Re: Joystick recommendations

Posted on 2024-03-13, 16:18

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital but it requires "sorcery" to calibrate it and wears my arm out after lengthy sessions. What do you all out there prefer? It can be USB or 15 pin, mainly using it for win98 games. Could you elaborate on this "sorcery"? I have one but it is very jittery ( …

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Ati Radeon DDR won't play nice in Tomb Raider 1

Posted on 2024-03-06, 18:48

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Software

Tried every which way to get this game running in 3D but no dice. Using Ati radeon Catalyst driver 3.1 (I think) due to it getting the best framerates relative version 6.2. Tried dgvoodoo, ati tr1 patch, and nglide. Software mode works fine no problem there. May have to surrender and just slot in a …

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Gamepad software/install causing slow downs?

Posted on 2024-03-01, 13:40

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by buckeye

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Installed a Saitek P750 gamepad on my Win98 rig and noticed the framerates took a dive on Quake 1/2. Quake 162fps to 58fps Quake 2 93fps to 32 fps I uninstalled it and seems to have fixed the issue. To test I reinstalled it but connected the gamepad to the usb connection on the PCI usb card instead …

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Re: Windows 98 unknown device error 28

Posted on 2024-02-19, 22:39

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Figured the Radeon drivers would cover everything, perhaps not. I'll look into the ID searches later tonight.

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Windows 98 unknown device error 28

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:30

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by buckeye

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Strange didn't have this on my win98 system previously but it popped up after the following: Replaced the IDE hd with a sata ssd with startech ide/sata adapter. Replaced the voodoo 3 with a ATI Radeon 7200. No other components changed Reinstalled win98 and everything seems to be accounted for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-19, 15:37

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by buckeye

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Bought these the other day for my windows 98 system. Know the ssd is not considered retro but the application is and never had a ati branded card before so thought I'd give it a shot and see if it'll surpass the voodoo 3 it's replacing. Still kinda "sketchy" on what drivers to use for win98 and if …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-16, 14:03

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought these the other day for my windows 98 system. Know the ssd is not considered retro but the application is and never had a ati branded card before so thought I'd give it a shot and see if it'll surpass the voodoo 3 it's replacing. Still kinda "sketchy" on what drivers to use for win98 and if …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-16, 13:58

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by buckeye

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought these the other day for my windows 98 system. Know the ssd is not considered retro but the application is and never had a ati branded card before so thought I'd give it a shot and see if it'll surpass the voodoo 3 it's replacing. Still kinda "sketchy" on what drivers to use for win98 and if …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-16, 13:51

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by buckeye

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in Milliways

Installed my first AIO for my Ryzen system (see sig). Took two attempts, had a hard time orienting the cpu block so the MSI logo was right. Ended up having to secure the cpu block first THEN screw the radiator in. Testing showed it being 4-5 degrees cooler than the Ventroo air cooler that was on …

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Printing Jewel Case Inserts for PC games

Posted on 2024-02-09, 18:03

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by buckeye

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Quite a few of my PC games purchased had damaged cases or just came in cd slips. Has anyone successfully printed game inserts and care to outline the process. Came across this site for starters: https://www.thecoverproject.net/ Seems like inserts for dvd cases would be easier though being larger …

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Re: Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-09, 16:15

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by buckeye

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I recall on a previous system with this card playing Mechwarrior 3 it would sometimes freeze. Could've been a driver issue but heat could've been the culprit too. I'll see if I have any spare fans and attach it on, post some pics also.

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Re: Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-08, 14:12

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ Video

smtkr wrote on 2024-02-08, 00:35: Do TNT2s get hot enough to need active? I'll have to do some digging on that one. For the record I have the "regular" tnt2 not ultra.

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Re: Voodoo 2 Artifacting?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 13:57

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had something like those "band lines" occur while playing star wars rogue squadron with a V2 sli setup with a GF3 . Someone recommended I connect the V2's directly to the monitor which cleared the artifacts up. It's no problem if you're main card has a DVI hookup.

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Re: Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-07, 20:13

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by buckeye

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I may be in error , have to check with you on that. If it is the non-ultra, is it possible to attach a fan on that style of heatsink without resorting to glue? I imagine screws could "wedge" into the grooves to hold it steady.

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Fan attachment to Diamond Viper V770 ultra

Posted on 2024-02-07, 19:05

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by buckeye

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There's quite a few posts on attaching fans to the Voodoo 3 but not so much for this card. Thinking something along the same lines with a 40-60mm fan attached with screws but don't know if that black heatsink will cooperate. Anyone have any pics of this card with a fan mod?

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Re: Intel SE440BX runs a 850mhz PIII?

Posted on 2024-02-07, 15:04

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by buckeye

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Hmmmm. You might be right, I will have to check mine. Seems like you might be right. I know my Intel branded one supports pretty much all of my Coppermine chips as well as my Via C3 Nehemiah with the proper slocket. I've had both a 1GHZ PII and a 1.1GHZ Celeron in there, i've tried them all on in …

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Re: Intel SE440BX runs a 850mhz PIII?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 18:30

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by buckeye

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Hmmmm. You might be right, I will have to check mine. Seems like you might be right. I know my Intel branded one supports pretty much all of my Coppermine chips as well as my Via C3 Nehemiah with the proper slocket. I've had both a 1GHZ PII and a 1.1GHZ Celeron in there, i've tried them all on in …

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Re: Fighter Squadron SDOE black window crash

Posted on 2024-02-06, 18:12

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by buckeye

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akula65 wrote on 2024-02-06, 16:36: Make sure to patch the game: https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1632/7/ Thanks but already patched it . I'm going to try to install it on my winXP system just to test.

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Re: Intel SE440BX runs a 850mhz PIII?

Posted on 2024-02-05, 22:10

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What is the board revision and the bios version? I have two Seattle boards, one is OEM Intel and the other is in my Dell XPS, they both support my PIII 850 without a problem. I'm not sure on the Dell but I'm fairly sure that the BIOS version on the OEM is P13. I'll have to get back with you on the …

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Intel SE440BX runs a 850mhz PIII?

Posted on 2024-02-05, 15:29

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by buckeye

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Was troubleshooting my win98 system as it was showing signs of lagging in some games. Before blaming the voodoo 3 as the culprit tried out a number of cpu's to rule out that variable. Out of curiosity snapped in the PIII 850 and it shows up at boot as 700mhz. which surprised me, thought the max. for …

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