WinXP / Modern launchers for Duke3d (and other build engine) & Doom etc

Posted on 2021-07-09, 14:01

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Hey guys, I know this might sound a bit of a weird combination? But please bare with me, on my winxp gaming machine (P3 1.4ghz and V5 5500) I cannot seem to find any modern source port launchers that actually work with these games, ie; Build engine games & Doom engine. With eDuke I tried older …

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Re: Auzentech Prelude 40 pin header uses?

Posted on 2020-12-09, 15:49

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Old reviews for that card say the 40 pin header supports AD_LINK which is the pinout the Audigy 2 and other X-Fi cards use. I can't confirm it, but you could use a multimeter and see if the grounds and +5V pin line up. If it does those accessories should work with that card. https://pinouts.ru/ …

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Auzentech Prelude 40 pin header uses?

Posted on 2020-12-08, 22:06

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Hi guys, I'm just wondering if anyone can give me some good examples of what can be plugged in to the Auzentech X-fi Prelude sound cards 40 pin rear header? I know they had their own 'X-Tension' device but I'm not sure if this header was limited to just that item. I'd be interested if anyone has a …

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Re: Distorted audio in certain games with X-fi (win2k/winxp)

Posted on 2020-12-07, 10:45

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_UV_ wrote on 2020-12-07, 03:30: Creative cards know to have problems with wrong PCI latency. Maybe with ID engines you have too tight data transfers to VooDoo so it affects SB performance. IRQ is irrelevant with ACPI and XP, OS using "virtual" IRQs. Do you have any suggestions for a different …

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Re: Distorted audio in certain games with X-fi (win2k/winxp)

Posted on 2020-12-06, 21:20

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I just did another fresh install of XP this time with the last official 3dfx drivers. The problem is improved but not gone, see this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hXyb54IeXmJHIQdFrpbivT4LTHn-HEiU/view?usp=drivesdk Seems the audio goes bad when the FPS drops. When viewing the portal. I'm …

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Distorted audio in certain games with X-fi (win2k/winxp)

Posted on 2020-12-06, 20:28

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Hi Vogons, This is a really weird issue, I'll try my best to explain: Firstly system: CPU: 1.4Ghz P3 Tualatin Mobo: Asus TUSL-2c ram: 512mb Grx: PCI V5 5500 Snd: Creative Xfi platinum hdd(s): 1x 16gb CF card (system) 1x 64gb CF card (games) Problem: System was working perfectly, and had been for a …

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Re: Best drivers for SB X-Fi cards and Win2k

Posted on 2020-12-04, 23:21

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Have you tried the latest XP drivers directly from Creative Labs? XP drivers don't install on win2k from my experience. XP was set as the minimum OS for most of the retail releases. A fairly new net-update driver pack does install though, but it has no specific creative apps or bloat, not sure …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2020-12-04, 23:00

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Shouldn't the title of this thread be corrected? 3dfx Glide _is_ a proprietary API. It should say: (Proprietary APIs - No OpenGL/Direct3D)

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Best drivers for SB X-Fi cards and Win2k

Posted on 2020-12-04, 22:53

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Hi there, I'm currently using some rather sparse net-update wdm drivers for my creative X-Fi card in Windows 2000. I was wondering if anyone was aware of either the best and/or most recent drivers compatible with Win2k. Thank you,

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Re: A3D Audio In GOG release of Soldier of Fortune

Posted on 2020-04-13, 15:07

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Sometimes these games have a dummy A3D dll inside them, might need to delete it if so.

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Re: Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-13, 00:14

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The requirement for OS to work is fixed disk bit is set in the compact flash. Without this OS will not boot or refuse to install. The consumer CF (most of them), is set as removable disk. Most reliable way is industrial CF cards which is usually 95% set as fixed disk. Cheers, Thank you, much …

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Re: Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-12, 16:20

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Sorry guys I did not realise Winworld was classed as a warez site & thought abandonware was acceptable. Going forward I am using my OFFICIAL CD's and writing them to CF (which I own)

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Re: Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-12, 15:16

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Update: This ISO worked! Oddly my other isos must have been upgrades... strange! But true 😀 But: Now a new problem - 'Setup cannot find the end user licensing agreement (EULA) 🤣 the saga continues... 😀 I will attempt to find the EULA on my CD and copy it to the CF.

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Re: Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-12, 15:09

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I will try this ISO next and see how I go, it is RETAIL release and from a trusted source:

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Re: Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-12, 15:07

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Are you sure about them being full versions? That message certainly suggests they are for upgrading. I'm simply burning ISOs that I already have. I have a Win2K ISO SP4 fully updated, and the XP copy I have is a special Micro-XP custom ISO for retro machines. (BTW I do own Win2k and XP on CD also)

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Write Win2k or Winxp install cd to CF card? Please help

Posted on 2020-04-12, 14:45

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by mzry

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Hi, I hope someone can advise - I have a retro system with no CD drive, but it does have two CF cards. I was hoping to install Windows 2k or xp from one CF to the other. I wrote the install CD iso to the CF card using Rufus. The system boots from the install media CF and goes into windows setup, but …

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 PCI

Posted on 2020-01-26, 21:21

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It won't have apple firmware because the apple cards had DVI ports.

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Re: Differences between Voodoo2 boards

Posted on 2020-01-26, 21:11

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They pretty much all stuck to the reference design, so I wouldn't be bothered collecting them all. Unless you just love collecting 3dfx stuff. The only two brands that differed from the reference designs were the Miro and Canopus branded cards, these would be the ones to have & use if you wanted the …

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Re: Found new ram chips for Voodoo Rush

Posted on 2019-10-09, 22:09

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🤣 😀 I am brave! My mum told me so!!

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Found new ram chips for Voodoo Rush

Posted on 2019-10-09, 11:40

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Heya, Thought I'd post this, recently picked up a Voodoo Rush (Procomp model G105_11) It had leaky capacitors and no added ram chips, so I replaced the caps with new SMD components and I also managed to find the exact same ram chips in China. Not sure if it works yet, I'll have to test it out soon. …

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