Re: Just got my hands on this Socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-24, 03:15

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by Joseph_Joestar

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sound card chip might not be terrible, but this is pcchips so you will hear every interrupt in the system. Moving mouse, HDD reading, etc all generating clicks. I have a PC Chips M571 motherboard and its integrated CMI8330 sound card is pretty much noise-free. Of course, I can't speak for the OPs …

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Re: Just got my hands on this Socket 7 motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-23, 17:54

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by Joseph_Joestar

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That integrated sound card is pretty good for DOS gaming. The CMI8330 chip that it's based on is quite capable and has SBPro/SB16/WSS compatibility. Its OPL3 clone is spot on as well.

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-23, 16:46

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Dolenc wrote on 2023-08-23, 16:22: Grayed out on v5 too Thanks for checking this. It's too bad that the developers chose to do it that way. In every other aspect, the game looks better when using Glide.

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Re: Adding Wavetable header to ESS Solo-1 card (ES1938S)?

Posted on 2023-08-23, 12:19

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by Joseph_Joestar

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https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ess-es1938s-solo-1.html mentions using ESSVOL.EXE to set the volume levels in DOS, including the wavetable. But I do not have ESSVOL with the Windows 98 SE drivers. It is included with the pure DOS drivers but when executing it in combination with the DOS drivers it …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-23, 09:33

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I'm curious to find out if running the game on Voodoo5 would enable this option, as I see the patchnotes for the latest patch mentions FSAA enabled for Voodoo5 (I know this is not related, but maybe there were other undocumented changes). I don't have my Voodoo5 AGP ready in any system, but I plan …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-22, 20:54

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by Joseph_Joestar

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BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2023-08-22, 20:23: I recall there was a patch (official) for Messiah that fixed the ever crashing game on Win11. Did you try that? I was using the oddly named patch 0.2. That should be the latest official version, at least per the PC Gaming Wiki.

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-22, 19:59

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Messiah had a notoriously long development cycle for the time, it's likely it was designed with software and Glide only for most of its development. I seem to remember people pointing out differences in the past. After testing this one for a while, I have some thoughts. First, this is a really …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2023-08-22, 19:46

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Looks like yet another game released in the year 2000 used table fog: Messiah by Shiny/Interplay. Games tested: Messiah - retail CD release + latest official patch version 0.2 Graphics cards tested: 3DFX Voodoo3 2000, using 3DFX reference drivers version 1.07.00 Nvidia GeForce FX 5900XT using Nvidia …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-22, 09:18

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Games tested: Rayman 2 - retail CD release Graphics cards tested: 3DFX Voodoo3 2000, using 3DFX reference drivers version 1.07.00 (Glide renderer) Nvidia GeForce FX 5900XT using Nvidia reference drivers version 45.23 (Direct3D renderer) Rayman2_Glide.jpg Rayman2_Direct3D.jpg I gave Rayman 2 a quick …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-22, 05:39

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I advise not enabling HyperSnap's filters because they are bad approximations despite their claims, and they've also confused the filters around.. Interesting, I wasn't aware of the mixup. BTW, this old Beyond3D article states that the 3DFX developers gave some code to the HyperSnap author to help …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 19:54

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by Joseph_Joestar

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mothergoose729 wrote on 2023-08-21, 19:35: Love the concept! Keep it up! Cheers! BTW, if you or anyone else, have some references to games which looked better in Glide mode, feel free to share. It doesn't have to be very specific, even a quick mention in a review from a late '90s magazine or …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 19:35

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Is there a good software for taking screenshots in win98 that works with both direct3d and glide? I still have my original lands of lore 3 CDs if they still work I could try to test it some time soon if I can get it to work. For Direct3D and OpenGL, you can use pretty much anything that has a …

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Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide

Posted on 2023-08-21, 11:26

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Other games to potentially test (I don't know if Glide have any true advantages in these): While I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer to have some anecdotal reference of Glide having better visuals in a game before investigating it thoroughly. Many games from the late 90s supported multiple …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 98 and DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)

Posted on 2023-08-21, 11:16

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by Joseph_Joestar

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SteveC wrote on 2023-08-21, 10:57: Thanks, this guide has helped me just build an Audigy 2 system 😀 You're welcome! Have fun with your retro rig!

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-21, 05:44

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I have remember Lands of Lore 3 looking better with glide back then but I cant test that myself right now. Even in the latest patch notes it recommends using glide instead of direct3D when possible. Thanks, added to the preliminary list. We would need a screenshot comparison to mark it as confirmed …

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-21, 05:42

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by Joseph_Joestar

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As this is list only icomparing glide against Direct 3D and Open GL I would argue Mechwarrior 2 should still be included (assuming glide is the better version) Maybe with a side note stating the PowerVR is the superior version overall. I've edited the thread title to make this clearer. Originally, …

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-21, 05:37

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Starsiege Tribes Not really about looks but OpenGL thrashes hard when dealing with dynamic lights (the way Tribes does it is replace parts of low-res luxels with a quickly uprez'd texture buffer to render a dynamic light on. This is more of a case of bad renderer implementation like Unreal (GL …

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-20, 15:29

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by Joseph_Joestar

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i remembered that i had the redeemer effect in UT look correct on a TNT2 once in D3D, with either 1999 or 2000 drivers, so i just tested it on a voodoo3 (1.07.00 drivers w/ v436 game) and it works there too. so this is really a driver issue more than anything, may be worth looking into when nvidia …

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-20, 12:23

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Baggins on the GOG forums provided an in-depth analysis of the Glide and Direct3D renderers in Clive Barker's Undying, including side-by-side screenshot comparisons. The game is limited to 16-bit color depth in Glide mode, which produces banding issues and such. However, he does say that the banding …

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Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)

Posted on 2023-08-20, 10:42

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Games tested: Deus Ex GOTY - retail CD release (1.112fm) Graphics cards tested: 3DFX Voodoo3 2000, using 3DFX reference drivers version 1.07.00 (Glide renderer) Nvidia GeForce FX 5900XT using Nvidia reference drivers version 45.23 (Direct3D renderer) DeusEx_Glide.jpg DeusEx_Direct3D.jpg Reflective …

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