Re: Diamond Viper V330 PCI 8MB (Riva 128ZX) Tantalum Cap Replacement
Posted on 37 minutes ago
Riva 128ZX came in 3 flavors: 4 Mb SGRAM 64-bit bus (only 2 chips on board) 8 Mb SDRAM 64-bit bus 8 Mb SGRAM 128-bit bus
Re: Best Pentium Pro to go for 266MHz on stock voltage?
Posted on 2020-08-05, 14:38
yeah I plan to - what's the package size for the pads on the top of the ceramic? Someone modded PPro that way here on Vogons. I think it was around 2019. Now even More will be recycled with That Gold Prices Hardly. Quantity is significantly lower after all this years. You can't make profit out of …
Re: Dungeon Keeper 2 - Bad performance
Posted on 2020-08-05, 12:32
mine is super bad already in the game menu. Don't bother with menu frame rate. It's always will be horrible there due to transparent fog.
Re: Best Pentium Pro to go for 266MHz on stock voltage?
Posted on 2020-08-05, 10:50
You might want to add capacitors on CPU for better overclocking.
Re: Asus TUA266 s370 - locks during loading the Windows
Posted on 2020-08-05, 09:49
Try Windows 98 or Windows 2000.
Re: MATROX mga-myst/2bn (PCI)
Posted on 2020-08-05, 09:45
My target software resolution is 320x230! I love them pixellated bits! Then it doesn't matter which card you use. Lowly S3 Trio64 should be enough.
Re: Dungeon Keeper 2 - Bad performance
Posted on 2020-08-05, 09:14
You need at least Pentium 3 to run Dungeon Keeper 2 with decent performance, but Athlon XP/Pentium 4 is highly recommended.
Re: Windows 98 & DOS Graphics
Posted on 2020-08-05, 09:06
Cheap GeForce 4 MX won't do. You can't emulate Glide correctly with DX7 cards.
Re: Matrox Impression ISA?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:40
would be more having a feature advanced vga with even useless features but still.. advanced. Once again. Matrox cards before Millenium series were pretty much useless as "VGA cards" and ISA bus doesn't help that either.
Re: Matrox Impression ISA?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 15:03
But like this hobby of ours... what's the point with it? Mostly games. I doubt that most vogoners (including me) are able or willing to "play" with stone age CAD on regular basis.
Re: Matrox Impression ISA?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 14:23
what about that ISA version ISA = bad performance x2. Sure, you can use such card for productivity like CAD and smooth GUI, but what would be the point?
Re: Matrox Impression ISA?
Posted on 2020-08-04, 13:46
Matrox cards before original Millenium were ill suited for DOS gaming. To such degree, that they had to specifically promote that Millenium cards were finally good for games.
Re: 3D games run slow. Slower than my old voodoo 1 and geforce 2 gts of the time.
Posted on 2020-08-03, 23:10
On windows, older drivers use MMX for their internal operations Except they don't and work just fine on pure FPU like Pentium Pro, with no real impact on performance.
Re: MATROX mga-myst/2bn (PCI)
Posted on 2020-08-03, 22:02
Crisp? Sure, although many old cards can provide "crisp" image at 640x480 or even 800x600 resolution. DOS compatibility? Not really, although some compatibility problems like sreen tearing are superficial.
Re: Any drivers out there for the Epox EPD3VA Socket 370 Motherboard
Posted on 2020-08-03, 21:35
That would be redundant. Just use VIA 4in1 driver pack and maybe dedicated driver for Highpoint 370 controller.
Re: MATROX mga-myst/2bn (PCI)
Posted on 2020-08-03, 21:30
Define "good". There are better choices for PIII.
Re: Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM VLB - Memory upgrade
Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:24
Pretty much impossible to find. Although it's not all that useful for 486 machine. And you still can use maximum 1600x1200 resolution even with 2 Mb, but just in 256 colors.
Re: 3D games run slow. Slower than my old voodoo 1 and geforce 2 gts of the time.
Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:16
OK, so I did the benchmarks, and I was surprised to see that the GeForce 2 is not that bad. I've also completed my benchmark on Intel chipsets with Pentium MMX and directly compared GeForce 2 MX and Voodoo3: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=75157 Overall, driver overhead of early Nvidia …
Re: Any VOGONs member with an AGP to PCI adapter?
Posted on 2020-08-03, 13:22
Time for necroposting. I've tested some cards which worked on Intel TC430HX board: All Voodoo AGP cards (obviously). All S3 AGP cards based on original Virge design, including Trio3D/2x. No tested yet Savage 3D or Savage 4, so no idea if they'll work. All original Rage Pro cards, including Rage Pro …
Re: PIII Win98SE DirectX problems
Posted on 2020-08-03, 00:56
The 29.42 is the first one that lists the Ti4200 You can use any old driver with strings that mention GeForce 4 Ti. Correct model is irrelevant. Another tip - with Win9X you might want to stick to DirectX 7 or older You can't. Nvidia drivers for GeForce 4 or newer have problems with DirectX …
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