Re: Do I need a 3dfx graphics?

Posted on 2020-04-29, 10:09

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Long Answer: You don't 'need' a 3dfx card but a lot of games from the early 3d hardware acceleration era (96-98) have poor/inferior/buggy/slow rendereres for other APIs such as OpenGL and Direct3D and some games have no alternatives to 3dfx Glide whatsoever. For example, playing Longbow Gold and F- …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-29, 03:52

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wiretap wrote on 2020-04-28, 22:10: I mainly wanted to pick this up so I could have a fast Windows 7 system without having to hack up the OS for later update/driver support since Microsoft shafted us with the 7th gen+ chips. Intel shafted you not Microsoft.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-28, 16:53

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by appiah4

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Yes it is indeed a trident 8900C. Known issue with no workaround, use a CRT or another card.. Sorry. 8900 is a fast card and I have one with 1MB RAM too, but the same issue prohibits me from using it.. How does the 8900 compare to the Cirrus Logic 5429? Also 1mb ISA. The CL-GD5429 is the better …

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Re: What is your favorite version of Nusb?

Posted on 2020-04-28, 14:19

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by appiah4

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3.3 because I didn't know 3.6 existed until this thread...... Time to download and install 😁

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-28, 14:16

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by appiah4

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Spent the last few evenings gaming on my 486sx50. Really enjoying this machine and seeing what it can do. I have noticed this banding in certain resolutions with this vga card. The issue remains on the 3 systems I have tested it on. Has anyone seen this before? Is this a Trident card? They tend to …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-28, 13:44

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by appiah4

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Spent the last few evenings gaming on my 486sx50. Really enjoying this machine and seeing what it can do. I have noticed this banding in certain resolutions with this vga card. The issue remains on the 3 systems I have tested it on. Has anyone seen this before? Is this a Trident card? They tend to …

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Re: The Budget 1997 (was: OS/2 Warp) Gaming PC

Posted on 2020-04-27, 14:15

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Ah, Quake, I HATE that damn game, brown dull muddy look, uninspired level design and spawned all the mindless FPS games that we are afflicted with today with the advent of it's 3D poly graphics in the FPS world. It's weird, I am a huge fan of Lovecraft's work and the "Cthulhu mythos"that apparently …

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Re: The Budget 1997 (was: OS/2 Warp) Gaming PC

Posted on 2020-04-27, 14:12

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Having gone to school and worked in Silicon Valley in all my years I have only seen IBM OS2 used in one type of computer and it actually was not a personnel computer but a special machine. I never saw IBM OS2 being sold on personal computers or being used by anyone. Most people in Silicon Valley …

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Re: DOS Benchmarks (Judging relative CPU performance, particularly with cache disabled)

Posted on 2020-04-27, 14:08

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by appiah4

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There might not be one good indicator, but if what you care about is Doom performance then why not use Doom as your benchmark? It's not, I am looking for an indicator that is good for judging overall gaming performance. I am trying to judge performance sweetspots for games like Wing Commander and …

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Re: DOS Benchmarks (Judging relative CPU performance, particularly with cache disabled)

Posted on 2020-04-27, 11:59

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OK I downloaded TOPBENCH and the database; I get 171 points with SETMUL.EXE L1D which puts me spot on in the DX2-66 neighborhood, which is pretty much exactly what SpeedSys says as well. However, when I launch DOOM it is significantly slower than it runs on a real DX33, this PC behaves more like a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 08:42

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I made some 6x86MX vs Pentium MMX 200MHz Quake/Quake2 benchmark comparison tables and charts as part of my 1997 Budget Build project..

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Re: The Budget 1997 (was: OS/2 Warp) Gaming PC

Posted on 2020-04-27, 08:39

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I completed the upgrade to the MMX-200, and the first order of business was to see how much of a difference it actually made. Both the PR233 and MMX200 run at 200MHz, so this is a comparison of their per clock Quake performance in Software mode and OpenGL (with a 3D Rage Pro PCI): https://i.postimg. …

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Re: GPU Duels of 2000 - 2005 Video Cards

Posted on 2020-04-27, 07:12

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Radeon 8500 was my first ATI card and to this day it is one of my most beloved GPUs of all time, right up there with Voodoo 3 and GeForce2.

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Re: DOS Benchmarks (Judging relative CPU performance, particularly with cache disabled)

Posted on 2020-04-27, 07:11

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konc wrote on 2020-04-26, 15:09: I've found topbench's measurements to be on par with speed perceived during actual use Interesting - Topbench does not give a direct comparison to other CPUs though, does it? Is there a database of CPU Topbench scores somewhere?

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Re: Voodoo 2 component map

Posted on 2020-04-26, 11:40

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by appiah4

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Ahh amazing thread as I am restoring a Voodoo 2 for a friend!!

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Re: Seeking clarification on hardware requirements for setting up MT-32

Posted on 2020-04-26, 10:49

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I have been unable to get Gabriel Knight GM working in DOS without SoftMPU in the past for whatever reason that may have been but instances where a dumb midi interface wont work do exist, possibly platform and/or sound card değendent though.. That is interesting - Gabriel Knight ran on Sierra's SCI …

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Re: Seeking clarification on hardware requirements for setting up MT-32

Posted on 2020-04-26, 09:42

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I have been unable to get Gabriel Knight GM working in DOS without SoftMPU in the past for whatever reason that may have been but instances where a dumb midi interface wont work do exist, possibly platform and/or sound card değendent though..

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Re: AZ2316 v. ES1868F

Posted on 2020-04-26, 07:13

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by appiah4

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A Yamaha YMF71x is the best of both worlds and I use one in my 486 build though my pentiums use ES1688/1868 Cards because I rely less on OPL3 and more on GM on those and the ESS cards are easier to set up IME (and I think ESFM is just fine, better than CQM and ALS and on par with CMI.. Crystal is …

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Re: Seeking clarification on hardware requirements for setting up MT-32

Posted on 2020-04-26, 07:08

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kolderman wrote on 2020-04-26, 05:29: Buy a hardMPU or musicQuest clone from some good people here. Not necessary if you have 386DX or faster hardware capable of running SoftMPU.

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Re: ATI Rage LT PRO AGP 2x woes

Posted on 2020-04-26, 06:51

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Yep, that seemed to work immediately, thanks! This iGPU is actually a very decent performer, about 25fps on the texture quality setting set to the 2nd-rightmost option. I have a 4MB Rage Pro and yes I need to lower texture quality a notch for better gameplay. Using 8-bit textures does not seem to …

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