Re: Chrome Stops support for Non-SSE2 Processors
Posted on 2014-05-05, 16:20
Yeah, I fixed someone's XP 3000+ machine and Chrome showed me such a message. Looks like he's going to have to use something else.
Re: Lithtech game performance
Posted on 2014-05-05, 00:22
Really cool stuff. I remember drooling on that game and I had to use 3D Analyzer to get it working on my PC back then 🙁. Also, the preview you posted features the first shots I ever saw of the game in a 2002 magazine. It feels so long ago damnit...
Re: Socket 5 & 7 Motherboard VGA Benchmark comparison
Posted on 2014-05-05, 00:18
Really nice results! Great work, as always!
Re: Lithtech game performance
Posted on 2014-05-04, 22:06
NOLF's 2 water doesn't require Pixel Shaders to render properly? 😳 How did they pull this off?
Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Posted on 2014-05-04, 21:01
I doubt MK3 is accelerated. Just guaranteed to work well on an ATi card and bundled as such. I'd be interesting to see nonetheless, the DOS version is pretty much arcade perfect AFAIK and one of my first video games 😀. Super Bubsy (SVGA port of Bubsy 1 on SNES/MegaDrive) also features some ATi …
Re: Which of these CPU's will run coolest?
Posted on 2014-05-03, 11:21
Go with the E2220, best performance of the 3 and also should give about the same temps.
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2014-05-03, 08:00
Good episode man! Glad to see you enjoyed UAKM, Pandora Directive is a must. It took everything great about UAKM and added its own features (like branching paths).
Re: Power requirements for Socket 462 XP-m system
Posted on 2014-05-02, 20:41
Are you sure about that? I've seen conflicting evidence and talks around the web...
Re: Power requirements for Socket 462 XP-m system
Posted on 2014-05-02, 18:24
Ouch. 15A on 5V is too low I think. I believe 30AMPs are the recommended minimum for highspeed Athlon XPs... You could give it a try though... Dual Tualatin will stress it too I think.
Re: Power requirements for Socket 462 XP-m system
Posted on 2014-05-02, 17:49
How many amps does this provide on the +5V rail? Can't really tell from the picture.
Re: Lithtech game performance
Posted on 2014-05-01, 23:01
Ah, it would make sense that it would slow down significantly when many explosions are displayed. 30-40fps doesn't sound so bad though. Just in case, are you using 32bit colour depth or 16bit? 16bit will always be significantly faster on such hardware. Are you experiencing slowdowns elsewhere in …
Re: Lithtech game performance
Posted on 2014-05-01, 19:08
Something weird is going on here, that's for sure! Try Single Chip rendering with the Voodoo 5.
Re: Lithtech game performance
Posted on 2014-05-01, 18:32
What resolution are you running these on? 40fps on NOLF with a Voodoo 5 sounds about right actually. Reflective floors and such drag the fps down, so you may want to disable those. Shogo usually does 50fps on a Voodoo 3 at 1024x768 on a PIII 500, so I don't know what's wrong on your end. Drivers …
Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on 2014-05-01, 17:31
The ALi chip I was talking about (actually Nvidia in my card) is the M5213-A1 with 5 ports (4 external, one internal). Avoid it, my Ali Alladdin V motherboard (GA-5AX) had issues with it, I never got it to work. It might work properly on 440BX boards, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Re: My Insane In The Brain Socket 939 SLI Sundae
Posted on 2014-04-30, 19:35
Now that's just beautiful...
Re: found a tough stress test for k6-2/3 cpus, you sure your overclocked one is stable?
Posted on 2014-04-29, 20:03
I ran crusher.dm2 at 1024x768 a few times. No crashes 😁.
Re: Running Pandemonium in Glide
Posted on 2014-04-29, 11:07
Ok I also got the "3DFX not detected" during the installer. I tried pandy3 but the game seems to only want to use the AGP card (GeForce4) and not the Voodoo. Is there a way to force the game to use glide via command parameters? The game itself runs ok but the graphics have massive scanlines. Give …
Re: found a tough stress test for k6-2/3 cpus, you sure your overclocked one is stable?
Posted on 2014-04-29, 11:02
I could try this with a similar setup. I have a K6-3+ at 550MHz. I don't see why you would need to lower the clock however, if this is the only game/application that's giving the CPU a hard time. It's not like there is something particularly interesting about the 3DNow! Software Renderer that would …
Re: 3dfx splash screen
Posted on 2014-04-28, 14:54
Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on 2014-04-27, 10:25
I think I have one with ALi, but I couldn't get it to work on a Alladdin V motherboard.
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