Re: Ark Logic PCI, an interesting VGA card.

Posted on 2012-08-05, 09:33

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This card looks like it's just best suited for the DOS gaming realm as an alternative to S3 cards, mainly for its compatibility. Pair it up with a Voodoo1 card though and you got one nice DOS gaming rig.

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Re: Wolfenstein 3D remake

Posted on 2012-08-05, 09:28

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Personally I prefer such old games to be left the way they are (the way they were originally meant to be played). The various Doom re-modeling and re-texturing projects for example look nice but at the same time don't look anywhere near as great as a commercially-produced product. That's just my …

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Re: Hilarious Hardware Pictures

Posted on 2012-08-05, 08:19

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The real reason Pentium 4s underperform:

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-05, 07:42

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S3 and Trident cards seem like the most compatible based on this small game sample, along with NVIDIA (except NV1) and Rendition cards. Rendition cards, though, are gonna be slow for ModeX games. Oh well, there's various Doom ports and VQuake for just those headaches listed there. Also it seems like …

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Re: Kids have it easy these days...

Posted on 2012-08-05, 07:40

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I say that you shouldn't be allowed to use a computer if you are unable to handle a text console.

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Re: junked or retired hardware

Posted on 2012-08-05, 07:25

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Junked: (Actually, I regret junking most of this stuff after I got access to a soldering station) ABIT KR7A-133 motherboard ABIT KR7A-RAID motherboard Intel TC430HX motherboard + integrated S3 ViRGE w/ 2 MB (x2) Intel AN430TX motherboard + integrated ATI 3D Rage II+DVD w/ 2 MB Unknown 486 VLB …

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Re: Please suggest GPU for Windows 95 PC

Posted on 2012-07-09, 02:21

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TNT may be a bit overkill for that processor level. Perhaps a RIVA 128 or 128ZX might fit the bill; they have pretty good DOS VESA compatibility and suffice if you also want some 3D-accelerated gaming in there.

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2012-07-09, 02:16

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I didn't really upgrade my P166 MMX machine until around 2000-ish, so for the most part I was relegated to either DOS games or stuck playing newer games in software rendering mode. - Intel AN430TX motherboard - Pentium 166 MHz MMX CPU - 32 MB PC66 SDRAM - Integrated ATI 3D Rage II+DVD graphics with …

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Re: If Quake were made today

Posted on 2012-06-29, 03:33

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Have you tried Grand Theft Auto III/4, Assassin's Creed? Haven't played Assassin's Creed but I did thoroughly enjoy the 3D GTA games, despite being bug-ridden. Yes you obviously still have to complete tasks in order to "complete" the game but the degree of freedom in those games is tremendous. My …

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Re: 2000 and newer PC's

Posted on 2012-06-29, 03:26

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Seems like ever since they started outsourcing manufacturing to China they've all turned to crap. :P I still have a Japanese-made Toshiba T4600C laptop from 1993 and it still runs like a charm. This was back when Toshiba actually built quality products. But yes jackleg component manufacturers using …

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Re: Suggestions for inductors

Posted on 2012-06-29, 03:16

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I'm not exactly sure what component you're looking for but the "R" reference designator is usually used by circuit designers to denote resistors. Anyways, these component suppliers have a plethora of component values, in almost every package and footprint available (surface-mount, through-hole, etc …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-06-27, 06:46

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Very nice useful link there. 😀 From my experience NVIDIA cards work pretty well up until the GeForce3, as well as most S3 cards. Just for fun, I wonder if you can try to see how more modern cards (i.e. GeForce 7 and higher) fare, haha.

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Re: Best video card with Dos / Win 3.11 / Win 98 support

Posted on 2012-06-27, 02:14

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Will I be able to play VESA mode in game such as Quake, and Build Engine games with a PCI Voodoo3 without corruption ? Both my ATI Rage IIc 4mb AGP and ATI Radeon 32mb AGP cards do some pretty random wonky stuff in VESA modes, and fastvid doesn't work at all with the Rage IIc... i'll assume it's …

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Re: Am I weird?

Posted on 2012-06-25, 02:12

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Hahaha, Leadtek had some pretty colorful ones for their GeForce cards, but still doesn't compare to the above.

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Re: Graphics card?

Posted on 2012-06-25, 02:10

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Have but one question. Since I had little luck tracking down a pci version of the riva128 would a pci version of the riva tnt offer the same or similar compatibility? Plus the riva tnt has some sentimental value as well. TNT should be fine for such applications. Only in extreme cases would you …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2012-06-24, 06:20

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Thanks for posting these; people keep emailing me about these (since the links that I have are broken)... next time I'll just redirect them to this thread. :) BTW, the new site is located here (that link you posted above may stay active for only a couple more months). http://sites.google.com/site/ …

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Re: windows 3.1 reboot

Posted on 2012-06-24, 04:42

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Lack of or limited preemption/pre-emptive multitasking certainly reduces an OS's functionality where multitasking is required - serious problem for pre-Win95 (non-NT) based OSes. The way Win 3.1 works resembles function queue scheduling, which has disastrous results if just one application hangs or …

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Re: Games for Permedia 2

Posted on 2012-06-24, 03:55

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The problem with the early workstation class 3D cards is that they're good at accelerating geometry but have low fillrate or won't do hardware texturing. Carmack summed it up nicely here . The Voodoo was perfect for games - geometry on a Pentium + texture mapping on a Voodoo and Quake looked great …

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Re: Graphics card?

Posted on 2012-06-24, 03:33

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S3 cards are definitely the choice if you want very good compatibility with DOS games/apps and Win 3.1. The RIVA 128/ZX cards would be a close second in my book, along with older Matrox cards. try a rendition v1000 Not sure if serious or just trollin, but standard DOS VGA performance on those things …

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Re: Geforce 2 MX VS Geforce 3

Posted on 2012-06-24, 03:29

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Pronouncing it a certain way could definitely land you in a lot of trouble, that's for sure.

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