Re: Playing GOG games on real Retro DOS PC
Posted on 2020-07-08, 13:54
but games that worked 5 years ago often don't work properly now on Windows 10 So you need retro PC for GOG releases, huehuehue.
Re: Will GOG x-wing/TIE fighter work on retro sys?
Posted on 2020-07-08, 13:49
You could just buy it and download original ISO from somewhere. Problem solved.
Re: Asus P3B-F 1.03 with PowerLeap IP3/T and 1.4GHz 512K Tualatin very unstable/intermittent POST .
Posted on 2020-07-08, 13:37
I doubt that something gone wrong with CPU, but some Tualatin ready board could be handy to narrow this down to one component.
Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?
Posted on 2020-07-08, 13:34
In glorius 10 fps! Just like Quake on 486, he he.
Re: The irrelevant 1.6Ghz battle
Posted on 2020-07-08, 01:51
Major problem would be chipset and memory speed. Is that early SIS based motherboard picked for P4? Can't tell, because both motherboard model names are likely listed wrong.
Re: Slow HD writes on 486 VLB?
Posted on 2020-07-07, 20:50
DMA is not supported by generic multi-io VLB cards.
Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?
Posted on 2020-07-07, 11:21
Anti-virus scanning, CD burning... it's all fine and dandy, but has nothing to do with dedicated oldgaming PC, even if you have some background stuff like Winamp.
Re: Rant about Edge auto installing on Win7
Posted on 2020-07-07, 07:41
Some sites (based on what I can see) seems to be slowly dropping support for Internet Explorer. End of an era.
Re: Intel 430HX L2 256Kb vs Intel 430HX L2 512Kb vs Intel 430TX L2 512Kb
Posted on 2020-07-07, 00:00
Nope. Software rendering remains more or less identical across all motherboards.
Intel 430HX L2 256Kb VS Intel 430HX L2 512Kb VS Intel 430TX L2 512Kb - Motherboards comparison
Posted on 2020-07-06, 22:39
Since I have a bunch of Intel ATX motherboards in my possession, I've decided to compare them directly. It would be good reference point, because they all were made by Intel. ============================================================ Motherboards: Intel TC430HX with 256 Kb L2 cache Intel TC430HX …
Re: Retro builds with an Intel branded motherboard
Posted on 2020-07-06, 15:02
Socket 7 boards often don't like non-Intel chips and big hard drives. Not really. Intel boards can work with AMD K6 and Cyrix MII just fine. Yes, they are identified as "Pentium MMX", but who cares? Maybe that's because they were an "overclocker's" brand, and previous owners stressed them too much. …
Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?
Posted on 2020-07-06, 14:00
Take the AVGA01/CL-GD5401 for example That's literally the only 256kb card which has good performance. Then again, performance may vary due to build quality and AVGA01 may not even boot on particular system anyway.
Re: Retro builds with an Intel branded motherboard
Posted on 2020-07-06, 00:27
It's easy to find ATX Intel Socket 7 boards. They are fast performers, plus might have integrated Yamaha/Crystal sound and S3/ATI integrated video chip. Pentium Pro ATX boards are also quite nice and fast. Not really a fan of Slot 1 solutions though, since it's not a problem to find much better …
Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?
Posted on 2020-07-05, 23:41
Basically their is no real difference if you just play dos games even 256kb is enough for gaming Not really. Early and/or budget VGA cards suck so much, that it's not good idea to use them even on 386.
Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Posted on 2020-07-05, 17:59
I had my old 486 Valuepoint running Quake 3 (I know that's OpenGL) but I believe this game can use hardware T&L. Only partially.
Re: Voodoo 1 vs. Voodoo 2 on a 486
Posted on 2020-07-04, 19:59
Something like a early Geforce PCI or the economy Geforce MX's from later eras? You need T&L support from games , but 486 simply can't render such new games fast. You probably could gain +1.0-1.5 fps to 5 fps score in, for example, MDK2 . Which would be quite impressive in percentage gains, but …
Re: 486DX2 heat sink debate
Posted on 2020-07-04, 12:33
Anything above 25Mhz needs a heatsink. Not really. Yes, even if taken in context.
Re: "ATIQuake" miniGL for Q1 & Q2 on Rage Pro
Posted on 2020-07-04, 12:29
for my Cyrix 686 system as a cheap alternative to a Voodoo 1 *chuckles*
Re: Physical copies of PC games from ~2007 to 2012, and GFWL
Posted on 2020-07-04, 12:14
GOTY usually includes all stuff which was released for that particular game. So GFWL is not an issue for such release, but vanilla Fallout 3 owners, who purchased expansions via GFWL, were very screwed. So unless a particular release is already GOTY or there weren't any DLC to begin with, GFWL …
Re: Physical copies of PC games from ~2007 to 2012, and GFWL
Posted on 2020-07-04, 10:04
That's because you have GOTY edition, which has DLC preinstalled.
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