Re: My Big Red Switch 486
Posted on Today, 06:10
@firage - WOW! that thing is stacked and packed. features on features. hope you got a lot of cd rom games with FMV, this is a multimedia powerhouse 😁
Re: Deskpro EXD-P800 w/ MX440-SE
Posted on Today, 06:04
nice setup. i have the same sb live also (now i know it's actual product name, cheers), did you use the drivers on the vogons page? which one? and keep that case man! its got charm 😜
Re: Pentium 4/Socket 478 Dual-Boot Windows 98 & Windows XP Gaming Setup
Posted on Yesterday, 06:29
glad you got it all built and running. strong system. also a big agree about the video card suggestions above. https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-FX-5600-vs-GeForce-6200-AGP 1/2 the memory bandwidth, 1/4 of the memory clock speeds, 1/8th of the memory bandwidth of a mid ranged 2004 card. …
Re: Which video card should I buy?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 04:50
my pci voodoo banshee died, and i ordered a riva 128 to fill the gap on my k6-2 pc. during the wait for the new card to arrive, i decided to use a spare s3 trio 3d/2x (2mb) for my dos games in the meantime. didnt run into any issues with any 2d games, and even ran Dark Forces 2 in D3D 400x300 res , …
Re: CD Audio, Emulation, VXD and WDM
Posted on 2020-04-01, 02:01
So I was under the impression that WDM drivers can handle emulated CD audio via Daemon tools, and VXD is not going to work. There's nothing necessarily inherent to WDM that makes it uniquely capable of handling multiple audio streams in a way that VXD cannot. Can you, say, play a music file in …
CD Audio, Emulation, VXD and WDM
Posted on 2020-04-01, 01:01
hey guys just a little curious about something i noticed the other night. I was having super difficult times getting my Audigy eX working in my w98 athlon xp machine and decided to move my Aureal 2 card (diamond monster sound) in to do it's job as I've got the correct drivers and know how to install …
Re: My second retro PC - Socket A Win 98 build
Posted on 2020-03-30, 07:07
nice build man, i can attest to the ssd idea - i got a 2nd hand 60gb sata 1 SSD (some patriot ssd, looks about 8-9 years old) for real cheap in a box of cables off a local trader site, and i am impressed at how nice it is on the 133 bus. dual cd games install in under a minute (from daemon tools …
Re: Win98 SBLive stuck at Irq11 can't play Dos games... Help Please
Posted on 2020-03-25, 07:49
some tips: - disable onboard serial/parallel/usb if you dont use it, can free up other irq's - move the SB live up and down the PCI slots, i know that 440bx and the yamaha cards need to be in a slot closer to the agp port rather than isa slots to get irq5. have the sb 16 emulation drivers installed? …
Re: Pentium 66 MHz socket 4 system
Posted on 2020-03-25, 01:36
regarding the fdiv bug. does it prevent anything "normal" from happening? cause any instability? if so, why use it?
Re: Slow AMD K6-2+ 550 MHz performance?
Posted on 2020-03-24, 04:12
man i got a similar setup (in my sig) and now i gotta compare stats. i also have an NEC usb card that's pretty much always got a mouse and a USB hard disk connected... interesting stuff
Re: Michelangelo virus
Posted on 2020-03-24, 00:36
WolverineDK wrote on 2020-03-12, 14:12: StSam wrote on 2020-03-10, 19:35: Is it the one that's supposed to flip the tankers? Nope that was the "Da Vinci" virus, from the film Hackers. hack the gibson
Re: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Remasters are being made.
Posted on 2020-03-19, 10:41
i'm going to get this purely for the soundtrack. it's great to have frank klepacki back doing the whole thing again.
Re: Yet another Sound Blaster Live! in DOS thread
Posted on 2020-03-12, 03:49
yea i dont think so. wdm just cant work with the vxd sb emulation. maybe a cheaper no brand pci card with wdm drivers you can daisy chain to the sb live, solely for cd audio via daemon tools. i'm actually in the middle of dealing with this myself, i've got an aureal vortex 2 and i am gonna shove my …
Re: TURBO66 header on 440BX motherboard - overclock on the fly?
Posted on 2020-03-12, 03:04
thanks for the link, will give it a read
Re: Guidance for Windows 98/Windows XP Gaming Build
Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:45
@antilles a P4 3.2ghz barely beats out the Athlon XP 3200+ so take your pick really. both systems can run hot with the top processors so cooling can be expensive/complicated. I'd go with whatever motherboard/cpu combo is cheapest. as for the 5v topic, you'll need at least 35w of 12v for an athlon xp …
Re: TURBO66 header on 440BX motherboard - overclock on the fly?
Posted on 2020-03-11, 14:03
ok thats great, i'm really hyped to try this turbo header to see how it works. btw nice and strong little p3 system!
Re: Best video cards with DOS / Win 3.x / Win 9x support
Posted on 2020-03-11, 13:31
I haven't had a single issue with my Viper V330 Riva 128. Paired with a Monster 3D Voodoo I get full compatibility for DOS and Windows 95 era 3D games. i am so close to buying a v1 to pair up with a riva too. performance wise the riva is just fine but the voodoo is just a bit better on the renders. …
Re: TURBO66 header on 440BX motherboard - overclock on the fly?
Posted on 2020-03-11, 13:15
Switching FSB speed on-the-fly normally works fine. I've built two systems with such a switch and there are no issues. That header, however, is not meant for non-factory use. It may not work when switched on-the-fly (or not at all). if you dont mind me asking, what kind of systems and how were they …
Re: FiC PA-2013 mosfet problem
Posted on 2020-03-11, 05:37
i'm no expert with mosfets but check the capacitors around it. maybe these mosfets run hot. if it's getting to 80deg c then even a heatsink might struggle. what voltage you running the cpu at? auto? if so, set it manually. it could be buggy.
Re: Guidance for Windows 98/Windows XP Gaming Build
Posted on 2020-03-11, 05:05
Motherboard: Socket 478 Pentium 4, Socket A for Athlon - DDR memory, AGP 8x, high FSBs. They should have both win98 and XP drivers available. Pick a company still alive so there's some sort of support in forms of cpu/mem compatibility lists, drivers, manuals. RAM: no idea, i've never had DDR1 …
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