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EHW Retro - The ExtremeHW.net Retrogaming Club aka the I Need More Alcohol and Q-tips Club Welcome to EHW Retro, the ExtremeHW.net Retrogaming club. Atari or Coleco, Nintendo or Sega, Game Boy or Game Gear, Sony or Microsoft, it's all the same here! If you have an Atari ST, a Commodore 64, a Macintosh or an IBM AT, or even just older PC hardware, this is the place for you too! I am not sure how much interest there will be in this, but I figured I'd remake my club here. Whether you have a small collection, a medium collection or a large collection, everyone is welcome here. If you think games were better when you were growing up, and you want to relive the nostalgia, this is the place for you. If you played a game back in the day, but you can't remember what it was, this is the place to ask. Feel free to post pictures of your newly acquired games, post pictures of your collections, and so on. If you go to gaming conventions, feel free to post pics of those too- we would love to see them! Retrogaming includes all consoles, handhelds, arcades and computers prior to the Eight generation (PS4, Xbox One, Wii U) which is still technically ongoing, even though we're in the Ninth generation now with the recently released systems. As long as new games still come out for the PS4 and Xbox One, they won't be considered retro, sorry. Update for 2022: This year, the Vita has become retro per the 10 year rule and in about a month the Wii U will as well if you want to list them. The 3DS also qualifies. This was a request of members of the old club (10 years) though I personally feel a game or system isn't retro until it's 15 years old. How to Join Joining is simple. Just post your EHW name, and a small list of the consoles you own separated by commas. I'm putting this here since some people ignore it, if you want to join and have 10+ consoles, I need them put into a list with commas like in the club members list below. I will not add you if you use bullets, line breaks or any other format besides a simple sentence with commas. If you want you can include an estimate of how many games you have. You can include classic computers, handhelds or arcade cabinets if you want. Look at my listing in the members list as an example in how to format your application. Members list: neurotix (Founder) - NES, SNES (x2), PC Engine Core Grafx, Master System, Genesis, Sega CD(x2), 32X (x2), Saturn (x2), Dreamcast (x2), Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance SP, PS2, Xbox, PSP-1000, PSP Go, Macintosh SE w/ replaced PRAM battery and 4MB NEC 80ns SIMMs. 250+ games on cart. ENTERPRISE - PS3 pioneerisloud -AMD K6-III 450 @ 600MHz, AMD Athlon Thunderbird @ 1100MHz, AMD AthlonXP 3200+ @ 2.2GHz, as well as many other retro AMD PC setups Sir Beregond - PS2 Fluxmaven - Sega Genesis, PSP, Xbox 360, liquid cooled PS4 axipher - Gameboy Colour, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP, DS Lite, DSiXL, PSP-1000, NES, N64, GCN, Wii, PS2 Slim, PS3 Fat, Xbox 360, Q6600 / 8800 GTS Crysis rig (lol) Slaughtahouse - Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Switch, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo 3DS, SNES Classic, Xbox 360
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Countdown to Event Start Countdown to Event Stop ^^CLICK THOSE IF YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE NOT UTC TIME ZONE^^ How to participate: During the competition you must be folding for Team 239902 Stats: You can view the stats for the foldathon here: https://ehwfoldingstats.lazypenguin.com Prizes: p.m. @damric or @firedfly if you have something suitable to give away* LIMIT BLADE M3 1000DPI GAMING MOUSE (White Version. 3 to give away. Random Draw. 5 WU Minimum) Folding Time Prizes: tbd Excluded from Prizes: tbd Mind the EVENT START TIMER as it is UTC time zone. Note: Stats are updated as soon as possible, but less frequent than desired. Just keep folding! Note: Extreme Team Members remember to use a different pass key than your ETF key (If you don't know what that is then it probably does not apply to you). Folding is stressful on hardware, and will often break an overclock unless it's been tested with folding. I do not recommend overclocking high end GPUs as the power draw can be extreme while folding. If anything, try tuning for energy efficiency. Casualties happen and EXTREMEHW can not be held accountable if you destroy your hardware while folding. Thank you for your participation! *must be approved so please send message in private before posting.
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ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 1 frames/out-%03d.jpg I found this but it doesn't give the complete command to capture with amd hardware acceleration to speed up the process? The video in question is HEVC H265, so this may be in order... hevc_amf FFmpeg: Encode x264 with AMD GPU on Windows? STACKOVERFLOW.COM I am currently trying to record a Video on my Lenovo Laptop with its Built-In Webcam using FFmpeg on Windows 10. One of my goals is to keep the CPU Usage as low as possible, that's why i want to pu... *Update* ffmpeg -i input.mp4 d:\screenshots\ffmpeg_captures\out%03d.jpg [out#0/image2 @ 000002b9e50b1fc0] video:833098KiB audio:0KiB subtitle:0KiB other streams:0KiB global headers:0KiB muxing overhead: unknown frame= 4473 fps= 19 q=24.8 Lsize=N/A time=00:02:29.24 bitrate=N/A speed=0.625x It achieved 19 fps, over what it did before was 1.2 fps & the cpu was at 100% the whole time. So my question now is how to keep the highest source quality on the .jpg output & add anti-aliasing & dithering to further the enhancement? Thanks -
gamersnexus EK is Imploding | Investigative Report
Sir Beregond replied to Slaughtahouse's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
No one knows. Corsair has basically just said they source the new stuff (XL8) from Taiwan and that it's incompatible with their old Mayhems blend coolant (XL5). I'd guess a generic glycol based premix. As for the rest of your post, I have not had one single good experience with an EK product, not one. The Evo Supremacy plating was awful and flaked away in a way that blocked up the fins leading to system freezes from hitting 100C on the 4790k. Was also missing mounting hardware in the box when new. Similar story with my old 980 Strix block and its plating. The only EK part I have in my current rig is a reservoir/pump unit and that is because it's what Micro Center had stocked locally when I needed one. I've snapped two of the plastic retention arms so far just from trying to take the pump out of the housing. -
That was a really interesting video. I knew there was a business relationship between Sega and Microsoft but didn't really consider the deeper relationship with respect to the hardware level. I would say that MS definitely built upon the Dreamcast foundations for the XBOX. -
I wont comment on a good piece of software as I don't really delve into video making/encoding but one thing that would help to know is what GPU do you have? That can determine suitable hardware based on hardware acceleration support.
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That software engineer worked really hard. I almost feel bad that it came out in the way that it did. What he did was along the lines of a firmware update. Using hardware in ways that are more applicable to the software's needs. Did they engineer their hardware to do this from the beginning? Maybe...
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LogoFAIL is a set of security vulnerabilities affecting different image parsing libraries used in the system firmware by various vendors during the device boot process. It impacts devices by placing malicious code inside an image file that is parsed during boot, leading to persistence1. Here are some key points about LogoFAIL: What Is LogoFAIL? LogoFAIL is a constellation of two dozen newly discovered vulnerabilities that have existed for years, if not decades, in Unified Extensible Firmware Interfaces (UEFIs) responsible for booting modern devices running Windows or Linux. These vulnerabilities allow malicious firmware execution early in the boot-up sequence, making infections nearly impossible to detect or remove using current defense mechanisms2. The attack is dubbed LogoFAIL by the researchers who devised it. How It Works: LogoFAIL involves hardware seller logos displayed on the device screen during the boot process while the UEFI is still running. Image parsers in UEFIs from major vendors are riddled with roughly a dozen critical vulnerabilities that have gone unnoticed until now. By replacing legitimate logo images with identical-looking ones specially crafted to exploit these bugs, LogoFAIL enables the execution of malicious code at the most sensitive stage of the boot process (known as DXE, short for Driver Execution Environment). Scope and Impact: Hundreds of Windows and Linux computer models from virtually all hardware makers are vulnerable to LogoFAIL. The attack can be remotely executed in post-exploit situations, using techniques that can’t be easily spotted by traditional endpoint security products. Exploits run during the earliest stages of the boot process, bypassing defenses like Secure Boot and similar protections designed to prevent bootkit infections. Affected Parties: Participating companies include UEFI suppliers (AMI, Insyde, Phoenix), device manufacturers (Lenovo, Dell, HP), and CPU makers (Intel, AMD, ARM). Links to advisories and vulnerability designations are available in the original research2. Protection and Mitigation: If you’re concerned about LogoFAIL, consider the following steps: Update your firmware: Check for security patches provided by your device manufacturer. Prevent unauthorized access: Ensure that attackers cannot gain access to the EFI System Partition (ESP) where the logo image is stored3. Remember, LogoFAIL is not a virus but rather a set of vulnerabilities that allow attackers to bypass security measures and install malicious software during the boot process4. Stay vigilant and keep your devices secure! -
Not too shabby for older hardware.... And even on Maximum we still manage a high score near the FSR test on High desktop settings.
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From Tom's Hardware Full review here Asus ROG Swift PG49WCD 49-inch gaming monitor review: The most colorful OLED yet -
Tom's Hardware Nvidia cards + Unreal engine compiling shaders on intel 13th/th14 gen processors with uncapped power limits is causing trouble. That must have been really fun to troubleshoot. I've heard of companies pointing fingers before, but man those motherboard partners really screwed up! (J/k). If you're an nvidia gamer with a new intel processor you might want to enable intel's default power limit, or at least cap it.
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digital trends Google just shrugged off the largest DDoS attack ever
Kaz replied to bonami2's topic in Journalism & Entertainment
In my security + class they talked about how a company setup a large (many servers) honey pot that was infected incredibly fast, I think within 12 seconds the entire system had been compromised. Within 24 hours the servers were compromised hundreds of time. It was used as a warning about connecting unpatched systems to the internet. A well designed web crawler doesn't need AI to infect things. I would love to know how they successfully defend a DDOS attack while still allowing standard users to connect. How do they identify attacker traffic from regular traffic? It's very likely Google is already using AI to help do that. What is going to be really scary is when AI blows a hole in all these hardware back doors. Tech debt is a real problem and bot nets are only getting larger. Hardware backdoors are an incredibly short sighted idea. This is an old video, but still an awesome watch about how they have found back doors that were intentionally baked into the CPU. The guy works for intel now, go figure. -
OnePlus Says It Will Not Bring a 7-Year Update Support Plan To Its Phones, Because The Hardware Will Simply Not Keep Up With The Features WCCFTECH.COM OnePlus President says the company will not bring seven years' of updates to phones because the hardware will not match the new features This assertion seems far from accurate in my experience. Having avidly followed hardware trends and delved into specifications for years, it's evident that smartphone manufacturers have been increasing lithium battery voltage for quite some time. This ostensibly boosts capacity marginally while significantly compromising the battery lifespan—a clever ploy for planned obsolescence. However, let's not be swayed by these misleading claims. Modern smartphones are, without a doubt, technologically advanced and often overpowered for the average user. The capability to handle 4k and even 8k output is commonplace. In fact, these devices can effortlessly support multiple concurrent applications like YouTube, Chrome, and others without any noticeable lag. Remarkably, in some cases, they even outperform Windows 11 on high-end hardware. It's clear that the hardware has surpassed the needs of 99% of users in today's technological landscape. Mr.Bonami -
EXTREMEHW 48-hour Foldathon March 23rd 00:00 UTC start time
Bastiaan_NL replied to damric's topic in Folding@Home
Good times! I remember having 6 GPU's folding on the X299 Sage board and a few spread over different systems. A lot of heat and a big powerbill, even with the lower electricity price at the time. But remember, always look at how many units someone folded and not only at the points. I can't compare with some of the OG's who had hardware online for 15 years. The current generation of hardware is just silly, 30mil points on a single GPU was what took us weeks back in '10.. Anyways, I gotta get some hardware together for another system as I need to beat @Avacado -
From Tom's Hardware Intel says Lunar Lake will have 100+ TOPS of AI performance — 45 TOPS from the NPU alone meets requirement for next-gen AI PCs
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Welcome to the ExtremeHW 48-hour Folding Competition, March 23rd, March 24th *UTC* Start Time: March 23 00:00 UTC End Time: March 25 00:00 UTC Countdown to Event Start Countdown to Event Stop ^^CLICK THOSE IF YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE NOT UTC TIME ZONE^^ How to participate: During the competition you must be folding for Team 239902 Stats: You can view the stats for the foldathon here: https://ehwfoldingstats.lazypenguin.com Prizes: p.m. @damric or @firedfly if you have something suitable to give away* Folding Time Prizes: tbd Excluded from Prizes: tbd Mind the EVENT START TIMER as it is UTC time zone. Note: Stats are updated as soon as possible, but less frequent than desired. Just keep folding! Note: Extreme Team Members remember to use a different pass key than your ETF key (If you don't know what that is then it probably does not apply to you). Folding is stressful on hardware, and will often break an overclock unless it's been tested with folding. I do not recommend overclocking high end GPUs as the power draw can be extreme while folding. If anything, try tuning for energy efficiency. Casualties happen and EXTREMEHW can not be held accountable if you destroy your hardware while folding. Thank you for your participation! *must be approved so please send message in private before posting.
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This was a cool read and I'm envious of the older server hardware. Is this thing still in use?
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Welcome to the EXTREMEHW Second Annual 96-Hour Folding Challenge February 23-26, 2024 *UTC* Start Time: February 23 00:00 UTC End Time: February 27 00:00 UTC Countdown to Event Start Countdown to Event Stop ^^CLICK THOSE IF YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE NOT UTC TIME ZONE^^ How to participate: 1) During the competition you must be folding for Team 239902 2) Post "IN <folding username>" in this thread Rules and Prizes: - 1st place overall points gets first overall prize pick. - 2nd place overall points gets second overall prize pick. - 3rd place overall points gets third overall prize pick. - The rest of the prizes will be awarded as random draw. - Minimum 10 Work Units completed to be eligible for the first round of random prizes. - If there are leftover prizes, then there will be a second round of random draws that require 20 Work Units completed. Following last year's tournament, EHW incurred additional expenses distributing prizes to winners in the form of shipping and border duties/taxes. Please ensure you ask additional questions if you are selected as a winner. If you do NOT wish to cover import duty fees established by your country, please refuse the prize when selected. EHW will do everything in our power to ask vendors to label items as gifts with $0 values, but we ultimately can't control labeling/shipping mistakes on their behalf. Stats: CLICK HERE FOR THE SCORE CARD Sponsored Prizes: - CORSAIR K70 CORE RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Link (2 Available Prizes) - CORSAIR M75 AIR WIRELESS Ultra-Lightweight Gaming Mouse Link (2 Available Prizes) - CORSAIR HS80 MAX WIRELESS Gaming Headset Link (2 Available Prizes) - CORSAIR A115 Twin Tower CPU Air Cooler Link (2 Available Prizes) - be quiet! DARK ROCK ELITE Link (Shipped to USA and Canada Only) - be quiet DARK ROCK PRO 5 Link (Shipped to USA and Canada only) In House Prizes: - 1 Year EXTREMEHW Premium Bronze Account, 10 to give away via @ENTERPRISE Link - EXTREMEHW/F@H Unisex Tee, 5 to give away via @damric (8 styles to choose) Link - EXTREMEHW Desk Mat, 5 to give away via @damric (7 styles to choose) Link - Tofu Jr 65% Custom Mechanical Keyboard and 10 keypad via @keeph8n Link Excluded from Prizes: Avacado, damric, iamjanco, The Pook Mind the EVENT START TIMER as it is UTC time zone. Note: Stats are updated as soon as possible, but less frequent than desired. Just keep folding! Note: Extreme Team Members remember to use a different pass key than your ETF key (If you don't know what that is then it probably does not apply to you). Folding is stressful on hardware, and will often break an overclock unless it's been tested with folding. I do not recommend overclocking high end GPUs as the power draw can be extreme while folding. If anything, try tuning for energy efficiency. Casualties happen and EXTREMEHW can not be held accountable if you destroy your hardware while folding. Thank you for your participation! WINNERS!!!
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the verge Microsoft might release more games on PS5
UltraMega replied to UltraMega's topic in Games News
Windows could definitely benefit from a "big picture mode" like Steam has so that it can be controlled with a controller for gaming purposes more easily. You can actually already sort of do this; if you press the xbox button on an xbox controller paired to a PC it will bring up the gamebar UI which can launch games, but it's not super intuitive in its current form. Since rumors of a PS5 pro seem pretty real at this point, I think it would be a good strategy for Microsoft to try to staple their console release next round so Sony can have their PS5 Pro and Microsoft can just have an even better console that won't keep up with PS6, but will get to market way sooner. I also think they should frame the next Xbox more as as PC/console hybrid like the Steam Deck but without being a handheld. They should keep their foot in the door as far as having something console like, but they should abandon the idea of making hardware that just plays games when it's already basically just PC hardware. A new Xbox running windows with a big picture mode like UI option that aimed to be fairly high end would be a good strategy IMO. Microsoft should target a higher end/more expensive segment of the market anyway IMO. They did well with the Xbox One X by being able to market it as the most powerful console at the time by far. I think they should just ditch the idea of a cheap console all together and aim for something in the $800+ range that would just blow whatever Sony has out of the water. I think the PC market is quite a bit bigger than the console market today, which means most gamers are already spending a lot more on hardware than a console costs. There is money being left on the table with no high end console options for people who prefer gaming on PC simply because of the extra power. Then gamers would choose between a Playstation and an Xbox in the same way they would choose between an Xbox Series S and X. You can pay less for a good enough console and get a playstation, or pay more and get the xbox that has more bells and whistles. Just having xbox and playstation be basically neck and neck in terms of hardware is kinda pointless IMO. They need to differentiate more. Let Sony be the every mans console, and xbox be the high end option that adds value by doubling as a fully functional PC. Then, if Microsoft did flesh out a big picture mode and get windows to work well as a gaming first platform for people who want that, they could explore the option of releasing more versions of gaming first devices. They could do a Surface gaming handheld, or just have 2-3 different tiers of target hardware platforms to act as console stand-ins. Microsoft really ought to leverage the power of windows and PCs better as a gaming platform, and just use that to compete with Sony rather than releasing an extremely similar console each time. Side note, I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion but I think they could charge more for game pass. I mean, I would prefer to pay a little more and get better games or just ensure they continue to release all their first party games on game pass once they have a bigger line-up with COD and all that. Game pass is pretty cheap, it's like half the price of netflix. I think game pass is only $11 a month right now. I'd prefer to pay $15 and ensure game pass has some good titles than pay less and have it suck. -
wccftech Valve’s Steam Officially Ends Support For Windows 7 and Windows 8
LabRat replied to bonami2's topic in Games News
EHW Gonzo Journalist Update: It's not *just* Windows support; Win10x86 and Linux will not save your old games. @pio has tested Steam on Linux (Kubuntu), using a Socket 939 Dual-Core Opteron 180 CPU. Unfortunately, just like Windows 8.1-> 64-bit, the Steam Client itself now requires "CMPXCHG16B" (as well as x86-64/AMD64 and SSE3). In addition to these new onerous hardware requirements, Valve cannot even properly prompt the user to resolve the issue! Valve's error message upon attempting to open the client reads as follows: This is notable, due to the fact @pio was using an AMD Opteron CPU at time of receiving the error. Even Valve Software is completely and utterly ignorant and incompetent in the impact and scope of this change to its userbase. Sadly, this means that all games sold on Steam that were compatible w/ systems @ time of sale, are now no longer compatible with their listed system requirements. In my objective opinion, this change from Valve Software constitutes damages to the longest-time and Core customer base of Valve Software's Steam digital distribution platform. Many of us have hundreds of dollars in games, purchased-during and ran-on the hardware listed in the system requirements. This is easily the most anti-consumer move from Valve Software, we've seen yet. Contractual Purchases have been violated, and the damages are easily-defined. I personally look forward to any Legal Action regarding this completely unnecessary and burdensome scenario, precipitated entirely by Valve Software. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Possible* band-aid workaround for Linux users: Steam not run. Error: Sorry, this computer's CPU is too old to run Steam. :: Steam for Linux General Discussions STEAMCOMMUNITY.COM Steam client version (build number or date): - Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): opensuse-tumbleweed 20200501 64-bit Opted into Steam client beta?: No Have you checked for system updates?: Yes CPU: Xeon L5420... (thanks SteamUser x_wing) -
techspot New multi-threading technique promises to double processing speeds
LabRat replied to UltraMega's topic in Hardware News
That's what I was getting @: From what I've observed PCs are 'too dynamic' in workloads and hardware configurations to (fully) optimize a scheduler (vs. a fixed-function, fixed-hardware Console or Industrial Appliance). As I recall, getting sub-tasks assigned to the correct hardware (at the right moment) is the crux with AAA Games' performance/optimization. Also IIRC, Msft eventually re-doing the Windows' thread scheduler retroactively uplifted old multi-core CPUs, like AMD FX. Sounds to me like this could be quite (r)evolutionary, for all applications. Hopefully, technology like this will become standardized or at least normalized (Rather than kept away from plebian consumers, as is and has been done w/ HBM, PCM, and multi-gig Ethernet) -
[Official] EHW Retro - The EHW Retrogaming club
neurotix replied to neurotix's topic in Gaming General
Yes PLEASE continue and discuss PCs in this club, post pictures of rare hardware, post pictures of rigs, give me specs of rigs to add to your club membership, and I'll maybe learn some stuff in the process. The LAST thing I want is for the club to split. I am currently trying to get E to approve this club as official so I can add that to the thread title. I am sorry for the confusion I caused in editing that post. Also it's not like I don't remember all the generations of hardware myself, I just don't have any room for old hardware. I can tell you one thing: I suck at it but I*love* UT2004 and especially Onslaught mode. -
Next-gen GPUs likely arriving in late 2024 with GDDR7 memory — Samsung and SK hynix chips showed chips at GTC From Tom's Hardware Next-gen GPUs likely arriving in late 2024 with GDDR7 memory
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"Revised" uArch in the APUs, makes sense. I do wonder if we'll see a Navi 3x dGPU revision, though. (Ala RX 590) ROCm 5.6 has listings for RX 7950XT/X, etc. So, maybe it is in the cards? AMD Lists Radeon RX 7950 XTX, Other Unreleased Graphics Cards | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM AMD's ROCm 5.6 lists numerous unannounced Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards.
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[Official] EHW Retro - The EHW Retrogaming club
UltraMega replied to neurotix's topic in Gaming General
I agree with Axipher that it's harder to pin down for PC. I don't think you can just go by when an OS stopped being supported in reference to a game because the hardware may still be supported on the most recent OS, and the OS can just be updated to more recent versions for free. That's why I think it makes more sense to just have a timeframe in mind for PC games. I think 10 years is fine, even though that would awkwardly make GTAV a retro game. Technically though, it is a PS3 game. It would also make Star Citizen PTU a retro game. 15 years is also reasonable though. If you're just talking about PC hardware though, I would say anything that can't run on a currently supported OS is retro, and since windows 10 is still supported that means you would have to go back pretty far for retro PC hardware. On the other hard, I would also gladly say something like a Q6600 is retro now, and that can run windows 10, so there is a bit of a grey area.
