Re: Slow general MIDI in a few games in Win95

Posted on Today, 03:28

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by Joseph_Joestar

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ah that might be it! I have that installed. Yeah then, the awe 64 is probably better suited for a pentium system. You can uninstall WaveGuide/WaveSynth and still load soundfonts. In that case, you will lose the extra 32 voices that are generated by software, effectively turning your AWE64 into an …

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Re: Any games a Pentium 4 PC can play that a modern PC can't?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:48

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by Joseph_Joestar

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So, If I'm reading this correctly the advantage to having a PC from this era is mostly the advantages of having windows XP vs newer windows? WinXP allows you to run EAX games natively, without wrappers and such. Most games released up to 2007 or so will benefit from that. Get a Sound Blaster X-Fi …

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Re: Dual (SLI) Voodoo2 1000 worth it?

Posted on Yesterday, 06:20

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TSG wrote on Yesterday, 06:02: I don't know. Speedsys and the BIOS pick them up, but DOS and Win 98 Setup can't find them. Try using a smaller hard drive. In some cases, motherboards from that era are limited to supporting 32 GB disks or even smaller. This can usually be solved by updating the BIOS …

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Re: Slow general MIDI in a few games in Win95

Posted on Yesterday, 03:42

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Do you have Creative's WaveSynth/WaveGuide software installed? IIRC, that relies on the CPU and needs at least a Pentium 90 to work correctly, per Creative's readme.

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Re: PAS 16 WfW 3.11 frustrations

Posted on 2021-09-20, 15:34

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by Joseph_Joestar

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A few days ago, fellow Vogons member @Scorp released a great video on the PAS16. It seems like a very interesting card.

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Re: PCI video cards: finding my happy place

Posted on 2021-09-20, 06:19

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by Joseph_Joestar

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As mentioned earlier, the image quality of S3 Trio/Virge cards varies greatly depending on the manufacturer. After using some no-name versions of both, I recently got a Hercules Terminator 64/Video which is absolutely superb. Image quality is excellent, and it can deliver refresh rates up to 120 Hz …

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Re: Ultimate multi-sound card setup?

Posted on 2021-09-19, 16:28

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by Joseph_Joestar

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vutt wrote on 2021-09-19, 16:19: I will then have challenge how to cover SB16 and A3D in the same time. Your YMF744 can handle A3D 1.0 through Sensaura. It works quite well, especially in games based on the Unreal engine.

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Re: Games that specifically need a 486 (not faster/not slower) to run properly

Posted on 2021-09-19, 15:26

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by Joseph_Joestar

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One Must Fall 2097 works best on a 486. You can adjust the game speed in the menu to compensate for the overly fast gameplay on a Pentium, but that only works to a certain degree.

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Re: Any sound card expert? Sound Blaster AWE32+SCB-7 and Guillemot MAXI SOUND 64 (SC8600 V2.0)

Posted on 2021-09-19, 13:21

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The Guillemot Maxi sound card can't tell much about it, but it has an ESS ES1868F chip which has decent SB Pro support and the FM synth is faithful to the real OPL3. There's WSS support for 16-bit mixing but in DOS the support is lackluster compared to the SB16. Despite what its datasheet claims, …

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Re: Voodoo 3 bought second hand - dead or not?

Posted on 2021-09-18, 12:54

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Nice to hear a success story like this. May your Voodoo3 serve you well, for many years to come!

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Re: NVIDIA SoundStorm. Remember when they made sound cards?

Posted on 2021-09-18, 10:21

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Does someone has some knowledge? There's some info about it in this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=728837#p728837 While I never owned a board with SoundStorm, I remember it being advertised as on-pair with Audigy cards back in the day. Maybe someone with first hand experience can …

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Re: Asus CUV4X-C + GeForce 4 TI 4200 AGP 8x = issues?

Posted on 2021-09-18, 09:21

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Thank you a lot! 98SE should be good, it's not that dissimilar from ME. Ok, I just gave it a try. Loaded your save game and roamed around the level for 10 minutes or so. No freezes or any other issues. I then left the game running for about an hour, came back, and played for 5 more minutes. …

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Re: Having Some Trouble With DOS Games

Posted on 2021-09-18, 03:41

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JoelD wrote on 2021-09-18, 01:00: I'm maybe even thinking of going Win 95 this time around Win95 is a solid choice for a Socket 7 system. I use it on my Pentium MMX rig, mostly for nostalgic reasons. You might want to check out this thread: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

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Re: Asus CUV4X-C + GeForce 4 TI 4200 AGP 8x = issues?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 19:30

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I'll test it out tomorrow and let you know how things went. I don't have Windows ME though, just Win 98SE and Win 2000.

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Re: Asus CUV4X-C + GeForce 4 TI 4200 AGP 8x = issues?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 19:20

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by Joseph_Joestar

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No worries, i might end up creating a thread where i ask someone to test the game on a setup similar to mine, it's not a matter of where to play the game anymore, i wanna know why my PIII and geforce 4 TI can't deal with deus ex in D3d. I have an AthlonXP rig with a GeForce4 Ti4200 if that works …

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Re: Asus CUV4X-C + GeForce 4 TI 4200 AGP 8x = issues?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 16:23

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by Joseph_Joestar

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iraito wrote on 2021-09-17, 11:35: i'm currently using the 4.37V version, i don't know if using the previous driver will help. Try these: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/via-4in1-4-43.html According to some posts here, that version should be good for your Apollo Pro chipset as well.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 10:17

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Joakim wrote on 2021-09-17, 10:10: And don't get me started on the cliff racers... Relevant video 😁

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Re: Asus CUV4X-C + GeForce 4 TI 4200 AGP 8x = issues?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 07:53

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Apparently, some versions of 4-in-1 drivers work better with certain chipsets. I use v4.43 on my KT7A and never had any issues with AGP 8x cards, despite my board only supporting 4x. Your chipset is different though.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-09-17, 07:11

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by Joseph_Joestar

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It's not a big world but it's packed with interest - amazing stuff considering when it was released. Beats the pants off Morrowind IMO 😁 Back in the day, I remember playing Morrowind for the first time and thinking how lifeless its world felt. Of course, this was shortly after I had finished Gothic …

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Re: Having Some Trouble With DOS Games

Posted on 2021-09-17, 07:04

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Should I go with 185xw95.zip or 189xw98.zip for windows 98? I had downloaded 189xw98.zip but if 185xw95.zip works better for any reason I can throw that in the folder instead. If I'm remembering correctly, the 185xw95.zip archive contains VxD drivers while 185xw98.zip contains WDM drivers. You …

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