Re: best driver for tnt2 / k6-2 build

Posted on 2021-11-28, 20:31

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by leonardo

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Hi, I currently have my K6-2 machine with a savage 3d agp, it runs unreal tournament fine but I have noticed that it has some bugs and problems with other games like the quake series (probably a driver/chipset issue). So, I'm thinking of replacing the savage 3d with a tnt2 that i have lying around. …

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Re: (dual fifo) Seconday IDE 'Yellow Exclamation' (Win98

Posted on 2021-11-06, 19:52

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by leonardo

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Hello all, My LiteON IDE CD-ROM drive that used to appear correctly fine under Windows 8SE, all of a sudden has the yellow exclamation mark and no matter how many times (or with different drivers) I update, it fixes it temporarily when the Windows session is active, but I when I reset or turn the …

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Re: K6-2+ 450, Asus VX97 Build

Posted on 2021-10-31, 21:37

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by leonardo

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Decided to test an MX4000 in this PC now that it's got a screen with VGA input (no DVI on this card). 3dmark 99 - 1881, 4931 cpumarks 3dmark 2k - 1508, 107 cpu 3dmarks (first run after installing this card got 1809, 119 cpu 3dmarks for some reason) Dang. Is that Radeon a 32bit memory version or …

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Re: K6-2+ 450, Asus VX97 Build

Posted on 2021-10-27, 18:36

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by leonardo

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Onto the 64meg benchmarks: 64MB with motherboard Cache On: ... 3dmark 2k - 805 3dmarks, 41 cpumarks Your scores seem to be on the low side, although I can only compare the 3DMark2000 one. My similar system at 450MHz gets some ~1550 points currently, give or take. Are you running the benchmark in 32 …

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Re: Can you help me building a Windows 98 SE gaming machine?

Posted on 2021-10-27, 18:13

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by leonardo

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Not meaning to sound like a killjoy, but this seems on the extreme high-end for Windows 98. What are you looking to play on this kind of hardware with Windows 98 that wouldn't also work on Windows XP? Hi Leonardo, the fact is that Windows 98 brings me a lot of nostalgia, and back then I couldn't …

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Re: Interview with "last XP fan"

Posted on 2021-10-27, 06:57

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by leonardo

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Nobody would be foolish enough to connect a PC directly to their cable modem without using a router. Or a least even Windows XP's "built-in" firewall. It was quite common actually back in the early days. People know better now, but in many cases you only had a modem and no router… and the XP …

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Re: Interview with "last XP fan"

Posted on 2021-10-26, 20:29

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by leonardo

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Didn't the uncanny valley valley wallpaper and toy-color scheme turn any of you guys off? I seriously thought Ballmer and Gates were trolling us there. :D Yes, and the sorry state XP RTM was in. So much bugs and errors. I'm glad Windows 7 and 10 were so much better . I honestly cannot tell if …

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Re: Can you help me building a Windows 98 SE gaming machine?

Posted on 2021-10-26, 20:24

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by leonardo

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Not meaning to sound like a killjoy, but this seems on the extreme high-end for Windows 98. What are you looking to play on this kind of hardware with Windows 98 that wouldn't also work on Windows XP? For proper DOS mode/legacy gaming you'd want something older to not run into issues - ...and btw. " …

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Re: Interview with "last XP fan"

Posted on 2021-10-26, 20:16

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by leonardo

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Didn't the uncanny valley valley wallpaper and toy-color scheme turn any of you guys off? I seriously thought Ballmer and Gates were trolling us there. 😁

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Re: Serial port PCI card on Windows 95

Posted on 2021-10-26, 13:47

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by leonardo

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It's an early Windows XP computer actually. It took me several days to get Windows 95 installed and running, I had to patch it to hell and back... Never done anything like this before, last time I used that OS my age was a single digit! It actually worked alright once patched (fast CPU patch, high …

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Re: Serial port PCI card on Windows 95

Posted on 2021-10-26, 10:31

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by leonardo

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Does your motherboard have ISA slots? eBay is littered with port cards for ISA, all of which would probably work with Windows 95 without additional drivers. The bandwidth required for serial/parallel ports is low enough that it won't make a difference if the card is PCI or ISA. I'm afraid not, the …

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Re: Serial port PCI card on Windows 95

Posted on 2021-10-25, 12:53

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by leonardo

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Does your motherboard have ISA slots? eBay is littered with port cards for ISA, all of which would probably work with Windows 95 without additional drivers. The bandwidth required for serial/parallel ports is low enough that it won't make a difference if the card is PCI or ISA.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-10-24, 21:33

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by leonardo

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Here are the report files for my older systems: Methuselah system thread / Methuselah.zip Longbottom system thread / Longbottom.zip I would also like to note that HWiNFO 7.12 does not start on Windows 95. There is no error, it just fails to load. Dependency Walker doesn't find any issues with 7.12, …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-10-24, 21:04

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by leonardo

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Here are the report files for my older systems: Methuselah system thread / Methuselah.zip Longbottom system thread / Longbottom.zip I would also like to note that HWiNFO 7.12 does not start on Windows 95. There is no error, it just fails to load. Dependency Walker doesn't find any issues with 7.12, …

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Re: Last time ordering from electromyne :-(

Posted on 2021-10-20, 20:54

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by leonardo

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Waited 1 day no answer. I lost hope on them and will order from ebay next time to save time and money. A whole day, eh? Give the guy a chance to respond. Usually you can expect a response within 2-3 business days. I would begin to worry if there was no response after a week. Also, it does seem the …

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Re: 6800gt blue tinted

Posted on 2021-10-15, 11:14

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by leonardo

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Hello guys, I've just got a 6800gt, everything seems to be ok with Windows 2000, I tried the card with Need for Speed Underground 2 to see if the card perform well, and it was perfect for me. I previously used a 6600gt with a Sony G500 and the colors were great. This time it's a little bit …

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Re: K6-2+ Questions

Posted on 2021-10-15, 10:40

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by leonardo

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Enabling write combining is something I know nothing about, but I'd definitely be interested in learning. I can help you there as I've only just discovered tweaking that stuff myself. Here's the post where I explain what I've learned about it. In my case, the system I had definitely did not support …

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Re: "low-cost" PCI gaming videocard

Posted on 2021-10-14, 20:30

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by leonardo

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I'm searching a good "low-cost" PCI videocard alternative to V2/V3 for up to DX6 gaming on win98 platform. Videocard will be used on socket7 motherboard (no AGP support) paird with cyrix MII 300 (have MMX 233 as well) and 128mb of RAM .... I don't know what's going on with the prices as of late, …

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Re: Can't access LAN on a Windows 95B / NT4 machine

Posted on 2021-10-14, 12:58

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by leonardo

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... This specific Asus P3B-F has 1AGP, 6 PCI and 1 ISA (some have more/less PCI/ISA slots). According to the BIOS and the manual, AGP/PCI1, PCI3/PCI6 and PCI4/PCI5 share IRQs. My configuration is: AGP - Voodoo3 PCI1 - not used for GPU airflow PCI2 - Voodoo2, so the passthrough VGA cable is as close …

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Re: Can't access LAN on a Windows 95B / NT4 machine

Posted on 2021-10-11, 12:57

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by leonardo

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Have you installed the WinSock 2 update for Windows 95? It's included in the Unofficial Service Pack 1.05, but if you didn't install that you need to download and install it separately. I'm not using unofficial Service Packs since they're only available in English or other languages, if I use them …

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