Enable anisotropic filter on og Half-Life 1?

Posted on 2024-02-23, 02:23

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by VenomSpark

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hi all :) Sorry if is wrong section, my apologies in case. Will be fast: i was playing the original (GoldSrc edition, from the CD) Half-Life 1 on my W98 PC with a SiS Mirage Real256E integrated GPU. Game runs fast and clean, only problem is both in OpenGL and Direct3D rendering, there is no texture …

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Re: Win98 doesn't shutdown or reboot

Posted on 2023-11-25, 20:48

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No luck!!! :( the one i found and i correctly remember i had is this one by NEC: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31pY54PhxCL._AC_.jpg But sadly when i install it in the motherboard, the computer won't boot. It turns on but no POST, nothing. I've tried to move it a little (it was installed right …

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Re: Win98 doesn't shutdown or reboot

Posted on 2023-11-25, 20:04

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by VenomSpark

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Yep you will need a driver, have a PCI one in a box and it uses a high irq (think it on same IRQ as the network) but that would depend on your motherboard and bios as to what irq it assigns.... then get a short usb extension cable, that way you can access it from the front. You read my mind about …

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Re: Win98 doesn't shutdown or reboot

Posted on 2023-11-25, 19:29

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Great you figured it out. maybe you could try a pci add-on usb card to use the thumb drive, check the listed ones here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39172 Thanks mate! Hey hold on.. i actually have a PCI-USB card!! :-o gotta find where i put it but should be right here in my room …

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Re: Win98 doesn't shutdown or reboot

Posted on 2023-11-25, 14:02

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So guys after almost 10 days of life and self fixing, i just finally resolved the problem at least of course on this machine, and: it WASN'T nothing related to the SB Live! drivers or else. The real problem was.......the USB. Yep. I don't know how, as usually when my 6th sense tells me to do …

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-21, 16:33

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After some days of testing, gotta say im pretty impressed. Not only by "i-don't-know-how-the-heck-i-managed-to-make-driver-work" myself, but also from the performance. Well despite being a iGPU, under Win98 it goes okay if you don't go for higher resolutions and maximum details, but it does his work …

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Quad boot... is possible?

Posted on 2023-11-18, 20:55

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by VenomSpark

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hi folks! I know is the one of my usual dumb topic\question, but really you guys are my only source of hope in time of needs while i experiment and do some retro...stuff. :D It's possible to multiboot four different system at once in only one menu? I'll be more quick and direct possible, as already …

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-18, 12:48

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T&L should be there. Real256E is like SiS315 with a memory bus limited to 64 bits. Really? :-o saw a video on YT of a guy who ironically reviews it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvukKtrpUVM) , claiming it has no HW T&L. Indeed, i was fast testing some games i had on that Win2000 before i …

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 23:08

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OMFG GUYS I really don't know how, but somehow now it WORKS! So actually i did another clean install for Win98 (sigh...) i've tried the PCI vendor trick on .inf, but no luck. Or better, something was moving: using the manual driver update, the only compatible VGA on the list was labeled "SiS Mirage …

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 14:09

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Based on your screenshot - line for your card should look like: %Vender.ASUS.DeviceDesc6% = Driver4.Install, PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_6330&SUBSYS_815c1043 If you add it somewhere in the [mfg] section of the sisgr.inf file, Windows should match the card to the driver. ...But still I'm skeptical because you …

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Re: SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 10:34

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thanks for the answers guys!! ♥ So i have time now for messing around with, and sadly both the drivers you guys linked just are almost the same as the one i've tried :( therefore, both link drivers you sent and downloaded gave me the same failing results.. for zyga64: Not quite expert of PCI info …

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SiS 741GX IGP IMPOSSIBLE to run under W98?

Posted on 2023-11-17, 02:20

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Hi everyone :) Please help me, i'm really desperate and going straight to point, i swear God if someone can help me out i will love him\her forever. I have an ASUS A7S8X-MX (https://www.asus.com/supportonly/a7s8xmx/helpdesk_cpu/), from around 2004-2005 era but I cannot REALLY make the dedicated …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-14, 17:49

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by VenomSpark

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Try uninstalling the GPU drivers, cleaning up registry entries and then installing slightly newer ones and see if that makes a difference. Also, have you installed chipset drivers for your board's chipset? Lastly, you mention 768MB RAM limited to 512MB. How are you achieving this? Have you used …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-14, 03:22

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by VenomSpark

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Try uninstalling the GPU drivers, cleaning up registry entries and then installing slightly newer ones and see if that makes a difference. Also, have you installed chipset drivers for your board's chipset? Lastly, you mention 768MB RAM limited to 512MB. How are you achieving this? Have you used …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-13, 16:08

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by VenomSpark

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Garrett W wrote on 2023-11-13, 15:02: OP, what video card do you have on the system and which drivers are you using? i have a GeForce FX 5500 AGP with nVidia 45.23 drivers

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-12, 22:51

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by VenomSpark

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Thanks for fast replies! ^^ I agree with andre_6 about the awful quality of Live! 5.1 cards. Phils says is the best card ever for dos and win, but I beg to differ. They are good, but not this beast. I've been forced to install it as sadly, this mobo chipset looks like don't like my previous ESS …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-12, 22:00

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by VenomSpark

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hello all :) I've recently encoutered an issues on my retro build, which basically on my Windows 98SE i can't shutdown or reboot the system. Everytime i try to shutdown or reboot, i get until the win98 sky logo which says waiting for system to shutdown screen, but nothing happens until then and im …

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Win98 doesn't shutdown or reboot

Posted on 2023-11-12, 21:16

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by VenomSpark

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

hello all :) I've recently encoutered an issues on my retro build, which basically on my Windows 98SE i can't shutdown or reboot the system. Everytime i try to shutdown or reboot, i get until the win98 sky logo which says waiting for system to shutdown screen, but nothing happens until then and im …

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Re: Blood Source Port on XP?

Posted on 2023-11-04, 15:31

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by VenomSpark

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Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks. https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/https://lerppu.net/wannabethesis/nblood/20211015-12587/ …

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Re: Blood Source Port on XP?

Posted on 2023-11-03, 03:20

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by VenomSpark

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Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks. https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/https://lerppu.net/wannabethesis/nblood/20211015-12587/ …

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