Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 05:54

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I thought about installing two identical Voodoo 2s 12MB in SLI in HP Vectra VEi8 PCI slots and connecting its onboard Matrox GPU to Voodoo as 2D signal that Voodoo 2 needs/lacks. What max 2D resolution gives that Matrox GPU? That could be the first PC. Is it bad that it is 3D accelerator and not …

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Re: 440(BX/LX, etc.) AGP GPUs compatibility or rather should I say incompatibility?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 04:54

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Those motherboards are bad with the AGP GPUs compatibility and I don't know why people like them so much and consider them best of all time. When it comes to AGP compatibility they are bad. I tested 3 motherboards: 2 440BX (Siemens Nixdorf D1107 and ECS P6BXT-A+ Rev.: 2.2E) and 1 440LX (VL-601). …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 17:15

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I still don't know which is better!

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 15:59

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The ability to be able to use both cards separately whenever I like. Both at my disposal to render. To make it easier let's say 2 separate PCs: 1st with (best covering) Voodoo (if it is 1 or 2 then of course connected to 2D card) and 2nd with either TNT2 or GeForce. Which 2 PCs cover more games? Or …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 15:26

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So if GeForce support some things that TNT2 does not and Voodoo covers these games that GeForce has problems with (that work on TNT2) + the fact that GeForce covers more newer games (in a better way) into the future then Voodoo+GeForce should be better. Incoming does not qualify if it works on …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 14:25

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Voodoo+TNT2 combo gives compatibility with more games than Voodoo+Geforce combo? I thought Voodoo+GeForce combo would be compatible with more games than Voodoo+TNT2 combo? What are the games that are compatible with Voodoo+TNT2 combo but are incompatible with Voodoo+GeForce combo?

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Re: Splinter Cell (1) Projected Shadows?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 12:17

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I wanted to play it old-fashioned way on Windows 9x without dgVoodoo2 and that is why I am asking. So how is it?

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Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 11:17

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Should I make 3 systems (Voodoo, GeForce, TNT2) or 2 systems (Voodoo, GeForce)? Probably 3 systems will make more graphics benefits. But I care more about compatibility benefits than graphics. So please answer in terms of compatibility. Does TNT2 would bring additional compatibility to the table? I …

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Splinter Cell (1) Projected Shadows?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 11:12

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How playable is this game with Projected Shadows instead of Buffered Shadows? And can Projected Shadows be activated on any GPU? Are any key moments in the game that no shadows or Projected Shadows make it hard to complete?

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-05-19, 11:08

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Well definitely your Quadro 2 pro is becoming more and more legendary in this forum. You complain that it's troubling with the great 440bx, now you complain again that's problematico with this chipset, could you try to consider that maybe the problem lies in this so much loved Quadro 2 pro, instead …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-05-19, 09:00

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Like I wrote before it makes no fucking sense. Actually everything under Windows 9x/ME makes no fucking sense (with this motherboard/chipset). Now when I made Quadro2 Pro to work with 45.23 with high RAM (3GB) on this motherboard, I turned off the PC, removed Quadro2 Pro and inserted GeForce4 Ti …

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Re: 440(BX/LX, etc.) AGP GPUs compatibility or rather should I say incompatibility?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 02:52

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That might be the problem on/with ECS P6BXT-A+ Rev.: 2.2E. Others seem OK. But why Quadro2 Pro does not send signal at all to monitor on all those PCs? What makes 440BX/440LX incompatible with Quadro2 Pro but compatible with newer GPUs? Is Quadro2 Pro really more power hungry than my other GPUs?

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-05-19, 02:46

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This is pretty strange. The issue in not on the RAM side but on nvidia side here (GPU/driver). Quadro2 Pro works no problem on this motherboard with all driver versions that support it (5.32 and up, so that includes 45.23) with 1GB of RAM, 2GB of RAM and even 3GB of RAM (and even those not-full 4GB …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-05-18, 12:40

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Windows ME works fine without issues with 1 GB of RAM and with R. Loew's patches it works with even more. Those damn old versions of nvidia drivers do not work with 1 GB and more RAM. I wonder if it is the same with other motherboards/chipsets and how is it with RAM between 512-1024 MB (for example …

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440(BX/LX, etc.) AGP GPUs compatibility or rather should I say incompatibility?

Posted on 2024-05-18, 09:45

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by Sephiroth, The Great

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Those motherboards are bad with the AGP GPUs compatibility and I don't know why people like them so much and consider them best of all time. When it comes to AGP compatibility they are bad. I tested 3 motherboards: 2 440BX (Siemens Nixdorf D1107 and ECS P6BXT-A+ Rev.: 2.2E) and 1 440LX (VL-601). And …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-05-18, 09:00

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Bruno128 wrote on 2024-04-28, 20:26: Use 512 RAM and smaller (120gb) storage the problem will go away. What you are writing makes no sense.

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Windows XP 32-bit (x86) on X79 in AHCI mode

Posted on 2024-05-10, 18:34

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How it is? Can it be installed on SATA in AHCI mode or not on X79? Some claim that they are successful, other are unsuccessful no matter what they do. How it is in reality?

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Voodoo 2 12MB SLI V-sync on or off?

Posted on 2024-04-28, 09:06

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Which is better? V-sync on or off? Let's say that I have 2 identical Voodoo 2 12MB in SLI in extremely fast PC with LCD monitor (and 2 variants here: monitor has high max refresh rate and monitor has low max refresh rate).

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Voodoo 2 antialiasing in Direct3D bug

Posted on 2024-04-28, 09:03

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In Voodoo 2 Tweaker in Direct3D tab there is option "Disable automatic antialiasing". In the screen settings in 3Dfx Voodoo2 tab in Advanced after changing a file (Voodoo Tools from philscomputerlab) I have more options now and there in "Direct3D Advanced Properties" there is option "Enable Anti- …

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P6BXT-A+ Rev: 2.2E best CPU?

Posted on 2024-04-27, 11:23

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What would be best CPU for this motherboard?

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