Re: Sound Card Recordings
Posted on 2011-10-29, 10:40
Sounds very good 😀
Re: Correct monitor size for the authentic experience
Posted on 2011-10-29, 10:25
Some of the new Asus LCD (with LED backlight) have an aspect ration mode for 4:3. However without testing who knows if this works via VGA port AND at typical DOS resolutions.
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-26, 11:06
Cyberdyne wrote: But if you get some 486 optimized code that assumes 8kb L1 cache , then things change. That makes a lot of sense...
Re: New enough to be old?
Posted on 2011-10-26, 11:01
I love steam because I move a lot and physical media is a real pain for me. I also love to buy games under $10 when they on sale and still fairly recent 😀
Re: old nVidia detonator drivers - recommendation and where to get them?
Posted on 2011-10-26, 04:25
That's very good advice! I remember playing Bioshock on a 9600GT on XP and the game was stuttering. It was a known driver bug and Nvidia recommended loading an old driver 😀
Re: crucial memory = cas3
Posted on 2011-10-26, 04:08
One board I have that has this option is a VIA chipset board. uATX with support for the P4 Tualatin 1.4 GHz and a single ISA slot. My most modern board with an ISA slot. My 440BX board is a Giabbyte one and I admit I can't remember the CL options for this one. But I do remember reporting on the CL …
Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:44
A bargain considering you couldn't even buy a 2.0 upgrade kit before 😀
Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:20
I have 4x SB 2.0 cards which would love an upgrade...
Re: crucial memory = cas3
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:15
During my P3 slowdown project (disabling cache to simulate a 386) the CL speed made quite a difference. At CL1 you had a fast 386 but at CL3 it was noticeably slower. So for such a project I would recommend CL1 memory and then you can choose the timing in BIOS and have some control over the speed. I …
Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:13
Very nice! Now we just need to find someone capable of producing enough for the retro community 😀
Re: ATI & nvidia drivers for 1998-1999 games
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:10
I bought the pack on Steam and playing the first game was hard because you couldn't see the "search light" during many levels. The second game was unplayable because of similar issues. One day I'll play it on the Xbox!
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:05
I think we've become more spoilt by modern high fps games than we are looking back with rose tinted glasses. I was always a FPS whore when it came to shooters it seems :happy: The DOS refresh rate at 320 x 200 is 70, 72 or 75 Hz I believe. I skipped the DX2 and went from a Cyrix 486DLC-40 (boy was …
Re: ATI & nvidia drivers for 1998-1999 games
Posted on 2011-10-26, 03:00
Splinter Cell and the second game are known to only work on old video cards and drivers. They use weird features that no new driver has and on a modern machine the lightning is totally off 😀 Easier to source an Xbox though because that's the main platform for this game.
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-25, 16:06
Have you got Wing Commander? It should be almost a little bit too fast on a 40MHz 386. But yea quite odd because 3DBENCH is very reliable in terms of gauging DOS gaming performance.
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-25, 15:33
I never had a problem playing Doom 1 on my 40mhz 386 back when it had first came out. You certainly shouldn't need a 486 to play it at reasonable speeds. I think this is one of those case were our memories trick us a little. I remember playing Wing Commander on a 286 with EGA and I have "it was …
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-25, 14:49
I don't have this game. But could you run this benchmark 3DBENCH. Here is a link with the download and results to compare. 3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database You should get ~ 15 fps.
Re: 386DX40 vs 486SX33
Posted on 2011-10-25, 14:16
Well for Doom I would actually recommend a 486DX2-66 as minimum. It really starts to fly on a 486DX4-100 and runs perfect on a Pentium. MK I have no idea. A tune 386DX40 performs ~ on the level of a 486DX-25. So that SX33 would be slightly faster. IMO if you go for a 486 I wouldn't get anything but …
Re: New enough to be old?
Posted on 2011-10-25, 10:21
Good point there sgt76. I also remember whenever a new game / engine came out you had to upgrade your PC. These days, maybe thanks to the consoles, but also because of the resolution ceiling of 1920 x 1080, a new games comes out (like Crysis 2, Bioshock 2, Battlefield 3) and it works just fine on …
Re: How can I get the best possible Fullscreen resolution?
Posted on 2011-10-25, 03:43
my weapon of choice This should work for everyone: fullresolution=0x0 windowresolution=original output=opengl aspect=true scaler=normal3x 0x0 = native resolution of your monitor. So this is a universal setting and works for every machine. Brilliant when you have a portable DOSBox installation like …
Re: how im portant is being period-specific?
Posted on 2011-10-25, 03:16
I'm like you, I like to build hybrid machines. As you say, new ATX cases are good looking and easy to work with. Modern ATX power supplies are quiet and stable and CF cards are also silent and a joy to work with. I also prefer an optical mouse and a LCD screen over CRT. I do have a real Acer 486 …
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