Re: What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 13:27
At medium settings it ran quite well, even at 1024 x 768. Quite pleased, but it would be better on a faster system, no doubt.
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 12:52
I won't dare overclock the V5. Cost me a small fortune :blush: A little OT, but I'm working on a new project. Initially I was set on using a Matrox G400 Max card, because I always use Voodoo cards, you know do something different. But I had lots of issues getting games to work. Went back to a V3. …
Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards
Posted on 2015-07-07, 11:25
Well 660 still works in XP. You can check the drivers on the Nvidia site. They give you a good clue.
Re: What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 11:24
F2bnp wrote: Voodoo 3 and Pentium 3>500MHz will get you out of the slow, 30fps territory I believe. What CPU are you running at the moment? K6-III+ 400 MHz.
Re: What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 10:53
Ok it's working now! On the CD was a patch for the V3. Followed the instructions (copying 2 files over), set the render to V3 and now it's working well. A faster CPU is likely needed, but it runs ok.
Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards
Posted on 2015-07-07, 10:47
It really depends on the game. Around 2006 / 2007, many / most games had some sort of DX10 feature which required Vista. So you don't need a card that powerful. Most XP games run well on a 8 or 9 series card.
Re: What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 10:45
Hmm I might be having a config issue. The game looks like software render. CPU is a K6-III+ 400 MHz. Had a Matrox G400, but that card gave me issues with other games, so I will try with a V3 now.
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 10:06
Evert wrote: Impressive results! I couldn't help but hear this song in my head while reading them: https://youtu.be/gp37KD7vxRg?list=PL1A6D2462940EE848 🤣
What processor and graphics card is a good match for Need for Speed III?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 09:43
What processor and graphics card are a good match for this game? It's a bit slow on my Windows 98 machine.
Re: Anyone else dislike multiplayer? No, just me?
Posted on 2015-07-07, 07:56
Well I love multi-player. I don't really miss the old multi-player games, but embrace the modern was. Battlefield 4, Black Ops 2, you name it, I love them. I sometimes play the single player campaign to get familiar with the controls, but with Battlefield 4 I actually haven't played the campaign …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 06:14
Very nice results! Rest up 🤣 Zzzzz
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 01:31
Interested in seeing how the 440BX fares. I'd love to get my hands on the QDI Advance 12T someday :evil: ! Nice scores! Here are my benchmark results with a 440BX and Pentium III 1.1 GHz (100 MHz FSB). As you said, at higher resolutions, bugger all difference. http://www.philscomputerlab.com/3dfx- …
Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup
Posted on 2015-07-07, 00:19
Does the BIOS on the graphics cards differ?
Re: Ultimate Windows 98 Box
Posted on 2015-07-07, 00:15
Nice! Good to see everything is working well. Does the BIOS have any options for disabling cores, lowering the multiplier?
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-07, 00:05
Agreed! There was someone here that bought one such board fairly recently. Can't remember the guy's name, maybe he can drop in to offer some benchmarks ! UDMA2? That's odd. Oh I do remember something. On my Gigabyte board, there was a BIOS option to do with the ribbon cable. I had to set it …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:59
This is a very nice build :). I wish I soon find a cheap Voodoo5, they always end up going for more than Im willing to pay. The PIII 1400-S sure is popular among us VOGONers :D Yes they cost a small fortune. I got mine from an Australian collector. He sold up everything on eBay, so I grabbed a V4 …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:37
I wouldn't drop any sleep over this. Apart from using the tightest memory timings, what else can you do? What chipset driver did you use? I went with an older one. 2001 driver from here: http://www.philscomputerlab.com/intel.html
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:34
With the X-Fi cards there are a lot of OEM versions out and about. I think I got three different types and only one would work with the Creative drivers. Of course I don't remember which model. Don't you hate that? When you do some testing and don't write it down anywhere, so you got to do it again …
Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC
Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:18
Phil, is the Forsaken benchmark running at 16bit color or 32bit? Ran it once at 640x480x16, but Vsync seems to be enabled and I only got 75FPS, any idea on how to get rid of that? I think 16 bit colour. Yes, the driver has V-Sync on for DX games. You need to run the overclock tool (it's an official …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:16
Following Squareguy's advice, I ordered three 256 MB PC133 SDRAM CL2 sticks from Crucial / Micron 😀 And a few other little bits for a cool project I got in the works.
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