Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-04-06, 04:02

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by Joseph_Joestar

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...I have a stupid question: How come all the Dream W98-builds always feature an FX-series GeForce? I don't mean that in a derogatory way, I just remember the FX-series being around the time when ATi clearly had the upper hand. Radeon 9700 Pro and 9800 Pro were the cards to have back when the FX …

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-04-05, 14:50

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by Joseph_Joestar

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At the moment, I'm rewatching Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. Haven't seen that one since my college days. Prior to that, I was rewatching Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. Modern shows rarely interest me. I'd rather rewatch the good old stuff from my youth.

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-04-05, 07:52

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I've also been trying to make heads and tails of the memory pointers in the registers but I'm not a computer scientist. Relevant ones are in red. The top two are listed as the "VIA Standard Host Bridge" in Windows and control AGP and GART. In red is the Base GART Low Address. The bottom 2 are PCI/ …

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Re: Any Unreal Tournament gamers here?

Posted on 2022-03-31, 09:27

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Back in the day, my buddies and I used to play UT99 all the time. We were mostly using our craptastic 33.6k modems, except on rare occasions when we had access to a LAN environment, but it was still great. Prior to that, we used to play Quake 2 and Duke3D, but for some reason, we could never get …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-03-30, 15:09

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Wow, it worked. Thanks! The fog is weird, not like it should be, but still it’s better than nothing! Yeah, I don't think it's possible to get table fog on ATi Radeon cards to look exactly as it does on Nvidia/3DFX/Matrox cards under Win9x. A relative approximation is the best that one can hope for. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-03-30, 10:16

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Just got this Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200 for 10 EUR from my local classifieds: Gainward_Ti4200.jpg Condition was unknown/untested and the stock cooler was full of dust and grime. I didn't dare fire up the card in that state, so I replaced the cooler with a DeepCool v65 after putting on a fresh coat of …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-30, 09:06

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Tetrium wrote on 2022-03-30, 08:53: Interesting DIMM. So which board will this module work correctly with? I would assume any motherboard which needs low density SDRAM. My earlier comment was aimed at the standard 128 MB high density PC133 SDRAM stick which I had used prior to getting this one.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-30, 06:35

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by Joseph_Joestar

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RAM: 3 x 128 MB SAMSUNG SDRAM PC133 (only 192 MB are detected by the motherboard, since these are newer memory modules with 4 x high density chips/module) I hate dealing with memory density issues. Had a similar problem on my Pentium MMX 430TX system where a 128 MB SDRAM stick would register as 64 …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-03-29, 20:34

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Guys I’m trying to get fog in thief ii on ATI mobility M6. No registry thing there, mentioned on TTLG. Any other hacks? I’m on win 98 and omega drivers. Here's what I use to enable table fog on ATi Radeon cards under Win98SE: Start > Run > type regedit > Ok Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-29, 07:00

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by Joseph_Joestar

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That being said, there are also cases like that of Unreal, where there's something funky happening when enabling 32-bit colors, and performance immediately tanks. Sometimes, problems can occur if the desktop resolution and color depth are lower than what's being used for rendering by the game's …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-28, 17:28

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by Joseph_Joestar

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New video on the same K6-3+ platform using an Asus V7100Pro GeForce 2 MX400: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5x79oP_vks Out of curiosity, was it your intention to benchmark OpenGL performance in 16-bit color? In the Nvidia driver settings, you have "Default color depth for textures" set to "Use …

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Re: Late AthlonXP (~2003) - Collaborative build (Debate/Vote/Build)

Posted on 2022-03-28, 10:20

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by Joseph_Joestar

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If you want to play any DOS games on that system, go with a motherboard based on a VIA chipset. NForce motherboards are terrible with regards to DOS compatibility. An Athlon64 build makes more sense if you want to get better performance in late Win9x and early WinXP games such as Deus Ex, Serious …

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Re: People underestimate hardware they have and it's annoying

Posted on 2022-03-27, 16:49

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by Joseph_Joestar

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- how much of today's real world content was actually produced anywhere near 4k quality - never mind the distribution format? Most cinema reels in the 1980 were closer to 480p. TV shows? Sure. Movies made for cinema? Unlikely. Here's an article which describes the remastering process for motion …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 12:52

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by Joseph_Joestar

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PS: I should really change the name of this thread, because... let's face it, the original purpose has gone down the drain :-) Heh, go for it. It might also be worthwhile to put up a spreadsheet with a graph which summarizes your test results. Maybe on Google Docs, or just as an attachment. BTW, …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 10:04

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Good question, definitely worth testing! Though, based on past experience, I'm pretty sure that drivers which support the GeForce 4 MX (the first ones being something like detonator 28.xx, I believe) will be much slower on SS7 than 7.76. That's what I'm most interested in. A showdown between an …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 09:50

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by Joseph_Joestar

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You must've missed it. I did try the 3DNow! 3dfx Glide version ( link to specific timestamp ), just to show that it doesn't work on my Asus P5A boards. That's why I'm asking actually. I don't think the 3DNow! 3DFXGL option can work on Voodoo3 and Banshee cards. For those, you need to do the …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-03-27, 08:24

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by Joseph_Joestar

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All in all, the Voodoo 3 remains a very good (and arguably better) choice for SS7 (even if we're talking about a very fast SS7 platform like this one), especially if you want to play a lot of Glide games. It does cost a bit too much nowadays, though. Another good choice for SS7 (when it comes to …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-03-26, 19:40

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I have tried all of that as well. This post offers a possible solution by downgrading my BIOS, but my CPU is not compatible with that version. Yeah, one of the reasons why I stayed with a NewCastle Athlon64 was because it's supported by the oldest BIOS for my K8V-MX. BTW, I can say with certainty …

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Re: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-03-26, 19:28

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by Joseph_Joestar

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mrzmaster wrote on 2022-03-25, 22:28: Is there a way to pack it but still have a compressed .sf2 so I can load in into the Soundfont Bank Manager? I don't think so.

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Re: Looking for a suitable Sound Blaster card as well as a network card for my 233 MHz MMX PC

Posted on 2022-03-25, 20:30

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The mentioned ess1868 is actually more sound blaster compatible than a genuine sound blaster. SB original, 1.5, 2.0, pro, 16... It just lacks awe / 32 / 64 it I recall right. ESS cards are not SB16 compatible. The only way they can deliver 16-bit sound under DOS is if a game supports their …

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