Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-28, 01:21
this old tom's article still illustrates it well: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ati,819-4.html
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-27, 21:08
yes, that would explain the difference - so then it would be the other way around and they tried to compensate for the presumably lower quality textures in glide by running a negative LOD bias. could this be a case of 8-bit paletted texture usage reducing the quality in glide?
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-27, 20:57
well, if you're inclined you could try to dial in a value that will make the D3D renderer display similar faraway texture detail as in glide and post another shot of that pond. apart from running SSAA negative LOD bias settings usually aren't useful, due to the shimmering they cause, but if a game …
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-27, 20:46
i was about to say it's a texture LOD difference, as it's pretty clear the glide shots exhibit more texture detail far away, like on the ground on the other side of the pond, and that would fit with what you tried to describe as a "lighting box" (which would be mipmap banding). however, looking at …
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-27, 15:43
is there anything in the .ini that can be forced for the D3D renderer? particularily, it looks like detail textures are off by default, but at least in UT99 they can be forced on.
Re: Why is my new build Pentium II + Voodoo 4 4500 system underperforming?
Posted on 2023-08-27, 12:53
1500s looks to be correct for p2 450. very similar results here: https://thandor.net/benchmark/21 one thing you can do is run the RAM at CL2, since PC133 usually supports that when ran at 100mhz, that may give you a tiny boost. as for the IDE issue, it's perhaps a problem with the SD adapter. some …
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-27, 00:00
the glide shot looks quite green tinted there.
Re: VMouse.vxd error
Posted on 2023-08-25, 22:17
i'd try SFC, guess this guide is applicable: https://kb.iu.edu/d/agyz once you got the file extracted you can also check the current file's checksum against the one from the CD (a known good one ideally), to verify that your current file is bad. rapidcrc can do this and runs under win98.
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-25, 21:24
so you used different tools to capture each API there? i guess if you use hypersnap for both, it should even the playing field. perhaps there is also an option to turn off that post-processing?
Re: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide
Posted on 2023-08-25, 21:13
testing both D3D and glide on the V3 is a good call in my opinion, save for games that prohibit running D3D on it of course, like diablo 2 IIRC. the UT99 redeemer example shows that a much newer nvidia card can introduce other variables into the mix. a bit annoying to see such a late game like …
Re: The Soundblaster DSP project
Posted on 2023-08-25, 21:03
Is the "slowdown when playing 16-bit SFX + MIDI" bug (such as in Duke3D or some LucasArts games) also a bug in the DSP code? I wonder if that too can be corrected, because unlike the hanging note every SB16 has this problem. an explanation was offered here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p= …
Re: Help identify MIDI synth (Scrabble CD-ROM, 1996)
Posted on 2023-08-25, 01:33
the composer seems to be still around, you could try to contact him and ask if he remembers what gear he used.
Re: General MIDI daughterboard on an AWE32 not working
Posted on 2023-08-22, 00:44
it's controlled by the JP16 jumper on that card, closed=330h while open=300h.
Re: Skt 370 VIA Apollo 133 AGP4x issue troubleshooting
Posted on 2023-08-20, 13:51
you can try disabling fast writes or playing around with different 4in1 driver versions, this old thread claims that 4.29 will fix the issue: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/asus-p3v4x-locks-up-in-4x-agp.496240/ wouldn't get my hopes up though, there's about a million threads out there …
Re: List of Windows games which look better when using 3DFX Glide (compared to Direct3D and OpenGL)
Posted on 2023-08-20, 13:07
i remembered that i had the redeemer effect in UT look correct on a TNT2 once in D3D, with either 1999 or 2000 drivers, so i just tested it on a voodoo3 (1.07.00 drivers w/ v436 game) and it works there too. so this is really a driver issue more than anything, may be worth looking into when nvidia …
Re: Windows 98 DirectX Framerate Limiter
Posted on 2023-08-17, 21:30
dxfpscap does not work with prince of persia 3d, unfortunately. tested on a voodoo3 under 98se. i have checked the .exe in hxd and there is no ddraw.dll reference to be seen, so i assume the .exe is packed. the game could really use the 30 FPS cap as it speeds up a lot whenever 60 FPS is hit. has …
Re: Best gpu for maxing out a athlon 1400 ?
Posted on 2023-08-14, 21:36
at a quick glance D2 seemed to look correct with a ti 4200, using the 1.13d patch, but the CPU overhead was absolutely ridiculous. in glide on a V3, a pii 400 is enough to almost always hit 25 FPS save for very intensive areas, but with the ti 4200 in D3D it was a stuttery mess even on a piii 1100. …
Re: EAX appreciation thread
Posted on 2023-08-07, 22:35
while i don't know for certain, UT3 using EFX is what i just always assumed due to its post-vista release date and EAX not being mentioned anywhere in the options. furthermore, if my memory is not mistaken there is absolutely no difference between an audigy and an x-fi in the game, unlike something …
Re: Do intel Chipset drivers do nothing at all really?
Posted on 2023-08-07, 22:15
i'm guessing at the very least you are not getting udma/100 support? though with 815 that's actually a seperate intel driver rather than the chipset one, i believe. i've never really tested this myself but i'd expect things like AGP running in PCI mode or not being able to select ATA DMA - basically …
Re: BrutalDoom on Windows 95
Posted on 2023-08-05, 20:52
okay, i was really going off v20/v21, which do a whole lot more and are much heavier than this old v08 that is apparently from 2011. still pretty neat to see it run even this old version.
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