Re: So dark that I can barely see in Half Life Opposing Force!

Posted on 2022-02-28, 08:35

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by Snookeroo

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RandomStranger wrote on 2022-02-28, 08:13: Does the base game look right? Do you run it in DirectX or OpenGL rendering? What happens if you switch to the other one? The base game ran perfectly. It's using Direct3D by default. I tried Software and OpenGL, neither of them made a difference.

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Re: So dark that I can barely see in Half Life Opposing Force!

Posted on 2022-02-28, 07:55

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Pierre32 wrote on 2022-02-28, 07:45: I assume your video card and the drivers you're running are going to be an important part of the troubleshooting here. Good point! Here you go. I'm using that "41.09_win9x" you see in the bottom right there.

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So dark that I can barely see in Half Life Opposing Force!

Posted on 2022-02-28, 07:31

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Greetings venerable Vogons of all seeing retro knowledge! I have been completing a playthrough of Half Life Opposing Force on my Windows 98 machine. It is a 1.4GHz Tualatin build with 128mb of video memory, so it certainly over qualifies for running the game. It is so dark that I can't see anything …

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No music or sound in Ultimate Doom on Win98SE?!

Posted on 2022-02-01, 21:32

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Greetings venerable Vogons. Build any good bypasses lately? I have a kick ass Tualatin based Windows 98SE gaming PC that I built last year (pictured) and I have been enjoying a lot of different games on it. I've been playing stuff from my childhood like Warcraft, Age of Empires and Deus Ex, but now …

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Re: Help! What drivers do I use for this old Presario?!

Posted on 2022-01-12, 01:17

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You're one step ahead of me! Excellent point. I just had a look on the mb and saw that the sound card was an "ESS Allegro 1989s". I tried a bunch of different drivers for it, but this was the only one I found which worked: https://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=51815 With sound and …

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Re: Help! What drivers do I use for this old Presario?!

Posted on 2022-01-12, 00:16

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I have installed the above two drivers. This is what I get: - The VGA drivers worked great. I can now do 32 bit colour and res up to 1024x768. - The 4in1 drivers appear to have absolutely no affect. When I run the installer the progress bar goes from 0% to 100% in a split second as if it didn't even …

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Re: Help! What drivers do I use for this old Presario?!

Posted on 2022-01-10, 12:07

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys. These are awesome! You were absolutely right about it being a VIA board. This is a screenshot from the Device Manager. I will do some research to try and figure out what the difference is between VT501 and VT82C686. I'll keep you all posted here on how I go. …

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Help! What drivers do I use for this old Presario?!

Posted on 2022-01-10, 06:43

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Greetings Vogons. As usual, I am stuck and you are my only hope! I am doing a refurbishment on this handsome old Compaq Presario 7480. I have cleaned it all up and upgraded the RAM. I will be sticking with the original 550Mhz AMD-K6-2 processor and using the motherboard's onboard sound and video …

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-29, 01:45

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-08-27, 17:18: Most Intel 815 boards share major flaw - no ISA slots. Why are ISA slots so important? Is it just for having a DOS era sound card?

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-27, 07:22

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Also don't forget to use some better video card with it. It's better to have overpowered video card ;) I'm currently running a Geforce 2 MX400, but would like to run games such as Morrowind and Deus Ex. I hear that my current card may struggle with these. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions …

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-27, 01:48

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Hahaha well when you say it like that, all of a sudden the boasting rights seem like reason enough 😎

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-27, 00:39

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How much of a difference does the extra cache make? Would it be very noticeable for gaming? Thanks for pointing out the caps, I will take note.

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 22:47

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This bundle looks perfect. The mb is included on the Tualitin supported list, plus it comes with the CPU I want, and some RAM: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/324727406844?epid … &frcectupt=true

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Re: What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 22:37

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This is amazing! Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Cheers Parke.

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Re: How do I run DOS games on my Windows 98 PC?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 13:34

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I did run the setup.exe and was trying to do a sound test, but it was saying it couldn't find the sound card. I'm running a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital (model SB0220). I can get some screenshots tomorrow so you can properly see what I'm getting when I try to run it.

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What motherboard for a 1.4GHz p3 Tualitin CPU?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 13:32

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Greeting Vogons! I am considering doing a major upgrade to my Windows 98 gaming PC. It currently runs a socket 1 Pentium 3 550E with only PC100 RAM. I would like to throw caution to the wind and go all in with a Pentium 3 Tualitin 1.4Ghz build. I have watched multiple videos such as this: https:// …

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How do I run DOS games on my Windows 98 PC?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 12:47

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Greeting Vogons! I am an absolute noob to the retro scene. In the last couple of months I have amused myself during covid lockdown by building a sweet Windows 98 gaming PC, and I'm loving it. Playing old games like Warcraft 3 and The Sims has been a breeze. However, I would like to go even further …

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Re: What should I upgrade in my new Windows 98 gaming build?

Posted on 2021-08-21, 06:18

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Unfortunately I don't have any of the gear or time to learn how to replace the caps. The cards are only $30, so I reckon I'll just buy another one. Thanks for the tips though 😀

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Re: What should I upgrade in my new Windows 98 gaming build?

Posted on 2021-08-21, 05:06

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You guys won't believe my poor luck... So you know how I got that MX400 with the bad caps on it? I contacted the guy I bought it from and he said he had another MX400 I could swap for, so I did. It looks like it's in great condition (pics attached) so I installed it and at first figured everything …

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Re: What should I upgrade in my new Windows 98 gaming build?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 15:33

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How do I install version 7.76 of the nVidia drivers? I downloaded it from here: https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fil … 746&menustate=0 But there don't seem to be any executable files in the AGP/Disk1 folder. They're all .vxd, .pci, .dll etc. Windows 98 has no idea what to do with them.

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