Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 15:07

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Very nice results Darkman. That SCSI drive is very impressive I must say. interesting, would like to see that acer board vs the Tusl2-c So would I, could you send me one please? :blush: :lol: Yea, doubt it makes much of a difference, if any. AFAIK, Unreal Gold used an updated engine, straight off of …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 12:37

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Yea, doubt it makes much of a difference, if any.

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 12:09

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Really, Unreal and UT are the main ones, seeing they use Glide. The version I used is the DVD Unreal Anthology.

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 12:05

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Darkman wrote: just one question , in Quake 2 , which texture quality did you use ? Default settings. So whatever that is 😊 The only setting I changed was render mode to default OpenGL and the resolution.

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 11:55

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That's awesome guys. I agree, the more, the better 😀

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Re: Need Help finding ATI drivers

Posted on 2015-07-06, 11:44

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I just thought of something, the 9800XXL you have, is the cooling on it still in good condition? You might need to replace it with one of those Zalman knock-off VGA coolers. Just note that you have to change the connector wires somewhat. The VRMs (or MOSFETs) are also not cooled very well, you …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 11:00

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Make sure you check out my V2 SLI scaling paper. 60+ pages, 800+ benchmark results. Should please any statistician 🤣 Biggest difference should be visible at the 640 x 480 resolution. At 1600 x 1200 I would be very surprised if we find huge differences between our systems.

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 10:50

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🤣

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Re: 3rd Generation Roland LA modules vibrato affected games

Posted on 2015-07-06, 10:44

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Now what's REALLY important. Are any of the games that also support the 33 extra sound effects use vibrato? For someone that also owns an MT-32 i don't think this is an issue. Sort of. Some sounds in Monkey Island sound different / better on CM units. This might be because of the extra sound …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 10:29

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vetz wrote: Thanks 😀 Voodoo 5 driver is? GLQuake link updated above. Drivers I used: http://www.philscomputerlab.com/drivers-for-v … oo-4-and-5.html Make sure you install the overclock tab and disable V-sync for DirectX. F2bnp wrote: This is going to be epic 😁. Can I join you with my QDI Advance …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 10:17

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Could you please specify how the benchmarks were run so we get comparable results? All benchmarks are with sound / music. Unreal: Start game, set resolution, press ~ and type timedemo 1. I always use the 3rd run UT: Start game, set resolution. Quit game. Start game again. Press ~ and type timedemo …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 08:53

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All I can say is Bring it! 🤣 The TUSL2-C is a great board. It seems to feature in a LOT of "Ultimate" builds.

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 07:35

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I've ALWAYS got something happening in my lab 🤣

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A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 06:33

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Link to YouTube video: Building the Ultimate 3dfx Voodoo 5 Glide Gaming PC In this video I am building the Ultimate 3dfx Voodoo 5 Glide Retro Gaming PC. This PC is a beast, delivering high end performance in Glide, OpenGL and DirectX games from the golden era of early 3D games. Storage performance …

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Re: Need help with new early Windows Build

Posted on 2015-07-06, 04:18

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Wouldn't mind getting a SE440BX-2, but the cost is not insignificant. I got a few decent Slot 1 boards already. That Asrock S775 board however, I'm mighty tempted.

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Re: SB16 PnP DOS7 setup CTCM error

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:28

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by PhilsComputerLab

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If it's not a PnP card, just run INSTALL (or was it SETUP) from SBBASIC folder. If you get an error about running it inside Windows, use SETVER. During the setup the resources can be configured if I remember correctly.

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Re: A new mTCP is available! (mTCP 2015-07-05)

Posted on 2015-07-05, 21:23

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Just want to say that your efforts are amazing! Thank you 😀

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Re: Athlon 64 project - finally finished!

Posted on 2015-07-05, 13:23

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Hmm. I'll have to look for one of those on local ebay. One thing I forgot to ask: What about video drivers? Since it's a XP rig, can I just use the latest from the manufacturer's site or I'd be better with an old version? That depends on the game. Many games should work fine with the latest driver. …

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Re: Athlon 64 project - finally finished!

Posted on 2015-07-05, 13:15

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Fir this machine I wouldn't consider the Live or Vortex 2. An Audigy, Audigy 2 or X-Fi are more suitable 😀

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Re: Going below a Pentium

Posted on 2015-07-05, 10:13

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by PhilsComputerLab

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With a Pentium MXM, disable both caches and you have a 386DX, leave L2 enabled and you have a 486DX2 😀

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