Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-14, 13:26

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I wanted to cover 386 era games Dynamix games such as Deathtrack and Stellar 7, Sierra games, and Ultima 7. Perhaps some Wing Commander and Strike Commander as well. I'll see how fluid DN3D and Quake run with this, but I'm already contemplating an AM2 based DOS/Win98/WinXP build for more demanding …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-14, 13:18

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Started Eye of the Beholder 1 last night, and playing it a bit early this morning before the rest of the family wakes up. :) This is the oldest (1991) RPG I've played since starting up with my retro PCs a couple of years ago. I had worries that it might be too old (as in archaic) for me (no auto- …

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 22:38

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Awesome chart. Too bad you don't have a system that will take it a bit faster. You could probably raise the top end to 166-200 Mhz and still have the bottom end be slow enough for WC1. Speaking of which, do you have any target games for this system?

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2017-05-13, 19:18

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I'm not very good at adventure games. I used a walkthrough for a lot (most?) of this game, but I still enjoyed the story. Pretty awesome endgame sequence, from the point you get into the witches castle til you beat the game. Music has some nice tension and excitement and the story is frantic and …

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 18:22

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L2 enabled at all times. These particular results were taken with a motherboard whose L2 could not be disabled (SiS530 SS7). Other results I've posted in the past were on a Packard Bell socket 5 that did not have any L2. 😒

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 17:45

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Here's some benchmarks I did awhile back with my POD200 overclocked to 250Mhz. Note Ultima VII's immunity to disabling L1. And some speedsys weirdness (results not scaling like other benchmarks). Filename p250setmul.png File size 38.37 KiB Views 878 views

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 13:33

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Not sure then. Like I said, it should work. When you type "setmul l1d" how does it respond? It should say "Disabling L1 Cache" in a cyan color text. Maybe try asking in the Setmul thread?

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 11:14

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for a P100, L1D should work. L2D would only work if your motherboard had L2 cache and only for AMD K6 mobile and VIA C3 cpus. But L1D *should* work. What version of DOS are you running? What are your system specs?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-13, 11:03

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I'm still playing The Witness and recording it for youtube. Loving this game so much. So many layers and so much to discover and accomplish. Made some exciting discoveries recently and I can't wait to retrace my steps and get everything I missed! I take it you don't mean this version? edit: now …

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Re: Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled

Posted on 2017-05-13, 10:40

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Very nice, man. Thanks for posting the spreadsheet too. Great idea to jumper the FSB to the turbo switch. What's the native speed of the cpu? edit: your post reminded me to look at my own spreadsheet and it looks like someone mucked around with it a bit, messing with the sorting and replacing the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-12, 15:04

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While capturing some background footage, I ended up trying to play Drakan Order of the Flame a little bit more serious. I looked up a guide as to what to do, but even on easy, I just die all the time in combat. A real shame as the graphics look nice and I am keen to get deeper into the game. Might …

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Re: New 386 system build

Posted on 2017-05-12, 14:54

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I think you made some great choices and you'll have a tough time picking between the ET4000AX and GD5429 as well as the CT1350B and Audician.

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Re: Is Vista now Retro

Posted on 2017-05-12, 14:09

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To me, out of support = retro. 😀

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Re: New 386 system build

Posted on 2017-05-12, 01:41

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Agree with AC on target cost of video card. $80 is too much to spend IMO. For reference, here's a couple of links: ISA Graphic Card Performance in PCPlayer ISA Graphic Card Performance in Quake 320 Hopefully someone else can help you more on the AWE64. Not sure how it would perform in a 386, but my …

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Re: Late 90s DOS Games and PCI Sound

Posted on 2017-05-11, 01:49

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I think an ISA card would definitely be the ideal solution for all the late 90's builds. The fact is that AWE64 cards, just for example, are getting to be too expensive to buy. So was wondering what my alternatives may be. And I have a pile of SBLive cards lol. I am going to rephrase my question. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-10, 20:27

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After playing Eric the Unready for a couple of hours, I am reminded why I never got much into adventure games. My brain does not like guessing every combination of using this on that, especially when it's not a logical thing to try. I have to admit, though, Eric has an entertaining story and is very …

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Re: Woes with newly acquired 80286

Posted on 2017-05-10, 16:25

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Cables plugged upside down?

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Re: Unknown sound cards

Posted on 2017-05-10, 14:00

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Agree with Scali. Plus, both have wavetable headers, so you have the General MIDI option.

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Re: I made retronn.de

Posted on 2017-05-09, 01:01

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Brief report from the Long Night of Computer Games in Leipzig where we had a full room of vintage PCs for gaming: There is also a video and some photos for your convenience. http://retronn.de/imports/lndcs_2017.html I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed those photos. It would've been amazing to be …

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Re: Did I just fry my PS/2 keyboard port?

Posted on 2017-05-08, 21:38

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Did you try shutting off PSU and pulling the cmos battery for awhile? I think James-F is on to something.

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