Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 21:17

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Ah ok then, I'm really thankful that my Optical Mouse supports the PS/2 protocol! As far as game controllers go, I have a couple of gameport ones. I have a Gravis Analog Pro for Wing Commander and a CMS 2 Button, I generally use a USB gamepad. I have a cool little adaptor thingy that allows me to …

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Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 20:53

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Ah so you played the demo version on Software Mode eh? Doesn't seem to make too much of a difference in the end, performance is almost equal between the two apparently, D3D just smoothens things thanks to bilinear filtering :). Unless you had a Matrox in which case you were fucked hahahaha :lol: …

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Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 19:51

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100% with you on this one, the extra features are a blessing. Not to mention other stuff, like driver installation and how windows open and work in Windows 98SE. However, on such a slow machine, I wanted to eliminate any chance of the OS slowing things down! Also for some reason, my USB bracket …

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Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 18:25

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That is interesting that you find Half-Life playable, on my Socket 7 machine (tried only Uplink btw) it is not, even with a lot of good will. Indoor environments are ok but it drops into the single digits when you get out of the warehouse and look at all of those containers. I don't think 33 MHz …

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Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 15:44

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Alright, I had some time to play around today. I found out that I had not checked the "Ignore V-Blanks" option in Turok, so at 50MHz I get 48fps and at 60MHz I get 51fps. Probably the CPU is the big bottleneck here. I will give GLQuake 0.97 a spin next and then try some Final Reality, 3DMark 99 MAX …

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Re: Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-22, 04:36

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Will try Final Reality, I'm getting 48 fps on Turok, however my card is running at 60MHz. I'll also try it at 50 tomorrow.

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Re: Cobalt Qube3

Posted on 2013-12-21, 15:54

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Cool story (not bro, I mean it 😜) !

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Something wrong with my Voodoo 1?

Posted on 2013-12-21, 15:31

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Hello! So I threw together an AT system, a Soyo i430TX board with an MMX233 and 64MB RAM. I also threw in there the classic Diamond Monster 3D (a.k.a. Voodoo 1). Using the latest official drivers, I'm getting rather poor perfomance on a few games. The most prominent example would be Need For Speed …

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Re: IBM PC-300PL - Diamond powered!

Posted on 2013-12-20, 17:42

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Isn't a PII 450 a bit underpowered for Voodoo2 SLI or a TNT2? Not that slow but I'd probably use a faster CPU. I wouldn't call it underpowered. There is definitely some headroom, but the difference won't be really that big. V2 SLI maxes out at ~600MHz, from then on I'd say the difference is …

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Re: The Return of Mobygames?

Posted on 2013-12-19, 09:53

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FUCK YES!

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Re: The New Atom

Posted on 2013-12-19, 01:02

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Nice! Are you able to hook it up to a larger screen?

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Re: Half-Life vs. Unreal

Posted on 2013-12-18, 01:46

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Never finished Unreal and finished Half-Life few times, Half-Life wins! Agree with this. I pick Half-Life because of story and the way it was told in 1998. It was something new! See I never totally got this. What was so amazing about the story and storytelling techniques used in Half-Life? Was it …

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Re: Half-Life vs. Unreal

Posted on 2013-12-17, 22:17

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Hatta wrote: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Agreed! 🤣 Of the three, I would say that is the one I'd pick as well!

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Re: syndicate wars speed problem

Posted on 2013-12-17, 12:00

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Hi Keith! Fortunately, Bullfrog included a speed limiter in this game (their earlier games always have speed issues). I think that even on an MMX 166 SVGA is still a bit too fast. As far as I remember, if the game is going too fast all you have to do is press - (minus) and this will gradually …

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Re: id tech 3 settings

Posted on 2013-12-16, 23:54

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leileilol wrote: also THERE IS NO HIDDEN DIRECT3D WRAPPER 🤣 Man, what an epic thread that was...

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Re: Refurbing a Voodoo 5

Posted on 2013-12-16, 23:50

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[...] Careful not to put too much wait on the chips as they can just pop off gradually and then you'll have a DEAD Voodoo 5. has this happened to someone? :exclamation: Yes. Gotta love how I wrote wait instead of weight . What a stupid mistake :P. But even so, my sentence doesn't make too much …

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Re: Refurbing a Voodoo 5

Posted on 2013-12-16, 17:16

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I think keropi's solution has been shown before and it is probably the best one. The Voodoo 5 can get very hot and a bigger fan covering both (tiny) heatsinks is a good solution. Careful not to put too much wait on the chips as they can just pop off gradually and then you'll have a DEAD Voodoo 5.

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Re: Guess the track

Posted on 2013-12-15, 20:48

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That's Wing Commander IV, isn't it?

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Re: Guess the track

Posted on 2013-12-15, 19:26

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Awesome trailer is awesome 😁

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Re: Windows 98 SE slows when Multitasking

Posted on 2013-12-15, 19:25

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See if your HDD has DMA enabled. Google it and it should be pretty easy to find instructions on how to do so!

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