Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2014-10-08, 10:14
Yup that's cool!
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2014-10-08, 08:12
AWE64 Gold in Descent: What do you think? Roland SC-55 vs AWE64 Gold Descent Restoring 3D Audio and EAX in Vista and later versions of Windows with Creative Alchemy. With a 5.1 system that sequence is so awesome. Bullets zipping past and behind you. Creative ALchemy F.E.A.R.
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2014-10-08, 05:43
Standard Def Steve wrote: GeForce 7 was not much faster than GF6. GeForce 8, on the other hand, was a massive upgrade. Hmm my memory tells me that a single 7800GTX was faster than 6800GT in SLI. But yea might as well go with a cheap 9600GT or 8800GT.
Re: Voodoo 2 tests?
Posted on 2014-10-08, 00:07
What FSB frequency? Did you try the FastVoodoo2 V4.6 from http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo2.htm
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2014-10-07, 20:26
Creative ALchemy restores EAX and 3D Audio when running old games on Vista and later. In this video I am explaining what ALchemy is, where to get it from, how to install it and how to configure your games using Far Cry and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory as examples. Creative ALchemy Guide
Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
Posted on 2014-10-07, 17:49
At that resolution I think you will need to move to Core 2 Duo to get some scaling going. A fast Wolfdale for example should do the trick. The other option is to look at higher resolutions such as 1920 x 1080 because most have a Full HD screen. 1600 x 1200 not so much. Doom 3 at Full HD is quite the …
Re: Building my DOS Box from Scratch Revisited
Posted on 2014-10-07, 15:03
Sounds like a plan! The SB Pro 2 can just be disabled in Windows. And the PCI Vortex 2 won't show up in DOS 😀
Re: best Memory manager for Dos& win?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 12:09
^^ Simple start-up files = simple life 🤣
Re: Did I get a good deal?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 12:06
That's too bad. That P4 is simply too new. The 3dfx Voodoo 4 4500 AGP is the only AGP Voodoo that would work in that board. But it's not really any better but a lot more expensive because it's rarer. A good Slot 1 motherboard with Intel BX440 chipset is what you want to have in companion with a …
Re: best Memory manager for Dos& win?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 11:20
I use a simple boot menu that allows me to select what memory options I need. I made a video tutorial here: http://youtu.be/cIEq2hMUYhA The menu and drivers can be downloaded from my website. I haven't come across a game that doesn't run...
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 09:58
Part of that process involved banging my head repeatedly upon realizing how much a default Windows 98 SE install leaves out of DOS mode by default. No CD drive, no mouse, not even EMM386 for those things that need extended memory; it's been so long since I had to mess around with that stuff that I …
Re: How to record gameplay footage from Win98SE or older ?!
Posted on 2014-10-07, 07:46
Nice 😀 In a lot of ways when I captured with this box my life was simpler 🤣
Re: Setup Initialization Error
Posted on 2014-10-07, 04:20
Try installing it on an old Windows and then copy the game folder across.
Re: Your favorite retro apps?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 03:26
Ok maybe 10 years isn't old enough 🤣 Those links are pretty weak sources. Let's stick with Deluxe Paint and Corel Draw as a challenge.
Re: MIDI synths and maximum polyphony: What's the maximum needed to cover all games?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 03:22
256 is the answer.
Re: Ultimate Socket 754 AMD System
Posted on 2014-10-07, 03:14
The Asrock board I have, and maybe the Intel 865 chipset in general, has a limit of 2 GB. I got some 1 GB DDR 400 chips from eBay. There are sellers selling new stock with BIN prices. I can't remember how much it was, it wasn't much but it wasn't a super bargain either.
Re: Your favorite retro apps?
Posted on 2014-10-07, 03:05
I've never come across the word Apps in the past. We had programs, tools, utilities, games, software, applications. But happy to be proven wrong. You can dig out your old posts from 10 years ago and have a look what you used to refer to :) Or find Deluxe Paint being referred to as App. To me App = …
Re: Monster 3D Voodoo 1 dead?
Posted on 2014-10-06, 21:25
http://www.philscomputerlab.com/ms-dos-game-demos.html Grab the DOS Tomb Raider 3dfx demo. Run setup and disable sound (just in case to avoid any mucking around) and run it. It should just work, doesn't need any driver. Try in MS-DOS mode as well.
Re: Replace 486 HDD
Posted on 2014-10-06, 21:23
^^ I do the same! FAT32 and MS-DOS 7.1 is awesome. Also can't report a single compatibility issue when it comes to games 😀
Re: 3 AGP 6600GT, only 1 works :(
Posted on 2014-10-06, 21:00
Checked that 1R0 component, it's looks fine. The Point of View card now works in the Athlon XP motherboard. So maybe there is some sort of compatibility with the P4 board not sure. I might replace the caps on the MSI as well. One thing I always wondered: The silver caps, they are a different type. …
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