Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-29, 21:42

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Just got the first part of my upcoming win 98 system the Motherboard. Got a Gigabyte K8VT800M: I am also on the hunt for a cpu. I will either get a amd sempron 3100 or one of the athlon 64 CPU.

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Re: Would this be a good basis for a Vodoo 2 or Vodoo 3 system?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 12:20

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Welcome. I am still in the planning process of my first retro rig myself so I cannot help you. But while researching about the different cpu I also found some info about the P3 800 https://www.anandtech.com/show/423/3 It might help you to decide whether the P3 800 is a good CPU for you.

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:59

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This brings me to another question. Would be possible to use DOS box on retro pc? I played around with the DOS box on my modern ryzen 3 rig and besides weird sound glitches the games were running ok The DOS Box could even emulate for 3dfx look for the first Tomb Raider. I just knew the Playstation …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:39

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My vote goes to the Asus A7V600-X. :-) But, as others have mentioned, there are other good platforms out there, and what 'is best' for you will depend on many variables. But generally speaking, the A7V600-X with a Thoroughbred Athlon XP CPU should cover all the bases for DOS, early + late Win98 and …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-24, 06:24

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That‘s the fun part of building your own rig. The perfect Win98 PC is the one you are going to build yourself. When you‘re done, you realize that a PC with a 3dfx card would actually be awesome…so you build another one. And you‘ll end up with 6 Win95/98 machines, like me. But the one I use the most …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 16:56

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Asus P5PE-VM is a nice s775 board for a rocket Windows 98 build and it's easy to find and use. ASRock 775i65G R3.0 was available brand new up until last year but seems to be out of production/stock now. Thanks a lot for your recommendation. Both seem to be a good option. Especially the Asus P5PE-VM …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 16:29

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Asus P5PE-VM is a nice s775 board for a rocket Windows 98 build and it's easy to find and use. ASRock 775i65G R3.0 was available brand new up until last year but seems to be out of production/stock now. Thanks a lot for your recommendation. Both seem to be a good option. Especially the Asus P5PE-VM …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 10:48

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Sempron3100+Gigabyte K8VT800M: The good: cheap, still easy to find, works with setmul 4-9(800-1800mhz), l1 cache can be disabled, ddr speed can be lowered, HT speed can be lowered (for ms-dos games if you need), works with ESS Solo 1 (Tested/MB must have a VIA chipset !), works with Sbemu (if you …

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Re: which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 08:46

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First off CPU doesn't mater, as your probably aware Windows 98 doesn't understand multiple cores but it won't effect anything it simply ignores it. but you'll still benefit from increased clock speed and cache over an older single core CPU so typically your best option is the fastest CPU your …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 06:41

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Minutemanqvs wrote on 2023-05-22, 14:51: In the same genre as Falcon 3/4 (this thing was hugely modded) there is also F/A-18 Korea. Thanks for the info. This game looks nice as well. I am going to checkt it out.

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which motherboard to pick for windows 98 gaming machine?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 06:40

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Hi there need some further advice for pickung up up the right motherboard for upcoming win 98 gaming machine. I figured out to potential buying options. The gpu I would pick for both choices would always be a Gf 4 ti 4200. I am open of course to ther gpu suggestions as well but the gf4 has already …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-22, 09:25

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I really think Jane's USAF and AH-64D Longbow are the most accessible yet fulfilling flight sims ever.. You then graduate to Jane's F-15 & F/A-18 and Longbow 2 from those. Then, Falcon 4.0. Thanks for the advice. It sounds good to move from the bottom to the top with the sim games. Falcon 4.0 is a …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-22, 07:09

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@Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman Thanks a lot for your recommendations. I new to the flight sim genre but in general I would not mind trying out more complex games. So gunship 2000 might be a game for me.

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Re: Darker Image in Unreal when playing in opengl mode mode compared running the game in Nglide

Posted on 2023-05-19, 06:31

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Thanks for the info. It seems then that Unreal is difficult game to run properly. Luckily I am not effected by the digital availability issues at least. I got Unreal 1 2, and also UT many years ago on gog before it has been removed. It is very interesting to learn more about the development history …

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Re: What are your thoughts about these specs

Posted on 2023-05-19, 06:28

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Thanks for the link theiceman. I will go to check it out . I will also check phils channel out. Thanks for the advice too @The Seperent Rider. @Schevalier has a point though. Being too picky is not thing to do. the number of parts is not unlimited in genernal. And finding parts that are on budget is …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-18, 17:34

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You're going to need that joystick for TIE Fighter, I still remember the pain of dogfighting A-Wings with a TIE Bomber using mouse. Those mouse feet probably got the same amount of travel playing TIE as with six months of normal usage. You need joystick for any LucasArts' flight sims, even those as …

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Re: What are your thoughts about these specs

Posted on 2023-05-18, 16:55

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coppermine is arguably a bottleneck for later games, but then again anandtech tested the gf3 with a 1ghz thunderbird. these were contemporary CPUs that people used when those cards came out. the best thing would be to find some youtube videos of games running on that hardware and see if the …

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Re: What are your thoughts about these specs

Posted on 2023-05-18, 14:48

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Sorry for bumping up the thread again but got another question that suits in here. I have the chance to get a hp HP Pavillion (a p3 800 system with socket 370) for almost nothing from an acquaintance. I Have not seen the system in "person" yet so I am not sure if I am going to take it. In case I …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-05-17, 19:59

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You're going to need that joystick for TIE Fighter, I still remember the pain of dogfighting A-Wings with a TIE Bomber using mouse. Those mouse feet probably got the same amount of travel playing TIE as with six months of normal usage. Great game though, highly recommend it. I did try X-Wing after …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-17, 19:17

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One fringe benefit of building an XP machine is it's marginally easier to install XP Era games you've bought on GOG. As in, the GOG installers for say, Empire Earth, actually run on XP and installs a game that mostly works. Sometimes you have to hunt down their DirectX wrapper and delete it. …

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