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Re: Best way to handle multi-PC (retro+modern) setup with a single modern LCD monitor?

Posted on Yesterday, 22:18

I use Samsung T240, OK-ish latency response, VGA + DVI + HDMI, 1200p/16:10. Worked fine for all projects I had so far. Auto/Wide option in menu.

Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z

Posted on 2020-02-23, 22:28

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Any chance of making FSB visible together with RDRAM clock speed ? Filename S423 P4 1,5GHz CPU-z.PNG File size 185.98 KiB Views 38 views

Re: Video card compatibility matrix by OS + processor?

Posted on 2020-02-20, 16:19

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ Video

For Win98 it's more about additional drivers and stuff, not chipset drivers themselves (I ran Win98 on i7 980X). IF your hard drive controller, GPU, USB, Audio, LAN, etc. has drivers for WIn98 - it should work (assuming platform configuration isn't an issue* ) *like having too much RAM on install …

Re: Getting CF card Formatted

Posted on 2020-02-15, 10:06

by agent_x007

in DOS

Unless it's Industrial class card - you may have to mod it, to enable DOS booting capability.

Re: Benchmark software for Win9x, 2000/XP systems?

Posted on 2020-02-11, 20:31

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ Software

SiSoft Sandra 2001 (CPU + Multimedia + memory/cache) PCMark 02 (it's free) 3DMark 99/2000/01/03* (*newest for Win98 is v3.5.x) Cinebench 2003 Quake III Arena "Demo001"

Re: 6800XT AGP VS. 5900XT AGP

Posted on 2020-02-04, 17:18

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ Video

NV15, NV20, NV25, NV28, NV30, NV35 and NV38 have 4 pixel pipelines with 2 TMUs on each pipeline Not according to Nvidia, their offical anwser with nv3x is it depends. There are situations where it runs as a 4x2, an 8x1 and even a 16x1 . It was a good idea on their part but it failed in execution. …

Re: 6800XT AGP VS. 5900XT AGP

Posted on 2020-02-02, 01:50

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ Video

5900 XT has 8 TMU.

Re: SSD, Windows 98, Worth it?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 06:09

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How does garbage collection/TRIM work on SLC SSDs (like Intel X25-E) ? Are they better than MLCs for Win98 ?

Re: Aureal Minerva - does not work on a PC with RAM more than 999 MB, please help with a solution.

Posted on 2020-01-11, 23:23

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ Software

Have you tried Lowe's RAM patch ? Here's a link : LINK

Re: How to Install Win98 on HDD 1 and WinXP on HDD 2?

Posted on 2019-12-31, 19:04

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, that's how it worked last time I did Windows 98 + Windows XP install back to back on separate drives. I did lock Windows XP drive from Win98 though (since I didn't wanted ScanDisk from it to screw around with NTFS hard drive). Oh, and WIndows 98 drive had seperate FAT32 partition for stuff …

Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2019-12-31, 15:00

by agent_x007

in Milliways

I'm not seeing any of the dithering you mention on my S9 with Chrome. I wanted to thank whoever "fixed" the background color :D THANK YOU ! https://i.imgur.com/KE4VuNJ.jpg Also, the blinding "dot effect" seen on bar at top is made more pronounced by enabling build-in Night mode inside Opera browser …

Re: GA-5AA rev1.1 Manual Available?

Posted on 2019-12-31, 07:19

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@gca You could try to use CamScanner app to get better filter options and simply take pictures of it : https://www.camscanner.com/user/download

Re: How to Install Win98 on HDD 1 and WinXP on HDD 2?

Posted on 2019-12-31, 07:11

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I haven't tried this method, but I vaguely remember it from 20 years ago. Does this end up with XP installed on D: drive? So after booting to XP you see C: with Win98 and D: with XP? If they are on seperate physical drives, you will always get "C:" for OS you are currently using. Also, if XP …

Re: Is it possible to build one WIndows 98 machine to be compatible with all games?

Posted on 2019-12-30, 08:40

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think it's best to have two Win98 PCs (or "Extended DOS" + More compatible Win XP) : 1) "Extended DOS", example : [Super] Socket 7 with ISA sound card(s), Voodoo(s), etc. Which can double as "late" DOS 6.22 PC. 2) "More compatible WinXP", example : LGA 775/AM2(+) with DX8/DX9 capable GPU, Aureal/ …

Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2019-12-28, 17:21

by agent_x007

in Milliways

Dominus wrote on 2019-12-28, 16:46: @Imi, don't forget that this site is about old games on new systems. Which answers question why background colors are made from dot patterns instead of one shade... how exactly ? I'm pretty sure "dithering" that was mentioned, is related to this.

Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2019-12-28, 12:36

by agent_x007

in Milliways

I HATE the secondary color for posts ("lighter purple" ?). It's unwatchable on on S10 since it's only shows dots - like WTF ? https://i.imgur.com/QxiA8SW.jpg ^That's how most posts with quotes look like now, on my Galaxy S10 using Opera browser (not logged in/default theme, "mobile" enabled). Why …

Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2019-12-24, 19:54

by agent_x007

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Check CPU-z ("Memory" tab), Flexibiltiy Option drops DDR2 speed to forced 400MHz mode (for DDR2). I guess you didn't checked decreased FSB I mentioned ("256MHz" is the value you put in BIOS) ?