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Posted on 2007-03-28, 21:26

[edited, just leaving this so replies make sense re drivers] windows 2000 periodically crashes with nv4_disp bsod, seems to be driver issue but using 94.24, maybe it needs xp? Athlon XP3000 - Abit AN7 - 1gb ram TB Santa Cruz Gainward 7800GS+ AGP

Re: The Aureal Mystery - old Win Games and a3d in Windows XP

Posted on 2007-03-28, 20:14

in Windows
I bought a Diamond Monster MX300 on ebay as well pretty recently, and I've used it both under Windows 2000 and Windows 98, which is where it is now [98]. I originally used the Aureal Vortex 2 drivers I already had, but recently downloaded "proper" MX300 drivers release 1.02. Was a bit of hassle to …

Re: GeForce 6800 SLI works on Windows 98?

Posted on 2007-03-11, 10:11

in Windows
I've tried this and it's true. Driver versions up to 66.93 will allow a 6600 or 6800 to play AvP, but with anything later you just get glowing patches and no real picture. The theory on the nvidia forum is that nvidia have turned off some functionality as part of the attempt to squeeze as much …

Re: Fastest gfx card for a K6/3 system?

Posted on 2007-02-28, 12:23

fwiw I found what I needed on k6plus.com: looks like it may be worth experimenting with a gf3 ti, for dx8 games i might want to play on this machine [wc3 springs to mind]. reason i might want to do that is as a third or fourth machine in a multiplayer match. not sure if the gf2 has advantages in …

Re: Best video cards for 486 system

Posted on 2007-02-25, 11:37

That's great - many thanks - exactly what I was after. I had read through some discussions here but wasn't sure of drawing a reasonable conclusion. The tk8881 does have UMC 8881. The Jetboard manual says ithe 466b is PCI 2.0. Jetboard has 4 SIMM slots, tk8881 has only 2. Presumably old DOS games …

Fastest gfx card for a K6/3 system?

Posted on 2007-02-24, 12:22

OK, I have a Gainward GF2 Ti450, which is noticeably faster than anything else I have tried in my k6/3 box. Would anything go noticeably faster do you think? Or would faster gfx cards be cpu-limited? Been looking at old Tom's Hardware AGP reviews...

Best video cards for 486 system

Posted on 2007-02-24, 12:19

I am wondering what a 486 system would be capable of, and what the best cards to get for it would be. If I ever get round to putting the system together! The motherboards I have are a tk8881, and a Jetboard 466B, both apparently unused. Processors are 486 DX50 and 486 DX25 I think. The boards have …

Re: GeForce 6800 SLI works on Windows 98?

Posted on 2006-12-08, 21:41

in Windows
Something else you may want to bear in mind. I have a 6600 and it will not play AvP, the display is useless. Apparently this something to do with the way the card works - some aspects of old-style are not implemented [I forget what the explanation was I'm afraid]. If the 6800 is based on the same …

Voodoo 5 single processor option

Posted on 2006-11-24, 22:41

I just had a look on my Voodoo 5 machine, which uses Amigamerlin drivers in Windows 2000. There are anti-aliasing seetings under OpenGL and DirectX, which allow a choice between 2x, 4x, disabled, fastest performance etc., and also have an option for single processor [no AA]. So at least in Windows …

Re: List of Voodoo1-only games? (early GLide games?)

Posted on 2006-11-17, 18:51

I have a feeling these environment variables made no difference to my problem, but I gave up for a while. It looks to me as though the variables in the list are for the Voodoo 1, not the Voodoo 2 - for example: SST_TMUMEM_SIZE=2 should maybe be: SSTV2_TMU_MEMSIZE=2 Maybe will try this later.

Re: Screen flicker?

Posted on 2006-11-13, 15:39

Ho hum, I tried my 17 inch monitor [15 inch visible], but no joy. I don't think, it's 320x200 as such causing a problem, as Quake runs on either monitor at that scale [albeit from Windows 98]. Maybe I'll try it in Dosbox [on a faster machine!], and see what happens.

Re: Screen flicker?

Posted on 2006-11-11, 10:40

I've tried an ATI Rage Pro AGP,and an ATI Mach64 PCI - neither make any difference. I also tried with the V1 disconnected and CPU cache disabled. Still get the flicker. I've got a less sophisticated monitor so I'll try that next.

Re: Screen flicker?

Posted on 2006-11-05, 21:26

Right, I will try another card when I get time. Any views on a good card for DOS games? AGP or PCI if possible - there's no free ISA slots left in this machine so if ISA is better for DOS games then I will have to change the mobo. I can try the following easily [from the spares box] but if there's …

Screen flicker?

Posted on 2006-11-05, 19:12

I've put together a PC for DOS games - probably not ideal but some if it was already in the case from a previous project and I mainly just set up disks and cards: Soyo SY 5EMA+ mobo K6/2+ 550 256MB RAM 6GB Quantum Bigfoot Matshita CD running off sound card SB Pro2 GUS ACE Matrox G200 8mb AGP Voodoo …

Problem with Full Throttle

Posted on 2006-11-05, 18:57

I've got Full Throttle, Mac Version [original disks] and I am trying to run it on amy Mac. What happens is that it keeps crashing [freezing] with some sort of CD error message - I'm afraid I forget what exactly but I am mainly wondering if there is anything obvious likely to stop the game running. …

Re: Lemmings 2 - setting up memory in DOS

Posted on 2006-10-10, 15:28

in DOS
OK, I've unloaded various things from config.sys and now Lemmings2 runs. But I get a screen flicker every few seconds... any ideas here? Do I need an older graphics card ? Or is it likely to be by monitor?

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