Sluggish mouse performance in DOS mode compared to win9x Dos box

Posted on 2021-02-25, 06:05

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by Xenphor

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I've been trying to play some late era DOS games like Duk3d and Blood on a (not period accurate) win98 machine which provides very good performance and mouse response (using a Logitech G305) in a Win9x dos box. However, I'm using a PCI sound card (YMF744), so I can't enable sound effects those games …

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Re: Is it safe to use a low noise adapter on a gpu fan from a geforce 4 ti 4200, long term?

Posted on 2020-09-06, 15:32

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Edit: It doesn't appear to work with the low noise adapter. Only you can decide if it’s safe or not, by monitoring the heatsink temps and also the temps on the back of the video card (the region under the GPU). However, I would recommend replacing the cooler altogether with this one , which works …

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Is it safe to use a low noise adapter on a gpu fan from a geforce 4 ti 4200, long term?

Posted on 2020-09-06, 05:03

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edit: Nevermind, I tried using it and the fan doesn't spin at all when used like that. I bought a geforce 4 ti 4200 recently and the small fan that is on there now is extremely loud. The cooler is an aftermarket one so that could be contributing to the very high noise levels, but I know even the …

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Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2020-06-30, 18:09

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I believe I was able to resolve the speed issue on an overpowered win98 socket 775 system (pentium e5800) by just messing around with some game options but I forget what I did. I believe you changed the frame control to "None", for some reason that didn't work for me in Win98. Maybe it also depends …

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Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2020-06-30, 16:30

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I believe I was able to resolve the speed issue on an overpowered win98 socket 775 system (pentium e5800) by just messing around with some game options but I forget what I did.

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2020-06-21, 04:25

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Since nobody seems to have mentioned it, there is CD-Berry which, when run on a Raspberry Pi, emulates a USB CD-ROM drive . There is probably no provision for CD audio, but since it's open source, it might become a reality if someone with the right skills gives it a go . https://github.com/ …

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Re: [RELEASE] Mega Man X - Better Music Mod for MS-DOS - Testers Welcome.

Posted on 2020-03-11, 05:06

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by Xenphor

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I'm trying this game again after getting a Freesync monitor because I thought the horrible stuttering was mostly related to the typical refresh rate issues that occur with dos games in dosbox. Unfortunately, unless something isn't working right, Freesync doesn't help this game out at all. I honestly …

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Re: Cooler for GeForce4 Ti 4600

Posted on 2020-01-14, 03:55

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by Xenphor

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I drilled a noctua fan into the heatsink of my 4800se card, but I'm not sure how necessary that was since I can't monitor the temperature internally. The case I'm using does have a side intake, so I'm wondering if I could've just mounted a fan there instead of modding the heatsink with one. The fan …

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Re: Best Drivers for GeForce4 MX-440

Posted on 2020-01-14, 03:44

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I know this is an old thread but I'd like to vouch for the MX440 128bit as being a great Windows 98 card. It's plenty powerful enough for pretty much anything that I'd want to run on a Windows 98 PC (say 400 - 1000MHz CPU), it's passive, it's cheap compared to older and newer AGP cards and readily …

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Re: Carrizo (Athlon X4 845) for XP?

Posted on 2020-01-06, 14:05

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matze79 wrote on 2020-01-06, 09:39: Huch ? why shouldnt it run ? the 845 has no iGPU, so no drivers for cpu are necessary. As long as Mainboard has drivers it should run. On Asrock? I don't know; that's just what I read in a post on here.

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Carrizo (Athlon X4 845) for XP?

Posted on 2020-01-06, 00:55

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I was investigating AMD builds for XP since I don't necessarily need the highest performance. However, I also want to keep the TDP reasonable and found out about Carrizo for FM2+. There is at least one new motherboard being sold: the Asrock FM2A68M-DG3+, but I read a post on here that said Asrock …

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Asrock 775i65g bought new with chemi-con KZG series caps - how necessary to replace?

Posted on 2019-10-17, 04:43

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Since Pentium 4 era boards have been recommend as good Windows 98 machines, I bought 3 Asrock 775i65g boards about a year ago when Newegg was still selling them new. I haven't really had any issues with the board (other than sometimes it will not detect boot media for some reason; perhaps a SATA/IDE …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-22, 18:28

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I got another drive, a Sony CRX140E, which had a headphone jack on the front, so I thought that would be good sign that it might support analog audio, and it does. Unfortunately, it seems to take awhile to recognize cds, whereas the LG recognized them pretty much instantly. It's working in all the …

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Re: Software rendering (direct draw) issues in games (POD)

Posted on 2019-09-18, 01:58

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DosFreak wrote: Mabye resolution and/or color depth not supported? I always make sure to try at least 640x480 with 8 bit color and that doesn't help.

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Software rendering (direct draw) issues in games (POD)

Posted on 2019-09-18, 01:31

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I've noticed an issue that I think may be caused by using period incorrect hardware (geforce 4 ti 4800se/asrock 775i65g) with Windows 98. Games that have a software mode such as POD and Glover don't seem to play nice with my setup. Of course, I could just use direct 3d, but I think software modes in …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 13:30

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I'll have to double check with a YMF744 card and VXD drivers.. but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I don't see how a drive would not support digital audio over IDE, especially if it doesn't support the wired analog or digital connections. That just wouldn't make sense. Oh, we designed and sold an …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 13:03

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Are some drives better than others at handling cd audio or if they support it it should just work? Does the quality of their DAC matter?

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 03:44

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I would think that digital over IDE should be possible. Do you have the motherboard chipset drivers installed? Do you have the Windows updates installed? The Microsoft 2004 update CD can be gotten from vogonsdrivers. http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=873&menustate=0 What exactly is the …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 02:17

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there are DOS binaries that cause the CD drive to play audio tracks - try dropping to dos mode and using one of those, it should drive audio out of the analog port Well the manual states that the connector doesn't work. seriously? that's really bizarre, can you show me a link? http://gscs-b2c.lge. …

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Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 02:12

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maxtherabbit wrote: there are DOS binaries that cause the CD drive to play audio tracks - try dropping to dos mode and using one of those, it should drive audio out of the analog port Well the manual states that the connector doesn't work.

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