Re: Did I get ripped off? (Voodoo2 Diamond)
Posted on 2022-01-19, 22:24
Thanks folks - I'll try the suggestions when I can.
Re: Did I get ripped off? (Voodoo2 Diamond)
Posted on 2022-01-19, 06:48
Windows 98 detected the card as before... what do you suggest with this line? Did windows ask for driver installation and you installed it? Else you could try removing the driver in safe mode and install it again by yourself manually. Well the old and new cards are functionally identical so I …
Did I get ripped off? (Voodoo2 Diamond)
Posted on 2022-01-18, 21:34
So a while back I bought a second Voodoo2 12MB with the intention of going SLI but due to a lack of time due to family circumstances, I only this week could get around to testing it. To test, I first wanted to make sure the card worked with existing drivers so I removed my previous Voodoo2 ( …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-18, 20:37
Any of the following chips will will work (All are 512KB) EM614163A MT4C16270DJ KM416C254BJ If faster ones (faster than 60ns ) are cheaper buy the faster ones. I didn't know you were in the EU, the ones I got were from https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/363331097252?hash=item54983892a4:g:GdMAAOSw901gWSTo …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-18, 20:16
OK I think I found a EU seller for these chips: https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/152400238242?hash=item237bc316a2:g:3FkAAOSwIFtc1xVM&autorefresh=true 60ns just like the ones in the system. These should work right? Any of the following chips will will work (All are 512KB) EM614163A MT4C16270DJ …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-18, 19:12
OK I think I found a EU seller for these chips: https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/152400238242?has … utorefresh=true 60ns just like the ones in the system. These should work right?
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-18, 18:41
I'm surprised nobody has told you to rummage through your BIOS in search of settings that might affect your PCI video card performance. There are some options that definitely can affect compatibility as well. PCI/VGA Palette Snooping etc. etc. Oh I did disable all options that might cause issues - …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-18, 18:41
I have a PC-350 (Intel Morrison 430fx motherboard) with S3 TRIO 64V. It only has 1MB video ram but I noticed the picture quality on the onboard video is superb. Better than any add on card I have tried on the riser (G400 even much newer cards like Radeon 9200 pci) . I don't understand why is ( …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-16, 23:08
OK, I removed the MGA and tested the same games with the S3 Trio 64V+ and the only game that performs poorly still, is Puzzle Bobble 2X but only at 640x400. At 320x200 it performs beautifully. Get Medieval no longer has slow downs and neither does Captain Claw so the MGA has some real issues there. …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-16, 23:07
I decided to try Puzzle Bobble 2x, which is the only version of the game I could find for Windows. This supposedly came out in 1998, but it looks far more likely to have been 2000 or even 2001 judging from the files on the disc and the fact that I could not find an earlier version anywhere. In any …
Re: "Frequency out of range" when rebooting PC with Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-15, 19:13
could be the memory range the tnt bios wants to use isn't availible to it. Somtimes theres option is motherboard bios to reserve that. I'll have to take a look - IBM BIOS is relatively limited. I can run the majority of DOS games in Windows (some even work in Windows and don't in DOS because of the …
Re: "Frequency out of range" when rebooting PC with Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-14, 20:06
sounds like a issue with the TNT Bios. I know that you've had other pci video cards in the system and it worked just fine. It's a long shot but you could pursue the idea that changing it to another compatible one might solve the problem That is if you don't have IRQ sharing issues. If you have a …
Re: "Frequency out of range" when rebooting PC with Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-14, 20:04
Make sure it isn't sharing an IRQ with another device. I had problems in the past with my TNT wanting to use IRQ15 for some stupid reason. IIRC I was able to mess with the BIOS settings to force it to use IRQ10. I tried this - I set IRQ15 to unavailable and it set it to IRQ9. Funnily enough, it …
"Frequency out of range" when rebooting PC with Riva TNT
Posted on 2022-01-14, 17:04
I bought a new graphics card for my IBM PC 330 (Pentium 233 MMX running Windows 98 SE) and it works amazing except that I can no longer reboot the PC. Whenever I try to do so, I get a black screen or I get "27k 62Hz Frequency out of range" on my monitor. The PC also clearly does not reboot (no …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-14, 16:59
the link you posted to your motherboard looks like it has video memory upgrade sockets. populate them and then you have 2mb. seems to me thats cheaper and easyer than adding a pci card, that is unless you need more power than that. I got the chance to buy a Riva TNT from a local seller for €40 …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-13, 18:47
OK, I removed the MGA and tested the same games with the S3 Trio 64V+ and the only game that performs poorly still, is Puzzle Bobble 2X but only at 640x400. At 320x200 it performs beautifully. Get Medieval no longer has slow downs and neither does Captain Claw so the MGA has some real issues there. …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-13, 18:19
It may be that Matrox has poor Direct Draw compatibility but then the question is: what's a good alternative that can handle 1995-1998 2D Windows 9X games? I am sure there are some Pentium 233MMX experts who can help you extract as much power as possible, but I'm afraid I am not that person. I gave …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-13, 18:17
What resolution are you playing? Do you have the latest drivers? When I owned a Matrox G400, it did great with Direct3D, but I had 16MB of VRAM. I was also running it with Pentium II/III's from 400Mhz - 1.4Ghz. https://www.matrox.com/en/video/apps/drivers/graphics/previous/legacy for drivers. Well …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-13, 17:48
Did you install DirectX ? How does your system perform in other area's? Try benchmarking with Doom and CPUMark '99 :). It performs as expected in every other area - DOS performance is quite excellent, zero issues there. It's Windows games that are the problem and that's the reason I built this PC, …
Re: 2D card performance under Windows 9X
Posted on 2022-01-13, 17:47
If you're already covered by a Voodoo, then there are many options available on the previously supplied link. The problem is that DOS performance isn't the issue - Windows performance is. I can pick one from the list that works great in DOS but gives me even worse performance under Windows. I'm not …
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