Re: The Need For Speed SE on Win98SE?

Posted on 2017-05-05, 08:49

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I remember that the vids were not working quite right in DOSBox either until I edited the config to set machine to svga_et4000 and added UNIVBE.exe at the bottom of the config to start before nfs.exe

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Re: The Need For Speed SE on Win98SE?

Posted on 2017-05-05, 08:22

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If you don't hear any sound, then likely your sound card configuration in Windows is not entirely correct. I recently built this machine, I only tested 2 games so far, Half-Life (which sounded spectacular with A3D) and an early alpha version of Serious Sam. Both games worked fine with no issues, …

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The Need For Speed SE on Win98SE?

Posted on 2017-05-05, 06:24

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Hello, my specs are: Asus CUSL2-C motherboard, i815EP chipset Pentium 3 1000mhz coppermine 320 MB PC133 SDRam (128+128+64) 3Dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP with official 1.07 driver Turtle Beach Montego 2 (Aureal Vortex2) with 2.041 driver WD Caviar SE 120GB IDE HDD some LG CD drive, dunno the model, connected …

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Re: can I run both Aureal Vortex2 and Audigy 2 ZS in the same Win9x machine?

Posted on 2017-05-04, 17:08

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I see. Then rather than swapping dll files, it might be less of a hassle to do what I thought of at first - dualboot two win98 installations

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Re: can I run both Aureal Vortex2 and Audigy 2 ZS in the same Win9x machine?

Posted on 2017-05-04, 06:13

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I see, that's quite a bit of trouble to go trough. What is "hardware profiles"? Never heard that term before... Oh,and Im thinking of Audigy 2 ZS, not SB Live 5.1, the Audigy 2 is a newer model, Im guessing it might not have DOS drivers? And why do I need to swap the a3d.dll file, can't I just leave …

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Re: can I run both Aureal Vortex2 and Audigy 2 ZS in the same Win9x machine?

Posted on 2017-05-03, 21:24

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I thought of another idea a bit earlier, perhaps dualbooting two installations of windows 98se, and only installing drivers for the vortex2 in the first, and only installing drivers for the audigy 2 in the second windows install, and that way I could reboot into the other windows install when I want …

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can I run both Aureal Vortex2 and Audigy 2 ZS in the same Win9x machine?

Posted on 2017-05-03, 12:49

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Hello, I have an Aureal Vortex 2 sound card in my Win 98SE gaming PC, it's a Turtle Beach Montego 2, which Im running with 2.041 drivers, and I love it for games that use the A3D api. Considering how many Win9x era games support the A3D api, I can confidently say the Vortex2 cards are the best Win9x …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-02, 06:54

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Bought a Logitech Wingman Formula Force steering wheel, the old red one with the belt-driven FFB. From my research the best wheel with Win9x drivers. Can't wait to test it in NFS 2 SE, but it came without a power brick for the FFB... It requires 20V 1.5A DC. The only power bricks with specs like …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-31, 11:41

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Best for Windows 98: GeForce 4 Ti 4600/4800 or GeForce FX 5900. FX 5700, 5950, and GeForce 6 are less ideal because you can't run 45.23 drivers which tend to offer the best compatibility. Later drivers definitely cause problems in some games. Based on this post I saw in another thread, perhaps …

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Re: Thoughts on Win98' Unofficial Service Pack 3.6?

Posted on 2017-03-28, 11:06

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I was unable to install some programs until I did install the updates in the service pack... I dont exactly remember which they were, I think it was daemon tools and hard disk sentinel

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Re: Thoughts on Win98' Unofficial Service Pack 3.6?

Posted on 2017-03-28, 10:17

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I'm using it because the windows updates refused to download trough IE6, some error about root certificate or whatever, and this unofficial service pack supposedly contains all the updates. Seems to work ok, though I did not install most of the features of the service pack, just the updates and a …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 18:59

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ok, guess I'll pass by this P4P800E Deluxe and wait for a P4C800E Deluxe to pop up. I would also like to find a Cooler Master ATC-201 case for this build, from several hours of research it seems that this has been one of the very best PC cases back in the day. For the past few days I've been unable …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 17:15

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Ok, so I think I have my answer now. Looks like the best build for my needs would be to look for an Asus P4P800E Deluxe motherboard (intel 865PE chipset), an Asus CT-479 adapter, a Pentium M (Dothan 90nm), and 2x256mb DDR400 (dual channel), which should give me the best platform performance possible …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 15:12

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I had in mind using one of those for a Socket A build: http://i.imgur.com/bf2sCb6.png But I took a look at those Turions you mentioned, and they sure look nice on specs: http://i.imgur.com/NUqEm7C.png Especially those last few ones with 1.2v 25W. If I can find a desktop motherboard that supports …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 12:50

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I was looking for some cpu scaling charts for 6800gt and found this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/1598/6 sadly they're using half-life 2 so I'm not sure just how relevant this would be for older games. To be honest I did not expect a card like that to be bottlenecked by a 1.4ghz tualatin, hell, I …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 12:02

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For some reason my CRT is letting me set only up to 75Hz at 1280x1024, while at 1600x1200 its allowing me to set 100Hz. Also 1280x1024 is 5:4 aspect ratio so it would look a bit weird. I'm currently running it at 1024x768 @ 120Hz for the voodoo3, but in Half-Life it often drops below 60fps... Do 754 …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 11:12

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if you're going to play Giants Citizen Kabuto, MDK2, Sacrifice, Wolfenstein and other 2000-2002 games Yeah, I would like to play those too, I haven't tried them yet but they're on my list to try :) I'm also almost finished with a WinXP build (c2d e8600, 750Ti, X-Fi) which would be for games of like …

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Re: I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 10:54

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I dislike P4 and would rather avoid it... if the P3 1.4ghz is not fast enough for the FX5950U, I guess the Athlon XP it is then. I'm guessing an Athlon XP at about 1.8ghz should be able to match a 2.5ghz P4... would that still bottleneck the FX5950 Ultra? And yes I can find a 6800GT as well but I …

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Re: Need for Speed 2 on modern computer?

Posted on 2017-03-27, 07:51

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yeah, had to run it in VMWare, with application compatibility toolkit with the patches above applied, also directsound acceleration disabled in dxdiag, and I think I used dgvoodoo2 as well for the glide version as the software version was broken as fuck... This game really hates modern PCs, you …

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I need some help deciding on a build

Posted on 2017-03-27, 06:52

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Hello guys, a while ago I built my first retro PC, with an Asus CUSL2-C mobo, P3 1ghz coppermine, 320mb pc133 sdram, 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP, Turtle Beach Montego 2 sound card, WD SE 120GB hard drive and Win98SE. While I'm enjoying it a fair bit, I dont think it's quite overpowered enough, especially …

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