First post, by Der_Richter
Hi guys,
So... Felt the urge to slap together something for the 1997/1998 era as i wanted to play some era specific games. Took a nose dive into my parts bins and returned with the following:
Pentium 200MMX
128MB RAM
S3 Trio64 VGA
Orchid Righteous 3D Voodoo1 (the one with the relays)
Installed Win95 and DX7 and things are smooth so far.
However i am a bit disappointed in the performance of the Orchid card. I had a few over the years, but i didn't use one in a long while, but i recall better performance. But it's a bit murky as the last time i used one actively was in 2002 or so.
Quake 2 drops to single digit fps at times, running the timedemo of demo1 shows an average of 16.9 fps using Orchid drivers, 18.6 fps using latest reference drivers. Also tried Ignition, which has drops in 3dfx mode at times down to sub-20 fps. This i don't recall from before...
So... The above Q2 benchmarks, are they off? Anyone with a similar system care to try? Could this be the CPU holding it back? I recall the last Orchid i put into a machine in 2002, was used with a P233...
Any hints?
Preserver, refurbisher, collector. In that order.