Re: CPU & GPU for first retro build

Posted on 2024-02-18, 22:38

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by Shponglefan

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Your thoughts on a 780Ti vs 7970? I am not sure why I got a 7970, I think I must have misread some things, but how much of an upgrade would a 780Ti be? I haven't used the 7970. I did start out with an R9 270X in my current XP rig, which I believe is less performant than a 7970. I found as I …

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Re: CPU & GPU for first retro build

Posted on 2024-02-18, 22:09

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by Shponglefan

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If I were to choose a P3-S Tualatin 1266MHz 512 for my first DOS/Win95/Win98 system, which is the best motherboard? And as a graphics best 6800AGP? Or variant 1400 vs 1266 have some other benefits? I find few pieces 1266 and cost more than half price of 1400, so in my eyes is better choice bang for …

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Re: CPU & GPU for first retro build

Posted on 2024-02-18, 22:05

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I think the 980Ti is a bit too new to have good XP driver support... look at something like the 780 Ti. Same with Haswell. Ivy Bridge/780Ti (or 7970 from AMD) is all officially supported for XP. 980Ti, Haswell, etc has been made to work, but... requires more fiddling. As a 980Ti / XP user, the only …

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Re: CPU & GPU for first retro build

Posted on 2024-02-18, 21:03

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by Shponglefan

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Hi. I want play games from era Windows 95/98/XP. As child I started with 486DX2 with only DOS, Pentium 90MHz with S3 Trio64 and Win95, Pentium 200MHz MMX with Riva128 & Voodoo 2 12MB and Win98SE, up to Celeron 1.7GHz Willamette with GeForce4 and WinXP. After that I jumped to laptops starting with …

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Re: CPU & GPU for first retro build

Posted on 2024-02-18, 20:46

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by Shponglefan

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What specific games and/or OS are you wanting to use?

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Re: Planning for Building a Windows 98 / XP Dual Boot builds

Posted on 2024-02-18, 17:14

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by Shponglefan

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That's the problem. In therory it is possible to build such a PC using two video cards, one AGP or PCI-E for windows XP and newer games, one PCI for win9x titles (like a radeon 9200, FX 5200 or Voodoo 3 PCI), but all my attempts at such a buld have failed. My current fastest and 100% stable "combo …

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Re: Planning for Building a Windows 98 / XP Dual Boot builds

Posted on 2024-02-18, 17:10

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by Shponglefan

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Something else that came to mind is screen resolution, aspect ratios, and monitor types. Windows 9x gaming is firmly in the CRT era with common resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. These are best served by a dedicated 4:3 CRT monitor. Conversely, from about 2005 and onward games started …

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Re: ESS Solo-1 "Sound FX" hangs system in DOS

Posted on 2024-02-18, 02:05

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by Shponglefan

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Tested it this evening. I can confirm disabling Onboard IDE Prefetch Buffer worked and I was able to get digital audio playing back in games without freezing. The one game I did have a problem with is Doom (v1.2). While sound effects played, they were accompanied by a static distortion noise …

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Re: 486 Build, I'm at a loss! Write failures on Drive C. But why?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 21:59

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by Shponglefan

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The 286 and 386 have XTIDEUB. I'm just using the motherboard BIOS as it has LBA mode and can detect the CF cards up to 8BG. No overlay software. Try using XTIDE with the 486 and see if that makes any difference. If you can recreate the conditions under which the cards work with the 286/386, it …

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Re: 486 Build, I'm at a loss! Write failures on Drive C. But why?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 21:30

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by Shponglefan

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I don't have any working HDDs The CF cards I've tried are: * Transcend 133 2GB * Verbatim 4BG The same cards I use for my 286, 386DX and Pentium-200 builds. How are you running these cards on the 286 or 386 builds? Are you using a BIOS extension or overlay software at all? Are you using anything …

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Re: 486 Build, I'm at a loss! Write failures on Drive C. But why?

Posted on 2024-02-17, 20:30

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by Shponglefan

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What brand(s) of CompactFlash cards are you using? Have you tried with a regular HDD?

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-02-17, 19:04

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by Shponglefan

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All PicoGUS cards ever made have a small chance of having this issue. It appears to be a fundamental problem that affects a certain percentage of the PCM510xA DAC family, which is used on all PicoGUS cards. In the latest batch of PicoGUS cards sold last week, I only sent out cards that didn't have …

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Re: Planning for Building a Windows 98 / XP Dual Boot builds

Posted on 2024-02-17, 17:43

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by Shponglefan

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anne wrote on 2024-02-17, 17:25: What's the favored software solution for dual booting 98/XP? I'm thinking of doing this myself soon. 😀 AFAIK, no special bootloader is needed for dual booting XP and 98. If you install Windows 98 and then Windows XP (on separate partitions), it should add a boot …

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Re: Planning for Building a Windows 98 / XP Dual Boot builds

Posted on 2024-02-17, 17:17

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by Shponglefan

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I've been doing a bunch of research lately into the feasibility of multi-boot Win 9x / Win XP setups. For any system trying to cover a broad range of years of gaming, there are always trade-offs between performance and compatibility. The primary challenge is a motherboard and GPU combination. For …

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Re: Pentium 200 MMX vs Pentium 3 500 - Which should I keep? (re: Voodoo 3 PCI plus Pentium 4 "main" system)

Posted on 2024-02-16, 02:15

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by Shponglefan

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Is there any reason to install Windows 98 SE instead of Windows XP on the Pentium 4 PC? It depends on what you want to use it for. Some games may only work with Windows 98, plus Win98 has native DOS support should you want to play any DOS games with it. A Pentium 4 is also a bit underpowered for an …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***

Posted on 2024-02-15, 21:11

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by Shponglefan

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The noise symptoms described do sound like ground loop interference. I've had this situation on a studio computer setup. Even over things like USB or Firewire ports, the noise would persist since all the noise needs is a ground connection. The actual audio equipment was irrelevant, as any audio …

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Re: Pentium 200 MMX vs Pentium 3 500 - Which should I keep? (re: Voodoo 3 PCI plus Pentium 4 "main" system)

Posted on 2024-02-15, 02:54

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by Shponglefan

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If there's no pressing reason to get rid of one, I'd hang on to them for now. By using them over time, you'll figure out which system(s) you prefer.

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Re: Pentium 200 MMX vs Pentium 3 500 - Which should I keep? (re: Voodoo 3 PCI plus Pentium 4 "main" system)

Posted on 2024-02-15, 02:25

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by Shponglefan

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Is there any reason to not just keep all three systems? Otherwise, I'd probably just use the Pentium 4 2.4 GHz with the GeForce4 Ti 4200 for Win 9x and the Pentium 200 MMX +Voodoo 1 for DOS and/or Win 9x.

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Re: ESS Solo-1 "Sound FX" hangs system in DOS

Posted on 2024-02-14, 00:03

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by Shponglefan

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This evening I tested the ASUS PVI-486SP3 using the BIOS from the Beyond 486IP-B-2-A. The latter uses a 1994 AMIBIOS. Unfortunately, I couldn't even get the ESS Solo-1 to detect for the most part. Running ESSOLO.COM would typically result in a freeze with the error message: Error: ESS Audio IO Port …

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Re: [Advice wanted] Pentium 3 450mhz budget soundcard + GPU for DOS / Win98 games

Posted on 2024-02-13, 17:41

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by Shponglefan

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I see some people recommend compact flash, what's the advantage of CF over a SATA SSD? CompactFlash is convenient if you want a swappable drive or to be able to plug into a modern PC for file transfers. They're usually best with DOS. For Windows 98, you'll want an SSD for the increased storage …

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