Re: What is that sys performance program?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 20:06

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Speedsys 😀 Or System speed test, but everyone calls it speedsys, just like we call the Superscape thingy 3DBench. You can find it in the "MS-DOS Benchmarking archive thread" together with a whole lot of other benchmarks.

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Re: Ideas for a Pentium MMX System?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 19:48

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Could you please expand on the ACPI bit?

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Re: Tualatin PIII 1400-S + Geforce FX5900 Ultra Windows 98 build

Posted on 2014-01-31, 19:43

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Nice built! That machine would tear through many games. 1600 x 1200 gaming for sure 😀 Are there any specific games you want to run on this?

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Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2014-01-31, 10:04

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Hi! Tomb Raider is a good release as you can create a full installation CD with CDDA tracks! The process is just like for this game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG8AIqy79Fo - Convert the ogg or mp3 files to CDDA compatible WAV files - Rename the BIN image to .ISO and mount it in daemon tools - …

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Re: Video build-log: MS-DOS / W95 Hybrid Gaming PC with 3DFX Voodoo

Posted on 2014-01-30, 07:42

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by Mau1wurf1977

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All the 15" are 4:3 but they use really old LCD panels and the image isn't that great. However they are really good for early 3D games with the 1024 x 768 resolution. I wonder how 800 x 600 would look on a 1600 x 1200 screen. It should look ok. One day I will grab a 20" 1600 x 1200, but they are …

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Re: Video build-log: MS-DOS / W95 Hybrid Gaming PC with 3DFX Voodoo

Posted on 2014-01-29, 23:17

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by Mau1wurf1977

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I don't think Doom can get any more blocky 😀 Yes it's 320 x 200 stretched. Not much you can do about it. Just make sure you don't use a widescreen monitor, unless it has a setting for 4:3 correction.

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Re: Video build-log: MS-DOS / W95 Hybrid Gaming PC with 3DFX Voodoo

Posted on 2014-01-29, 22:51

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by Mau1wurf1977

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The entire point was to build a hybrid machine and show how to configure it as this question pops up all the time :) Having read old reviews, 3DFX seems to have had a soft spot for AMD and their drives worked quite well on the K6-III. I'm sure a slot 1 system with a 1GHz PIII would be faster, but by …

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Re: Boxed Items

Posted on 2014-01-29, 11:48

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by Mau1wurf1977

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One day when I watch this TV show on ABC about hoarders I want to see someone with computers and parts throughout the house 🤣

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Re: "overkill" system for original half-life

Posted on 2014-01-29, 11:14

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by Mau1wurf1977

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1600 x 1200 resolution, 85+ fps and Aureal surroud over headphones would be as good as it gets... I admit, I never played HL. What video cards could you get around that time? I do know that HL2 war around the Radeon 9800 / X800 time.

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Re: Sector Not Found Reading Drive C

Posted on 2014-01-29, 10:03

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Ah the error occurs straight away. Ok that makes it easier :lol: I had so many dramas with storage... ARGH give me back my lost time! My tip of the day: Be careful with removing a HDD and cloning it in another computer. Did this and the restore worked fine on the other computer but failed on the …

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Re: Sector Not Found Reading Drive C

Posted on 2014-01-29, 09:52

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Wow how on earth did you narrow it down to the card? Nothing annoys me more than storage issues. Lost days sorting out such issues...

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Re: Tex's ultimate 386 project!

Posted on 2014-01-29, 05:28

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Carlostex, how is that IDE to SD adapter working for you? I believe they cost a bit more, but SD cards are easier to source. Have you been using it for a while?

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Re: WIN98se Where to put Directx9.0c?

Posted on 2014-01-29, 05:20

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by Mau1wurf1977

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First you extract / unpack it, which is where you point it to that folder. Then you go to that folder and look for SETUP or INSTALL which you double click.

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Re: WIN98se Where to put Directx9.0c?

Posted on 2014-01-29, 04:08

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Just create a temporary folder 😀

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Re: Video build-log: MS-DOS / W95 Hybrid Gaming PC with 3DFX Voodoo

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:47

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Not sure but the Diamond Monster 3D that I have, in Unreal Gold, does only 640 x 480.

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Re: Leaping Lab rats! Another build progress of some kind by Reese!

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:46

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by Mau1wurf1977

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Sorry if I asked this question before. That monitor is 16:9 or 16:10 and has a 4:3 mode? How well does it work with different resolutions / graphics card like 3DFX / pinball games?

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Re: Socket 7 boards cacheable range

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:44

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by Mau1wurf1977

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What's wrong with an AGP slot anyway? You don't have to use it.

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Re: Freakin' E-bay

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:39

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by Mau1wurf1977

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No, just keeping the RAM. You don't want to sound ridiculous / greedy 🤣 E.g. I ordered several sticks of 32MB RAM. A few however were 16MB. So the outcome was that I got a partial refund for those incorrect sticks, and I keep the lot and positive feedback 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:23

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by Mau1wurf1977

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More toys to play with, but will get packed away, no time in the near future...

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Re: Freakin' E-bay

Posted on 2014-01-29, 03:21

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by Mau1wurf1977

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You're looking at this the wrong way! It's an opportunity :lol: Learnt this from my last boss. Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate. Oh the pain, I needed this for a project, it will set me back weeks and cost me a fortune :dead: Get a partial refund and get the goods. That is what I always do. Sending …

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