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Need some help with Windows 98SE on two different machines; issues with certain games with Voodoo 5 5500

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First post, by Bohemond1099

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So not sure if this is the right spot; but I'm having some weird issues running certain games in windows 98SE with both a PIII 1Ghz 768MB RAM and a P4 2.8Ghz 1GB RAM machine.

On the PIII machine with the Voodoo 5:
No One Lives Forever: constant frame slowdowns @1024x768
Operation Flashpoint @800x600 or 1024x768 unplayable single digit framerate and freezing/CTD
Quake II: runs well with occasional slowdowns @1024x768 and @1280x960
Quake III: runs well with occasional slowdowns @1024x768
Rainbow Six Rogue SpearP: runs, but has constant horrible frame drops @1024x768
Soldier of Fortune: runs but has horrible frame drops @1024x768
Star Wars Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (1997): Runs fantastic @1024x768 and 1280x1024 with Glide with occasional /rare drops
Unreal: Runs with occasional slowdowns @1024x768

On the P4 machine with Voodoo 5:
Operation Flashpoint @800x600 or 1024x768 unplayable single digit framerate and freezing/CTD
Rainbow Six Rogue SpearP: freezes
Rune: Runs well @1024x768
Quake III: runs well @1024x768 and @1280x960
Soldier of Fortune: freezes
Star Trek Elite Force: Runs well @1024x768
Unreal: Runs well @1024x768 and @1280x1024

On the P4 machine with Nvidia Geforce 6800GT:
Operation Flashpoint: Runs and then freezes about 2 minutes in on low settings @800x600

I have tried both the original Voodoo 5 drivers from the CD as well as the 1.04.01-beta driver.

Any help/insight would be appreciated.

Here is what I got for performance in a couple of the games that worked.

Quake III P4@2.8Ghz Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB Max
1280x1024x32x32 41.8
1024x768x32x32 69.3
1280x1024x16x32 63.4
1024x768x16x32 98
1280x1024x16x16 65.6
1024x768x16x16 102.2

Quake III PIII@1.0Ghz Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB Max
1280x1024x32x32 42.8
1024x768x32x32 57.2
1280x1024x16x32 51.7
1024x768x16x32 63.8
1280x1024x16x16 55
1024x768x16x16 64.3

Unreal P4@2.8Ghz Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB Max Glide
1280x1024 81
1024x768 122

Unreal PIII@1.0Ghz Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64MB Max Glide
1280x1024 61
1024x768 65

Reply 1 of 3, by Horun

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You need to give more info. What exact motherboards, different chipsets, bios, etc can easily come into play. Not sure why you run a Voodoo PCI on a P4 when there are very good AGP cards that typically exceed it IMHO but that is a diff issue 😀

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 2 of 3, by Bohemond1099

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Horun wrote on 2022-07-16, 03:47:

You need to give more info. What exact motherboards, different chipsets, bios, etc can easily come into play. Not sure why you run a Voodoo PCI on a P4 when there are very good AGP cards that typically exceed it IMHO but that is a diff issue 😀

Ok, will do my best to get the answers then; on the Voodoo 5; that is the only one I have and I did that to circumvent the AGP compatibility limitations of the AGP version.

Reply 3 of 3, by Bohemond1099

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Ok; got it sorted; the cooler that had come with it was not doing its job; was hitting 105C in the bios when I checked; ordered and installed a new cooler and voilla; works fine with about 73C max after an hour of gameplay showing in the bios. Is there a good cpu temp monitoring tool like openhardware monitor for windows 98?

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