Re: Unreal vs Unreal Gold (UT engine) Performance

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Revolter wrote on Yesterday, 16:59: Is the V-Sync behavior identical in both cases? Check this thread for more info on how this could be the reason for this difference: How I Got Over 100 FPS on Unreal Gold Pretty sure it isn't V-sync but I will double check.

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Re: Riva 128 vs TNT vs M64 Pentium MMX

Posted on 2021-07-26, 17:19

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-07-16, 04:18: "Next slowest" means faster Yeah I don't know how I managed to read that the way I did. Definitely a "doh!" moment for me. Thanks for clarifying.

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Unreal vs Unreal Gold (UT engine) Performance

Posted on 2021-07-26, 16:33

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What are everyone's experiences with running these two versions performance wise? I was doing some benchmarking on my S7 build with a K6-3+ and Voodoo3 and was surprised to find that with Unreal Gold I was only getting around 29FPS average. So I installed OG Unreal and with the 226 patch I was able …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-25, 04:19

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Probably my last update....but I installed OG 1998 Unreal to compare again Unreal Gold. And wow...what a difference. For one it is super unstable and I could only get it running with the 226 patch. I also had to remove the ESS Audio Drive and install my Aureal Vortex 1 PCI card. But man I went from …

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Re: You can use Microsoft Office 2000, XP, and 2003 to edit Office 2007-formatted files

Posted on 2021-07-23, 20:38

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-23, 19:37: Does no one use RTF this days...😉 Not really, no.

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Re: Another Radeon 9800 pro with artifacts

Posted on 2021-07-23, 20:32

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I had a 9800XT that looked much like this. I tried a toaster oven reflow......didn't fix it. It's a shame so many of these 9000 series cards have died heat deaths.

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Re: Fixing up an broken 486 I got from a local radio.

Posted on 2021-07-23, 17:47

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Great project you are doing a superb job on this thing so far. One thing to note though, you might have to install a resistor or something to prevent the CR2032 from trying to recharge. Depending on the motherboard some of those old Varta's were set to recharge and of course a modern lithium battery …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-23, 02:23

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It is known that caps with lots of life in them, left unused, even if new never used, gradually lose capacitance, but some short periods of use will "reform" them and they gain back their original spec. So that would be a possible explanation for it getting better as you use it. That is interesting …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-23, 01:22

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Well I got the FSB to run more or less stable at 83mhz. Thanks xrror for kickstarting my brain. I reset the divider and seems to be working now. A few benchmarks are @ 83x6=500mhz Superscape 1.0 Low Res: Comes back 0.0 but runs super fast? Superscape 1.0 High Res: 587.5 Chris' 3D Bench Low Res: 627 …

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Re: What game made you upgrade to Windows 95 back in the day?

Posted on 2021-07-22, 19:25

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I went directly from Windows 3.11 and a AMD 386 Packard Bell, to a no name clone K6-2 running Windows 98SE. I never actually owned a PC running 95, but i did use my grandmother's PC running 95. I would say she upgraded from her Tandy 1000 series so that she could use the internet.

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-21, 21:18

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I need to do some more checking. I really don't think this is what was causing my stability issues....all I can say as it didn't work and then it did. Nothing at all really changed. But I also think that my memory bandwidth is way worse than it should be, and I think that it is affecting my …

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Re: Graphics card for Windows 3.11 and Nt3.51 in high resolutions (1600x1200 and higher)

Posted on 2021-07-21, 21:04

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2021-07-20, 17:25: ...beside that the ITpro has some issues with quitting out of some OpenGL-games...BUT Amithlon works with the standard kernel. Good to know. I no longer use the ATi card in that 486, I remembered that I had a Tseng ET6000 PCI kicking around and I installed it …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-21, 17:45

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Some rambling, I hope some is useful... I'm surprised nobody mentioned it (or they did and I missed it) many PATA (and I imagine SATA) simply don't handle the IDE controller (southbridge) running at 41Mhz. I remember having to try a few different drives to find one(s) that don't lose their marbles …

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Re: Graphics card for Windows 3.11 and Nt3.51 in high resolutions (1600x1200 and higher)

Posted on 2021-07-20, 15:45

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2021-07-20, 04:49: I could not find a LTpro compatible win3x -driver. My bad, I went back and looked it was a Rage XL not a LT and apparently I was using it with the Mach64 drivers. This did work fine however for the requested resolution and color depth. Sorry for the confusion …

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Re: Voodoo 5 6000 Clone PCB

Posted on 2021-07-19, 19:54

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2021-07-19, 13:24: Got mine! https://youtu.be/UgbVmYn1xZ8 Subbed so I can watch these videos later. Thanks!

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Re: Voodoo3 Cooling

Posted on 2021-07-19, 18:07

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I just put a little 40mm fan on my PCI Voodoo 3 2000. The other fans and the bearings in the hard drive drown out any noise from it. It seems to keep it adequately cooled and it fits the tiny heatsink well. My PCI card is from Elpina according the video BIOS, according to the eBay seller I bought it …

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Re: ATI chip: which driver to use for Win9x

Posted on 2021-07-19, 18:00

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Go with what Swaaye says on this one. I've always used Catalyst 6.2 with my Radeon 7500/8500 cards. But it sounds like the earlier packages might be a better option. I can't recall what driver I used for the only other ATi cards for sure but I think I used 6.2 with a Radeon 9200SE and it worked all …

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Re: Graphics card for Windows 3.11 and Nt3.51 in high resolutions (1600x1200 and higher)

Posted on 2021-07-19, 17:55

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I have used a ATI Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI card in my 486 running 3.11. It supports True Color and high res modes. There are drivers available. RageIIc supports Win3x, RageLTpro does not. Hmmm, I know that I was using the card. It has been quite a while though. I must've been using a compatible driver …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support

Posted on 2021-07-19, 17:54

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I don't have a audio bracket off hand. If I can locate one I will give the integrated audio a try. The on-board audio connector is proprietary, so finding the original bracket would be the best. That said, I was able to hook up a generic audio bracket to the connector using jumper cables and this …

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Re: PC Chips M571 K6-3+ Support - UPDATED WITH BENCHMARKS

Posted on 2021-07-19, 17:53

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-07-18, 02:19: Sadly finding the time is the hardest part no doubt about that. Absolutely

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