Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-05-17, 21:50

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by matze79

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I'm guessing you never tested a VIA C3. That's actually the idea: you DON'T need to disable the L1 cache to hit a gazillion speed points (especially since there are games which enable the L1 cache at startup). You can selectively disable the branch prediction, instruction cache, decrease the …

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-16, 02:14

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It is sad that ati didnt support this card the way it should. Thanks for the link, I will try and compile it and come back with results as soon as possible. I guess I had really high hopes for this laptop, Im conflicted cuz I really like it tho haha I mean there are other options which are more …

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-15, 20:09

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Yep, its old, slow and barely does 3D, but why not I mean, I got to a title screen that surely means something. And in theory old MC could work with opengl 1.2 if Im not wrong. I might be stretching the capabilities of this laptop but Im having fun and learning a ton. I just need a little something …

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Re: Ati Rage Mobility M1 Laptop find and story, help with games

Posted on 2022-05-15, 17:39

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You try much too new Stuff on this Machine.. Minecraft lol, not sure what you expect from a "Windows 98 / 2000 Class Notebook" with Business Graphics. Your CPU is way too slow for MC. Also your Graphics Card. The M1 hardly does any 3D. It does not even support DirectX 9.0, its a DirectX 6.0 Class …

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Re: 1GB vs 2GB for gaming XP build

Posted on 2022-05-09, 06:55

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3GB Edit: Or 4GB for dual-channel? 4gb is pretty pointless if running a 32bit OS, since you will only ever get 3.5gb of it due to how Windows maps out Video memory, 3 gb is pretty nice but 2gb will also work just as good for gaming. Yea I know about the weird hacks that let you get 4+gb under a …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2022-05-02, 21:40

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by matze79

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Well if you care for CPU Utilisation go for SCSI CD-ROM and Controller with DMA Support ? There was a Reason, why SCSI was more expensive 😉

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Re: GPU Suggestions?

Posted on 2022-05-02, 21:38

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Hm i wouldnt even think about pairing a nforce board with a lowest end agp card. Well as you said preference. i rather like to run Athlon XP era Games on nforce 😉

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Re: GPU Suggestions?

Posted on 2022-05-02, 19:09

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Why ? GeForce 4 also works in AGP 1/2x Slot

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2022-05-01, 14:31

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by matze79

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RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2022-05-01, 14:28: I like the B&W box. The only thing that I would love to see is a box design for the X2GS (and any future successor) that has the GS logo on the top, but the X2 Box is obviously for both of the X2 models, so it's not sensible to have that printed on all of …

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Re: List of open-source PC hardware projects

Posted on 2022-04-27, 20:07

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by matze79

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Well, a PCB with 2 Connectors and just a 7905 is bit useless/expensive. You can simply buy 2x 0805 Capacitor, solder it on 7905 legs and solder -12V to In, -5V to Out and GND to GND. And put Stuff inside shrink tubing. Less then 2-2,50€

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2022-04-26, 22:05

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I was wondering: instead of hard-coding it, how hard would it be to make the I/O base port dynamic in some (or all?) of these patches? Perhaps by obtaining it from the BIOS Data Area (which would be 0040h:0008h for LPT1)? That would allow it to work, regardless of whether LPT1 is located at 0x3BC …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-04-25, 19:22

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by matze79

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I thought that all of the CMI chips were horrible for DOS games. Or is just all of the PCI ones? This is a very interesting project. Can you explain more about it's origin and your choice of sound chip? i have CMI Card and it sounds very good at LineOut. One of the most underrated chips for ISA …

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Re: what are your favourite ps/2 mice?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 18:25

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Logitech SBF196

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Re: MDA/CGA/EGA/VGA to HDMI using Raspberry Pi Zero

Posted on 2022-04-24, 08:25

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Genoa EGA works fine 👍

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Re: S3 ViRGE VLB project (or " Making a Concurrent for Creative 3D Blaster VLB" )

Posted on 2022-04-23, 05:19

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by matze79

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I use STB Powergraph BIOs with no flaws, for LFB a modded S3VBE20 Tool is needed

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Re: Video Card for Socket 7 PCI Build?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 22:03

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https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

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Re: Video Card for Socket 7 PCI Build?

Posted on 2022-04-22, 21:56

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The matrox has issues in scrolling games like commander keen. The verite is also very bad for msdos (slow) ATI mach64 Cards also have some issues with dos games. None of your choices is 100% trouble free

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Re: Recommended 2D/3D card for a 233MMX PC

Posted on 2022-04-22, 20:04

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@gmbl256 well seems we have misunderstood both a bit, i`m not native english speaker :-) I can play heroes 3 on riva128 4Mb and elsa gloria 8Mb (Permedia 2) on Pentium 233mmx with no problems during scrolling. It also can depend on the motherboard and its troughput, i also would recommend to review …

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Re: Mod Master XT 1.0 Released : Play .MOD, .XM and .VGM on a 8088 4MHz

Posted on 2022-04-22, 18:31

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by matze79

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FreddyV wrote on 2022-04-21, 05:03: The only .MOD player supporting VGM. 😀 Ah ok 😀 Does it play native, or call external programs like sbvgm ?

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Re: Recommended 2D/3D card for a 233MMX PC

Posted on 2022-04-19, 20:54

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Misinformation pff https://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article608.asp In the 90s DirectDraw 2D games in fullscreen mode commonly used 8-bit and/or 16-bit color depth, leaving room for page flipping and surfaces for a 2MB cards especially in resolutions up to 640x480. Stuck to 640x480 is pain …

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