Re: Old equivalent of GPU-Z
Posted on 2020-05-13, 07:09
Then don't use latest version, simple as that. You can find archive of older GPU-Z versions on TPU site, I would recommend something from 0.x.x line. I personally use 0.7.2 on XP.
Re: 9800 / X800 (and variants perhaps) DOS compatibility
Posted on 2020-05-13, 07:06
Radeons are worthless Win98/DOS cards. I guess I'd better take my 8500LE out of my Win98 rig as it's useless, apparently. Well if you tried to play ff7, a win95/98 game, it would be. That's exactly one game. I would assume, that there were more games released under Win98. All of these other games …
Re: My first "retro" PC - overkill Win 98/XP build
Posted on 2020-05-12, 18:14
You're comparing single vs dual core in an SMP enabled title. Well, I tried it with just one core active and results are... exactly the same... HL2_WinXP_1core.png So HL2 is clearly optimized to Windows XP somehow. Just FYI, I used this guide to limit system to one core only and verified with CPU-Z …
Re: Radeon X800 XT vs FireGL X3-256, any concerns for Win9X
Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:43
darry wrote on 2020-05-10, 20:39: Radeon 9800 chips are much worse than Radeon 9700 chip in my limited experience . I meant whole R300 lineup, but let me rephrase that: "And also, that issue with dying is definitely true for R3x0 chips, because of that stupid shim design..."
Re: Radeon X800 XT vs FireGL X3-256, any concerns for Win9X
Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:35
They are too new for 98, and die hard and often. What does that even mean? Are they working under 98? Yes. Are they overkill for 98? Yes. Does it matter? No, why would it... There isn't something like too new part in PC, definitely not in overkill builds... And also, that issue with dying is …
Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000
Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:24
I would say, that whole FX lineup is big no-no for DX9 games. Though, for PIII DX9 games should be out if question anyway. And also PIII would bottlenecks those faster FX or 9000 series cards like crazy.
Re: Running Quake 3 on A3D 2.0
Posted on 2020-05-08, 18:47
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2020-05-08, 09:36
Try repair bootloader with Windows XP CD. https://neosmart.net/wiki/no-g2ldr/ Also, for dual boot to work correctly, you need to first install 98 and XP afterwards.
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2020-05-07, 20:16
Are you using or used Linux on that machine?
Re: What NAS are you using ?
Posted on 2020-05-07, 07:12
almost none use retro for this? i hoped to see a few sub ghz machines... No, but it's used for retro purposes as well. My NAS is set in a way, that all my Win9x and WinXP machines can access my NAS without issues. And it's super comfortable to get everything from network instead of USB/CD/floppy/ …
Re: 775i65G AGP beast
Posted on 2020-05-07, 05:32
Zollex wrote on 2020-05-06, 22:03: And I can't dual-boot 98-XP. Why, what's the issue?
Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019
Posted on 2020-05-04, 20:42
It's because of Chrome. But as I wrote previously, there's a workaround and it's still working. Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019
Re: Steam possibly dropping old processors
Posted on 2020-05-03, 06:11
Yep, it's still working, I'm using that Steam on XP pretty often. And I do think, that same general idea world work for this Linux issue as well. The problem is, that unlike with XP, this change came up without notice, and it would require to have someone with older Steam Linux build up test.
Re: What NAS are you using ?
Posted on 2020-05-02, 18:46
Comparing to you guys, I'll be looking super lame. But I can't be bothered to have a separate PC as a NAS server. Therefore I use Synology DS218+, with 6GB RAM and 2x4TB (WD40EFRX) WD Red drives in RAID1.
Re: Project: First Person Shooter History
Posted on 2020-04-30, 21:05
Will this project continue?
Re: NFS High Stakes D3D6 mode
Posted on 2020-04-29, 19:02
If you want to play unmodified, two decades old game, then it's somehow given, that you'll use period correct PC, and not one with OS two decades newer...
Re: Prince of Persia Macintosh - how to download/extract?
Posted on 2020-04-29, 15:42
Regarding SDLPoP, I would like to mention, that later versions are SDL2, so they're not working on Win9x. Last version using SDL1 and working there is SDLPoP 1.14. Also, regarding Dune 2 recreations, I like Dune Legacy more. Last version working on Win9x is 0.96.2.
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2020-04-29, 10:16
Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS
Posted on 2020-04-29, 09:19
Re: My first "retro" PC - overkill Win 98/XP build
Posted on 2020-04-29, 05:41
Hmm, that's excellent point! I'll try to disable second core and re-run tests in XP, thanks!
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