Re: What specs would you recommend for a high end 3DFX box?

Posted on 2013-02-18, 21:14

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The V2 patches mostly just fixed the executable/game so it willaccept the V2 without questions. Apache Longbow is a Windows Glide game, so I figure you need to use the same approach as with Mechwarrior 2 to get it working on a V2. Moody's Voodoo 2 FAQ is still golden in 2013 ;) http://www.3dgw.com/ …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2013-02-18, 15:35

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After testing many ISA soundcards, I can say this: CMI 8330 (re-marked as SoundPro or 1869+) is not that good. I don't like it. Or PCI 8338 or 8378. Appeared on many shady (think PC Chips) motherboards back in the days of SS7 and Slot 1. Some 8338 have been re-marked as Yamaha 724 on discrete …

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Re: The best PCI IDE controller?

Posted on 2013-02-18, 15:01

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I own that card, stay away from it! Win98 drivers are bugged, and I could not install it on the 440BX system I tested on. It does not have a proper BIOS, so it is not bootable. Get the Silicon Image cards as mentioned in this thread.

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Re: What specs would you recommend for a high end 3DFX box?

Posted on 2013-02-18, 11:25

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What about the DOS games? DOS games also work on the Voodoo 2, including the statically linked ones. Just use batch file. A Voodoo 3 will not on some of the DOS games (I think it works with Tomb Raider, but I'm not 100% sure), so that is one more bonus of getting a Voodoo 2 SLI setup (which is a …

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Re: What specs would you recommend for a high end 3DFX box?

Posted on 2013-02-18, 10:28

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No games NEEDS the Voodoo 1. There seems to be a misconception about this here on Vogons. All 3DFX games can be run on a Voodoo 2. Some early Glide games needs a batch file with SST variables to run on the Voodoo 2, but once you've created it you're good to go. I already knew the two were …

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Re: What specs would you recommend for a high end 3DFX box?

Posted on 2013-02-18, 10:22

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No games NEEDS the Voodoo 1. There seems to be a misconception about this here on Vogons. All 3DFX games can be run on a Voodoo 2. Some early Glide games needs a batch file with SST variables to run on the Voodoo 2, but once you've created it you're good to go.

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Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB price

Posted on 2013-02-15, 15:05

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Well, you will be bidding against me so I wish you good luck if you do. My plan is to test the thing and publish the results. I have a quick 486 VLB computer, and all the video capturing hardware needed along with the natural comparisons of NV1 and Matrox Millennium (for Nascar Racing) along with …

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Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!

Posted on 2013-02-15, 12:55

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Interview with the seller at Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-13- … r-heads-to-ebay Still think this is a scam sliderider?

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Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!

Posted on 2013-02-14, 23:42

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One other point I forgot to mention, it looks like there is a LOT of Japanese stuff in that lot. If the seller is shipping that lot from Japan, it would cost him a fortune to rent or buy a place with enough space to house it all. Real estate values are just too high there for most people to afford …

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Re: OVER 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION... The history of VideoGames!!!

Posted on 2013-02-14, 20:21

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If it is a scammer the pictures has to originate from somewhere. I did a quick search on TinEye on some of the pictures (search to find other locations of pictures online) and it came up with no hits.

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Re: [S3 Virge DX] VS [ATi 3D Rage II+DVD]

Posted on 2013-02-13, 14:25

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idspispopd & Putas pretty much nailed it. You can check out the stickied thread in the marvin section for native supported games for both cards.

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Re: Calling on all CPU's for the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2013-02-13, 07:18

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Unfortunately, I found out about this 3DNow! patch way too late in the game. I would need to retest all AMD 3DNow! enabled CPUs as well as all Winchip2's. That's 46 CPU frequencies. I've had to store away most of my equipment to make space, so it won't be me testing this. If someone else wants to …

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Re: Should I keep my Presario 2256?

Posted on 2013-02-12, 22:30

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Regarding my comment on video cards: I think the only game exclusively accelerated on ViRGE is Terminal Velocity. I'd say just try it but it seems you can only download the standard shareware version, not an accelerated one (full version is 6$ on GOG), and I don't know if you'd need more than 2MB …

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Re: Calling on all CPU's for the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2013-02-12, 11:05

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Any chance you could release it as a web document or Excel document where it is possible to select and sort on which data we want to see? I see this as a better way to present it than everything into one PDF file, but ofc you can do both. If my testing will require a G200 PCI I think I will have to …

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Re: Calling on all CPU's for the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2013-02-12, 00:12

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That is going to be a problem. Any preferance on other PCI cards? I guess the Millennium II would be a good fit on the socket 4 system (since the most important results would be synthetic and Quake software performance anyway). For the PII I could go with the G200 AGP, but here I think it is only 8 …

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Re: Calling on all CPU's for the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2013-02-11, 23:50

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Reading from your first post, did you ever find someone with a Socket 4 system? I've got a working system with a P60 (SX835 /w FDIV bug). I can also set the jumper to P66 which works. I don't have a G200 PCI card though. I also have the Slot 1 Pentium II 450mhz

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Re: Win7 & Space Hulk Vengeance of the Blood Angels

Posted on 2013-02-11, 21:21

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It is probably DirectX 2.0 dplay.dll that is required. I've attached it to this post.

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Re: Win7 & Space Hulk Vengeance of the Blood Angels

Posted on 2013-02-11, 20:30

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Copy Dplay.dll from the DirectX folder on the CD to the game folder.

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Re: EWS64XL with external modules for DOS games

Posted on 2013-02-11, 19:38

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I feel you Ratfink. These are the kind of problems which made me pack down my EWS64XL. Some day I'll take it back up and give it another shot 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-02-11, 17:24

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Two things on its way to me: - Roland CM500 for a steal price of 70 dollars :D - Boxed SEGA Arcade Action Gun for PC incl. Virtua Cop 2 and House of the Dead - 10 dollars: http://i.ebayimg.com/t/PC-Auto-Mag-Super-Arcade-Firing-Action-Gun-SEGA-House-of-the-Dead-Plug-Shoot-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMDcx/z/ …

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