Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on Yesterday, 11:56

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on Yesterday, 11:42: I see. Does it also happen under WinXP when using DanielK's Audigy driver pack? Never tried, I have tested the card under WinXP with official WDM drivers and had zero issues there. I stick with my anti-Win9x poltergeist hypothesis 😀

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on Yesterday, 11:21

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I should note that I'm using ZS drivers on all of my Audigy cards under Win9x, including the aforementioned SB0240. Maybe that "restore defaults" utility is somehow bugged on stock Audigy 2 drivers? I did use the ZS drivers from your guide, same problem as with stock Audigy 2 driver CD from april …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on Yesterday, 10:48

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While I do use WinME in one of my builds, I always apply this official Microsoft Update CD right after installing the OS. Never had issues with msinfo32 that way. Overall stability is on pair with my Win98SE systems. I have wondered is my install media somehow buggered even though I did check the …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on Yesterday, 09:51

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I'll do more testing once I swap the GPU, kinda hard to test is the OS stable with late NVIDIA win9x drivers 😀 Right then, what a mess this turned out to be. Here's a wall of text of my adventures in Win9x lands with Asus P5Q Deluxe: Windows ME : I started with WinME because I've never used it …

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Re: Cant "detect/hear" EAX effects in games on a SoundBlaster X-Fi??? (SB0880)

Posted on 2023-09-14, 07:29

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Unfortunately, I don't have any specific game examples, since I've always had this setting enabled on my X-Fi. Honestly, I didn't even know you could get EAX working with it disabled, so I may have been wrong about it being necessary. Yeah, while I haven't done any deeper testing I'm quite sure it …

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Re: Cant "detect/hear" EAX effects in games on a SoundBlaster X-Fi??? (SB0880)

Posted on 2023-09-14, 04:19

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Isn't that just basically a system wide "EAX" like effect that applies to everything and is completely separate from the actual EAX that you can enable with games that support it? That may have been the case with SBLive cards using older drivers, but on Audigy and X-Fi, you actually need to have …

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Re: Cant "detect/hear" EAX effects in games on a SoundBlaster X-Fi??? (SB0880)

Posted on 2023-09-14, 03:42

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[*]EAX effects must be turned in the Creative EAX Console utility Isn't that just basically a system wide "EAX" like effect that applies to everything and is completely separate from the actual EAX that you can enable with games that support it? Having that on can amplify the effect, but is not …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-13, 11:29

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That would be nice to confirm that dual channel is the "deal breaker", thank you very much. Update: it has been independently confirmed by both @mockingbird and myself that the 4GB memory amount lowers performance under Win98, not dual-channel. Check the posts here and here . Oh good, no need to …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-09, 09:32

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I think it depends on the model and possibly the manufacturer. The high-end cards like the X850XT seem to be fairly loud. Phil demonstrates that in this video around the 2:24 mark. Oh god kill it with fire! Apparently that thing eats 100W so no wonder. Thankfully in my use case I might possibly get …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2023-09-09, 05:37

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[*]Install unofficial Win98 ICH9 drivers from here I did not know this was a thing! I abandoned my plan to build a WinME PC some time ago due to reasons but apparently I already had one, gonna have to give it a try. Though I probably need to swap my 6800 GT to some X800 card as I've found NVIDIA 6x …

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Re: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 650Ti / X-Fi

Posted on 2023-09-08, 03:43

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GTX 970 is some thing you should know, memory full capacity across datapath is crooked. First 3.5GB is full bits, last .5GB is reduced to 64bits If I recall correctly will mess up with bandwidth as it get full. This is due to neutered cells in the GPU die. Safer GPUs is 960 or 980, 980 Ti. Cheers, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 15:10

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Yeah, but it's still rare to see actual bugfixes not being lumped together with a bunch of unwanted gameplay alterations. We've been looking at bugfixmods for different games I suppose, the fixpacks I know/use are nearly all "purist" packs with only fixes. I said nearly, one of the only irksome …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 12:40

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This is why I almost never use fan mods. The authors are rarely satisfied with just fixing any leftover bugs, and usually end up putting in a bunch of gameplay changes which make the game "better" in their own view. Personally, I'd rather play my games on real hardware using only official patches. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-06, 12:29

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The music was really good as well, composed by Jeremy Soule of Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim fame. Here's one of the more memorable tracks. Heh, I guessed what that track was before clicking it and I haven't even played the game. I may have checked the soundtrack out before. Soule can do great stuff, …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-06, 05:48

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Ah well. I congratulate you on pushing through. I know how those games can be. Thanks! And yeah, there's no question would I have enjoyed it more had I played it at launch (and preferably had been into D&D, which I am not). As someone who in general doesn't like black and white high fantasy and …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 20:17

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Finished Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition , after who knows how many attempts of playing all the way through it and being a pain in my ass for 20+ years Baldur's Gate is finally done and beaten! And what an ending it had, straight to credits immediately after the main antagonist bit the dust. No end …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:56

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Finished Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition , after who knows how many attempts of playing all the way through it and being a pain in my ass for 20+ years Baldur's Gate is finally done and beaten! And what an ending it had, straight to credits immediately after the main antagonist bit the dust. No end …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-08-30, 05:26

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I have a confession. I have beaten all of the Fallouts, except for 2, which is a classic. In my last playthrough, I stored a bunch of stuff in my car, which got stolen. Apparently you can't beat the game if that happens for certain items. I'm still butt hurt and haven't gone back to it. You could …

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Re: What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-28, 19:05

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Also original retail installers of Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 floppy version) and Mortal Kombat II (1994) fail giving runtime error 200 with a too fast CPU unless you slow it down, the games themselves work fine though. I've run into about 13 games from 93-95 that are CPU sensitive in a way …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-08-26, 05:10

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Titan Quest Anyway, I'm having a blast so far! It's very similar to Grim Dawn (2016), which I guess was developed by many of the same people. GD also uses the same engine, so no wonder they feel similar. I've been very close to buying Titan Quest several times, but every time I go look gameplay …

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