Re: Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Posted on 2015-10-26, 07:52
You can toggle between old and new graphics.
Re: Phil’s massive Windows 98 SE graphics benchmarks project
Posted on 2015-10-26, 07:51
Video explaining the project is online: https://youtu.be/kl9ErL9BM68
Re: Roland SC-55 vs Yamaha TG-300 best for General MIDI
Posted on 2015-10-26, 03:59
SC-55 is the de-facto standard for General MIDI in DOS games. Most game music has been composed using a SC-55 and you will get a very balanced music. so I would get a SC-55 first. Then you can check out other modules and play around with them. You might prefer the way they sound, but it does depend …
Re: Could an operating system distinguish between GM and LA?
Posted on 2015-10-26, 01:13
Not really, as all it is, is MIDI data being sent to a MPU401 interface.
Re: Non working AWE32 CT3900.
Posted on 2015-10-25, 22:49
I've done YT videos for evidence with eBay. Definitely put in a refund request, the card isn't working. Shipping it back is silly, what is the seller going to do? eBay sides with the buyer. A German seller sent me the wrong card. He offered to send me the right card for free, could keep the other …
Re: Where to find a Creative Wave Blaster 1?
Posted on 2015-10-25, 22:45
Good that you found one 😀 I wouldn't worry about the price. In 10 years time it will be worth even more 😁
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-10-25, 22:44
Not a bad score, just a little bit behind a TNT2.
Re: Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Posted on 2015-10-25, 15:46
Awesome! This was a great adventure game.
Re: best win98 driver for geforce 6600 / 6800 series?
Posted on 2015-10-23, 20:11
Personally I wouldn't use such cards under Windows 98. FX series would be as fast / modern as I'd like to go. Just stick with the latest drivers. Some games won't work, too bad, don't play these games on such fast cards. It's all about matching cards with games. Focus on later games that still need …
Re: K6-2+/III+ slowdown issues on ALi Aladdin V
Posted on 2015-10-23, 20:01
As I wrote I have already tried every combination of BIOS settings with the PCI Voodoo 3 but if I ever try the AGP version I will make sure to test with the "VGA frame buffer" setting turned on. :) Well I was using an AGP V3 and found the performance to be lacking. Another boards with VIA chipset …
Re: K6-3+ 550 vs early Athlon/Duron
Posted on 2015-10-23, 14:22
K6-III+ is more flexible, software multiplier and better for DOS gaming /close thread
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-10-23, 08:42
This arrived in the mail today. One of the things to watch out for on eBay is retail packaging with a non-matching card. After upgrading, the buyer just puts the old card into the new card's box. I figured that that was what was happening here: a CT1350B in a CT1730 box. Floppies go to the SB 2.0. …
Re: K6-3+ 550 vs early Athlon/Duron
Posted on 2015-10-23, 00:46
How can one test minimum or maximum frames under Windows 98 benchmarking? Or should testing be done under XP? But then software like FRAPS might be too demanding... Or just pick the few benchmarks that do analyse min, max and average...
A$9 CPU cooler! Any good?
Posted on 2015-10-22, 22:39
Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler review Something different 😀 How does this $9 cooler compare to the AMD stock cooler on a 80W processor?
Re: K6-3+ 550 vs early Athlon/Duron
Posted on 2015-10-21, 23:06
My take: In my SLI scaling project I found the K6-III+ to be very similar to the Deschutes 400 / Katmai 500 when it comes to playing at higher resolutions, but at V2 SLI 512 x 384 you can see that Intel pulls ahead. Apart from Unreal, both processors achieve 60+ FPS at 1024 x 768 with the V2, so …
Re: What is your favorite chipset for socket 7 + Pentium 1 + DOS games?
Posted on 2015-10-21, 22:57
SIS 5598
Re: Phil’s Windows 98 SE graphics benchmarks project
Posted on 2015-10-21, 14:20
Here the TNT2 cards I have. I got two TNT2 Pro cards, one from MSI, the other one from Elsa. The standard TNT2 is from Diamond, the Viper V770. http://i.imgur.com/krnsKath.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DVJAHgCh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VYXXOTih.jpg Also, what's next? Starting benchmarking the TNT2 M64 :) I …
Re: 10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC :)
Posted on 2015-10-21, 07:42
Fascinating stuff these incompatibilities. I've never seen the issue with the black lines. What game and cards would trigger this? Almost all q3engine games (American McGee's Alice etc) in 800x600+ resolutions. Grand Prix Legends - black lines on the sky. Etc. This trouble is present on all new …
Re: CF Card Through IDE - SLOW!
Posted on 2015-10-21, 01:12
They all have USBs at the back, but no headers.
Re: Nvidia TNT2 M64 clocks?
Posted on 2015-10-20, 23:26
Thanks everyone, that clears it up! Good point on the memory overclocking. Seeing the core is identical, the M64 has half the memory bandwidth. So any extra boost on the memory will pay off well 😀
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