Re: Proprietary 3D API's
Posted on 2010-05-14, 18:53
About the only cards with usable OpenGL back then were professional cards and 3dfx. I'm sure this thing was barely functional even with D3D. That's what I remember reading in reviews.
Re: DOOM framerates differences AGP vs. PCI
Posted on 2010-05-14, 16:57
more like Virge VX vs. GeForce 4 and to say that the GF is faster than a Virge VX at DOS graphics is an understatement.
Re: Proprietary 3D API's
Posted on 2010-05-14, 16:46
Screaming 2D performance. Unbelievable 3D acceleration. Liquid smooth video playback. With Creative's Graphics Blaster™ 3D, you get it all. It's the Windows 95 accelerator you need to fully power your multimedia PC. Powered by a supercharged 2D/3D/video acclerator, 4MB of state-of-the-art Rambus …
Re: Diamond Edge 3d Native Games..
Posted on 2010-05-13, 18:09
The only Edge3D supporting game I see on UG right now is Toshinden. I have the other games and will be uploading them on UG in a day or so. They were posted on the forum here but those links are now dead.
Re: More fun and games with VIA's KT133/A chipset
Posted on 2010-05-12, 23:44
Many post-2000 Intel CPUs have a thermal protection function called clock modulation that can be software controlled. I've seen Pentium M running at 200 MHz and I know Celeron M can do it too. I had a Sony Vaio Pentium M notebook that came with software that could enable a fanless mode that used …
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-12, 21:56
Windows defrag shouldn't have any trouble with long filenames. Are you running an old DOS version?
Re: AMD vs Intel
Posted on 2010-05-11, 20:49
Tualatin also runs a lower voltage than any other Intel S370 CPU. That frequently necessitates a new voltage regulator, and this is not a move to make it incompatible intentionally but a result of 130nm. Every socket or slot that had more than a year of life saw changes that made earlier …
Star Wars Force Commander
Posted on 2010-05-11, 19:58
Does anyone here happen to have the soundtrack CD that came with some special edition of this game? 😉 I can't find this anywhere. Been looking for any sign of it for months. Might look like this.
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 19:13
Wow the Internet Archive is extremely fast today. If you want to explore the old Creative site, now is the time. 😀 http://web.archive.org/web/19970226185848/www … m/zonemenu.html
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 19:09
I found the old Creative tech page for your card http://web.archive.org/web/19970606131722/www … ard/ct2230.html 611K is excellent.
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 19:02
You haven't told me if the card is working or not. Don't mess with that PnP stuff unless the card won't work otherwise. All the PnP software does is assign IRQ, Port and DMA values to the card if the motherboard BIOS doesn't do PnP ISA.
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 19:00
Is the card working? I don't see jumpers for audio IRQ and DMA on the card so they must be software configured. That might indicate PnP... If the card is working though you're good to go.
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 18:56
Ah ok. Yeah path should be in there sorry. But it needs to be in autoexec. Path tells DOS to keep all files in the specified directories available for direct access without a manually entered path. It's a shortcut essentially.
Re: Advice on a 486 Build
Posted on 2010-05-11, 18:46
I looked up the card and it doesn't seem to have jumpers for audio IRQ or low/high DMA so I think it is partially PnP. That means you need the PnP Manager unless the BIOS does that stuff for you. Does the card work? http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/sound-cards-multimedia/CREATIVE-LABS-INC-Sound-card- …
Re: GeForce 2 MX200
Posted on 2010-05-11, 18:35
I had problems with stability on my 440BX mobo with drivers after 56.xx. That was with GeForce FX though. Overall I think you are probably best off with drivers released after, but near to, the release of the games you want to play. Actually all GeForce 2 cards have the same featureset. The speed is …
Re: My 486 build, with some notes and observations
Posted on 2010-05-11, 04:03
It's possible that Speedsys is not working correctly...
Re: My 486 build, with some notes and observations
Posted on 2010-05-11, 01:50
I think it's middling but not horrible, believe it or not. My 486 PCI board with Am5x86 @ 40x4 (160) scores about 40MB/s on "memory throughput" in Speedsys when the cache and RAM timings are tweaked to the max.
Re: GeForce 2 MX200
Posted on 2010-05-10, 20:04
It should. Those are simple, low power cards. Just give it a try and see if you have any reboot problems. I suggest drivers from the 45.xx series or older.
Re: Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked?
Posted on 2010-05-10, 18:39
Oh of course there are no reasons to choose it over a newer chip. But before Coppermine was more than a rumor, it was an exciting chip. It had a rather short reign thanks to AMD's relentless Athlon releases though! Coppermine was probably brought out faster than planned.
Re: My 486 build, with some notes and observations
Posted on 2010-05-10, 18:36
Gotta love that 486 memory bandwidth. You can see why local buses with 133MB/s theoretical bandwidth aren't exactly going to be saturated on a 486. 😁
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