Re: Question about Voodoo 4/5 and Backwards Compatibility

Posted on 2024-05-14, 14:19

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Texture issue is related to expanded memory capacity on those cards (you can always toggle them to "as og" and will will behave the same). But even greater memory capacity, can work just fine with other drivers. Compatibility in general is quite good with v4/5 since it can use that glide2x.ovl file.

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Re: dotnet9x - Stress your old cpu with newer .NET on 9x

Posted on 2024-04-25, 06:53

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Very nice. Lots of user-made game tools are made with .net and then you have to boot to xp just to set some setting.

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Re: why did the voodoo 4 and 5 dont have hardware support for T&L

Posted on 2024-04-13, 09:24

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Just want to add. Nowdays, you can pair a voodoo5 with a "from the future!" cpu, like a core2duo at 3ghz+, which is probably faster that what a hardware tnl unit would provide. And theres not much benefit to it. Not really my field, but my guess is, the main "bottleneck" for those cards is the …

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Re: System Shock Remastered gameplay trailer

Posted on 2024-03-31, 11:11

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Its a bit more complicated than "they are all evil". Patch releases, parity, whatever you call it, gets very complicated when you are on multiple systems. Ms has its own set of rules, sony completely different each with its own restrictions and verifications. If your patch has some newly developed …

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Re: Drive bay extinction in cases, PC chassis, accelerating ???

Posted on 2024-03-23, 11:35

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I run(for how many years of using it) a win98 machine with no cd drive or bulky hdd. Just no need, for a 98ish era machine. Havent missed it once. All installs through usb, every game so far with cd music works with a virtual drive or local files. For a modern machine, just no reason, better to make …

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Re: Do discrete sound cards have any gaming utility in modern computers?

Posted on 2024-03-07, 15:42

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I use an usb sound blaster. External volume knob, works on many pcs(I use more), sound quality is better than what my best mb has, I can also use alchemy to get eax on older titles. My vortex2 plugs into its lineIn, so I can just keep headphones/speakers on the blaster.

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Re: When did Unreal Tournament multiplayer get so "difficult"?

Posted on 2024-03-06, 11:31

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In any case, whateverthefuck you do... Its gonna run better on a new-er system with later patches that break win98 compatibility. The mouse input will be more responsive. The only reason to even play it on an older OS, in MP form, is to enjoy some a3d asmr.

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Re: When did Unreal Tournament multiplayer get so "difficult"?

Posted on 2024-03-02, 10:01

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I play it every once in a while. It just depends on which server you join. You can get "casual" players, where matches wont be so intense. If I tryhard I tend to win those, my skill is fine, but nothing amazing. If you go a server with rankings, where people have mastered the game, you gonna get …

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Re: Bum Simulator

Posted on 2024-02-23, 16:44

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robertmo wrote on 2021-09-20, 17:33: buckeye wrote on 2021-09-20, 16:14: We have "progressed" from flight simulator, farming simulator to BUM simulator??? I think we still don't have a proper dam simulator. One could say... No one gives a dam

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Re: The retro age of Dual Cores has arrived

Posted on 2024-02-11, 15:28

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Jup, voodoo 5 5500

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Re: The retro age of Dual Cores has arrived

Posted on 2024-02-11, 12:51

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Ah yes the good old dualcore retro pcs 😜 Filename IMG_20240211_131236.jpg File size 531.05 KiB Views 688 views File license Fair use/fair dealing exception

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2024-02-06, 09:22

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I can answer that... Rev320 chips aren't rare, they are basically non -existant. He had plans early on, to do exactly that, offer cards with them... But when he started making them, supply went pufffff. How I got mine, was looking at random images on google and I saw one dude who had a picture of a …

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2024-02-05, 16:58

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So... Tried 20mm tall fans. IMG_20240203_174544_re.jpg Cant comment how they affect temperatures, cus I havent measured, they do seem to help keep it a bit more stable on my "breaking point OC". A bit louder than 10mm talls, so ... Think the main benefit is their distance from the heatsinks, so they …

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Re: Voodoo 4/5 DVI maximum resolution in 2D mode

Posted on 2024-01-29, 17:01

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Their timings are off for 1920x1080 and digital out. Their timings table is read from the registry. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\0000\TIMINGS\" For 1080p@60hz, one that works, is: @ = "2048,1960,1992,1232,1141,1144,4,151390000,6000,8,30668" Not sure if its " …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-14, 19:50

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If they snorted coke, even I would watch that. Live streams would be great! Let me add smthing... As you can see... It means he is aware you can see it. I know, mind blown.

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Re: Radeon 8500LE vs 8500

Posted on 2024-01-11, 09:36

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Well polygon count became less problematic with increasing gpu power. So you can afford to start with a high-quality model, dynamic lod systems(what nanite is, but not the only one) can help with reducing count when camera is further or off-focus, without preparing different lod meshes manually. So …

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Re: Radeon 8500LE vs 8500

Posted on 2024-01-10, 18:14

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Sure it did, you see it all the time in games, its tessellation.

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2024-01-03, 08:32

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The performance is the same as OG card, if you can hit higher clocks, then ofc it will be faster. It can run in an agp 4x slot, it doesn't use it or any agp features.

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2023-12-31, 15:16

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Yea looks good, very tidy. If you will be bothering him with questions (as we all did 😁), ask him if you need to remove r145, if he says wtf no... ask again.

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Re: The Changeling 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500

Posted on 2023-12-31, 14:46

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DeusEx ... shame on you.

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