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Re: 3D Accelerators Compared

Posted on 2012-04-05, 18:30

Does VQuake have the same disadvantages as GLQuake involving absent graphical features? As best I recall VQuake supported fullbrights, and you could force point-sampled filtering with mipmapping if you really wanted to. And, if this video's anything to go by, VQuake also ran with overbrights: …

Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2012-03-14, 13:21

Awesome! Ever done any tests on the Neon 250? I think I've generally heard that it's like an early version of the Kyro, with driver support dropped quite a while ago. From personal experience I'll assert that Half-Life 2 was playable on a Kyro II, though pretty resoundingly ugly. Not sure if Kyro …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-14, 13:18

God, that's a hell of a monitor. O_O The Radeon 9550XL seemed like a good initial option, but I was greeted with some strange visual artifacting in one or two games. That may have been a problem caused by leftover scraps from the driver install for an x800GTO a friend lent me, but I've settled on …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-06, 14:20

Can you use resolution trick on, say, GeForce 6800 GT? Is it a driver-related hack or hardware-related? Anyway, if there is also tool to force SSAA on Radeons, then it would definitely make them very interesting vidcard for old games. I'm not really an ATI user, but from my limited experience, it …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 20:33

My choices, in order : 1. ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB I'm still concerned about FSAA compatibility with older games though.... Don't be - ATI and Nvidia's drivers support forced FSAA for older apps, and it's about as seamless as you can imagine. Unless you're trying to force AA on DirectX 9 games using …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 14:44

I think you guys are confusing Jedi Knight : Dark Forces 2 with Jedi Knight 2 . NOLF2 will run great on your Win7 machine (I have also played the game under Win7 x64 and it runs perfectly), but the lack of widescreen support kills it. Heck, I'm still using a CRT monitor, what do I care about …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 14:29

When I need an all in one card for 90s to 2005 stuff, I go for a GF3 or 4Ti. Very powerful DX6-8 performance, enough to play NOLF2 at max settings 1280x1024 (you'd be surprised how much horsepower this needs), great Win98 compatiblity etc. Pity bout your FX, 64 bit is a bleh for anything post 2001. …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 14:27

An X850 XT PE might be better. It's a little slower than GF6800U with AA/AF turned off but once you turn them on the X850 pulls ahead because there isn't as much of a performance hit. (1) does X850 support Win98SE? (2) is there any way to force SSAA on x850? (1) The x800 series never got a Win9x …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 22:05

I wonder how it worked as I said then. Ya reckon my installer was magic? ;) As that article points out XP x64 intercepts a large number of Win16 installers and essentially converts them to run as 32-bit installers due to the sheer number of Win16 stub installers out there, and the large number of …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 21:15

make a shortcut to the installer, run the shortcut in win98 compat mode. I'm pretty sure I tried it, but even after getting it installed the rendering bug didn't go away. Regardless, part of why I'm building this low-spec, low-heat computer is so I won't have to worry about shoehorning old games …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 21:00

...And actually it looks like I can persuade No One Lives Forever 2 to run in Win7! Really, if that's your concern, Jedi Knight II can almost certainly be persuaded to run under Win7. I'm not sure about Shogo, but it's definitely come up here before. As best I recall JKII's installer wouldn't run …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 18:38

^^^ Well, sure, but I'm most concerned with the hardware I have, and what will strike the best balance between performance and compatibility with old games. Obviously I can switch cards too, and once the system's been built and all's installed I'll create an appropriate thread over in the System …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 18:21

NOLF 2 would be unplayable with a Rage 128 Pro. If you don't want the noisy fan try finding a cheap Ti 4200, great cards ! Sadly it's not just the noisy fan - the 5700SE's a deeply weird card made by Albatron, with the core speed of a 5700 Ultra married to 64-bit DDR with an effective bandwidth of …

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