Re: What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-08, 21:51
Thanks for all the tips guys!
Re: CPU Challenge - Windows 98
Posted on 2015-07-08, 21:28
This sounds like fun! Could you maybe pick two, or three resolutions to compare? 1280 x 960 for sure, and maybe 640 x 480 for some of the slower machines. Your machine is a beast, that's for sure. Sooo tempted to pull the trigger on that motherboard :lol: Here is a result for my AMD K6-III+ 400 MHz …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-08, 21:18
Enabling A3D and boosting the sampling rate is very good, but I didn't do this for this project. Actually I forgot about it 😊 Everything is default, so to make it easier to compare. Nice system BTW.
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-08, 14:47
Well, the thing is, I love that grunt work :blush: Just not THAT MUCH :lol: I can't remember how long it took me, but towards the end it felt like work and couldn't wait for it to be finished. With other projects I'm a bit gutted when it's done because it means I got to find a new one. But that's ok …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-08, 05:37
blank001 wrote: Phil, can you do a full CPU scaling write up like you did for the voodoo^2? 😊 Sorry, but no. That paper was a once in a life project 😵
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-08, 03:10
Great machine!
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-07-08, 03:05
Nice 😀 Never been online with a W98 machine.
Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards
Posted on 2015-07-08, 01:29
Yes, and many games received DX10 patches, adding little things. I remember Bioshock being one of the early games with some DX10 feature.
Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do
Posted on 2015-07-08, 01:04
Evert wrote: what's next? There is always something else to build 😀 Seriously, I could take a few years off from work and still be busy working on my projects 🤣
Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do
Posted on 2015-07-08, 00:48
I've had good experiences with the nForce 4 chipset boards. Asrock made a ton of them, all uATX and very cheap. I used it in my Athlon 64 build I did a while ago. They also had 939 boards, but I couldn't find one when I was looking.
Re: Old Socket 939 Computer - What to do
Posted on 2015-07-08, 00:32
Agreed! 754 is awesome, as pretty much all multi-socket modern coolers fit on it. The issue with the 12V is very valid. Quite hard to find decent, new, PSUs that are 5V beefy. Another plus are better chipsets with better SATA compatibility. VIA's KT600 boards, only took SATA 1 drives when I tested …
Re: Voodoo3 Cooling
Posted on 2015-07-08, 00:28
Sounds like fun 😀 I believe for V1 and V2, you can get passive heat sinks from eBay that fit on all the chips. V4 and V5, the solution should indeed be identical. The V5 just has two chips instead of one.
Re: Need help with new early Windows Build
Posted on 2015-07-08, 00:14
There is a driver (INF driver tweaks) on the Vogons driver archive, with a Vortex 2 driver without SB Pro Emulation 😀 Likely for exactly that reason, when you use an ISA card together with a Vortex card.
Re: Underclocking on a KT133A Board
Posted on 2015-07-08, 00:04
I can't remember the details, but these Semprons weren't they just rebrandings? They should perform just as well as the XP.
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 23:55
Hey Phil, do you have the diamond drivers for that diamond monster sound vortex 2? I did some quick searches and couldn't find any except reference drivers. I happened to find the same card in a PC I gutted. They are on the Vogons driver archive :) But for this system, I used the latest reference …
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2015-07-07, 23:50
Every card has its strengths. For A3D, I wouldn't use anything but a Vortex 2 cards. I would stick to Kodai's plan, and use both cards. You can just disable the Yamaha in Windows if you like. BTW, as a single card, the Yamaha works great in Windows. No complaints.
Re: Voodoo3 Cooling
Posted on 2015-07-07, 15:22
Tie at the front didn't work well, because it prevents the card from fully inserting into the AGP slot. The second rubber band is the "backup" 😊 But I'll check it out tomorrow, see if I find something suitable.
Re: Voodoo3 Cooling
Posted on 2015-07-07, 14:44
My version of V3 cooling mod. Using items that most of us have lying around 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aszC13E-B-k
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 14:11
anthony wrote: if you, guys, can point me to benchmark tools you've used (i mean downloadable games archives), i can provide results for agp v5 on i865 with c2d C2D 😲 Nice 😀 Well, you got to have the games I'm afraid. But I have posted the instructions a page earlier or so.
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2015-07-07, 13:30
Yamaha Audician 32 Plus YMF718-S Review I "discovered" something today. The WSS compatibility is great, however when you play a game, and use WSS + wavetable, the wavetable volume will be very quiet. It's as if the mixer setting gets changed. If you configure the game with SB Pro + wavetable, all …
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