Re: Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)

Posted on 2017-07-24, 04:51

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So, it turns out the GeForces optimized for texturing performance over quality more than the other two outfits. An interesting find. Could be the decider in some scenario, but not likely for my own setups. 3dfx's performance is stuck in the first half of the year 2000, and ATI's stuff doesn't have …

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Help needed: Voodoo 2 texture corruption, bad TMU or bad memory? How to identify bad chip?

Posted on 2017-07-24, 04:47

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I sold off a 12mb STB Voodoo 2 a while back and the buyer reports texture corruption in Quake 2 and Shipwreckers. Card was fine last I checked but that was 6 months ago and there is shipping that can end up doing all kinds of damage but the errors he describes sound like bad ram.. Here is how it …

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Re: Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)

Posted on 2017-07-23, 19:00

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If you cant see the difference above you may as well be blind.

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Re: Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)

Posted on 2017-07-23, 04:29

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Meanwhile I've tested Radeon 9800 Pro at last. Filtering pattern is identical to Radeon 7500, so it's safe to say that filtering is identical from Radeon 256 and all the way to Radeon X1950XTX. DX10+ cards have better quality of filtering overall as mentioned before. Here's macroshot of Radeon …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-07-23, 04:25

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okay, ready for now, have to wait until all the ordered stuff arrives : PALCE compatible programmer (wellon VP-598) PLCC20 to DIP programmer adapter some PALCE chips some SIMM connectors some PLCC20 sockets, PLCC extractor tool 10 pieces of 'SIMMConn Revival' blank PCB's (black colour) from ebay : …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-07-21, 11:39

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I can source you probably up to a dozen compatible 32mb simms for $5 a piece. Not asking for money to sell my own but just have a kocal source with many in case you want them.

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 13:50

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Ok, third time is a charm. The chair trick actually worked, finally.. I used a desk instead, but it closed shut. I'll be trying it when I have access to my MMX system next time. Wow, so super excited! I'll need FastVoodoo drivers to SLI two different brand Voodoo 2s right? Good to hear! Yes use the …

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Re: Best PCI graphics cards as of end of 1997

Posted on 2017-07-20, 13:48

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I would say ATI Rage Pro was one of the faster PCI cards of 1997 as well but if you want better DOS compatibility go with a Mystique 220 or Millennium II.

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 13:24

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I used a chair to close mine. I did put the connector under one of 4 of feets and I sat on the chair. Works very well ^^ That Windows 3.x like BIOS is AMI's famous winbios :) Just tried this. It bent the teeth and broke the second connector. I give up. I built my own as well, I broke one connector …

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 07:52

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Deksor wrote: I used a chair to close mine. I did put the connector under one of 4 of feets and I sat on the chair. Works very well ^^ That Windows 3.x like BIOS is AMI's famous winbios 😀 Just tried this. It bent the teeth and broke the second connector. I give up.

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 07:43

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Tried making my own Voodoo 2 SLI cable. Ended up first breaking the connector on a floppy cable, then after successive attempts cut a finger pretty badly while trying to close the connector after lining up the cable and gave up. Looked at eBay and saw people are charing $10 for a glorified floppy …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-20, 06:46

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Schucks. Oh well. Just another ISA card for the eventual ISA sound card OPL3 comparison I hope to do one day. Maybe I'll just do a bulk contribution to the Great OPL3 Run as well. Need to put that 486 together ASAP.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 11:58

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I have that CS4232 card. What makes the CS4232 desirable is that it does NOT have integrated OPL3, and it normally found paired with a real Yamaha OPL3 chip. This card however is special, because it uses a second Crystal Semiconductors chip to provide both a crappy wavetable and their own …

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Re: I have too many 16-bit ISA sound cards, which ones should I sell off?

Posted on 2017-07-19, 10:48

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Thanks for the driver advice. Through no fault of my own I ended up obtaining another ISA sound card, the Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400 3D PnP (CS4232+CS4289) http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_1177386.jpg At this point I may as well do recordings with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 10:16

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Yet another ISA sound card (wtf is wrong with me) but I believe I scored big with this one: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_1177386.jpg Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400 3D PnP with CS4232 chipset. I think I now jave the ultimate ISA sound card.. Looks …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-19, 10:03

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Yet another ISA sound card (wtf is wrong with me) but I believe I scored big with this one: Zoltrix Audio Plus 6400 3D PnP with CS4232 chipset. I think I now jave the ultimate ISA sound card..

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Which DOS drivers for which SB16?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 08:22

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by appiah4

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Is there a guide anywhere as to which DOS drivers are for which SB16 cards? I have the following and I'm not sure if they are fully PnP, or which TSRs/Drivers/Variables are needed for which. Specifically, I want to have the drivers ready for the following: CT2290 CT2890 CT2980 Anyone can help?

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Re: What sorts of software do you remember on windows 95 desktop?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 08:17

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mIRC ICQ Winsock FTP Netscape Communicator Getright Winamp Kali/GameSpy

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Re: I have too many 16-bit ISA sound cards, which ones should I sell off?

Posted on 2017-07-18, 05:00

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Well the card is actually an ALS007 now that I checked it if that makes a difference. Im also going crazy trying to figure out which DOS/Win3.x drivers I should install for which Sound Blaster I have: CT2290 CT2890 and CT2980 so if you can tell me which card needs what I would be grateful.

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Re: I have too many 16-bit ISA sound cards, which ones should I sell off?

Posted on 2017-07-17, 12:09

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My Edison Gold has OPL3, it's a cloned chip though, so it's a keeper 😀 Thanks that really helped.

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