Re: Diablo II + Glide wrapper: first impressions

Posted on 2017-01-03, 12:59

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When I first got Diablo II (I think it was 2001) , I played in Directdraw mode too , D3D looked better than plain software mode, but it was somewhat slow and glitchy (I remember it crashing occasionally) Glide mode running on a Voodoo3-5 is the way to go , either that or nglide.

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Re: broken/faulty Voodoo2?

Posted on 2017-01-03, 12:26

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if you are not getting weird polygons and shapes out of nowhere and its only not loading textures properly, its probably faulty memory. I had a Riva tnt with the same problems and it was solved replacing the memory chips (Not the same card, but still...). Try with other display resolutions to see …

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Re: broken/faulty Voodoo2?

Posted on 2017-01-03, 12:17

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it happens to just about all of the textures, and even text as you can see in the picture. It doesn't crash or freeze so I don't think its a heat issue (even more so since the cases are open)

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broken/faulty Voodoo2?

Posted on 2017-01-03, 11:44

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So my Voodoo2 card (Techworks branded, 12mb) seems to have suddenly stopped working properly, whenever Im running a game, all of the textures develop odd patterns. This happens with every game running on the Voodoo2 (running them on the host VGA card doesn't cause issues, and the 2D picture on the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-23, 19:29

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Got myself a Dell XPS D333 machine, as well as a few related extras Originally the machine didn't work , as the 200w Dell PSU was dead. By chance I have a spare Dell 250w PSU (came out of a Dimension 4100 I think) , and the machine works well. I also replaced the RAM ( I suspect it was dying, as the …

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Re: I have 4 Pentium III 1.26 GHZ - SL6BX Procs - Good To Keep?

Posted on 2016-12-20, 09:14

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Id say keep them , or at least keep one. you could always sell 3 of them and use the money to find a Tualatin compatible board.

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Re: Ultimate Windows 98 Machine

Posted on 2016-12-17, 15:43

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I quite like the system , but as previously stated I would change the motherboard, PCCHIPS weren't known for quality.

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Re: Intel Pentium III - 933 MHZ / 133 MHZ Motherboard Recommendations

Posted on 2016-12-11, 11:39

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Tetrium wrote: ElementalChaos wrote: The Dell Dimension 4100 series also used D815EEA motherboards. Do these work with standard ATX PSUs? sadly they don't , they use that non standard Dell connection.

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Re: Intel Pentium III - 933 MHZ / 133 MHZ Motherboard Recommendations

Posted on 2016-12-10, 23:35

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D815EEA2 is the one I use and its great, very stable, fast and supports the Tualatin chips natively as well , the D815EEA is also good, but as stated before it was also used in the Dell Dimension 4100 , so you have to be careful with that. on a personal level , I would avoid the VIA chipsets for the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-10, 23:24

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Got an MSI K7Pro Slot A motherboard , along with an Athlon 650 (Pluto revision)

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Re: Is Aliens vs. Predator 2 any good when using the Voodoo 2 SLI mode?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 22:58

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DOSfan1994 wrote: How was the speed? it was a while ago , but if I remember correctly, the frame rate was mostly in the 20s., sometimes lower depending on the scene.

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Re: Is Aliens vs. Predator 2 any good when using the Voodoo 2 SLI mode?

Posted on 2016-12-06, 21:14

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AvP2 is one of those games where the minimum system requirements are not nearly enough to run the game. Ive tried running the game on a PIII 800 and a Geforce2Ti , and it was not pleasant even at low resolutions. The game really needs a Geforce3/4 and an AthlonXP (or at least a Tualatin) to be good …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-05, 00:32

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Aren't pentium pro actually slower than regular pentiums when running DOS games ? yes and no. it really depends on the game, in a game like Quake, or Tomb Raider, the Pro will have the advantage , while lots of other games won't show any improvement (or may be a bit slower) that said, given a …

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Re: Giving windows Vista a second chance

Posted on 2016-12-05, 00:20

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Jade Falcon wrote: Vista has dx11 suport really? never knew that, always thought it was strictly limited to DX10

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-05, 00:04

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Aren't pentium pro actually slower than regular pentiums when running DOS games ? yes and no. it really depends on the game, in a game like Quake, or Tomb Raider, the Pro will have the advantage , while lots of other games won't show any improvement (or may be a bit slower) that said, given a …

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Re: Giving windows Vista a second chance

Posted on 2016-12-04, 23:46

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So how is Vista compared to Win 7 (with all the updates for both)? I never used Vista, jumped from XP to Windows 7 which is what I still use. from my own experience , its very much just a somewhat more bloated, and slightly buggier version of Windows7 , minus DX11 support. Win7 even kept the …

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Re: Do you prefer "Objectively fast" over "Properly dated"?

Posted on 2016-12-04, 23:41

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Generally speaking , I prefer going for hardware thats faster within reason than the target games that system is being asked to run. For instance using a Pentium Pro for DOS , or using a P3 Tualatin for WIn98. It really also depends on how much space you have, and if you dont have much room , …

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Re: Dell Precision 380 (Pentium 4 workstation)

Posted on 2016-11-26, 20:13

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really like the look of those early to mid 2000s workstations , quite classy (unlike many modern gaming rigs which seem try to appeal to teenagers)

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Re: Intel P6 Gen. 3 Retro System

Posted on 2016-11-26, 20:11

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my own Tualatin system is actually very similar to this , just with a 350w Enermax and a 15k SCSI drive as opposed to an SSD. Its basically the best Deus Ex machine you can get :P regarding WinME, it really depends on the hardware (not necessarily the capability, but other things too) , but its not …

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Re: Intel P6 Gen. 1 Retro System

Posted on 2016-11-17, 23:31

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I know you like the P6, but the Pentium Pro was slower clock for clock than Pentium Classic with 16bit software there is truth to that, though at the end of the day, both will run games like Doom very well , even Duke3D is fine on a Pentium Pro. Meanwhile stuff like Quake ,Tomb Raider , MDK , etc …

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