Re: Proper DOSBox resolutions to use on a 4K monitor

Posted on 2021-06-17, 21:37

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by GiSWiG

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I decided to go with the LG 32Gp83B. 2560x1440, IPS panel, G-Sync, Freesync, 165MHz, just checks all the boxes. DOSBox at 1600x1200 looks great and at fullscreen too. Works very well with my RX 580 but I do have an RTX 3070 Ti coming and can't wait to try Quake II RTX.

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Re: Proper DOSBox resolutions to use on a 4K monitor

Posted on 2021-06-04, 20:12

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by GiSWiG

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I have a DecoGear 27" 1440p curved monitor. 144Hz, most excellent color reproduction and officially does FreeSync and to top it off, it supports full G-Sync but just not documented in the specs. I got it when it was on sale for $200. Regular price is $249 https://www.decogear.com/products/27- …

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Re: Proper DOSBox resolutions to use on a 4K monitor

Posted on 2021-06-04, 12:45

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by GiSWiG

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I've never knew that video game resolutions can be such a science! :sweat_smile: How about DOSBox or SDL ? Are they even capable to smoothly move around such a mass of pixel information ? - Please forgive my ignorance, but I've always used to let the graphics driver do the scaling work. Or the …

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Re: Proper DOSBox resolutions to use on a 4K monitor

Posted on 2021-06-04, 12:14

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by GiSWiG

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output=openglnb aspect=false 320x200px games: 1440p windowed: 1600x1000 or 1280x800 fullscreen: 2560x1400 4k windowed: 2240x1400 fullscreen: 3840x2000 5k windowed: 3200x2000 fullscreen: 5120x2800 640x480 games: 1440p windowed: 1280x960 fullscreen: 2560x1440 4k windowed: 2560x1920 fullscreen: …

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Proper DOSBox resolutions to use on a 4K monitor

Posted on 2021-06-03, 13:03

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by GiSWiG

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I cannot seem to find the best answer on this. I'm looking to upgrade my modern PC monitor to either a 1440p of 4k ~32", from a 2560x1080. On a 1440p, I know I can do DOSBox in a 1600x1200 window so the picture will be accurate or pixel-perfect and be a good physical size. On a 4k monitor, 1600x1200 …

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Re: Any noticeable difference between the different Aureal Vortex 2 cards?

Posted on 2020-12-17, 14:25

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by GiSWiG

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On that note, how does one tell the difference between a Dell branded Montego II and the retail version from Turtle Beach? Any serial numbers that indicate it's a Dell or vice versa? So there is a listing on ebay for the Turtle Beach retail card for $99. It does come with the box, manuals, CDs, and …

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Any noticeable difference between the different Aureal Vortex 2 cards?

Posted on 2020-12-17, 03:31

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by GiSWiG

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I have one, looking to get another. Of course there are the Diamond MX300, the Aureal brand cards, the retail Turtle Beach and the Dell OEM version of the retail Turtle Beach. I have the Dell OEM. It sounds ok. I have a Dreamblaster on the wavetable header, DOS support is good. Of course the Dell …

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Re: Looking for Pentium 3 1GHz for ASUS P3B-F, need guidance on what to get for Slot 1 to S370 adapter

Posted on 2020-12-13, 12:56

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by GiSWiG

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I decided to just get a slot Pentium III 700MHz ~$45. I think I'm just going to keep this as a Voodoo 3 rig and that should be enough I think.

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Re: Looking for Pentium 3 1GHz for ASUS P3B-F, need guidance on what to get for Slot 1 to S370 adapter

Posted on 2020-12-10, 16:35

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by GiSWiG

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Yes, the prices for the 1 GHZ fsb 100 slot 1 cpu's are not consumer friendly anymore. The 800 MHz is the next best choice but not easy to find. I have a P3B-F rev. 1.03 with a PIII 1GHz fsb 100 s370 on slotket and that works fine. The PIII 1GHz is slightly faster than the Celeron 1100. If you …

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Re: Looking for Pentium 3 1GHz for ASUS P3B-F, need guidance on what to get for Slot 1 to S370 adapter

Posted on 2020-12-10, 15:39

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by GiSWiG

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There are a number of slotkets that support high-end s370 cpu's like the PIII 1GHz and 1.1GHz, and the Celeron 1000MHz and 1100 MHz. It depends on what you want to spend. Just look around on Ebay and watch out for names like Asus S370-DL, Abit SlotKET III, Microstar Master MS-6905 to name some of …

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Looking for Pentium 3 1GHz for ASUS P3B-F, need guidance on what to get for Slot 1 to S370 adapter

Posted on 2020-12-10, 14:09

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by GiSWiG

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My access to retro parts is pretty much ebay. As much as I would like to have a slot 1 P3 1000, getting a 100MHz FSB slot 1 is absolutely ridiculous ($295.00 for one currently). It looks like the slot adapter a a S370 P3 1000 is much more reasonable but I don't know how those work, what exactly to …

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-08-17, 12:51

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by GiSWiG

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I mostly enjoy the arcadey racing games, regardless of practically no realism like the Need for Speed games (comon, 200MPH slamming head on into a truck just to drive off without a scratch?) After playing F1...meh. I've always enjoyed with NFS games, except the one on Wii U. Thanks to some patches, …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-27, 13:24

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by GiSWiG

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Any special BIOS settings to try? Thank you for posting the files and the 3dfx Voodoo1 looks OK, but as for BIOS settings I can't help as I have only used my Voodoo1 to check that SIV reports it OK. SIV was slightly confused by your Riva TNT as it's Chipset ID is 20044001 which is unusual. I have …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-26, 23:58

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by GiSWiG

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Yeah, I did wrong, here's the attachment! Thank you, but I should have been clearer as it's the save files I need to see and only asked for the logs when we though SIV was locking up the system. To generate the save files just run SIV32L.exe with no qualifiers and then do Menu->File->Save Local …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-26, 16:47

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by GiSWiG

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red-ray wrote: GiSWiG wrote: Here are logs from Windows XP running at 400MHz (4x100) and two sets from Win98 at 400 (4x100) and 266 (4x66). Thank you, but I can't see any attachment, so I guess something went wrong. Yeah, I did wrong, here's the attachment! Thanks for all your help

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-26, 15:02

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by GiSWiG

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siv32l -dbgini -dbgpci > SIV_DBGOUT.log | more So the freezing is not SIV's fault. Apparently, there was a conflict with the S3 Trio. I took out the S3 and put in the Diamond Viper 550 (Riva TNT). Both SIV and Everest see both the TNT and the Voodoo 1. I half suspected this which is why I specified …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-25, 10:47

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by GiSWiG

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Why not, if the game was looking for GLIDE2X.OVL? The OVL is for DOS games, unless the games have static linked OVL, very few have one. Since you had mentioned only Tomb Raider 1, that game has 2 version of patches, one called 3Dfx patch which has static linked OVL and another called the Voodoo …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-25, 04:02

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by GiSWiG

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kjliew wrote: I guess you probably had remnant of Glide DLL/OVL from Voodoo3 that you didn't clean up properly before installing Voodoo1. The Voodoo1 simply landed on the wrong DLL/OVL and crashed hard. But would that affect DOS?

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-25, 03:33

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by GiSWiG

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Ran Siv32 but it freezes PC. Have P2 running at 133 with 32MB RAM. Will try later after bumping that up but no time now. Sorry about this and I hope all was OK once you rebooted. SIV should run OK on a P2 @ 133MHz with 32MB, but more memory may help. It ran OK this morning on a Dual Intel Pentium ( …

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Re: Anyone get a Voodoo 1 to work on ASUS P3B-F or similar 440BX?

Posted on 2019-10-24, 12:15

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by GiSWiG

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Ran Siv32 but it freezes PC. Have P2 running at 133 with 32MB RAM. Will try later after bumping that up but no time now. Sorry about this and I hope all was OK once you rebooted. SIV should run OK on a P2 @ 133MHz with 32MB, but more memory may help. It ran OK this morning on a Dual Intel Pentium ( …

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