Re: Nehemiah DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2022-01-21, 16:03

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I have a very similar system. I tried over 300 different DOS games from '81-'97 and I only found two or three I couldn't get to work. Throttle can cause stuttering in the graphics and issues with the gameport. Sometimes mo'slo works better for covering those gaps. mo'slo doesn't typically cause …

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2022-01-21, 07:28

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by mothergoose729

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

The hardest thing with MiSTer to trying to explain why it's better than just running an emulator on your PC. Maybe you are fine with a Pi hooked up to your TV. But I and others can tell a difference. People have said they have sold parts of their retro hardware collections after getting a MiSTer …

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Re: Methods to enhance retro-flexibility on Pentium 4 class hardware...

Posted on 2022-01-21, 07:14

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Great thread, I love the p4 for windows 98, if a reliable way to disable L1 cache is found it can go a long way for DOS. The most important speed range for DOS is the 386 and the slower pentiums. Both should be possible with throttle. I think a lot more can be said for using PCI sound cards for DOS …

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Re: Nehemiah DOS/Win98 build

Posted on 2022-01-20, 22:19

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I have a very similar system. I tried over 300 different DOS games from '81-'97 and I only found two or three I couldn't get to work. Throttle can cause stuttering in the graphics and issues with the gameport. Sometimes mo'slo works better for covering those gaps. mo'slo doesn't typically cause …

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Re: Is there Anyone "Overpaying" for Hardware and Proud of it? Well, maybe not Proud, but...

Posted on 2022-01-18, 00:22

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't want to think about how much I payed for my matching voodoo 2 cards 😒.

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Re: Windows XP sound card that supports A3D and EAX?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 23:31

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

I'm saving the A3D stuff for when I get around to a 98 machine. I only even asked about it because before this thread I would have sworn I was using A3D in WinXP for most of the 2000s. Apparently my memory is faulty because I swore I played Vampire on XP with A3D but that's not a possibility. I was …

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Re: Windows XP sound card that supports A3D and EAX?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 09:01

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

You can use both a Vortex 2 card and EAX card together, you rout the line out on the Vortex into the line in on the EAX card and boom you can use either in the same machine and have both A3D and EAX. This works quite well under XP but Vortex 2 drivers can be hit or miss so you might need to play …

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Re: Stumbled upon a interesting Pentium 3 PC: worth 100+ euros?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:43

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is a good price but you should ask you self what purpose it has. Do you mean to run speed sensitive games? Not sure this one can. I'd go with a SS7 or rather a 486 to complement your p3, but I thats my opinion. Pentium MMX is plenty speed adjustable, and even if it wasn't throttle and mo slo are …

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Re: Windows XP sound card that supports A3D and EAX?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:35

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

You can install windows XP on almost any hardware. If you want a machine that can comfortably run windows 10 and windows XP you have lots of options. For sound cards, that really isn't a reason not to use an X-Fi card. The X-Fi extreme music or the SB0770 cards are cheap and easy to find and have …

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Re: Windows XP sound card that supports A3D and EAX?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 08:17

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by mothergoose729

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You can install windows XP on almost any hardware. If you want a machine that can comfortably run windows 10 and windows XP you have lots of options. For sound cards, that really isn't a reason not to use an X-Fi card. The X-Fi extreme music or the SB0770 cards are cheap and easy to find and have …

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Re: Best GPUs for games frim 1995 to 2002

Posted on 2022-01-16, 23:09

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

With Win9x, you should be prepared for all kinds of weird and unintuitive problems. For example, on one of the computers I built, not installing USB drivers would result in the computer losing keyboard/mouse if I played a specific game opening fmv . The keyboard and mouse were PS/2. It made no …

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Re: Stumbled upon a interesting Pentium 3 PC: worth 100+ euros?

Posted on 2022-01-16, 22:21

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It is a good price but you should ask you self what purpose it has. Do you mean to run speed sensitive games? Not sure this one can. I'd go with a SS7 or rather a 486 to complement your p3, but I thats my opinion. Pentium MMX is plenty speed adjustable, and even if it wasn't throttle and mo slo are …

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Re: Stumbled upon a interesting Pentium 3 PC: worth 100+ euros?

Posted on 2022-01-16, 20:11

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by mothergoose729

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah the 3dfx card alone is worth maybe 60+ euros. You don't need 256mb of memory on a system like that anyway, so a single stick of 128mb might perform better and be totally adequate. The AWE64 card is a value spec and not terribly hard to find but they are more a bit more expensive than they used …

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Re: Best GPUs for games frim 1995 to 2002

Posted on 2022-01-14, 00:29

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I prefer the gerforce FX because they reliably have high quality DACs and DVI. I haven't run into any issues using the 56.XX drivers. I have asked more than once if someone knows of a particular game that doesn't work on later nvidia drivers and I haven't seen the answer yet, so IMO it's one of …

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Re: PhysX in XP to Ageia / dedicated GPU or just use the primary Video card?

Posted on 2022-01-13, 15:26

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Late physx games like Batman Arkham night can benefit from a faster nvidia GPU or even a dedicated physx slave. There are also a handful of titles released before Ageia was acquired by Nvidia that only use their PPU. Even at its peak it never saw much game adoption, and for the games that have it it …

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Re: Recommend any good Japanese DOS/Windows 9x games?

Posted on 2022-01-11, 14:30

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Soko-Ban - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soko-Ban

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Re: EAX or A3D for Win98SE?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 23:24

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by mothergoose729

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nice work, I would prefer dual booting 9X myself. I would just install a3d on one partition and the EAX on the other partition to avoid having to manipulate files everytime I wanted to use somthing. I've done this Successfully using BootMGR as a boot manager and R-LOEW patches so 98se doesn't …

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Re: EAX or A3D for Win98SE?

Posted on 2022-01-02, 23:59

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

The last creative card with drivers for windows 98 is the audigy 2. Game compatibility is very good if you use the VXD driver.

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Re: Deciding between single slot graphic card options for Windows XP 32-bit (Radeon HD 4670 or HD 6670)

Posted on 2022-01-02, 18:46

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Video

I had a 6670 back in the day. It was good for playing skyrim at medium detail at 30-50fps. It is a decent enough choice for XP I think . I think it is unlikely that a change in graphics will fix your issues with old games. Would be better off looking into patches or API wrappers.

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Re: EAX or A3D for Win98SE?

Posted on 2022-01-01, 19:27

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by mothergoose729

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I have both in my computer. You don't have to choose. With that said, the difference between EAX and A3D in most games is pretty trivial. The Vortex 2 with digital out sounds really good, but not as a good as digital out from my Audigy 2ZS. The vortex 2 does have pretty decent SB pro emulation and …

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