Re: VIDEO BENCHMARKS (Original title: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all)

Posted on 2023-07-31, 23:27

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i have a 1.02 P2B with the supposedly fake ICS 9148BF-26 part, and have to wonder, where is the idea coming from that the part is supposed to be specified for 133 mhz operation? i can't find a data sheet that would suggest this. print changes on ICs aren't unheard of either, especially when there is …

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Re: NVIDIA 8-series and beyond + Windows XP + Unreal Engine 2 = judder?

Posted on 2023-07-30, 03:23

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you should check the polling rate in the mouse driver, if applicable. what mouse is this? maybe try a generic one on all machines/OS to eliminate driver differences as a possible factor, and use the same ut2004.ini and user.ini across all installations of course. i have to agree that the mentioned …

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Re: Best graphics card for AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor.

Posted on 2023-07-30, 02:59

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might be useful to clarify which cards are PCI and which are AGP, but certainly it doesn't look like post-GF4 gaming performance on k6 was a top priority, to say the very least. ati is actually doing better here despite ceasing to release new 3.3V AGP/PCI cards earlier than nvidia. what may be a …

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Kawai GMega peculiarities

Posted on 2023-07-29, 16:52

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since there is very little information on this module out there i thought i'd do a little writeup from the standpoint of GM playback. first, some basic info: https://soundprogramming.net/synthesizers/kawai/kawai-gmega/ the GMega shares its hardware with the K11 keyboard and was likely released in …

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Re: Missing 320x240 Software Render in Half Life: Uplink and 1.0

Posted on 2023-07-25, 14:42

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It’d be weird that video card drivers would remove a software rendering option, but maybe you’re right. The fact that it lets me run those resolutions in windowed but not fullscreen still makes me think its some kind of Windows adapter/monitor issue check if this driver differs from what you are …

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Re: Unreal 1 / UT 99 best versions to play?

Posted on 2023-07-25, 14:26

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this should be the last official patch: https://unrealarchive.org/patches-updates/unreal/patches/patch-226-final/index.html whether it's the "best" is debatable though, for instance somewhere along the line they changed the weapon sounds around. though it does have the D3D renderer from ut99 and …

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Re: Missing 320x240 Software Render in Half Life: Uplink and 1.0

Posted on 2023-07-24, 18:54

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last time i looked into this i was under the impression that 320x240 was removed in 1.1.0.1, but can't find a source for that info now unfortunately. but look for the oldest possible CD retail version. as for newer patches, half-life's version history was really all over the place even pre-steam, …

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Re: Windows 95 keeps "losing" my network card

Posted on 2023-07-10, 20:26

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3c5x9cfg.exe also allows to disable pnp altogether, that's something else to try.

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Re: Looking for Kawai CCP-014 drivers.

Posted on 2023-07-09, 21:14

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by auron

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that is just some kind of internal designation so the real name of this card might be needed to find a driver. hardware-wise, this looks about identical to the GMega LX, albeit with an added microcontroller and some other chip: https://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/pix_equipment/kawai_gmega_lx_02.jpg given …

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Re: Windows 98 SE filesystem hangs?

Posted on 2023-07-06, 00:24

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have you actually looked at CPU usage during a network transfer, for instance using the tool that can be installed as an optional component in win9x? networking in 9x isn't exactly known for being very efficient but TCP optimizer may be one way to improve performance. and yes, the 5500 is certainly …

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Re: Any hope of fixing an NEC 2x SCSI CD-ROM that won't read?

Posted on 2023-07-02, 21:38

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by auron

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if you have an ESR meter, you can do in-circuit measurements on these SMD caps. this isn't necessarily accurate of course but when checking all of them it can give you a general idea of what state the caps are in or even identify certain bad caps.

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-60 and Tekram DC-290N

Posted on 2023-06-30, 13:24

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indeed, the SIO southbridge chip saw a change from 82378IB (also used in the 486 420TX chipset) to 82378ZB. don't think i've been aware of this before but that might be the reason why the batman's revenge board was made in the first place. looks like the ZB revision is what added PCI IRQ steering: …

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Re: Voodoo 3 Pixel Artifacts

Posted on 2023-06-28, 01:33

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don't know about the issue with that benchmark, but the issue in DOS VGA games is known and has been found to be fixable with a BIOS update here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=55409 alternatively, try to disable VGA write combining in BIOS. also duke3d exhibits a similar snow effect …

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Re: Fast Pentium MMX compared to a Pentium II

Posted on 2023-06-02, 21:27

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why skip stock results for pentium mmx? most people didn't overclock anyway. also if just comparing the CPUs i wouldn't have used 256mb on the BX board because with 64 there is potentially some swapping in unreal. 440BX is a year later anyway, a proper 1997 comparison would be 440LX with a celeron …

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Re: "Doom" on Intellivision

Posted on 2023-05-27, 03:34

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you may want to check the upload date on that video... there actually is a doom port for ZX spectrum though.

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Re: Windows 95 - memory leaks? Memory issues

Posted on 2023-05-26, 21:18

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yeah, have to concur with win95 really feeling at home on those expensive pentiums of its day, i don't see the argument for running it on most 486s and certainly not 386 machines. all the software that came out for it clearly targeted pentiums from the beginning, so if you didn't need that new …

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Re: The Joy of MMX

Posted on 2023-05-26, 13:01

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Things that would give it a lease of life would be UDMA support, SDRAM memory and not having the restriction of 64 MB cacheability limit found on most Intel 430 chipsets. At least it would be competitive with earlier P6-based CPUs but not with later iterations such as PII-400. no, pii 233 would …

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Re: The Joy of MMX

Posted on 2023-05-26, 12:33

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pentium MMX was intel's attempt to sell the p5 architecture for another year with overhyped MMX marketing, IMO. a p200mmx with SDRAM and all bells and whistles bought as "high-end" in early 1997 probably aged out the fastest compared to any other similarily priced setup of its day. tillamook is …

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Re: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - Did this game EVER work 100%?

Posted on 2023-05-26, 11:35

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i have not tested this game, but this actually might be the first win95 commercial game release so it's not surprising to hear it being troublesome. this game actually even predates directx. i have tested gex which is over a year newer, but still gave me trouble. made a topic about it once here: …

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-60 and Tekram DC-290N

Posted on 2023-05-26, 11:21

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just to be sure, did you check with PCI.EXE if the IDE controllers properly get an IRQ assigned? these boards predate plug'n'play and could be a bit finnicky at times if you have multiple cards installed. in any case though, in 93/94 you really had to go SCSI if you wanted optimal performance. …

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