For the two other souls with a AGP Neon 250, advice needed.

Posted on 2023-05-21, 21:11

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by Chadti99

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I can’t for the life of me finding a working driver for Win98se. I boot into windows, install the driver, restart as directed and then it freezes on the Windows 98 splash screen. I’ve tried on an Asus p3b-f and an Intel 815 motherboard with every driver here on Vogons. The 815 was eventually able to …

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2023-04-23, 19:39

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by Chadti99

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Here’s one I spotted on eBay several weeks back, that I don’t think has appeared here, almost pulled the trigger. Anyone here nab it?

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2023-04-23, 19:34

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by Chadti99

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Very nice ildonaldo! Let me know if you ever want to sell that setup 😉

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2023-04-17, 22:55

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by Chadti99

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Whats the perf gain look like between a p3 1GHz and a p4 3GHz? Surely it’s minimal?

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2023-04-17, 22:21

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by Chadti99

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What is the best CPU, AMD or Intel, to pair with a PCX2 based card like a Matrox M3D? At what point does the GPU bottleneck?

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Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Posted on 2023-04-09, 16:49

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by Chadti99

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That worked! VRITC170.CGL needs to be in the root HiOctane folder, up and running now, thanks!

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Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Posted on 2023-04-09, 14:43

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by Chadti99

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Screamer 2 patch is working!

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Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Posted on 2023-04-09, 13:45

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by Chadti99

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Great point, neither of the two machines I’m testing with show this info at boot. I have checked within windows for conflicts and tried several other IRQ’s with the same result. What’s interesting is if I use another Verite card it has the same behavior, like the Creative card isn’t detected or I’ve …

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Re: Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-09, 13:34

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by Chadti99

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Okay gave it a shot and no change, I’ve noticed it seems to be specifically the explosion of the plasma when it hits a surface and the closer you are to it that causes the slowdown. You can have plasma in air with no perf impact.

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Re: Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-09, 03:32

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by Chadti99

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Nice, I’ll give it a shot in the morning and report back!

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Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Posted on 2023-04-08, 14:31

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by Chadti99

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Just not having any luck, tried it in a 2nd machine with same results. No IRQ conflicts and the card works fine with vQuake. I’ve tried directly in dos both extended and expanded memory with sound configured and not. Is there a specific bios version I need? Appreciate the ideas/suggestions!

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Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Posted on 2023-04-07, 14:27

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I’ve got ahold of a 3D Blaster PCI model 6240 and can’t seem to get the HiOctane pci patch to work. I’ve downloaded the vlb version to be sure and added the files as directed in the readme. The software version loads no problem but the hioctane.bat crashes after escaping the intro video.

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Re: Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-06, 21:08

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by Chadti99

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Oh, let me try! Shoot same weird issues while using plasma gun, got any other tricks?

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Re: Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-06, 20:31

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by Chadti99

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Quick update, I got it to a sort of playable state by using vertex lighting, also avoid using the plasma gun, this isn’t possible for your enemies though. Something with the transparent textures of the plasma and blood can bring it from 15-25fps down to 1-2 sec a frame. This is on the Q3DM1 map, the …

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Re: Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-06, 04:35

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by Chadti99

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Okay number nine rev IV, check, ample bits for fast k6-3 or PII/III check, crazy, check... ready to go? bzzzt. Unfortunately "out of phase" for me at the moment, will watch with interest and try to join the party when I'm in late 90s/transmillenial builds. .. though... I might be messing with a " …

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Quake 3 on an N9 Revolution IV

Posted on 2023-04-06, 00:03

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by Chadti99

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Anyone else crazy enough to try this? It’s a slideshow on an AMD K6-3 @ 400Mhz. I thought it might have a chance as it pulls ~45fps in GLQuake and it’s packing 32MB of video memory. Has anyone else experimented with this card? I’m sure it would pull better numbers with a faster CPU. Here is someone …

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Re: Period correct 1996 Pentium system

Posted on 2023-04-05, 18:15

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by Chadti99

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Surprised? It is just a typical Virge 325? Virge 325, yes, but not typical. This one is a hidden gem. You'll see when I put it against several other S3 cards and couple of other cards as well. But need to choose the CPU first. @aitotat was curious what the special Virge card was? I’ve been messing …

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Re: Kingston TurboChip socket 7 voltage regulator related questions

Posted on 2023-04-01, 16:56

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by Chadti99

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If it helps anyone else I had to set the jumpers as indicated to 2.7v to get a K6-3 400 working stable, and this was after replacing the caps. No post at the indicated 2.4 setting.

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Re: Coolers that can clip onto socket 3 - my experiments

Posted on 2023-03-27, 12:01

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by Chadti99

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Nice work!

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Re: Overclocking the Videologic PowerVR PCX2?

Posted on 2023-03-25, 11:37

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by Chadti99

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It would be interesting to determine at what speed the CPU becomes the bottleneck on these overclocks. How low of a spec CPU can I use and still maintain these numbers?

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