Search \ VOGONS

Re: Cirrus CL-GD5434 drivers for Windows 95

Posted on 2020-02-16, 17:02

looks to have W95 drivers, but they wish you to download their stuff. Unfortunately, that sh*tty site does not provide any drivers. Only sleazy DriverEasy utility, which is an obvious scam.

Re: Creative's intended market for 16 bit audio?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 10:17

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Sound

so it was completely irrelevant whether or not the sound card could play audio at 16-bit, 44 KHz. But not to play it digitally or record it.

Re: Creative's intended market for 16 bit audio?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 10:05

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Sound

16-bit 44kHz was the requirement for CD audio, which was growing in popularity since late 80s. and no support SB Pro 2 Lack of proper SB Pro 2 support is practically not an issue.

Re: Any love for AM2?

Posted on 2020-02-15, 21:49

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

j^aws wrote: I have some parts and wouldn't mind building one that clocks this low and is Win98 compatible. Only Asrock Nforce 3 board is Win98 compatible. Maybe some obscure boards with VIA chipset, but that's it.

Re: Issues with Asus Cubx-e Tualatin 1.4 post

Posted on 2020-02-14, 02:46

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You need modded BIOS. Also try to start it with 66 Mhz FSB settings. Tualatin 1.4 Ghz is a bit heavy for VRM, especially with old capacitors.

Re: Any love for AM2?

Posted on 2020-02-14, 02:25

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Windows XP games do not benefit from multiple cores, They do benefit from 2 though. Here's my only AM2 board, an Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi I have an Asus M2N32-SLI Premium, which has SSD cache instead of WiFi module. The only real downside of this series is the lack of 8-pin 12V connector. That's …

Re: IBM Pentium4 with ISA slot

Posted on 2020-02-13, 23:17

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As anyone knows, I like ibm systems because of their legendary name. By the time Pentium 4 came out, there were nothing legendary in their desktop computers. Very ordinary and boring PC line. Is anyone aware of an IBM Pentium4 system with ISA slot ??? To begin with, P4 ISA were very niche boards …

Re: GeForce2 Ti vs. Matrox G400

Posted on 2020-02-13, 13:44

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

There's no "fair" comparison, when it comes to that time period.

Re: Pre-1999 games that support 32-bit 3D rendering?

Posted on 2020-02-13, 08:40

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

Quake 2, Heretic 2, Unreal, Sin.

Re: GeForce2 Ti vs. Matrox G400

Posted on 2020-02-12, 17:29

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

Texture filtering is better on G400. That's for sure.

Re: AMD AM486DX4-100SV8B and AM486DX2-66: Interesting observation / CPU relabeling

Posted on 2020-02-12, 16:18

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

So that means I can safely use this in 5V only motherboards? Yes. 25220 will work on 5V without any issues. Of course it will dissipate more heat.

Re: Any love for AM2?

Posted on 2020-02-12, 11:56

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AM2 is fun, if you have Athlon 64 6400+ or CPU which can handle overclocking to 3200-3400Mhz. In that state, it's roughly on par with Conroe clocked at 2500Mhz.

Re: Am486 DX4-100V16BGC Multiplier - 2/3x or 3/4x?

Posted on 2020-02-12, 09:44

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

In other words, it's not stable at 133Mhz.

Re: Athlon XP meets PCI Express Adapter

Posted on 2020-02-12, 00:06

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

Does 66 MHz PCI actually happen on a desktop board? Technically, yes. ASUS were making wide range of fancy "workstation" motherboards. Although not in the Socket A era. If bus transfers become significant it will get ugly, but most old games might do quite well. Even Quake 3 is severely …

Re: Am486 DX4-100V16BGC Multiplier - 2/3x or 3/4x?

Posted on 2020-02-12, 00:00

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

AMD AM486DX4-100SV8B and AM486DX2-66: Interesting observation / CPU relabeling

Re: Best video cards for Athlon XP 2000+

Posted on 2020-02-11, 19:32

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

GeForce 6800 128 Mb should be fine.

Re: Athlon XP meets PCI Express Adapter

Posted on 2020-02-11, 19:24

by The Serpent Rider

in Marvin \ Video

As PCI can not deliver power required for stronger HW. Cards with external power probably will be fine. Not all though, some will try to draw 75 watts from the slot, as specified. This also is a Option for Tualatin Boards with no AGP PCI bus without significant overclocking is horrible though.