Re: Pentium 4/Socket 478 Dual-Boot Windows 98 & Windows XP Gaming Setup

Posted on 2020-04-07, 08:44

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in Marvin \ System Specs

A few questions for you, or for anyone else, really. 1. The GeForce 6600 GT has only 128MB of VRAM, while my current 6200 has 256MB - will that make much of a difference, or will the greater capability of the 6600 over shadow any VRAM-related discrepancies? 2. I was under the impression that …

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Re: Pentium 4/Socket 478 Dual-Boot Windows 98 & Windows XP Gaming Setup

Posted on 2020-04-06, 22:51

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Impressive post! Hats for for describing all your problems along with the solution/workaround.

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Re: ASUS KN97-X / Slot 1 i440FX Tualatin success!

Posted on 2020-04-06, 21:11

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@bastlerMike I need to try and jock your memory a bit. When you used BIOS patcher, do you remember if you skipped any steps or used any special commands? Just running the BIOS file (from asus.com) through fixes some issues and gives a patched file. It says you must patch with bootblock since it was …

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Experiences with early Windows XP games on late Windows XP hardware

Posted on 2020-04-06, 10:52

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I'm thinking of building a pure Windows XP machine. I currently have a P4 setup with dualboot Win98 and XP, but it's not powerful enough for later Windows XP games. I have several options in terms of hardware all ranging from Pentium 4, Athlon FX-57, Core2 to X58 Core i7 setups. What are your …

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Re: Glide 2.1.1 games and Voodoo 2

Posted on 2020-04-04, 15:22

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I've tested: - Mechwarrior 2 - Pandemonium - CyberGladiators - Scorched Planet Setup is a Pentium II 266 with a Voodoo3 PCI. Mechwarrior 2 starts and works fine, even in 800x600, but framerate is in the single digits. It's not playable. Pandemonoium starts (using the trick to copy in pandy3.exe), …

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Re: ASUS KN97-X / Slot 1 i440FX Tualatin success!

Posted on 2020-04-04, 15:15

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BastlerMike wrote on 2020-04-04, 13:30: Take a look at the Bios hardware monitor. As stated in my initial post, the onboard VRM should deliver voltages down to 1,3 V. Didnt think this board had such a feature! Must be one of the first one ever for the consumer marked.

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Re: ASUS KN97-X / Slot 1 i440FX Tualatin success!

Posted on 2020-04-04, 12:13

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I tested 2.0V slot1 450mhz P2 in the KN97-X. It was recognized as a Pentium MMX 300mhz (because of 66mhz bus). Is there a good way to check if the board gave 2.0v to the CPU or if its actually running at 2.8v? I didn't take the chance on running it on for a long time.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-03, 21:14

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After years of searching I finally got hold of the ASUS C-PKND cpu card for my P65UP5 board. It came fully boxed, just missing the brackets. Filename IMG_20200403_230346.jpg File size 1.76 MiB Views 577 views Filename IMG_20200403_230501.jpg File size 1.86 MiB Views 577 views Filename IMG_20200403_ …

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Re: Build Advice - Best All Rounder Retro PC for the first 2.5 eras of gaming

Posted on 2020-04-03, 08:19

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You're better off building one retro PC for DOS/Win98, and try playing XP games on modern PCs. Spanning all three tends to result in highly compromised builds. I agree with this statement. I also originally tried to do all in one, but it's just not practical. I'm the kind of gamer/person who cannot …

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Re: Modified BIOSes for ASUS P3B-F, P3V4X and CUBX-E/L

Posted on 2020-04-03, 08:09

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for this! Will use it on my P3B-F 😀

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Re: ASUS KN97-X / Slot 1 i440FX Tualatin success!

Posted on 2020-04-03, 07:53

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I don't remember the exact steps at the moment, but everything is described here: www.rom.by/articles/BP/index_english.htm I tested the 3dmark performance under Windows XP with several graphics cards. There were no problems observed. Thanks! I thought I was the only one with the KN97-X btw. I …

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Re: Glide 2.1.1 games and Voodoo 2

Posted on 2020-04-02, 20:29

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kjliew wrote on 2020-04-01, 20:59: @vetz I updated the attachment to include an i586 version without CMOV instructions. Check it out if you will. Thanks! I'll check it out this weekend and give you a report back 😀

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Re: ASUS KN97-X / Slot 1 i440FX Tualatin success!

Posted on 2020-04-02, 16:10

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I own the same board and I also just recently acquired the C-PKND Pentium II slot1 board to ASUS P65UP5 board. The C-PKND is very similar to this board (same chipset, manufacturer and same date). I plan to do the same type of CPU tests as you've done above. Would you mind sharing the bios used to …

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Re: Glide 2.1.1 games and Voodoo 2

Posted on 2020-04-01, 13:24

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kjliew wrote on 2020-04-01, 07:33: @vetz Will i686 work for you? It will contain CMOV instructions or you really mean i586. Actually i686 would work as it's a Pentium Pro setup, but I recon a i586/MMX release would be beneficial as well.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-01, 09:14

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-04-01, 09:00: Time to catch that deal! And COVID-19! Thanks for the laugh of the day, need that in these times 😀

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Re: Glide 2.1.1 games and Voodoo 2

Posted on 2020-04-01, 07:04

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@Gamecollector Are you still interested in testing Glide 2.1.1 games on the Voodoo2? Recent GNU GCC toolchain improvements make writing redirection DLL very simple. I just cooked up a full implementation of Glide 2.1.1 wrapper that wraps into Glide 2.4, ie. glide.dll -> glide2x.dll. It allows me to …

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Re: EVs in Norway

Posted on 2020-03-02, 08:53

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If Norway wants to be "eco-friendly" how about they stop exporting oil then if it is so bad for environment ? It is easy to look fancy and modern when you have accumulated so much wealth selling your oil to others. What would happen is that Russia or Saudia-Arabia would fill that gap with no …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:01

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So, could it be possible to replace it with underlined text or something similar? You did a great work here, by the way. Confirmed that color is not coming back, I'll add some type of legend for those titles when I'm done at work. Hi!! I think I have the original web in a html in my PC, if you want …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:00

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Der Kuenringer wrote on 2020-02-09, 18:45: Is the PowerVR SGL version of Flight Unlimited exclusive to Win9x? Yes it is 😀

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2020-02-06, 20:37

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ntalaec wrote on 2020-02-06, 18:26: Since the forum update, all green text in the original post that indicated exclusive games was removed. Is it possible to restore it? Color not supported any longer. I've asked in mod section if this will be restored. Else the green color needs to be replaced …

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