Re: Pentium 4 choice Question
Posted on 2017-04-10, 03:42
thank you everyone!! i will post pics when im done spray painting all my 12 rigs and have them setup!
Re: Pentium 4 choice Question
Posted on 2017-04-10, 03:41
Win98 does not support hyperthreading, so good idea to turn it off in the bios. I found the most stable overall boards for P4/win98 (especially native DOS) are intel and the ones with PC133 RAM. They may have actual win98 drivers on the intel site too. Usually only work with early models of P4 cpus …
Re: Pentium 4 choice Question
Posted on 2017-04-09, 21:33
For p4 go 875p or 865p with 2x256 for 9x or 2x1gb for XP. Highest timings possible. For 9x disable ht it does nothing for 9x but make the CPU hotter, also go Northwood over Prescott as 9x games won't benefit from sse3 but will benefit from the shorter northwood pipeline Awesome!! great reply, …
Pentium 4 choice Question
Posted on 2017-04-09, 19:24
Well i have been going hard getting vintage pcs, might even try to sell some on ebay soon! (= But i have my own collection to worry about first, i have four pentiums 2s ready, four pentium 3s ready, gonna have a lan game soon when i got my four pentium 4s ready. i have probably 20 or more …
Re: VOODOO 2 12mb sli
Posted on 2017-02-07, 03:55
i will prob go with the pentium III then (= thanks, just gotta order or make some cables, is there a cooling mod/option you would recommend for these cards?
Re: Powermac g5 help
Posted on 2017-02-06, 22:07
Mac OS changed substantially with "OS X". If the system is running OS X 10.4 or earlier, then it can run older Macintosh applications (i.e. those that required OS 9 or earlier) in the "Classic" environment. Support for Classic was dropped in 10.5, which is the last version that G5 can use; on …
Powermac g5 help
Posted on 2017-02-06, 19:38
so i found a working power mac in the alley i have some mac games, quake, shadow warrior, sim city, phantasmagoria will these game swork on my power mac G5 i know very little of mac os
VOODOO 2 12mb sli
Posted on 2017-02-06, 19:34
so i bought 2 pci VOODOO 2 12mb sli cards , i have sevral pentium 2s 3s and 4s and some amd counterparts i was curious what computer would be the best to put them in, im thinking pentium 4s, also can you have 2 pci cards and 1 agp?
Re: Adlib Music Synthesizer Card rev 1.5
Posted on 2017-01-07, 06:51
Score! Post pics if you can. We love seeing rare retro gear. :) Sounds like something you want to hold onto, maybe turn for a profit (or just use it in an old system!) yes i am definetly not sure what to do. a part of me wants to use it, another part wants to sell it for more retro gear lol. …
Adlib Music Synthesizer Card rev 1.5
Posted on 2017-01-06, 09:45
So i bought a ton of pc big box games for 120$ Canadian and it came with this card complete in box, i searched it up on ebay, rev 1 is going for over $2000 Canadian and rev 1.5 for 700$ i was wondering if these cards were that sought after? and what sort of games will work with it, Doom? Wolfenstein …
Re: video card driver help Matrox MGA MIL/2C
Posted on 2017-01-06, 09:32
elianda wrote: These should work: ftp://retronn.de/driver/Matrox/Millenium_I/Wi … 98/1677_412.exe Thank you will try it out
video card driver help Matrox MGA MIL/2C
Posted on 2017-01-05, 08:17
Hello, going through my old computer hardware finding drivers for some old gaming builds and i was wondering if this card supports windows 98 SE i am having trouble finding drivers.
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-12-18, 14:06
So.. After alot of messing around and reading computer manuals downloading drivers for every motherboard i have to see what os support they have, some motherboards and IBM PCs i cannot find drivers. I just finished a p4 with w98se, i have 4 Pentium 3 era computers working with win98se, sound cards …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-24, 22:11
Does the VIA board have onboard audio? Have you disabled it? Windows may be emulating a soundblaster using the onboard audio and using that preferentially over the SB16. Also, I recommend restarting in DOS mode when running DOS games. yes it does have onboard audio, do i disable from the bios or do …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-24, 09:54
I also found one of these https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-vectra-ve-c-400-mhz-monitor-none-series/specs/ has p2 agp slot 2isa and some pcis i think it will work well. I don't know why you are saying "p2 agp slot". That page clearly states that it is a Celeron 400 MHz and does not say anything …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-22, 22:36
Short version, you can run all slot 1 CPUs, and all S370 Coppermine P3s/Celerons using slocket adapters. The ESS chipset (Allegro/1930) appears to be decent, although lack of real OPL3 might be an issue depending on your preferences. To the best of my knowledge, this chipset does not require EMM386 …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-22, 22:33
I also found one of these https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-vectra-ve-c-400-mhz-monitor-none-series/specs/ has p2 agp slot 2isa and some pcis i think it will work well. The one you've posted the picture of almost certainly has onboard video and no AGP slot. Again, to know what you're working with, …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-22, 10:16
I also found one of these https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-vectra-ve-c- … e-series/specs/ has p2 agp slot 2isa and some pcis i think it will work well.
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-22, 09:50
My sound blaster live! works great in dark forces or even any DOS game for a matter of fact. They are incredibly cheap and easy to buy that is my go to sound card if you need some cheap and good for its price. But if you have an older Creative card that is PCI go for it. Just put them in and see …
Re: building a network of old gaming pcs
Posted on 2016-11-22, 09:48
gdjacobs wrote: Are the three mini towers marked as a 300GL-6278 or are they another model? Will you need the machines to run pure DOS as well as Win9x? good eye.. yes they say M/T 6574-83u on the front, and honestly i have no idea, what games require pure dos mode?
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