Re: Favorite forgotten games

Posted on 2021-09-03, 21:21

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by Jasin Natael

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One game I don't see people discussing is SeVerance. I haven't played it in years but I remember playing, replaying it and even did some maps for it. If I remember correctly the map editor was 'inverted' you actually cut material out rather than add walls to a room. Also graphics were mind blowing …

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Re: Did anyone try these modern ATi Rage XL PCI?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 16:23

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by Jasin Natael

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I have two or three of them. I think mine are slightly older as they came from retired servers of the Netburst/Core2 era. They work just fine as a display adapter, that is about it. But I know at least one of mine worked just fine in my Asus 486 motherboard, so they are moderately compatible.

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-01, 21:57

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Unreal doesn't even NEED a high framerate to be enjoyable. The game leans heavy on exploration, the monsters and weapons are slow and easily dodgeable, and you can brute force the 'smart' monsters with barrages of rockets/grenades at low framerates anyway. When Unreal came out, no one had a K6-2 …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-01, 20:33

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by Jasin Natael

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There are other options and for a Pentium MMX ....3d acceleration just isn't going to be ideal with ANY card. Most people stating that 3D acceleration is not worth for a Pentium MMX are actually aiming unrealistic expectations. Back then most games aimed around 30 FPS or a bit lower. I find the …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 20:40

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by Jasin Natael

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For a Pentium MMX I wouldn't get a Voodoo 1, it is appropriate time frame wise but it is still pretty limiting and you have to deal with pass through and all that annoying jazz. I wouldn't get a Voodoo 2 either....then you have a bottle neck. This goes doubly for a V3, that is just a waste of …

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Re: What happens when your MB doesn't support the K6-2+/3+?

Posted on 2021-08-25, 15:22

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But be aware that the SiS5598 doesn't officially support 83mhx FSB, it onlt supports 75mhz and 83 is actually overclocking it. With the right ram it should work fine however. Link to my thread if you are interested. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=81973 I ran that same board at 83mhz …

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Re: What happens when your MB doesn't support the K6-2+/3+?

Posted on 2021-08-24, 16:47

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by Jasin Natael

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Hi Jasin Natael, Thanks for chipping in with your SiS5598 chipset experiences. I read your M571 K6-3+ adventures with great interest! :) Hello! I thank you very much for the all of the work you have done over the years, I've used your patched BIOS' on more than one occasion. So many of us literally …

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Re: What happens when your MB doesn't support the K6-2+/3+?

Posted on 2021-08-23, 20:41

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by Jasin Natael

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as long as the VRM will support the proper voltage, you could modify the bios and add a Microcode Patch so it will detect the cpu. I don't know much about those SBCs essentially thats what they are anyways. It might be a rabbit hole not worth going down anyways as you could face some bottle necks …

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Re: BIOS for Supermicro Super P6SNE Socket 8

Posted on 2021-08-19, 15:32

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by Jasin Natael

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liqmat wrote on 2021-08-19, 15:19: https://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/BIOS_ZIP/dnf2111.zip Here is the archive search on their site. P6SNE will show up. Awesome. Thank you I very much appreciate it. This is a wonderful forum

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BIOS for Supermicro Super P6SNE Socket 8

Posted on 2021-08-19, 15:13

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by Jasin Natael

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Does any one have any links or dumps from to BIOS from a Supermicro Super P6SNE Socket 8 board? I've done some Googling but the ones that I find don't match my board. All I can find is links for a P6SNEII which is a slot 1 pentium ii board. I have a board that was known working until I very wisely …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-08-16, 16:00

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by Jasin Natael

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For fun, maybe try installing win2000 - even better, co-install it with win9x on FAT32 and make them share the Program Files directory ;) In the win2000 installer just set the base folder to WIN2K for max jank ;p Sorry to others where my IDE/southbridge "speeds" experience doesn't line up. The two …

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Re: My K6-III+ Socket 7 project

Posted on 2021-08-05, 17:47

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by Jasin Natael

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This is also eerily similar to something I already went thru , only my Vortex card was the Turtle Beach Montego A3DXtream. I actually ended up with a setup that allows me to switch between the Vortex card's SoundBlaster emulation and the native SoundBlaster-compatible ESS ES1868 with one toggle and …

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Re: CD-Burners

Posted on 2021-08-05, 02:29

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My first burner was a Aopen 4x that came bundled with Nero Burning Rom 5 or 6 I can't remember which. It was IDE and I had a crappy PC Chips board with a fairly slow K6-2 CPU. Buffer underrun issues abound. But that was my first upgrade I installed on that PC and no one else in my tiny hometown had …

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Re: Intel D815EEA Motherboard AGP issue

Posted on 2021-08-05, 02:09

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I have a Intel D815EEA motherboard and i'm having issues getting AGP acceleration to work in Windows 98SE with a Voodoo 3 3000 card. To be clear the card works fine, is detected drivers install without issue and D3D /Glide/OpenGL acceleration are working fine. However AGP is not. It isn't detected …

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Re: Your least used complete vintage system

Posted on 2021-08-05, 01:58

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Probably my Apple Powermac G4. It works just fine, but i've almost zero need/interest in it. I even have the matching display. Seconded only by the G5 Quad, they both work fine but are really to old to be of any use, and not old enough to be any fun.

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Intel D815EEA Motherboard AGP issue

Posted on 2021-08-05, 01:19

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by Jasin Natael

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I have a Intel D815EEA motherboard and i'm having issues getting AGP acceleration to work in Windows 98SE with a Voodoo 3 3000 card. To be clear the card works fine, is detected drivers install without issue and D3D /Glide/OpenGL acceleration are working fine. However AGP is not. It isn't detected …

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Re: My first rig, Hyundai HD-P5233M

Posted on 2021-08-05, 00:49

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by Jasin Natael

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This is pretty sweet! Similar build to my socket 7 one as well. I like the Model M, I have one just like it!

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Re: My K6-III+ Socket 7 project

Posted on 2021-08-04, 16:30

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by Jasin Natael

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Well, I was able to get the machine back up and running. I just reset the BIOS and it seemed to do the trick. I have had some issues with sound cards and unfortunately had to switch out the ESS Audiodrive/Vortex1 combo for my crappy OEM Live 5.1 card. This did seem to impact performance somewhat as …

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Re: What do you regret throwing out?

Posted on 2021-08-04, 16:27

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Everything. Notably my Packard Bell Legend 386 (first PC) I don't have any idea where it went. My second PC just a cheapie PC Chips K6-2 500 build, but it was my first PC i used the internet with and played lots of games.

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Re: My K6-III+ Socket 7 project

Posted on 2021-08-03, 15:58

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by Jasin Natael

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Well, I was able to get the machine back up and running. I just reset the BIOS and it seemed to do the trick. I have had some issues with sound cards and unfortunately had to switch out the ESS Audiodrive/Vortex1 combo for my crappy OEM Live 5.1 card. This did seem to impact performance somewhat as …

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