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Re: help with a late 90s/early 2000s rig

Posted on 2011-04-19, 23:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think a Tualatin or perhaps a DDR Palomino 2000+ would be around what you're looking for, preferably a board with an AGP 4x slot. Voodoo 5 would be a nice choice, but very expensive. Another option would be to get a GF2 GF3 GF4 era card, or perhaps a Radeon 9600. And indeed, max out the memory if …

Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-19, 23:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

sliderider wrote: Tetrium wrote: You should try an SX-16, the slowest 486 ever released ;D You may as well go all the way down to a 386 DX-20 if you're going to use one of those. They're probably about the same speed. But that's not a real 486 though 😜

Re: Back to the 2k's!

Posted on 2011-04-19, 23:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A note about USB on 98SE...NUSB 3.3 works great for that and fits on a floppy disk (like 700ish K)! Its at easy to install windows, then install NUSB 3.3 and away you go. I keep a 16GB USB drive with all drivers and apps and its the only way to go. I'm aware of this. Basically theres lots of tweaks …

Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-04-19, 23:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Personally, I do not understand why anyone would use Windows ME over Windows 98SE. I've tried it a few times and had it crash unrecoverably on all occasions. It is also more resource hungry than 98SE and there is not much (if anything) that you could not do with 98SE. In my opinion, Windows ME is …

Re: Do you have any odd collecting habits?

Posted on 2011-04-19, 22:58

in Milliways

in Milliways

I do like games complete with box. I prefer the original game in a box on a cdrom even if the game can be downloaded for free! :P Though usually I don't bother getting different versions (I usually go for the most complete package) but there are exceptions. I LOVE the old fashioned BIG cardboard …

Re: What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-04-19, 17:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for your reply 😀 Old Thrashbarg wrote: I should note that I never use a stock copy of XP, all my installs are a modified lightweight version which isn't much heavier than 2K. I forgot to mention I usually also use a modified version of XP on most of my rigs 😉

Re: 3dfx STB Voodoo3 2000 AGP video card, basic info

Posted on 2011-04-19, 16:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So far all 3DFX cards I've tested worked fine, except for the one V2 which had a minor graphical display error, which didn't bother me much anyhow. The V3 PCI's get very hot though, I prefer to give them some extra cooling anyway 😉

Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 + Unreal = graphical glitch

Posted on 2011-04-19, 16:57

in Windows

in Windows

It's a classic HOM effect due to a mapping error. It can also be seen with the software renderer (run Unreal safe mode). I had already noticed the glitch when I played the game, but completely forgot it over the years. And this was never fixed with any consequent patches for Unreal? I think Unreal …

Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 + Unreal = graphical glitch

Posted on 2011-04-19, 15:49

in Windows

in Windows

batracio wrote: It's a classic HOM effect due to a mapping error. It can also be seen with the software renderer (run Unreal safe mode). I had already noticed the glitch when I played the game, but completely forgot it over the years. And this was never fixed with any consequent patches for Unreal? …

What are your minimum Windows system requirements?

Posted on 2011-04-19, 15:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I came to this idea while posting in this thread: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=222750&highlight=#222750 (my 2nd post). Of course we're all familiar with the official minimum system requirements for the various MS Windows versions, but obviously we all have our own requirements ;) So now …

Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-19, 14:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You should try an SX-16, the slowest 486 ever released ;D

Re: Back to the 2k's!

Posted on 2011-04-19, 14:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have ever run 2000 in my Pentium 166 with 64MB RAM, and, well, it's so slow. 98 seems to be a great choice for an 1997 computer. Agreed :) For 97 I'd prefer 98SE (or perhaps NT4 if you're willing to go that route...for whatever reason :P). ps. ME also runs as slow as 2000, and it lacks NT- …

Re: Rendition Verite in pure dos help please?

Posted on 2011-04-19, 13:48

in DOS

in DOS

Welcome to Vogons kithylin! 😉 But I don't know how to fix the issues you're having...so much for 1st impression L O L! 😜

Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 + Unreal = graphical glitch

Posted on 2011-04-19, 13:46

in Windows

in Windows

Hey GR, did you patch Unreal? It "might" fix the problem. Also, does changing texture detail change anything? How does it run when not using Glide (No wait!! Don't throw that kettle of hot tar just yet AAHHH!!1 😜).

Re: Building the Ultimate Win9x/DOS Retro Gaming Machine - Redux

Posted on 2011-04-19, 13:43

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Hey EscapeVelocity, how are things proceeding? 😉

Re: GF4MX460

Posted on 2011-04-19, 02:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

gwb wrote: Tetrium wrote: swaaye wrote: yup. I challenge ye retro crazies to find one. Might as well go overclock a standard 440 😜 Aw! That's no fun! Well, I give you this: I never even knew the 460 ever existed, would be interesting to have indeed! 😉

Re: Quick question about underclocking a Pentium 2

Posted on 2011-04-19, 02:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Katmai was released at 450Mhz (maybe except for those mobile mini cartridges) though a P2-450 also exists. And also the last P2's also came with the half-open cartridges. I'm not sure if Katmai was ever released in the full boxy package. And yes, the main difference between Deschutes and Katmai is …

Re: GF4MX460

Posted on 2011-04-19, 01:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

swaaye wrote: yup. I challenge ye retro crazies to find one. Might as well go overclock a standard 440 😜

Re: Back to the 2k's!

Posted on 2011-04-18, 22:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Perhaps a good time to upgrade it a bit first? PII is a little slow for 2k (though it's more about how much memory your system has).

Re: GF4MX460

Posted on 2011-04-18, 22:25

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So they are almost vaporware? 😜

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