Re: The "best" sound card for dos

Posted on 2012-08-28, 09:57

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by Gona

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The best combo would be: GUS Extreme + Roland MPU401/AT -> Roland SC-55, CM32-L, Yamaha MU50. It works the best with almost any game. No fm sound?! :surprised: All GUS soundcards have FM (I'm using my GUS classic only for FM) furthermore GUS Extreme have an ESS ES1688F chip also for SBpro …

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Re: Retro PC for MS-dos games

Posted on 2012-08-25, 21:08

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by Gona

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Great! Thank you! I'm going to test it sometime.

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Re: Retro PC for MS-dos games

Posted on 2012-08-25, 19:37

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by Gona

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You are welcome! With one computer for 2D/3D retro gaming, the DOS/Win98 would be the best choise. Some game have 3D patch for Voodoo in DOS (DOS Glide aka "GLIDOS"), for example Descent II; TombRider; Carmageddon; Grand Theft Auto. But most of Glide games requires Windows 9x/ME. The early S3 Trio64 …

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Re: Retro PC for MS-dos games

Posted on 2012-08-25, 15:46

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by Gona

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OK, primarily MS-DOS and secondly Windows. If you want to play Direct3D (DirectX); OpenGL and Windows based Glide games on this machine (with your Voodoo card), you requires Win95 or later. Windows versions before Win95 are 2D only (there is no hardware 3D API). All Win 3.1 based games that I have …

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Re: Retro PC for MS-dos games

Posted on 2012-08-21, 11:26

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by Gona

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My machine what I have built for late DOS games currently uses two videocard (Savage 2000 and Rendition Vérité V1000L-P), two 3D addon card (Voodoo1 and PowerVR PCX2) and two audio card (AWE64 Gold CT4390 and Roland SCC-1). This machine consumes gross (bruto) 80W in playing 3D game from CD. So the …

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-09, 19:11

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by Gona

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Thanks for the quick replies! 😀

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-09, 16:18

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by Gona

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Unfortunately I have no earlier ARK based cards, only I have an ARK Logic ARK2000PV that I have tested. I can say: this chip is the best by compatibility in the pre VBE 2.0 era. The ARK2000 is better LCD/TFT monitor than Cirrus Logic CL-GD5440; S3 Trio64V+ or Trident ProVidia 9685 because ARK not …

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-09, 16:15

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by Gona

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My site still invisible from US? And my main page? http://gona.mactar.hu/ Finally please try the page of my provider (just for test): http://www.xorp.hu/

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-05, 16:31

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by Gona

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Rendition cards have VESA BIOS Extensions 2.0. This is not bad, only the Fantasy Flipper is a too big advantage (two of my three Rendition cards/chips). I think they have made a slow down with intent for compatibility, because Rendition is one of the few slow enough chip thet can run Prehistorik 2 …

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Re: Gona's PCI and AGP video card DOS compatibility chart

Posted on 2012-08-04, 08:04

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Hi! Thanks for the PM Stiletto. I have made this test for this topic: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14296&start=61 87Hz (and all other yellow colored cells) does this mean this is usually problem for an LCD/TFT monitor. The 62 and 53Hz cells are red colored because this is problem on both …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-06-27, 20:28

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by Gona

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Thanks! The test with modern GPU is a good idea but I have no modern video card, the GeForce 6800GS is my latest card. I think the moden nVidia chips still have good DOS compatibility, at least much better than NV1/STG2000. 😀

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-06-25, 16:59

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by Gona

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nVidia chips (except NV1/STG2000) have good DOS compatibility. Cards from GeForce4 have problems in 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 in Duke Nukem 3D based engine games (from RIVA128 to GeForce3 this problem not exist). Maybe your problem also exist starting from GeForce4. If you have an older GeForce you …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-06-24, 20:13

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by Gona

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I have finished my full test. I need to modify my early results: On CRT monitor you can use Voodoo chips (with 2d part) without errors also (Voodoo Banshee; 3; 4 and 5). Same other chips will also work on CRT without problems: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5440;S3 Trio32;64;64V+;3D;Trident ProVidia 9685 (These …

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Re: Proprietary 3D API's

Posted on 2012-06-11, 20:18

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by Gona

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ATI CIF: ATI 3D Rage, 3D Rage II/II+/IIC, Rage Pro, Rage LT Pro Does anyone know whether it works with ATI Rage XL (its Rage Pro based)? Which is the fastest of these cards? (Rage Pro, Rage LT Pro or Rage XL?). Is there a list of games supporting it? (i found: WipeOut, Assault Rigs, MechWarrior II, …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-03-03, 20:05

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by Gona

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Great! Thank you!

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-03-03, 14:35

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by Gona

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It is interesting. I have tested a normal (non ultra) TNT2 and it also got "graphics mode too big" error message. This card is nVIDIA OEM (for Compaq). What is youd Boulderoid version? My is "v1.12" (1994.Jun.30). Here it is: http://193.166.3.2/pub/msdos/games/arcade/bould112.zip Now I have …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 12:59

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by Gona

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OK. I'm curious what is the result.

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 10:50

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by Gona

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Riva128 and TNT in DOS compatibility are amost the same as TNT2 and laters but I have found a game "Boulderoid" version 1.12: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/boulderoid that cannot start on Riva128; TNT (and 3Dlabs Permedia 2). The error message is: "graphics mode too big". But maybe it is a video …

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Re: Best DOS video card?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 08:56

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by Gona

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VBE 2.0 imortant for 640x400 and higher resolutions (in DOS). I have run DOS game on cards with VBE 2.0 in 1280x1024 resolution. I don't know what can do more the VBE 3.0... I have made some tests for Commander Keen 4;5;6 on AGP and PCI video cards: Works without error (also with most DOS games): …

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Re: Rendition Verité Speedy3D/RRedline info and pics

Posted on 2012-02-22, 09:35

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by Gona

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Great picture quality, but not too playable fps. 😀

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