Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2024-04-03, 00:36

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by MrMateczko

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I've tested the latest SoftGPU release (supporter edition) with latest VirtualBox version/Win98SE/vGPU10/Hyper-V disabled/tweaks applied on GTA III/GTA San Andreas/3DMark03 and it is very nice that there are no more visual glitches. The performance in GTA III/GTA San Andreas isn't that great, even …

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Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98

Posted on 2024-03-03, 03:44

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Those errors I saw more often on 9x actually 😜 There are a lot of old games using outdated video/audio APIs and drivers (think old VFW crap) that work best on 9x (when it comes to movie files being played when launching the game and stuff like that)...but for those, you don't need a PCI-E GPU 😜

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Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98

Posted on 2024-03-02, 23:36

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There is NO GeForce 8000 series support for 9x. Period. You will get an error during startup when forcing the 82.69 drivers on 8000 and newer series. The official 81.98 drivers support only AGP variants of 6000 series in the INF file, not the PCI-E variants, though adding them should make them work. …

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Re: Unofficial 1.61 BIOS for ASRock K8Upgrade-NF3

Posted on 2024-01-22, 22:36

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It's been a while, but for whoever is interested, I've submitted the Beta BIOS to The Retro Web: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asrock … pgrade-nf3#bios

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Re: Win98 works on h87 performance(haswell), on z690 I get vcache protection error

Posted on 2023-11-16, 21:10

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@OMORES I use these drivers http://web.archive.org/web/20150602212418/http://www.mdgx.com/files/NV8269.ZIP Also need the NVCORE.VXD shutdown fix from R. Loew's package of NVIDIA fixes. My 7900 GTX does have the 512MB VRAM BIOS fix applied as well. Is PC Archive your second channel? @ElectroSoldier …

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Re: My 3DMark03 Mega Thread

Posted on 2023-11-14, 14:20

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ayy

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2023-11-14, 14:18

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ayy

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Re: Win98 works on h87 performance(haswell), on z690 I get vcache protection error

Posted on 2023-11-14, 14:13

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How many of the device drivers are missing? For GPU there are PCI-E 9x compatible GPUs - NVIDIA 6000/7000 series and ATI x550/x700/x800/x850 series, or a PCI GPU, either via PCI slot on the mobo or through a PCI-E->PCI adapter For USB Keyboard - CSM and Legacy USB options in UEFI take care of this. …

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-09-09, 09:39

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eddman wrote on 2023-09-07, 13:28: What is the "compatibility enhancements" option for? Those are registry entries to make some software more compatible. You can check them in softgpu.ini under [fixes] category.

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-09-03, 19:44

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I would suggest trying VirtualBox 7 as it seems SoftGPU is currently more taliored to it, rather than VirtualBox 6 or VMware. As for mouse issues, is the pointing device set to PS/2 Mouse? To smoothen the mouse you can try PS2Rate utility. Or select your real USB Mouse from USB menu.

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-08-31, 11:28

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TSCTiedToExecution doesn't work when Hyper-V is enabled, should probably note that.

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Re: (NEW RECORD) "Ultimate" Windows 98 Gaming PC build 7900GTX + 4.89GHz E8600 + 2GB DDR2 1066MHz + ASUS Maximus II For

Posted on 2023-07-19, 14:40

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You UEFI should have PS/2 Emulation via those USB3 controller ports (Legacy USB Support), so 98SE will see your USB keyboard/mouse as PS/2 devices, no USB drivers required. You might encounter an issue with jumping mouse cursor but that is fixed by using LMOUSE.DRV file from Windows 3.11. As someone …

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2023-07-18, 15:40

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Assuming he hasn't used any LOD cheats in 2001 SE, this puts him well ahead of the previous world record from 2016: https://hwbot.org/submission/3228042_zafiropo_3dmark2001_se_geforce_7900_gtx_69807_marks Though his Game 4 - Nature score is a lot higher, probably due to the LOD cheat... I suppose …

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Re: (NEW RECORD) "Ultimate" Windows 98 Gaming PC build 7900GTX + 4.89GHz E8600 + 2GB DDR2 1066MHz + ASUS Maximus II For

Posted on 2023-07-18, 15:19

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Majority of the score increase comes from Game Test 1 which is heavily CPU based, GT2, GT3, GT4 are all dependant on the GPU Core/Mem values and don't differ dramatically from my scores. From what I remember my 7900 GTX can't really overclock well, so I am already at the lost position :/ Are you …

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Re: (NEW RECORD) "Ultimate" Windows 98 Gaming PC build 7900GTX + 4.89GHz E8600 + 2GB DDR2 1066MHz + ASUS Maximus II For

Posted on 2023-07-16, 19:47

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Meanwhile, here are my scores from today, I don't think I'll be able to squeeze much more from my setup, I'll make a dedicated topic on my crappy 98SE builds one day... ASUS P5Q Pro, Transcend 2x2GB aXeRam DDR2-1066 (can't find in BIOS option to change Command Rate), ASUS 7900 GTX (removed the ugly …

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Re: (NEW RECORD) "Ultimate" Windows 98 Gaming PC build 7900GTX + 4.89GHz E8600 + 2GB DDR2 1066MHz + ASUS Maximus II For

Posted on 2023-07-16, 10:32

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For what it's worth, this is the 3DMark2001 SE 98SE World Record: https://hwbot.org/submission/3228042_zafiropo … gtx_69807_marks And other competitors: https://hwbot.org/competition/osibs_s2rb/stag … rk01_windows_98 (of course LOD cheat and liquid nitrogen...)

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-05-21, 14:33

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I think not limiting yourself to only virtualization software and dropping Win95/Win98FE support would be beneficial. Do you have real hardware you can use to test your Mesa/WineD3D variants?

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-05-17, 22:57

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With the latest version (softgpu-0.4.2023.11 - using SVGA3D): 3DMark03 - Character models still missing, applying the MaxShaderModelVS workaround throws an error message: Could not create vertex shader - Invalid call GTA SA - Works fine with the workaround! I should have probably noted that I am …

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-05-08, 20:49

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I've tested some games under VirtualBox 7.0 and 98SE (AC97 highly recommended over SB16): GTA III (D3D8) - game menu glitched at 32-bit colour depth, rest is fine 3DMark2001 SE (D3D8)- characters not rendered in Game 3 test, no butterflies in Game 4 test, rest is fine - quite low score - 3156 GTA SA …

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Re: SoftGPU: OpenGL + DirectX + Glide driver for Windows 95/98/Me

Posted on 2023-04-13, 01:01

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A free and non-cringe version of *Banned project*? Count me interested! Can this be adopted outside of Virtual Machines? I guess my dream to run GTA IV on Windows 98SE might be a reality :D If I find some time in those busy times, I'll test this with my Core i3-12100F on both VirtualBox (was always …

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