerMedia X'Tra Go GC515 capture dock on TechPowerUp.
FiiO FT1 Pro Open Planar Over-Ear Headphones on NikKTech.
Video Cards:
Civilization VII Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC on Tweaktown.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming OC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition on ThinkComputers.
Motherboard & CPU:
BIOSTAR Z890 VALKYRIE LGA1851 Motherboard on MadShrimps.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B860i Lightning WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
ASRock B860 Steel Legend Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B860 Lightning WiFi on FunkyKit.
MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
MSI MEG Z890 Carbon Wi-Fi Motherboard on Tweaktown.
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850I Lightning Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
Potable & Prebuilt:
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Review: AMD Strix Halo Is A Potent Beast 2-in-1 tablet PC on HotHardware.
OnePlus Watch 3 on HotHardware.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Handheld Performance on TechPowerUp.
Cases:
darkFlash DY470 dual-chamber case on TechPowerUp.
Ocypus Iota C70 Dual Chamber Chassis on Tweaktown.
Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Modular Mid-Tower Case on FunkyKit.
be quiet! Light Base 600 LX Computer Case on APHNetworks.
be quiet! Light Base 600 LX Chassis on Tweaktown.
Storage:
Micron 4600 2TB SSD Review - The New Sheriff in Town on Tweaktown.
Lexar SL500 Portable SSD on StorageReview.
Micron 4600 SSD: The Ultimate Gen5 OEM Storage for Next-Gen Computing on StorageReview.
Klevv Genuine G560 2TB SSD Review - A Genuine Badass on Tweaktown.
Input Etc:
Fantech Aria II Pro mouse on TechPowerUp.
Epomaker Alice 66 Mechanical Wireless Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Ducky One X Inductive Keyboard on TechPowerUp.
Endorfy Thock 75 Wireless Pudding Onyx White Keyboard on OCInside.
DAREU A980 Pro Max mouse on TechPowerUp.
Epomaker Tide 65 Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Extreme mouse on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
GameMax GX-850 PRO ATX 3.1 PSU on Vortez.
BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 Power Station on APHNetworks.
ALLPOWERS S2000 Portable Power Station on NikKTech.
EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus Review: Compact Power Station with 600W Output & UPS Support on StorageReview.
Lian Li EDGE GOLD EG1000G ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech.
Memory:
Lexar ARES RGB DDR5-7200 32GB Memory Kit on ThinkComputers.
Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6400 White Kit on MadShrimps.
Misc:
SIHOO Doro S100 Ergonomic Office Chair on Tweaktown.
NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super: Powering DeepSeek R1 70B Inference at the Edge on StorageReview.
Ubiquiti U7 Outdoor Review: High-Performance WiFi 7 for Outdoor Connectivity on StorageReview.
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Interesting Forum Threads
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Sunday, 16-February-2025 22:55:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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It's been a while, but here's a few random forum threads that have caught my eye lately. You can keep on top of things in the forums via the recent activity feed or the new posts page. To see activity in threads you subscribe to, check out your latest alerts. It's also worth checking your watched threads list from time to time in case you missed an alert.
Now this build is a work of art in Extreme & Water Cooling.
Bad Loop Design - Recoverable? in Extreme & Water Cooling.
Mini LED's Mini LED's Mini LED's! in Audio Visual.
The Retro Handheld Thread in Retro & Arcade.
Retro Game, Progressive Guessing Game in Retro & Arcade.
EXPO 88 in Retro & Arcade.
The best video card that you can remember 80s to 2010 in Retro & Arcade.
ChatGPT vs Dr SBAITSO in Retro & Arcade.
12 Games in 12 Months - Backlog Busting 2025 in PC Games.
Epic's Gaming Journal - Overcoming Gaming Addiction through Analytics and Patient Gaming in PC Games.
Notes on replacing a corsair SP2500 PSU in Electronics & Electrics.
Man, weren't the olden days awesome? in Mobile Phones & Devices.
Getting a little extra grunt from a mobility scooter in Electronics & Electrics.
Weighing my options re: Telstra's pulling the plug on 3G voice in Mobile Phones & Devices.
AI text-to-speech generator in General Software.
Self Hosted AI LLM's and Characters in General Software.
Flying to Alpha Centauri in Science.
General EV Chitchat in Motoring.
The Movie Guessing Game Volume 2 in Entertainment.
My random CGI "stuff" Thread in Entertainment.
At what age do you want to retire? (Or at what age did you retire?) in Career, Education & Finance.
As objectively as you can: How do you rate yourself as an employee? in Career, Education & Finance.
SO, you want to learn Linux for your job? in Career, Education & Finance.
wood/metal shop videos for building ideas in Lifestyle.
Sunday Night Reviews
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Sunday, 16-February-2025 22:53:44 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Memory:
T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz 64GB CL34 on LanOC.
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-9200 CUDIMM 48GB Memory Kit on FunkyKit.
Team Group T-Force XTREEM DDR5-7200 48GB CL34 on TechPowerUp.
Storage:
Lexar Play 4TB 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD on NeoSeeker.
Lexar Play 2280 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD on NikKTech.
WD Black SN7100 2 TB SSD on TechPowerUp.
LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 on StorageReview.
Asustor LockerStor 6 Gen 3 AS6806T NAS (6x HDD/SSD / 4x NVMe) NAS on Guru3D.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Xiaomi 14T 8GB/256GB 5G Smartphone on NikKTech.
UGREEN 9-in-1 Steam Deck Docking Station on TechPowerUp.
HP t660 Thin Client on StorageReview.
Snapdragon Laptop Rocks Steinberg Cubase For Music Production on HotHardware.
Intel Arrow Lake-H Laptop Benchmarks: Core Ultra 9 285H Scores Big on HotHardware.
Audio Visual:
MSI MPG 491CQPX QD-OLED Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
Lime Ears TERRA Universal-Fit In-Ear Monitors on TechPowerUp.
Cooling:
NZXT Kraken Elite 240 RGB: A Superb and unique LCS cooler on Guru3D.
Endorfy Fortis 5 Black ARGB CPU Cooler on Tweaktown.
Lian Li GA II Lite 360 Performance AIO cooler on TechPowerUp.
Input Etc:
Corsair K70 PRO TKL Hall Effect Keyboard on APHNetwork.
VAXEE E1 Wireless mouse on TechPowerUp.
DAREU A980 Pro Max mouse on TechPowerUp.
Thanks to metamorphosis this week! Also happy Valentine's Day yada yada.
     
     
     
     
Forum Projects
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Sunday, 9-February-2025 19:49:04 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Time to catch up on some more cool projects and reviews from the forums - I need to do this more often. Another good way to see what's going on is to hit the New Posts link.
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More 50x0 Reviews:
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Friday, 7-February-2025 14:04:52 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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5080:
Colorful GeForce RTX 5080 Vulcan OC on TechPowerUp.
Gainward GeForce RTX 5080 Phoenix GS on TechPowerUp.
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GameRock OC on TechPowerUp.
Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 AMP Extreme Infinity on TechPowerUp.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC on TechPowerUp.
ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Astral OC on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC on TechPowerUp.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM SOC Review - Overclocked and Ready for 4K Gaming on Tweaktown.
INNO3D GeForce RTX 5080 X3 Review - SFF Ready for 4K on Tweaktown.
COLORFUL iGAME GeForce RTX 5080 Ultra W Review - Overclocked and Ready for 4K on Tweaktown.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G VANGUARD SOC Launch Edition on FunkyKit.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC Launch Edition on ThinkComputers.
MSI RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC Launch Edition on LanOC.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (reference) on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC Launch edition on Guru3D.
Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 5080 Ultra W OC 16GB on Guru3D.
GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC edition on Guru3D.
Palit GamingPRO GeForce RTX 5080 OC edition on Guru3D.
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC edition on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM SOC edition on Guru3D.
Gainward GeForce RTX 5080 Phantom GS (Golden sample) on Guru3D.
5090:
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM LIQUID SOC on Guru3D.
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC Review - 4K Gaming Unleashed on Tweaktown.
MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM SOC on Guru3D.
Discussion continues in this thread.
Thursday Night Reviews
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Thursday, 6-February-2025 21:11:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
ASRock Phantom Gaming B850 Riptide WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
Audio Visual:
Corsair VIRTUOSO MAX WIRELESS Gaming Headset on FunkyKit.
Formovie Cinema Edge 4K UST Laser Projector on TechPowerUp.
Eizo FlexScan EV3450XC Monitor on OCInside.
MSI MPG 272URX QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Review - God-level Gaming on Tweaktown.
Philips EVNIA 49M2C8900L QD-OLED Curved Gaming Monitor on NikKTech.
Dan Clark Audio NOIRE X Closed-Back Headphones on TechPowerUp.
1MORE Fit Open Earbuds S70 Bluetooth Earphones on APHNetworks.
Edifier STAX SPIRIT S5 Wireless Planar Magnetic Headphones on NikKTech.
SIVGA Robin SV021 Headphones on APHNetworks.
Aicoco onAir 4K Wireless Live Streaming Camera Creators Kit on NikKTech.
Cases:
MSI MAG Pano 100L PZ Case on ThinkComputers.
Corsair Frame 4000D on TechPowerUp.
Portable & Prebuilt:
Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Review: Great Cameras And Pervasive AI on HotHardware.
Asus ProArt PX13 laptop on SMBTech.
Best Laptop Group Test (Feb 2025) on SMBTech.
Input Etc:
ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition Mouse on ThinkComputers.
AQIRYS M32 Wireless Gaming Mouse on MadShrimps.
Fantech Aria II mouse on TechPowerUp.
Software:
Kingdom Come Deliverance II Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Handheld Performance Review on TechPowerUp.
Spider-Man 2 Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
Trendnet TPI-06 6-Outlet Managed PDU on LanOC.
FSP VITA GM 850 W PSU on TechPowerUp.
Cooler Master X Silent Edge Platinum 850 W Review - Fully Passive PSU on TechPowerUp.
Misc:
DXRACER Drifting Series Summer L Gaming Chair on Tweaktown.
iScooter T4 E-Scooter on OCInside.
Crucial Pro Overclocking 32GB DDR5 2x 16GB DDR5-6400 White RAM memory on OCInside.
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(yes I am spamming the affiliate link because I am running low on the free plan, shh!)
Retro Gaming Feburary 2025
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Saturday, 1-February-2025 23:42:55 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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This month's "Retro Let's Play" for February is Grand Theft Auto from 1997.
Before the dramatic change to 3D in the third title in the series, the first two titles presented a 2D overhead view of the world. Initially being developed as a game called "Race and Chase" where you played a police officer trying to stop criminals, the development team found that too boring.
They flipped the script and put the player in the role of the "bad guy", tasked with doing (typically violent and terrible) odd jobs for competing gangs around town. These gangs themselves were in a power struggle with each other, so you as the mercenary criminal for hire were often caught in the middle of these gang wars.
You find phone booths scattered around the cities (for my GenZ friends - this was a time before the Internet and before mobile phones, and we had to put physical currency in the shape of small metal circles into standalone landline phones in public spaces to make calls if we were out and about), and use these to receive instructions on what to do next.
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