Re: Why does PhilsComputerLab disables all but 1 core on his XP gaming builds?
Posted on 2019-11-07, 22:43
Has anyone compiled a list of these games?
Why does PhilsComputerLab disables all but 1 core on his XP gaming builds?
Posted on 2019-11-07, 22:31
I always understood it was good to disable hyper-threading for some games, but Phil disables all cores but one effectively turning his XP machines into single cores? He says it's controversial but never explained why? Can anyone explain why he is doing this and explain the benefits to me? https:// …
Re: Ati Radeon - 128X Anisotropic Filtering
Posted on 2019-11-07, 12:56
Any idea if this works on the 9600?
Does the 137GB Limit apply to USB drives in Win98?
Posted on 2019-11-05, 16:15
I'm converting an early 2000's Dell laptop into a Win98 gaming laptop and want to populate the unused USB slots with mini thumb drives to expand my game storage space.
Is the risk from static damage overblown?
Posted on 2019-11-02, 16:33
Has anyone here actually ever had a part damaged by static shock? A friend recently came by and was a bit surprised how I store my stuff. I rarely keep parts in static bags. Mostly I just stack them gently on top of one another inside cardboard boxes, usually seperated by a piece of cut cardboard. …
Re: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI drivers
Posted on 2019-10-30, 20:35
Can you give us a pic of the back? I've never seen a Rage like yours before.
Re: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI drivers
Posted on 2019-10-30, 19:53
The Rage Pro / LT Pro (same-ish thing) is more advanced chip than the Rage IIc That's what I don't get about his card. The chip clearly says LT, but the product number code comes up IIc and works with IIc drivers but not with the LT drivers he's tried. It's also missing the header pins most Rage …
Re: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI drivers
Posted on 2019-10-30, 18:35
Cool. If those don't end up working well there are several different versions of IIc drivers floating around I think.
Re: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI drivers
Posted on 2019-10-30, 17:52
Yep, it's a rage IIc, these drivers should work: http://vintage3d.org/driver/ati/R2c%20VT4.zip
Re: ATI 3D Rage LT Pro 8MB PCI drivers
Posted on 2019-10-30, 17:51
Torso wrote: I'm starting to think this whole card is a total scam, haha. Not finding any specific info from Google. Oh, well.. If so, they sure fooled me to think this was an geniune old gpu. Who the hell would bother creating something like this? 🤣 Not a scam I think. That looks like an OEM card. …
High res fix for Daggerfall Vanilla?
Posted on 2019-10-30, 07:51
Is there a patch or fix to play vanilla Daggerfall at higher resolutions? I don't like the way Unity and XL makes the game look, and would just like to play the original at a higher res like 640x480ish+ with the extended view distance mod. I want to run on hardware if possible and not Dosbox.
Re: Remove anodization from pc case ?
Posted on 2019-10-30, 05:56
anyone ever tried to remove the anodization of aluminum? i have one of those ugly red lian li cases and i was wondering if there is a fast, cheap process to remove the anodized color and leave it real aluminum color The easiest and cheapest way to remove anodization is to use yellow spray can oven …
Re: 128GB CF only formatting up to 32GB under Win98SE
Posted on 2019-10-29, 07:14
There may be something here to help http://www.mdgx.com/upd98me.php
Re: Undervolting CPU to match lower TDP support of motherboard?
Posted on 2019-10-28, 17:42
CPU power consumption scales with the square of voltage, so based on that you can estimate how low it needs to be to get you to 95W. Based on the assumption that the original spec truly uses 125W, then you're trying to lower it to 76% of original. if "x" is the new voltage, and "y" is the original …
Undervolting CPU to match lower TDP support of motherboard?
Posted on 2019-10-28, 06:14
Trying to build a powerful budget XP gaming machine at the moment. I've got a Phenom II X4 965 with a TDP of 125w, the only DDR3 motherboard I have that will socket this CPU is an Asrock 960GM-VGS3 FX but it's only rated for 95w TDP. The board will boot and work fine with the CPU, but I haven't put …
Re: Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?
Posted on 2019-10-27, 08:39
i would rather make a 2d/3d accelerator that supports everything natively rredline glide metal ati cif sgl opengl and directx and so on... to me that would be far more interesting from the retrocomputing side of things Yes. This is what I want more than anything. And it would be great done on a …
Re: S939 Athlon 64 3200 vs S478 Prescott 3.4GHz
Posted on 2019-10-25, 07:09
BinaryDemon wrote: Don’t most socket 939 also support a few dual cores, if you were looking for an improved XP experience. Manchester and Toledo Athlon 64 X2's come in that socket, but it's all AM2 after that I think.
Is there anybody left on this forum that still has an AM5x86 that will do 200mhz?
Posted on 2019-10-24, 13:57
If so would you be willing to run a few benchmarks and games like Quake and make a video to post to Youtube? I really want to see a 486 pushing 200mhz with my own two eyes. I've had a few of these chips over the years and never got lucky. It would be awesome if there was a build of CPU-Z that worked …
Re: Does the maximum Windows 98SE HDD size apply to partitions?
Posted on 2019-10-23, 11:18
derSammler wrote: Windows 98 can not use hard disks larger than 128 GB. If it is larger, writing to anything past the 128 GB will cause a wrap-around and cause random data corruption. Is it possible to set larger drive to read only and use them to copy from?
Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?
Posted on 2019-10-21, 03:18
Right now there are guys taking care stuff like sound cards, memory expansions, networking, controllers, etc etc etc. Do you think we'll ever get to see a replica 3D card come out that is compatible with the vintage API's? It would be amazing to have a DOS compatible card made with modern power that …
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