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Re: 4 graphics cards in one PC?

Posted on 2008-03-31, 17:57

in PC Emulation
Your Dell monitor sounds really good. I'd be very happy with one that had 1:1 and aspect options. I don't want a widescreen though, and I think 19" is good from a size point of view. One of the nice things about Dell is that they have manuals for just about everything they sell inside the support …

Re: Creative's way: how to make friends

Posted on 2008-03-30, 21:49

in Milliways
Onboard audio has always sucked. The only reason NVIDIA got more of a bad rap than other motherboard with onboard sound is because their motherboards are targeted to gamers. Onboard audio still sucks but because it's just sound people don't give a shit. The thing is, NV's NVAPU in NF2 MCP-T (I …

Re: Creative's way: how to make friends

Posted on 2008-03-30, 20:44

in Milliways
You better look at products not made by companies in general because all companies operate like that. :) Creative was just dumb for announcing it to a public forum. Crowd mentality will thus ensue. Big time. Their driver support is not that bad. Really. Just what other 10 year old sound card besides …

Re: Power Supply Recommendation?

Posted on 2008-03-30, 20:37

in PC Emulation
The biggest issue is that you need to get one with a -5v feed. If it lacks this, ISA cards may not work. Make sure you look at the specs for that -5v feed. It seems that sometime around 2001 or so (I'm guessing), this was removed from the ATX spec. Most PSUs out there today do not have it, as I …

Re: 4 graphics cards in one PC?

Posted on 2008-03-30, 16:10

in PC Emulation
Just about any video card these days can be set to not stretch (within Windows that is). DOSBOX can be set to your native res at full-screen, but not to scale so that it's 1:1. And then most LCDs (all?) I've used also have their own scaling options in their setup menu. The way to make sure would be …

Re: my little Midi box

Posted on 2008-03-29, 20:09

lots of Socket A coolers will fit on Socket 7. You could look for a 1U server heatsink and that would probably solve the heat problem. Also could consider a Winchip or Winchip 2. They run cooler than anything else for Socket 7, if I recall correctly, and are very compatible little CPUs (work in …

Re: Building an Ultimate PCI 486 System

Posted on 2008-03-28, 17:25

in PC Emulation
Do you think an ATA66 controller would be more practical? I'm also not 100% about USB and Firewire, but I have heard there are actually some things you can do with them in DOS. I think a modern UltraATA card will do just as well as a SCSI card from those days. Even UltraDMA/33 offers more bandwidth …

Re: Building an Ultimate PCI 486 System

Posted on 2008-03-28, 17:19

in PC Emulation
Also, where do you get your numbers for 486 memory bandwidth? I have quite a lot of 486 motherboards, and the bandwidth can vary greatly. I have been using WinTune 2.0 for testing, but it may not be a very accurate tool. -opti495SX w/ti486SXL 40MHz reports ~14mb/sec -opti EISA VL am5x86 160MHz …

Re: Dark Forces + dual link DVI cable + LCD = graphical glitches

Posted on 2008-03-28, 17:05

in DOS
I know that DX8-generation Radeons have some DVI issues. They were ATI's first (or at least some of the earliest) boards with DVI. If you do some searching you will quickly find talk of DVI issues with Radeon 7500, 8500. Still, 9200 is a refined 9000, which itself was a refined 8500. You'd think …

Re: Building an Ultimate PCI 486 System

Posted on 2008-03-27, 18:09

in PC Emulation
Just remember that RAM was stupidly expensive back then. 32MB in a 486 is a lot of RAM. :) I've no doubt that they gimped these chipsets a bit, considering that even some Pentium chipsets have limited caching (430FX/MX/VX/TX and others I'm sure). I have a MSI 4144 mobo that's based on SiS497/496. It …

Re: Old graphics card recommendation?

Posted on 2008-03-26, 21:12

in DOS
They will run almost everything. You can run into problems with older Glide games that don't know what a Voodoo3 is, but there are frequently workarounds for this. I just can't stand Voodoo1/2's pass-through setup. It just ruins the output quality. My Righteous 3D Voodoo1 is particularly degrading, …

Re: Old graphics card recommendation?

Posted on 2008-03-26, 20:58

in DOS
I managed to get a Voodoo3 and GeForce FX to work in the same system last night. Now THAT is a sweet setup, IMO. Voodoo3 blows away Voodoo2 for both speed and image quality (that 22-bit Voodoo3 output + higher res) for Glide games, while the GeForce FX is very good for everything else. All it takes …

Re: Building an Ultimate PCI 486 System

Posted on 2008-03-25, 04:26

in PC Emulation
Oh Ok. Well I just recapped the thread I'm sure you found at Cpumuseum.de and told you right at the end that I think it was a waste of money in its time. Hell, it was the biggest rip off CPU in consumer history at, I believe, around $500. Good thing I got it free. It is indisputable though that it …

Re: Old graphics card recommendation?

Posted on 2008-03-24, 21:26

in DOS
Yup they will work together fine. The only issue is getting games to pick the desired accelerator for D3D. For that, you want 3DCC. I've attached it. It's only for Win9x tho. Not sure what you'd do in XP or 2K.

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