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Re: Choose between these two graphics cards

Posted on 2020-04-01, 07:05

Forget about the FX for WinXP or DirectX 9. Dos/98/XP is the impossible build. I know it's next to impossible to have the best of all three, that's why I'm mainly focused on 98. XP is more like a wild card, let's put it that way. Out of, say, ten games I can't run properly on Windows 10, eight or …

Re: Choose between these two graphics cards

Posted on 2020-04-01, 06:37

Well, one is a Sapphire 128Mb: https://i.imgur.com/GJ2Z89pt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/itzHnbNt.jpg and the other is a Sparkle 256Mb: https://i.imgur.com/JwLjs0Mt.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dkOkP63t.jpg To be really honest, the Sapphire looks like it's a solid build, especially on the heatsink/fan. The …

Re: ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-25, 16:49

Update: A better driver (or should I say a more complete one, like the one found on Vogons Drivers!) solved the game port issue. Now I'm almost there, I still have a couple of questions about our beloved Solo-1: 1) So far in the couple of games I've tested, I have no FX sound, only music. Is there a …

Re: ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-24, 10:01

OK, so you mean I have to manually cycle through the "other devices" in Device Manager? And what about DOS mode? I don't think any of those "other devices" are the game port. As written, Windows can't find a game port on its own and that is at all, since it's not a piece of hardware you can query …

Re: ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-24, 09:42

Hi there, a bit unrelated, but if you are looking into making this board the host to faster CPUs and GPUs, you might want to rethink it. The i865GV this board is based on, lacks an actual AGP slot, unlike the i865G. ASRock have implemented what they call an AGI slot, which is supposedly compatible …

Re: ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-24, 09:39

As for the game port, it was the same on my Solo-1 as well. Simply install it manually and it will work. The default drivers don't seem to add it and unlike most other hardware, a game port can not be automatically detected by Windows. OK, so you mean I have to manually cycle through the "other …

Re: ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-24, 09:37

My Labway Solo-1 ( this one ) doesn't have gameport device in device manager, either, though external wavetable device is present in audio settings. I don't have any joystick device to test with, however. I used official latest 3055 driver for Windows XP. Driver on Phil's website is the official …

ESS Solo-1 and its invisible game port

Posted on 2020-03-22, 16:22

Hello, I finally got most of the parts I wanted to build a new retro PC. I now have an Asrock 775i65GV motherboard , 1Gb of DDR2 ram, a Celeron D that I'm soon swapping with a Pentium and a Terratec branded PCI ESS Solo-1 ( back pic - front pic ) that I picked off eBay for a laughable price. I …

Re: hypothetical "new" system for DOS / Win3x / Win9x / WinXP retrogaming

Posted on 2020-02-19, 08:59

You are doing something wrong, i see now at least 4 for 16€ to 19€ + 7€ to 10€ shipping in Europe. Maybe I was, in fact on another website I found a Solo-1 for 10 Euros shipped and I'm definitely goin' for it! There is a *little* problem with that game... it uses a proprietary controller connected …

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