Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-04-30, 18:13

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I’ll be very interested to try it, on both my DX2-66 with VLB vga card, and this Amiga with its TI486SXLC and Mach64 ISA vga card. 😀

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-04-30, 09:38

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@viTi95 do you anticipate the move to 13h will benefit 486-class processors, or will the speed increase over mode Y only be noticeable on much faster processors?

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-04-29, 10:59

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Can't believe i've only just seen this thread. This is a game-changer for the PC BridgeBoard in my Amiga 3000. Amazing work, FastDoom is superb. The GoldenGate 486SLC/2 bridgeboard use a Cyrix 486SLC/2 at 50mhz - mine is upgraded with a TI486SXLC at 50mhz. With it's 8k L1 cache it's substantially …

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Re: Upgrading the VLB on my 486DX2-66: worth it?

Posted on 2021-04-29, 08:58

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Thanks for the replies, that matches what I was thinking 😀 I want to keep this machine as a DX2-66 so unless there was the possibility for a decent % uplift in performance by getting a better card, it doesn’t seem worth it

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Upgrading the VLB on my 486DX2-66: worth it?

Posted on 2021-04-29, 08:03

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TLDR: Is there any point getting a better VLB card than the 9400Cxi for my DX2-66? ——————- Hi all, My 486 currently has: 486DX2-66 (WT, not WB) Soyo SY-25P2 mobo, 256k 15ns cache TGUI9400Cxi-VLB (1MB) ESS 1868f UM8672 VLB IO card 16MB 60ns ram I’m pretty happy with the performance, it seems to do …

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Re: How rare is the Geforce 7950GT agp?

Posted on 2021-04-28, 21:15

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I bought an XFX 7950GT AGP the other month - it worked initially but ram artefacts appeared after about an hour of use and then it rapidly refused to work at all. I'm guessing some of the ram hosed itself. Luckily the seller gave a full refund. Just this week I got a Leadtek Winfast PX-7950GT AGP …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-28, 12:42

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Sure, thanks for the reply. Attached

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-04-28, 10:19

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Great program! I'm enjoying using it in my 'new' 486DX2-66. It doesnt seem to detect the 256k cache on my Soyo SY-25P2 motherboard. Report attached

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-04-05, 15:12

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It was basically a cps2 dev machine, so it’s versions of stuff like Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, Strider etc are pretty much arcade perfect. It wasn’t until PS1 and Saturn era that it was bested for stuff like this. Some insanely good shmups too. Check out it’s capabilities - not bad for a machine …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-04-05, 14:41

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The X68000 is a firm favourite with visitors 😀

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-04-05, 14:14

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Here’s my space in one corner of the loft. EDFBCE94-7F2C-4A92-B1FB-248A076F5B7A.jpeg 669A766A-6E70-414B-876D-B233CB4A3EC1.jpeg 6A4989EA-A436-45B2-8D58-E4845E3952C4.jpeg Here we have: Amiga 4000 060 Amiga 1200 060 Atari Falcon CT60e 060 BBC Master Acorn A3020 24Mhz Acorn Atom BBC Micro Model B Acorn …

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Re: Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-12-31, 14:56

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Sorry it's taken two months to reply, busy times :) I gave 28.32 WinXP drivers a go and they do seem quicker than the 61.77 I was using previously. 3DMark2000 has jumped from 4800 up to 5200 which is more like what I expected to see (using Phil's GeforceDDR video as a reference - he's getting 5400 …

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Re: Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-08-16, 11:09

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sorry, that's gone over my head.

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Re: Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-08-14, 16:06

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Sure, that’s understood, but it doesn’t help with my driver question 😀 I have the Geforce256 in this machine purely for nostalgia reasons, as this is a card I owned back in 2000

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Re: Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-08-14, 07:27

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hmm, 21.83 appears to be a win98 driver, no mention of xp in the installer.

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Re: Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-08-14, 06:02

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Many thanks for the messages so far 😀 I’ll give 21.83 a go! I’ve managed to get my flashed Mac voodoo 5 working in this machine too, so it’s fun to do a few comparisons between the cards

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Geforce256 DDR, PIII 933 and XP - best drivers

Posted on 2020-08-13, 20:46

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Hi all, I’m a bit confused as to which drivers will be fastest for a Geforce256 DDR in my PIII 933 Windows XP machine. There are so many drivers out there it’s hard to know which one will give me the best performance as I recall some later ones really dented speed. Is there a definitively best and …

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Re: Wanted - Evergreen Rev to 486 upgrade

Posted on 2019-12-24, 19:02

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My apologies again. Please delete the thread 🙁 I’ll go and read the forum rules properly!

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Wanted - Evergreen Rev to 486 upgrade

Posted on 2019-12-24, 18:52

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Hi all, I’m searching for the IBM 486SLC2 version of the Evergreen Technologies Rev to 486 upgrade board for 386SX systems. 7DE3AD66-8150-439B-8655-383F69365A3D.jpeg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_386SLC#IBM_486SLC Please message if you have one for sale. I plan to add this to the GoldenGate …

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