Re: Getting a game to run faster

Posted on 2020-05-05, 03:28

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by awgamer

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I don't know what CM 967/98 refers to but dosbox.ini has the cycle settings. Regular dosbox will logically put the ini in the dosbox directory, dosbox installers will inconveniently put the ini elsewhere.

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Re: Windows 98 SE "Master CF Copy"

Posted on 2020-04-20, 23:52

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by awgamer

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Is there a particular reason going with directx 8.2? According to the directx wiki the first 9.0c release was the last to support 98 with 9.0 and 9.0b as two other releases past 8.2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX > July 22, 2004 First 9.0c version and last supported version for Windows 98[67 …

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Re: Article "The Sound Blaster Story" History of Creative Labs & Interview with its founder/CEO

Posted on 2020-02-26, 01:31

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

>The Gold, of course, was too little too late. I seem to recall something about creative going to yamaha and getting them to delay parts to adlib for the gold.

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Re: Article "The Sound Blaster Story" History of Creative Labs & Interview with its founder/CEO

Posted on 2020-02-22, 21:44

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by awgamer

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in Marvin \ Sound

Chris Owens from Creative said: "Creative didn't take people to court for being compatible, just for being 100% compatible" While the official record from the NTCC pdf said: "On 7 May 1997, the Court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining further advertisements asserting the "compatible" claim. …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-02-17, 08:10

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by awgamer

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in Windows

>Transport Tycoon Deluxe Game freezes for 1 or 2 sec upon music track change Until the windows issue is resolved a simple workaround is dosbox, runs without trouble, fm or midi, at super speed with max cycles.

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Re: Some guys opinion about DOSBox

Posted on 2020-02-13, 10:14

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by awgamer

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in Milliways

Another guy's opinion about DOSBox: it's kickass.

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Re: Games that absolutely, positively cannot be played except on original hardware

Posted on 2020-02-11, 03:29

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Thinking about these as I build a new retro rig. So far the only game like this for me is MiG Alley: it simply refuses to play on Windows 8 or 10 no matter what combination of dgvoodoo, dxwnd, compatibility mode. etc. I throw at it. It will run but hardware-accelerated graphics are corrupted. It …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-10, 20:07

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by awgamer

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in Marvin \ Sound

Oh yeah, after suing Aureal out of business, buys the remains and buries the 3d surround tech. Everyone lost.

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Re: What is the name of this space combat racing game?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 06:05

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by awgamer

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https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars-episode-i-racer

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-09, 18:10

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by awgamer

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Sort of interesting interview, but totally uncritical interviewer. AdLib is mentioned only in passing, the PAS (almost certainly the driver behind SBPro and SB16) not at all. Still, the 'our customers didn't give a shit about feature X so it wasn't a priority to us' rings depressingly true. Well …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-01-22, 03:01

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by awgamer

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in Windows

You're talking nonsense.

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 14:16

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, of the cards you have the X-Fi is the card to use to get EAX 5.0.

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 13:48

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Going with an Audigy 2 means you're missing out on EAX 5.0, if that matters to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_EAX_support https://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,1272/

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 12:50

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

>a card You use more than one card, I suggest two for gaming. The cards I listed where merely the progression of eax cards, my suggestion was x-fi, and vortex 2 for a3d. He can do a third for "music studio."

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 12:31

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You have selective reading. "I want this to be a Music Studio/Juke box/Gaming PC" I've addressed the Gaming PC aspect. Just about any sound card would be fine for a juke box and "music studio" = especially clean recording?

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-01-21, 12:18

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by awgamer

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in Windows

Running everything bare on Windows 10 isn't what OP asked for, but listing problem games and workarounds to run them from windows 10, which includes virtual machines.

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 11:57

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Live! came out in 98, audigy in 2001, Audigy 2 2002, X-Fi 2005, would have the X-Fi for all the EAX supported games. I'd also grab a vortex 2(98) for a3d games, might be hard to find.

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-01-21, 11:19

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by awgamer

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in Windows

virtualbox or qemu to solve the safedisc issue?

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-21, 10:51

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by awgamer

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

>The absence of 512MB 7800 GTXs also meant that I bought two 256MB 7800 GTXs to replace the GTs in SLI. BTW, the difference between the 256 and 512 mb versions isn't just memory capacity, they gave the 512 mb version a 28% GPU performance boost and 41% more bandwidth . The later 7900 gtx boosted …

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Re: Help me build a Lian Li Snail case computer ?

Posted on 2020-01-20, 23:02

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by awgamer

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't know why you guys keep trying to suggest crossfire, it was proven it never worked, only being fixed for cards starting around the 7970 and up after that revelation. pcperspectives ring a bell? counted the frame on frame counters but rendered a meaningless "runt" frame on screen? It's amazing …

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