Re: My collection of Late-era AGP cards

Posted on 2020-01-31, 04:30

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by The Serpent Rider

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But I'm pretty sure I'll trade all of them for a XGI Volari Duo. I woudn't. While it certainly has interesting monetary value, it's practically useless for anything. Horrible chip with horrible drivers.

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2020-01-31, 02:39

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by The Serpent Rider

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I see no mention of this on the readme for either Thief games and this is the first time I've ever heard of this being the case It's a common knowledge that Dark Engine games were designed with texture palette in mind. And it's not really that uncommon too: Quake 2, Homeworld, Incoming, probably …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2020-01-31, 00:09

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by The Serpent Rider

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Am5x86-180Mhz additional testing under Windows 95 OSR2 with Voodoo 3 and 32Mb RAM: PC Player Direct3D Benchmark 2.10 (320x200, perspective correction off) - 20.8 fps PC Player Direct3D Benchmark 2.10 (640x480, perspective correction on) - 16.5 fps Incoming (1024x768) - 10.5 fps Quake 2 v3.20 …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2020-01-30, 18:53

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by The Serpent Rider

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Did other Dark Engine games such as the original Thief or SS2 use this as well? Yes. System Shock 2 and original Thief also use paletted textures.

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Re: DOS Compatibility with NEC LCD2190 1600x1200 LCD Monitor?

Posted on 2020-01-30, 17:03

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by The Serpent Rider

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2090UXi and 2190UXi are practically identical (feature wise). They are super friendly with custom resolutions, due to very powerful adjustable scaler. But everything above 60Hz is provided with frame skipping . AFAIK none of the 1600x1200 panels are capable to provide true 70Hz, which is required …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2020-01-30, 15:41

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by The Serpent Rider

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Fairly certain Thief 2 doesn't make use of paletted textures. It does. From multiple palettes, which complicates things.

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Re: PIII 600 bottleneck?

Posted on 2020-01-30, 12:27

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by The Serpent Rider

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Let's not forget that Coppermine 600 work at 1.65V and all late versions work at 1.7V or 1.75V.

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Re: Disk on Module (DOM) Preference

Posted on 2020-01-29, 20:17

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by The Serpent Rider

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Re: Small capacity SSD PATA/SATA benchmarks

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Re: For P1 MMX: s3(1996) or Matrox(1997) ?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 19:14

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by The Serpent Rider

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So I guess if 30% is the definition of huge.. Vlask setup isn't the fastest one, just convenient for ISA cards. Even Vlask's benchmarks show a 30% difference between Mill2 PCI and S3Trio64 PCI (92 fps vs 71 fps). 67 vs 92 actually. And your experience might get even worse with a "noname" S3 Trio64V …

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Re: For P1 MMX: s3(1996) or Matrox(1997) ?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 18:07

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by The Serpent Rider

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the card is just acting as a dumb frame buffer, bottlenecked by the PCI bus Yes, dumb faster frame buffer. PCI bus limit isn't a problem for high resolutions. Let's be real here: S3TRIO64V+ isn't a pinnacle of 2D performance. No matter what CPU you throw at it, that's not going to change. And Vlask …

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Re: Sorting out memory issues on AthlonXP

Posted on 2020-01-29, 15:19

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by The Serpent Rider

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Dual channel does not benefit Socket A in any significant way. And GTA III isn't very optimized game.

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Re: For P1 MMX: s3(1996) or Matrox(1997) ?

Posted on 2020-01-29, 12:17

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by The Serpent Rider

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Honestly, the performance difference between the two (at least in DOS games) is maybe 5% Actually there's a huge difference between them (in favor of Matrox), but to tap that potential, much powerful system is required. And yes, Matrox Millentium II is quirky for DOS.

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Re: New ATX power supply standard will be 12v only

Posted on 2020-01-29, 09:58

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by The Serpent Rider

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Unfortunately, it was not accepted by PC industry. Which saddens me a tiny bit. You shouldn't be. It was rushed and horrible.

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Re: Cx5x86 and motherboard compatibility

Posted on 2020-01-29, 08:16

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by The Serpent Rider

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Some boards will work that way, some don't.

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Re: IBM 5150 vs Amiga 500

Posted on 2020-01-27, 19:15

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by The Serpent Rider

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Potato vs Core i9

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Re: Dos games that is too much for Pentium 133?

Posted on 2020-01-27, 18:03

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by The Serpent Rider

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MTRR and FastVid tricks are important as well. I've taken that into consideration. Setup above will allow to play Blood at 1600x1200 resolution fairly smoothly. Exceptions are graphic adventures that use SVGA since there's generally very little movement/animation in graphic adventures. Any 2D RTS …

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Re: Intel wants to remove 5V & 3.3V from PSU

Posted on 2020-01-27, 17:50

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by The Serpent Rider

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I doubt it will be a problem for next 10+ years. Niche for old style PSUs will be too big to ignore by manufacturers. It's not even a big problem to acquire new AT PSU after 20+ years.

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Re: Dos games that is too much for Pentium 133?

Posted on 2020-01-27, 17:46

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by The Serpent Rider

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Athlon XP 3000+ / Pentium 4 3.06 with GeForce 2 AGP or higher should be a safe bet for super heavy DOS. There's still a room for improvements though.

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Re: IBM 5150 vs Amiga 500

Posted on 2020-01-27, 11:57

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by The Serpent Rider

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I think many would agree that one needs to be a true fiend to compare 5150 to Amiga 500... Absolute madlad!

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2020-01-27, 10:25

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by The Serpent Rider

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Are you saying that the Am5x86-180 was about the same speed as a Pentium 75 in MDK2, Quake2, and Incoming. And it would be slower if Pentium 75 had pipeline burst cache. But with PCPlayer Bench, the Am5x86-180 is slightly faster than a Pentium 100? Integer only or mostly integer tests - faster than …

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