Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-06, 12:00

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Finished the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion last night in Baldur's Gate. Man, Durlag's Tower side quest is massive, and super difficult! By itself, it seemed to be about 15 hrs of gameplay. The other three side quests combined for probably 5 hrs. 20 hrs for an expansion pack? That's awesome. And …

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Re: How do you feel about old hardware in modern cases?

Posted on 2017-05-06, 00:18

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Nice! Way cleaner than my black 486. 🤣. Filename black.jpg File size 214.62 KiB Views 2313 views

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Re: Build for 80's through early 90's

Posted on 2017-05-05, 19:13

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I have done similar things with my DX2/66 system. Disabling caches and turbo gets it to about a slow 286. My tests for proper speed include Ultimas I-V and LodeRunner. All these run great at cacheless/deturboed speeds. 😀

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Re: Diamond Stealth 24 VLB drivers

Posted on 2017-05-05, 16:15

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So can anyone confirm it's faster than a mach32 and soothe my worries? I'm afraid it's not so clear cut. According to vgamuseum.info, the Mach32 is faster in PC Player and Quake, but the S3 805 is faster in 3dbench. you'll just have to benchmark both cards in your own machine and decide which one …

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Re: How do you feel about old hardware in modern cases?

Posted on 2017-05-05, 10:41

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While it's cool to have everything period correct, in the end function wins over form for me.

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Audigy 2 ZS in Win10?

Posted on 2017-05-04, 14:15

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I see Creative has Win7 drivers for the Audigy 2 ZS. Does that mean it'll work in Win10? If so, does it even stand a chance against modern integrated audio?

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Re: 233MMX, what PCI Graphics card?

Posted on 2017-05-04, 14:13

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My pick for DOS PCI is S3 Virge GX. It's the fastest S3 PCI card in DOS, very compatible, and period correct. If you can get a hold of an ARK2000PV card, this is the fastest period correct DOS PCI card I've ever tested. Cirrus Logic 5446 is also very good (a hair slower than the Virge GX) and if you …

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Re: 233MMX, what PCI Graphics card?

Posted on 2017-05-04, 10:57

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Pure DOS? See the DOS PCI benchmarks I posted awhile back. Link in my signature. But I do agree with the others, if you're interested in DOS Glide, then some Voodoo would be awesome.

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Re: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Sound Corruption

Posted on 2017-05-04, 01:26

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Disabling L1 is fine. You'll actually probably be closer to a 386 33Mhz with L1 disabled, which is still more than fast enough for that game. The goal is to get the game playable. And with your cpu, you don't have a lot of options with setmul. Basically, just L1. It's possible your cpu supports the …

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Re: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Sound Corruption

Posted on 2017-05-04, 00:45

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Yes, it's compatible. Just run: setmul l1d to disable l1 cache. Re-enable with: setmul l1e You can even make a batch file for the game: setmul l1d atlantis setmul l1e

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Re: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Sound Corruption

Posted on 2017-05-04, 00:24

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dr.sbaitso wrote: Could it be that it's sensitive to CPU speed? Sorry, I just saw this post. I agree with above. I remember this game giving audio glitches at anything faster than slow 486 speeds. edit: see here http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_C … sensitive_games

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Re: Cirrus Logic gd5424 textmode issue

Posted on 2017-05-03, 15:27

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There is a small component close to the PCI connector that has visible damage, so I attribute that component to the text mode issues. There is no such thing as " components for text mode ", apart from the char rom of very early mda/cga cards. Then I'm probably wrong. Here is what I'm talking about. …

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Re: A good AGP card for a PII machine.... ?

Posted on 2017-05-02, 11:14

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Probably a Voodoo3 would be ideal for that system. What type of AGP slot? Universal or 3.3v?

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-05-02, 11:01

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Nothing too exciting - I was asked "We're throwing out this old computer, do you want it?" I figured it was P4 era, which I'm not excited about, but said yes. The worst that could happen is I throw it out on their behalf. Turns out it had a P4 3.0, x1300xt 256MB, and Audigy 2. I salvaged those and …

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Re: Diamond Stealth 24 VLB drivers

Posted on 2017-05-02, 10:48

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With a DX2/66, you'll probably be at 25 fps or less. Use Phil's DOS benchmark kit to test Doom. The closer to 25 you get, the closer to ideal. I'd be curious, post the results from both cards!

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Re: Diamond Stealth 24 VLB drivers

Posted on 2017-05-02, 00:53

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Thanks! Side question: this uh, is faster than a Mach32 right? I basically got it free but I'm gonna be pretty dissapointed if this doesn't make Doom 2 playable at good settings. Without knowing the rest of your system specs, it's hard to tell. Doom gets about 25 fps on a fast DX2/66, for reference …

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Re: ti4200 AGP 4x or 8x or maybe ati 9800 pro?

Posted on 2017-05-01, 16:01

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Cool. None of those results look surprising. But I doubt you'd see any difference in pure DOS (which is what I thought we were talking about). @OP: Here is the difference between AGP and PCI in pure DOS: First result=AGP; Second result=PCI Cards: TNT2 M64 AGP 125.01 Mhz core, 143.18 Mhz clock TNT2 …

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Re: ti4200 AGP 4x or 8x or maybe ati 9800 pro?

Posted on 2017-05-01, 14:56

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if agp 4 and 8 perform the same, then what is it that stops the scaling in DOS high resolutions? I think it has something to do with the lack of graphical acceleration due to no drivers in pure DOS. LFBE utils provide some of that. FWIW, I do see a difference between PCI and AGP with the same …

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Re: What would happen if I put a p166 into this p133 propietary system?

Posted on 2017-05-01, 14:25

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does the BIOS have multiplier/FSB control? Might be able to switch cpu speeds from there. I would guess that at the very least, it would boot up at 133 when you put the 166 in. But I see no harm in trying.

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Re: Diamond Stealth 24 VLB drivers

Posted on 2017-05-01, 00:36

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For what OS?

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