Re: Awe64 + PCI card with Yamaha chip

Posted on 2020-10-29, 06:38

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by kolderman

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Almost any PCI card will do better digital sound than an awe64. Usually you would be doing it the other way round - PCI card for FX and ISA card for OPL. Why? Wouldn't the SB16 support of the AWE64 in DOS be better than almost any PCI sound card, not to mention games that directly support the AWE32 …

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Re: Awe64 + PCI card with Yamaha chip

Posted on 2020-10-29, 05:32

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by kolderman

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Almost any PCI card will do better digital sound than an awe64. Usually you would be doing it the other way round - PCI card for FX and ISA card for OPL.

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

Posted on 2020-10-28, 20:01

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Nothing wrong with a p4 troll pc, and that case is awesome for it.

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Re: PCI Soundcard impact on PCI Videocard performance (gaming)

Posted on 2020-10-28, 17:20

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by kolderman

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You should probably be using an ISA card for DOS games anyway, but it's unlikely to affect performance. I mean PCI slots are intended to be filled, and often are with network cards, IDE controllers etc, and systems don't stop working. Maybe just avoid using PCI slots that share an IRQ and it will be …

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Re: Why is Warcraft 2 running fast when I upgrade my graphics card?

Posted on 2020-10-28, 07:58

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Try playing on a PC that can be slowed to 386 or 486/33 speeds, if not an actual such PC.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-27, 21:08

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by kolderman

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Salient wrote on 2020-10-27, 20:34: This just arrived. Got it for very cheap too. Just how good is that capture device? It looks good.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-27, 17:43

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dionb wrote on 2020-10-27, 17:41: This card intreagued me, so couldn't let it pass: IMG_20201027_182526.jpg […] Show full quote This card intreagued me, so couldn't let it pass: IMG_20201027_182526.jpg Disassembled: 16038204309220.jpg Nice Dream wavetable and some very re-marked (OPTi 924?) Chip on …

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-27, 07:31

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by kolderman

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The picture quality the riva 128 was not well regarded, but it was a reasonable 2d/3d solution back in the day.

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-27, 05:15

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Baoran wrote on 2020-10-27, 04:58: kolderman wrote on 2020-10-27, 03:51: Virge GX. I did read some reviews online about virge cards from the time and they all say that they are bad basically. Ignore them, they are the best all round cards, at least the dx/gx are. There is an issue with brightness …

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-27, 03:51

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Virge GX.

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-26, 04:54

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I do have a K6-III+ cpu somewhere and that made me wonder. Does anyone know how would K6-III+ cpu running at 133Mhz compare to a 133Mhz penium 1 cpu when it comes to performance? Like it does not matter what kind of cpu is inside as long as performance is similar. I can still pretend it being a …

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-26, 04:22

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I do have a K6-III+ cpu somewhere and that made me wonder. Does anyone know how would K6-III+ cpu running at 133Mhz compare to a 133Mhz penium 1 cpu when it comes to performance? Like it does not matter what kind of cpu is inside as long as performance is similar. I can still pretend it being a …

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Re: Do I need a 3dfx graphics?

Posted on 2020-10-25, 20:34

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I heard Glide was faster than OpenGL/D3D because it was basically "closer to the metal" (all its instructions are actually supported by 3dfx hardware). But don't OpenGL/D3D cards have same "close to metal" Hardware support for these two APIs as well? Or this support is "not as close to metal" as …

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Re: The HP Pavilion XE736 Thread

Posted on 2020-10-25, 19:46

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I'm bumping this topic to ask if it's worth getting an SD2IDE adapter for this computer? I already have a MicroSD to SD adapter and an 8GB MicroSD card which is roughly 2GB smaller than the hard drive that's in the computer but it would improve performance. Also, how much do they normally cost? …

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Re: Hardest adventure game you've ever played (DOS/Early WIndows)

Posted on 2020-10-24, 03:07

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Jorpho wrote on 2020-10-24, 02:10: Speaking of Sierra, did you hear about Ken Williams' new book? https://kensbook.com/ Great news!

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Re: Hardest adventure game you've ever played (DOS/Early WIndows)

Posted on 2020-10-23, 21:57

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They also had a popular caller-pays telephone hint line. Go figure.

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Re: Using an IDE - Compact Flash adapter - what kind of card do I need? DOS machine.

Posted on 2020-10-23, 20:20

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tomexplodes wrote on 2020-10-23, 20:16: Okay, so I can pop it in as a second hard drive and move everything over to it no problem? Sure. Are you planning on formatting it first or within this DOS PC? It should not matter but make sure FAT16 and max partition size of 2GB.

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Re: Using an IDE - Compact Flash adapter - what kind of card do I need? DOS machine.

Posted on 2020-10-23, 20:16

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They appear like normal HDDs, not removable devices. They natively support IDE.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-21, 10:05

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Recordings or it didn't happen 😜

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Re: Windows 95/98 games you never get tired of?

Posted on 2020-10-21, 02:52

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Diablo1 Quake1 Can go back and enjoy these no matter how many times I have played them. Music!

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