Subj : Re: Bake your graphics card?
To   : boraxman
From : Otto Reverse
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 15:57:32

 bo> Wow, what a way to resurrect a card.  I've got a GTX 285 that might need
 bo> to go in the oven!

Yeah, I had nothing to lose but I was still skeptical lol.  Been running the card a couple hours of gaming a day for a while now and it is still going strong. 

 bo> Just curious, what OS are you going to run?  I can see why someone might
 bo> want a "retro" machine that can run DOS natively, with a SB compatible
 bo> sound card, etc, but the early 2000s, I would imagine most of that
 bo> software is still compatible with modern hardware?

XP.  I wanted to run SP2 but needed SP3 for compatible GeForce drivers with my model of card.  Kept strictly offline of course lol.  

I was playing around with NHL 2004 Rebuilt (some people have been modding this particular game continuously for nearly 2 decades now) and while it can be made to run on Win 10, it runs natively of course on XP. There are other issues to with some older games that won't work (without hacks) on wide screen monitors. Not that that has anything to do with OS. 

I just got started with this era, thinking I would get ahead of the curve for a change with what is "retro" and highly sought after on eBay. That way I could avoid the high prices. The system is a little overkill for the era (early dual core cpu and the 8800 graphics card) but that allows me to run all the graphics maxed.  Been fun so far.

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