Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue (P55 chipset)

Posted on 2019-07-25, 18:57

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by duga3

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I can confirm that mobo is definitely not cactus, please stay on the carpet guys. I have 100% narrowed it down to the GPU (Quadro FX1300). The Windows 98SE installation would always freeze/hang on the copying files step with it, no matter what I tried. If I use my trusty GTX960, the installation …

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Re: Windows XP DSR / Downsampling

Posted on 2019-07-22, 18:36

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by duga3

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I have not measured the input lag (dont have the necessary equipment) but the lag was definitely noticeable which is I think important to note. I think this is normal to happen even when you adjust in-game post-process or AA effects. When I play Battlefield(BC2) online for example I only use 4xDSR …

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue (P55 chipset)

Posted on 2019-07-22, 18:18

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by duga3

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Installing NVIDIA drivers fixed the USB mouse (or rather graphics) lag so all is good regarding USB now :) But the system is not very stable (frequent freezes) and I didnt get a chance to try any game yet. So I have attempted to reinstall W98 from scratch with the "setup /p i" option in case it …

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Re: Windows XP DSR / Downsampling

Posted on 2019-07-20, 22:40

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by duga3

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Lets look at some seemingly identical screenshots :) NOTES: - Click here for examples of notable areas >>> - The difference in visual quality is much more apparent when you are moving around in-game compared to just looking at static screenshots, but it is easier to compare the various methods with …

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Re: Windows XP DSR / Downsampling

Posted on 2019-07-19, 19:54

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by duga3

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Technically the best option would be sparse-grid SSAA (SGSSAA) on NV. If you can get it to cooperate with your game. AMD SSAA is similar to that. DSR is certainly the least troublesome though. You can actually do SSAA and transparency SGSSAA at the same time I think, for example I can select: "32xS …

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Re: Windows XP DSR / Downsampling

Posted on 2019-07-19, 17:57

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by duga3

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Try older driver like 307 series or 341 series. Thanks for the tip but are you referring to something specific from above or is that just a general recommendation? 32xS is SuperSampling with MSAA 8x (it's AntiAliasing, not DSR to be strict). Basicly for 1080p it means 4k with MSAA 8x on top. So …

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Windows XP DSR / Downsampling

Posted on 2019-07-19, 01:39

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by duga3

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The latest XP NVIDIA driver 368.81 does not include official DSR support but I think there are ways to achieve downsampling, at least for some games. I wanted to share my findings and perhaps someone else around here has more experience with this and would like to chime in. I was comparing registry …

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue (P55 chipset)

Posted on 2019-07-13, 22:14

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by duga3

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Okay, mass storage is working fine, transferring files worked. I have installed VBE9x (http://www.navozhdeniye.narod.ru/vbe9x.htm) and switched to true color 1600x1200, works fine but it had zero influence on the mouse issue. It actually showed that its probably not mouse acceleration but regular …

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Re: BioShock retail cannot connect to download server

Posted on 2019-07-13, 20:35

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by duga3

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Davros wrote: Try editing your hosts file maybe I think HOSTS file accepts only IP addresses as destination. But in theory you could try pointing the HOSTS file to your own server IP and then setup that server to redirect to the desired webpage.

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue

Posted on 2019-07-13, 17:05

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by duga3

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So the current state is: - Keyboard: okay - Mouse: clicking okay, movement is very very bad, some sort of acceleration going on - Mass storage (flash drives): seems okay at first glance - Boot time is about 10 seconds longer now, during this extra time it shows black screen with blinking cursor (no …

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue

Posted on 2019-07-13, 16:50

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by duga3

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If you have USB emulation enabled in the BIOS I think this would make sense - the BIOS would be telling Windows 98 that those devices are PS2 or something like that. Yes, that would make sense, but I can only speculate due to my inexperience with these things. By the way, when I DISABLED "BIOS EHCI …

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue

Posted on 2019-07-13, 11:38

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by duga3

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I really doubt that there are no chipset drivers. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005533/software.html Thanks, I have yet to inspect this resource fully but so far I only found stuff for 5 series chipset for Win2k+, not to mention P55 wasnt specifically listed there. But …

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Re: Windows 98SE USB drivers issue

Posted on 2019-07-12, 22:57

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by duga3

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None because there arent any I think (its a newish P55 mobo). If I remember correctly I was able to install USB drivers before anything else on a more period correct mobo before - but my memory is not perfect.

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Windows 98SE USB drivers issue (P55 chipset) | SOLVED

Posted on 2019-07-12, 22:51

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by duga3

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Cant get USB to work under Windows 98SE. No mass storage (flash drives), not even "normal" USB mouse/keyboard. Everything works perfectly fine, straight out of the box, when I use WinXP with the same computer/peripherals. I have tried installing nusb (33,36) and some other random USB drivers to no …

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Re: Looking for ThinkPad 380ED with TFT in Central Europe.

Posted on 2019-07-07, 17:37

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by duga3

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Allegro.pl is a good tip, also: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de but being a "local ads" thing, you might need to persuade the sellers to actually ship it somewhere. There is 380XD (not ED) here for example: https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/uralter-laptop-ibm-thinkpad-380xd-cd- …

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Re: Athlon XP Socket A system for 98/XP gaming?

Posted on 2019-07-07, 09:48

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by duga3

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Socket3 wrote: noctua +1, when looks dont matter, I always get noctuas, they are very quiet at lower RPM and reliable over long term, well worth their cost. Does not matter if you are getting a CPU/GPU/AIO cooler, the "stock" fans almost always suck.

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Re: Athlon XP Socket A system for 98/XP gaming?

Posted on 2019-07-07, 09:20

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by duga3

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@dualboot A lot of people dualboot Win98/XP. I have yet to try it but this tool is on my watchlist, appears to be maintained even in 2019 https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-bare-metal.htm @gpu If you want to run games from 2003 with max AA, AF, using Nvidia Inspector and maintain really high …

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Re: CRT gaming on period systems

Posted on 2019-07-05, 22:11

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by duga3

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I have found that a regular VGA cable with ferrite ends performs exactly the same as some special BNC cables so cable quality seems overhyped in my own experience. At least with modern GPUs and modern CRTs, dont know about the rest. The video looks very nice, too bad you cant measure it because the …

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Re: CRT gaming on period systems

Posted on 2019-07-05, 21:57

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by duga3

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I am sorry to hear that but it is nice to hear you have at least attempted to look into it. Old monitors are rare like this because people throw them out at the first sign of any inconvenience. Being large and heavy is enough for a lot of people to just throw them out. Try to find a local veteran …

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Re: CRT gaming on period systems

Posted on 2019-07-05, 20:56

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by duga3

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You can try this very simple test pattern on your CRT (or LCD, anything really): https://i.imgur.com/eA7kAO6.png if you cant see at least one or two squares in the top row then your blacks are simply too crushed (objectively) - a lot of shadow details will be lost. This could explain why you cant …

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