Re: Which video card for SS7 DOS gamer?
Posted on Today, 17:07
If you're primarily focusing on DOS gaming, the Virge + Voodoo1 combo will provide you with the best overall compatibility. See here: http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/
Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support
Posted on Yesterday, 06:59
It's definitely a cool little all-rounder feature wise. Unfortunately I had a pretty bad experience with it overall. Mine seems quite temperamental, at least in this system, with lots of crashes and BSODs. It would lockup every single time I tried using it's SB Pro emulation in Windows regardless …
Re: Final Fantasy VII AWE Ripping
Posted on 2022-09-25, 18:17
I used Final Fantasy VII with a Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold, so three things I remember: - Although FF7 had a built-in soundfont utility, it didn't work with AWE64. You had to load the soundfont using the card utility before running FF7. I had similar issues on my AWE64 Gold but I managed to make it …
Re: Final Fantasy VII AWE Ripping
Posted on 2022-09-24, 06:04
I recently bought a Yamaha YMF744, the chip says Yamaha XG on it. Is there a way to make use of it in Final Fantasy 7 instead of the softsynth ? If you want to use your YMF744 then don't install the XG softsynth which comes with FF7. The game should automatically recognize your sound card and offer …
Re: Final Fantasy VII AWE Ripping
Posted on 2022-09-23, 19:00
If anyone wants to record the FF7 OST using an AWE card, I've posted some instructions here . Basically, you need to set the game up like this: https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=98613&mode=view That way, the custom soundfont which comes with the game will be used. Note that you need at …
Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support
Posted on 2022-09-22, 06:26
I dug out another sound card I had lying around, an AOpen Cobra AW744L II (Yamaha DS-XG), which supports Sensaura, and tried out a couple more games. It only supports 4 speaker output but it's better than my gimped Vortex 2 which is only stereo! That's a very nice card indeed! I have a similar one …
Re: Diamond Stealth II S220 not posting (Rendition Verite)
Posted on 2022-09-21, 13:44
Upon closer inspection (and using the Macro camera on my phone) I think I may have found the issue: Scratch.jpg Yeah, that doesn't look so great. Fixing this is way beyond my soldering level, so I'll put the card in storage for now. Maybe one day I can find someone who is skilled enough to mend …
Diamond Stealth II S220 not posting (Rendition Verite)
Posted on 2022-09-21, 12:54
I recently snagged this card from my local classifieds for 10 EUR. Condition was "unknown/untested" but for that price, I took a chance. Unfortunately, I can't get it to post. I tried two different rigs, one with a 440ZX chipset and another one with a 430TX chipset and it made no difference. I get …
Re: CD-ROM Performance Win 98 and DOS
Posted on 2022-09-20, 14:00
In my experience, this greatly depends on the CD/DVD drive that you're using. It really seems to be a lottery of sorts, some drives simply don't cause the system to stutter when changing CD audio tracks, while others do. Personally, I've had better luck with newer DVD drives (made in 2004 or so) …
Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support
Posted on 2022-09-19, 06:35
Thanks for doing that. I'm glad it's not just my system. It's certainly an... interesting design choice. I imagine there could be more games from that time period which use an odd surround implementation. It probably took developers some time to conform to the newly emerging sound standards in PC …
Re: List of Win9x games with surround sound support
Posted on 2022-09-17, 13:46
Cool. I’d be interested to know if you experience the same behavior. I tested Half-Life + patch 1.1.1.0 today and I can confirm your findings. The game uses 4 speakers normally, but the center speaker does become active when reverb/echo effects are present. I guess that technically counts as 5.1 …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-09-17, 06:20
Speaking of which... GOG has an amazing sale on the Gothic series right now that I could not resist. I picked up 1, 2, & 3 for less than $10 total (I read 4, now just called Arcania, is not very good). Great deal. I remember really enjoying the Gothic 2 demo many moons ago. Hopefully I have time …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 16:49
What I'm trying to say here is that if certain motherboards with certain chipsets support more than 64 MB of cacheable memory why not to use all of the cacheable memory available and not only up to 64 MB of it? And if memory nowadays is relatively cheap, why not to buy the maximum possible memory …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 15:54
So why do you argue with me? Maybe it's better us to try and find a suitable period correct motherboard with 430NX chipset (which supports up to 512MB of cacheable memory) instead? Or as a Christmas late present you would prefer a computer with the worst possible chipset? Is that your point?🙂 Again …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 15:36
Your example was a non-period-correct 430TX chipset supporting up to 64 MB of cacheable memory. My example is a period-correct 430NX chipset supporting up to 512 MB of cacheable memory. So what's your point? 🙂 The point was that certain chipsets made during that time had a limited amount of …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 15:15
Intel 430NX Chipset- Release date: 1994-03 (period correct), Supports Pentium 90 to 133 MHz CPUs, Cacheable memory - up to 512 Mb. 🙂 Of course certain chipsets could cache more than 64 MB. No one was claiming otherwise. The 430HX is another such example. My point was that the 430TX (as well as the …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 14:14
With all due respect, I'd rather read the manual or a book published by some well known publisher than a review of some 14 year-old-kid. That is certainly your prerogative. I suppose you have nothing against Intel as an official source though? This is page 1-5 from the document I linked to above ( …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 13:58
ThinkpadIL wrote on 2022-09-16, 13:56: IT competence of 14 year-old-kid? Ok ... 😂 He is not wrong in this particular case.
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 13:53
14 year old!!! Are you kidding me? "a very prominent hardware review website"🤣 By the way, this article is also written by this 14-year-old kid. 🙂 The fact that Anand was 14 at the time doesn't reduce the prominence of his website, nor his IT competence. What he wrote there about 64 MB being the …
Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?
Posted on 2022-09-16, 13:40
Article about one specific chipset from some unknown website (anandtech.com? what's that?) dated August 1, 1997 is period correct for the year 1995 and a book from a well known publisher dated 2003 is not period correct? Come on! 😄 The 1997 article is period correct for the Intel 430TX chipset …
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