Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-27, 11:43
F2bnp wrote: 74FPS could be attributed to V-Sync and your monitor running at 75Hz. 🤣 Of course. Noob mistake 😊
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-27, 11:16
Chipset / AGP driver, USB driver, IDE driver, graphics driver. That's the order I do it in.
Re: DirectX 9.0c build
Posted on 2015-09-27, 10:26
Very nice!
Re: DirectX 9.0c build
Posted on 2015-09-27, 09:32
Unless hardware accelerated audio means that much to you. :lol: It does to me :lol: And having land mass reflections in Far Cry. And FEAR not slowing down after a while and not having to disable HID devices. And many other little fixes one needs to google and apply to get XP games going under …
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-27, 08:12
Tertz wrote: philscomputerlab wrote: I found that the mouse was not as smooth when playing FPS games with PS/2. May ps2rate would help with setting ~200 Hz. Thank you!
Re: ProteusGM (Creative Wave Blaster 1 inspired soundfont)
Posted on 2015-09-27, 05:08
I've used the ProteusGM 1.1 SoundFont in my latest video about System Shock. In this part I did a sound comparison, comparing FM vs Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth vs ProteusGM 1.1: https://youtu.be/5XyYCh4W61c?t=2m46s
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2015-09-27, 05:05
Yes it's a great CPU! Will need to do a video featuring it, some sort of build guide 🤣
Re: Anyone know where i can get voodoo 1 drivers?
Posted on 2015-09-27, 00:46
You should try every PCI slot.
Re: Anyone know where i can get voodoo 1 drivers?
Posted on 2015-09-27, 00:16
See if the card even works. Try DOS and Tomb Raider 3dfx demo. If that doesn't work, then you got some hardware issue.
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-27, 00:15
74 fps? A TNT2 does 50 fps at 1024 x 768 32 bit. A 9600 should absolutely smash Quake II.
Re: DirectX 9.0c build
Posted on 2015-09-26, 22:15
Great thing with XP is that the GOG games install without issues 😀 Steam also works fine, though I can't remember if I used SP3, I think I did. In terms of hassle, installing from discs + finding the latest patches can sometimes be more hassle. It depends.
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2015-09-26, 21:52
Another GOG Tweak Guide :) System Shock GOG Tweak Guide Featuring Deemster's Proteus SoundFont! The video covers: Comparison FM vs. General MIDI Using VirtualMIDISynth and SoundFont Configuring the game to use General MIDI rather than FM Tweaking the graphics Boosting the Sound Blaster sample rate …
Re: DirectX 9.0c build
Posted on 2015-09-26, 11:43
Yea GF7 is ok up to 1024 x 768 or something like that, but when you game at 1600 x 1200 or Full HD, it simply doesn't have enough power. Not to mention AA. Curious about these artefacts though. My final XP system (back in the day) was a Core 2 Duo and 8800GT. It was awesome. Had XP and was playing …
Re: DirectX 9.0c build
Posted on 2015-09-26, 06:05
Nice! Cool to see that you're branching out in new directions :) My take on Windows XP gaming is that after 2006 / 2007 most games had some sort of DX10 feature. Be it something little as better waves or whatever. EAX also stopped getting used after that, which is sad. Crysis for example does look …
Re: System Shock might be available to buy soon!
Posted on 2015-09-26, 02:59
Ah good to know. On my PC a cycle speed of 30k seems to work well for 320 x 200 and 100k for 640 x 480. I'm working on a tweak guide for this game 😀
Re: Anyone know where i can get voodoo 1 drivers?
Posted on 2015-09-26, 02:48
Phil, is those the official drivers that would come on a install cd? Well, back in the day, long time ago, when I bought my Voodoo, I believe it was an Orchid, it came with an Orchid installation CD and Orchid software / drivers. The Internet wasn't really around, so game magazines would put newer …
Re: Anyone know where i can get voodoo 1 drivers?
Posted on 2015-09-26, 01:59
I've got the most important ones on my site: http://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-voodoo.html
Re: Pentium 4 1.6 GHz vs Celeron 2.0 GHz
Posted on 2015-09-26, 01:59
Can you provide more detailed model numbers /descriptions? Cache, FSB, core names.
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-26, 01:30
I know, I did it because I was investigating why the mouse was smoother via USB. If I ever run into this issue again, I might make a quick video about it as the difference, like always, can be subtle to some and unnoticed. You know, like the 60 fps debate and all of that :) Could have been an …
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-09-26, 01:15
Now if you're DOS gaming as well, then you will need PS/2, no doubt. Not really, unless the BIOS is ancient (SS7-ancient), an USB mouse will be used through the Legacy Support, and behave as if it were a PS/2 one. It was a Pentium III. Legacy USB was disabled in the BIOS. Windows 98 SE supports USB …
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