Re: Anyone here own an Aladdin 7 based board?

Posted on 2022-06-25, 19:22

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by Garrett W

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Woah, I totally missed this! This is beyond awesome, thanks for sharing! This took place just a few weeks ago, perhaps we could ask the person making the post about more details. I personally would have liked to see how single channel memory impacted CPU and GPU performance. I'm also not entirely …

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1 - How to launch in 3D accelerated mode in Windows

Posted on 2022-06-24, 09:34

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by Garrett W

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I doubt they went through the effort to explicitly patch executables. More likely, they repackaged the games in a way that would work for most people. The Windows version of GTA 1 after all did not pose that much of an issue to run even on newer versions of Windows. You are welcome to find any …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-23, 13:31

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by Garrett W

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Infocom has entered the chat Infocom games were a product of the times. A product of technical capabilities and sleight of hand. I always say the great thing about infocom games was the illusion that anything was possible. The solution could be anything you could think of. Mostly they were like …

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-19, 10:47

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by Garrett W

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I believe it's a Vibra16C based card, so that's not really the case I don't think. I'll be sure to try the game on other systems with different sound cards, see what results I get there.

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-18, 15:53

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by Garrett W

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Hi again, I ended up running a few tests with the -bench switch: Petra.exe (under DOS) 29fps average WinPetra 23fps average D3DPetra (VSync On) 46fps average D3DPetra (VSync Off) 56fps average GLPetra (VSync On) 32fps average GLPetra (VSync Off) 33fps average I think the overhead from the OpenGL ICD …

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-12, 20:12

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by Garrett W

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Ah, I didn't know there was a benchmark switch. I'll make sure to give it a try and provide you some results. Unfortunately I've decommissioned the system for a little while, I opened up the PSU and gave it a thorough cleaning, I should be able to try again in a few days. As for sound, the card is …

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-12, 17:37

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by Garrett W

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As expected, it will not run on a 486. Here's the error message I got: Filename PXL_20220612_131505944_proc.jpg File size 60.1 KiB Views 195 views

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-11, 18:19

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by Garrett W

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It took a while but I finally got around to testing Petra on an MMX 233 with 64MB RAM, a Voodoo Banshee and a Creative Vibra 16 (low-end SB16 variant). A few things I noticed (granted I only ran around the first room): - Software rendering, be it through the DOS executable or Windows, is …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI mismatch in MS-DOS

Posted on 2022-06-11, 18:10

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by Garrett W

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Huh, the more you know. I wonder if there exists any DOS 3Dfx game where the second card can increase performance provided the CPU can feed it data fast enough. I think there were maybe a couple games that allowed 800x600 support, but even that was very uncommon as most games targeted Voodoo 1. It …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI mismatch in MS-DOS

Posted on 2022-06-11, 16:21

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by Garrett W

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I don't think there's any DOS 3Dfx game that can run at 1024x768 or take advantage of the second V2, so it shouldn't really matter whether or not you're using mismatched cards in this case.

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Re: Grand Theft Auto 1 - How to launch in 3D accelerated mode in Windows

Posted on 2022-06-09, 13:43

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by Garrett W

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This again? It has already been posted in the previous page. There is no 3Dfx accelerated version of GTA for Windows. The 3Dfx executable is a DOS application.

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-03, 13:51

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by Garrett W

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I'll see if I can run try it this weekend, you're probably right that it won't run, but can't hurt to try. If it does run, it'd be fun just how much it chugs. I've got a DX2 66 and a Cyrix 5x86 120MHz which is an odd CPU with some features from Cyrix's Pentium equivalent chip, the 6x86, so it …

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-03, 13:21

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by Garrett W

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Yeah, Excalibur was pretty rough, but I love the cheesy 90's premise and aesthetics and I did play the demo at a very formative age. I have an MMX 233 and Voodoo Banshee connected at the moment and I figure I might Petra on that, see how it performs. I also have a couple of 486 systems, would you be …

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Re: Post Apocalyptic Petra, a 3D adventure/platforming game for DOS and Windows retro PCs

Posted on 2022-06-03, 12:13

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by Garrett W

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hey BadSector, good to see you here! We've known each other from another, now defunct PC magazine and associated forum ;) I played this one some months ago on a Pentium III 500 and Voodoo3 and I wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed it, great nostalgia trip! Though I think I got stuck pretty …

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Re: My 15 Retro PC KVM Setup

Posted on 2022-06-03, 08:00

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by Garrett W

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This is insane in the best possible way! I also find it very inspiring, it has been somewhat of a dream of mine to have every system of mine rackmounted and controlled from a single point. If you ever end up making that video, I'd love to see it!

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-05-23, 03:37

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by Garrett W

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This is phenomenal work, I am in awe! Congratulations guys!

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-16, 12:07

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by Garrett W

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It's essentially a Savage4 in laptop form AFAIK. Clockspeeds very, of course.

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-16, 10:24

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by Garrett W

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It's definitely a faster and more feature rich card, closer to the Rage 128 non-Pro or Riva TNT or TNT2 M64 and Voodoo2, perhaps slightly faster? Ideally kept at 640x480, if the CPU is fast enough you can do 60fps in a lot of titles from 1997-1998, perhaps even 1999. The one major issue I can think …

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-15, 18:36

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by Garrett W

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I'm not sure what guidance you're asking for. The Rage M1 is the laptop equivalent to the desktop Rage Pro, a fairly mediocre if not lower-end chip back in 1997-1998, it's not even as fast as the Voodoo 1 and OpenGL support mostly an afterthought. The CPU is very fast for this particular chip, so at …

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Re: Geforce 4 MX display problem on some games

Posted on 2022-05-13, 13:06

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by Garrett W

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Huh, yeah the 8x model did not spring to mind. Bummer.

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