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Re: Savage4 vs Voodoo Banshee

Posted on 2020-06-05, 06:58

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The Savage4 LT is an 8MB card with slower clocks? I think the Banshee beats it. A Savage4 does give you some new features like true 32-bit rendering, S3 texture compression (S3TC) and the Metal API. Only the Metal API is unique to S3. I would consider the games you want to play to see if those …

Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible

Posted on 2020-06-04, 14:36

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

The angle I wanted to pursue was looking at tools like VGA240 (https://github.com/joncampbell123/doslib/blob/master/hw/vga/vga240.c) and performing something likewise in reverse. Knowing that some games like Chasm can force 70Hz, I went and investigated related hardware registers of the Savage4 to …

Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible

Posted on 2020-06-04, 14:07

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I used a Matrox G200 with flat panel daughterboard before: it seems to stick to its supported VESA modes and sticks with 640x480 with borders when going lower. It did set a resolution of 656x414@70Hz when running the Triton Gravis UltraSound demo on my flatscreen TV, which isn't in the list of …

Re: PC HDMI\DVI to CRT SD TV [HELP]

Posted on 2020-06-04, 07:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

JaKSLaP wrote on 2020-06-03, 00:04: and it did not work all the colours where mixed up. Was that the only issue? Image is stable?

Re: Witchaven 2

Posted on 2020-06-04, 07:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Great that it works! For me it makes a difference, but I notice it's still sensitive in certain area's. Where it first was slow and felt like having glue under my shoes with running and jumping, it now runs ok, but level complexity can cause some issues. And I think the artwork for Witchaven 2 is …

Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-03, 14:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

ras2a wrote on 2020-06-02, 23:09: Thanks mate, so how do you legislate for that volume loss? Is a line level gain booster safe to use with the powered speaker? I stopped using it.

Re: Witchaven 2

Posted on 2020-06-03, 14:05

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I have this game. Tons of issues due to clockspeed. Check https://ettingrinder.youfailit.net/wh-egwhaven.html for tips and the EGwhaven version. It's better but some clockspeed issues remain (turning around in simple levels at warp speed).

Re: finding a working IDE DVD drive

Posted on 2020-06-03, 13:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you finalize the discs? If not, that may cause trouble reading them on other devices.

Re: Art SplitMix 4 and volume loss

Posted on 2020-06-02, 14:02

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Best solution is an active mixer. Otherwise a line level gain booster, but if you have to buy one, you might just as well buy an active mixer. I also have an Art SPLITMix4, the volume loss is indeed noticable.

Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-06-02, 07:00

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have a bunch myself as well. The only ones I bought to have were the AWE64 Gold! cards. All the others just came in lots with other stuff. Really easy to end up with a bunch of CT4520 and some CT4500 cards without even trying. Somehow I've managed to not find any AWE64s(I do have an AWE32 CT3910, …

Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible

Posted on 2020-05-29, 14:00

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

That's some testing you did there! In case of modifying the BIOS: does unscaled output get projected at 1600x1200 (centered with borders) because of the behaviour of the monitor when it encounters non-native resolutions? Or is it because of the EDID and the card selecting 1600x1200? It would be …

Re: 70Hz in pure DOS at 1600x1200 (or other) over DVI on an old card (FX5900) with modern monitor is possible

Posted on 2020-05-28, 17:37

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

What happens if you add 640x400 @70Hz? That might be interesting to get unscaled output for DOS games.

Re: PCI Video cards benchmark: Electric Boogaloo Edition

Posted on 2020-03-02, 13:49

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

That's some really nice work! Very interesting and valuable findings. Seeing your notes about S3/S3 Savage 4: I've noticed in Duke Nukem 3d and Blood that when running @320x200 and switching from Chained Mode to Screen Buffer mode in the config file I gain around 30 frames when approaching simple …

Re: Pentium 2 @ 133 mhz help

Posted on 2020-03-02, 12:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know about any secret 2x multiplier setting, but you could drop the FSB to 50Mhz and get 150. Or try a software tool like H.Oda!'s SoftFSB.

Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-02-28, 08:37

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Really interesting project. I actually avoided the SB16 and the likes after becoming aware of the bugs and shortcomings. But with those fixed... I want one!

Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 08:35

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

j^aws wrote on 2020-02-15, 21:14: Keep the payment. Look after your health first. This. The project shouldn't be a source of stress for you.

Re: 4GB SD cards may not work in SDHC devices

Posted on 2019-12-18, 08:49

in Milliways

in Milliways

There were some manufacturers that did disregard the specifications. I recall many people asking about specific brands and cards for camera's and old school MP3 players and there were quite some offerings. Still available it seems: https://www.memoryx.com/ts4gsdc.html

Re: AWE64 Gold Engineering sample

Posted on 2019-11-29, 13:29

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

The model is silkscreened on the PCB and in the filename. Or am I missing something?

Re: VRAM vs DRAM

Posted on 2019-11-29, 10:56

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Is it Doom's Mode Y that benefits from SGRAM? I compared my G200 (SDRAM) and Savage4 (SGRAM) and they have similar performance. With Doom the G200 is around 2 frames faster than the Savage4, but the Savage4 feels smoother.

Re: VRAM vs DRAM

Posted on 2019-11-29, 09:11

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

How does SGRAM compare? It's single ported, I've seen some Voodoo 3 benchmarks showing that it is faster, but does this do anything for DOS?

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