Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-08-22, 15:03

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Interesting. Was that over VGA or DVI ? If it is not too much trouble, could you test at 70Hz as well ? I was testing at 640x480, but that didn't offer 70Hz for some reason. 800x600 does and it still looks fine. Ati Rage Pro connected over VGA. I concur. Also a test with vsynctest.com could be …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-08-22, 14:01

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I tested my 2007fwb 'L' model (so IPS) in PixPerAn @ 640x480 75Hz and it looks smooth to me. Maybe my eyes/brain are just easily satisfied but that works for me... Interesting. Was that over VGA or DVI ? If it is not too much trouble, could you test at 70Hz as well ? I was testing at 640x480, but …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-08-22, 11:03

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I tested my 2007fwb 'L' model (so IPS) in PixPerAn @ 640x480 75Hz and it looks smooth to me. Maybe my eyes/brain are just easily satisfied but that works for me...

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Re: Heated subject matter - Ryzen 3700x

Posted on 2020-08-21, 18:26

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Have you checked if the CPU's speed actually decreases when sitting idle?

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Re: Best software to test 3D acceleration?

Posted on 2020-08-21, 18:23

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I don't know if GLQuake was the first game with OpenGL support but it was basically the killer app for early 3D acceleration, although some cards need(ed) a specific OpenGL dll. Early D3D I find harder to recommend, I don't have any experience with pre-D3D5 games really. My experience is also that …

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Re: Gears of War 2006 not launching on Windows 10

Posted on 2020-08-20, 14:21

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Hae you seen here? https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Gears_of_War It's maybe because of safedisc drm not compatible with w10. Yes, I used a no cd crack but the error still shows up. Now I checked event viewer which says its a problem with msvcr80.dll. That's a MS C++ Redist, but I don't know what …

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Re: Advice on soundcards and midi setup

Posted on 2020-08-20, 09:48

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If you want to keep the AWE32 instead of going for a (probably non-SB16-compatible) clone AND if you want to play from pure DOS (in which you can't use the SBLive as an MPU401), it seems to me that the best solution would be to add another PCI sound card that can be used as an MPU401 from pure dos. …

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Re: Heated subject matter - Ryzen 3700x

Posted on 2020-08-19, 21:48

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As your temperature under load isn't that high I doubt it's an issue with the cooler, although games generally aren't as intensive as real stress test apps. First thing I would do is check in Ryzen Master if your CPU speed and voltage actually decrease at idle. Another thing to check is if you've …

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Re: Looking for an old game pad

Posted on 2020-08-19, 20:03

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Powerramp Mite

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Re: Quake, does you armor counter decrease when drowning ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 10:54

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If you're up for editing QuakeC yourself, here's a fix https://www.quake-info-pool.net/q1/qcenhanc.h … m#armordrowning However it's not that you armor is drowning, it's absorbing the health damage done by drowning. So if you fix the bug you'll die faster.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-19, 08:28

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Miphee wrote on 2020-08-19, 08:25: Time to stock up more on 478-939-775 mainboards before they become too expensive! (quite a few caps need replacing) A friend of mine had one of those boards with a molex power connector on them, he used it not to power the board but to run a case fan...

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-08-19, 06:42

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That made me look in the specs of my 2007FP, does this mean it could actually be displaying 70Hz over VGA? I always assumed older flat panels only displayed 60Hz. I wish there was a test tool for DOS, my modern PC doesn't have a VGA output. Filename 2007fpspecs.png File size 7.82 KiB Downloads No …

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Re: 440BX - BIOS shows 756MB and CPU-Z shows 1 GB: Which is right?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 06:16

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I've got one SD card for Windows 98 and one for Windows XP. The only trick that I found is it only has 1 ISA slot, so I can't use my ISA SB16 and ISA HardMPU-401 cards at the same time. I'm just going to use an external USB sound card for now and keep the HardMPU-401 installed so I can use General …

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Re: Need help with a Packard Bell club 30

Posted on 2020-08-18, 20:08

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my 98 master cd's start with 66? I am aware of course, that depending what parts I get the original master CD's won't work. If It's a case of having to have a bog standard install of 98 then so be it, but I really, REALLY would love to get those working if possible. As said, I'm very patient so if …

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Re: Minecraft 1.16 on Windows 98

Posted on 2020-08-18, 12:18

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Did you see this? https://msfn.org/board/topic/171337-running-j … a-7-and-java-8/

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Re: Asus CUBX Motherboard y2000/Win98 Retro build?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 07:35

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I've had boards of around that age with bad caps, but if they look good and the board is stable I'd leave them be. Are you planning on using a 100MHz FSB chip or a 133FSB? For 133FSB the usual caveats (AGP divider) apply.

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Re: Games corrupted when copying to my 386 from a windows 10 machine

Posted on 2020-08-15, 05:35

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You can use a tools such as KDiff3 to check for file differences, for a game's binary files the differences themselves won't be interesting, but you can just give it two directories and it'll say which files are different.

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Re: HeXen II Music not Looping

Posted on 2020-08-15, 05:21

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See this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filede … s/?id=113399618 However it might be easiest to use the Hammer of Thyrion source port with ripped music. When I replayed it a while back I just enabled the MIDI music.

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Re: Can I recycle the case of a Compaq Deskpro EXD to build a 2004-era machine?

Posted on 2020-08-14, 20:26

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Well you should first check if the case even fits standard ATX motherboards. The PSU will probably be underpowered for an Athlon XP, and there's also a chance it uses a proprietary pinout, although searching around it looks like you might be fine. A modern PSU might fit, you're in luck that a bottom …

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Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card

Posted on 2020-08-14, 14:42

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Thanks for taking the time to post all this info. I wonder if there are any games that support the ESS mode but don't support Windows Sound System, which serves a similar purpose. The discussion on ESS vs YMF is interesting but in my opinion Aztech cards do it all: genuine OPL and ADPCM. However I …

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