Re: nVidia RIVA TNT no 3D output

Posted on 2020-10-05, 10:41

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Has anyone seen, witnessed or heard of this problem before and/or can anyone recommend different drivers? I would try using stock Nvidia drivers from that time period. You can find a bunch of them here: https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=24 My memory is a bit fuzzy on which version …

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Re: is this pc good?

Posted on 2020-10-05, 07:00

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by Joseph_Joestar

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My personal rule is to cut off Win9x gaming at 2000-2001. Anything newer than that can be played on WinXP which allows you to use a much more powerful computer. Unless you're really pressed for space, it's best to have one DOS+Win9x build and a second, more modern rig for WinXP.

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Re: WFW 3.11 + Dos 6.22 on late-pentium-era hardware?

Posted on 2020-10-05, 04:33

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by Joseph_Joestar

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My current plan/hope is to get a CPU and Motherboard from that era, 32-64mb of ram, with a couple of PCI slots and PS/2 mouse port (I really dont want to have to deal with a DB9 serial mouse), run a graphics card (which I'll source individually and verify 3.11 drivers for) on PCI, with probably a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-10-04, 16:34

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I just pick up this little guy from the scraper. Its a Gateway 2000 with Pentium lll @ 933mhz I like the case. Front USB ports that aren't placed at the very bottom are a rare sight among 90s era cases. For various reasons, I prefer keeping my PCs on the floor and not on my desk. So having easily …

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Re: is this pc good?

Posted on 2020-10-03, 18:59

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by Joseph_Joestar

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... But no, I agree with the above sentiments: the Geforce4 MX is not a good card. I would say that depends on the use case. It's a perfectly valid card if you want to play Win9x games up to the year 2000 at the 1024x768 resolution or lower, without AA and AF. This is fine for gaming on a CRT …

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Re: Descent 3 doesn't detect A3D with Santa Cruz Card

Posted on 2020-10-01, 19:15

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ Sound

Ok so if the checkbox doesn't work, A3D is not being detected. You have to put the dlls in your HL root folder. These are A3D.dll, Audio3D.dll and A3DAPI.dll. The version of these dlls will dictate whether and how well the effect works. Also your HL version should be 1.1.0.10 or whatever version …

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Re: Descent 3 doesn't detect A3D with Santa Cruz Card

Posted on 2020-10-01, 08:15

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I believe you need a very specific version of half-life where A3d isn't broken and then you need the drivers to work properly on top of that. How do you know yours is not working? When I tick the A3D checkbox in options, it won't stay on. It turns off the next time I enter the options menu (without …

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Re: Descent 3 doesn't detect A3D with Santa Cruz Card

Posted on 2020-10-01, 01:43

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ Sound

I found Sensaura compatibility with A3D 2.0 games to be hit and miss, at least with my Yamaha YMF724 . I didn't try Descent 3, but some other A3D 2.0 games like Half-Life simply refused to enable 3D sound when using Sensaura. On the other hand, all A3D 1.0 games that I tried worked fine. EDIT - …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-30, 11:56

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Replaying Gothic 1 after so many years and I'm still amazed with how immersive this game is. The world feels very much alive with many NPCs having their own unique routine while going about their daily tasks. The music is excellent and the voice acting is fairly decent too, at least in German. The …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 AGP under performing?

Posted on 2020-09-28, 17:02

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ Video

RockstarRunner wrote on 2020-09-28, 16:57: Could it be something in the bios settings? Or is this just all it's ever going to achieve? Damn, I feel deflated after all that work, and then get the same result. I use the BIOS settings which were recommended by 3dfx at the time: http://www.tweak3d.net/ …

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Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live

Posted on 2020-09-28, 14:47

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by Joseph_Joestar

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jay_t_yo wrote on 2020-09-28, 08:44: Confirmed working with a CT4670 (Value) and SB0100, both with Windows 98 SE Cheers! Added to the list.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-28, 05:04

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The Gothics are awesome, number 2 in particular. Playing on original hardware is fun but these games are surprisingly demanding, and there are great modern patches / texture updates / DX11 renderer out these days so I can't go back to the original versions. Below are my notes for G1 and G2 - a …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-27, 19:23

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The first Gothic is a win98 game, you can progress to winxp for the rest of the series. Sound good. I also vaguely remember having a bug with invisible inventory icons on a newer GPU at one point. Not sure if that's still a thing, but there's no need to risk it when my Win9x rig is powerful enough …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-27, 18:10

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Finished my playthrough of Diablo 2 + expansion today. Had some really nice gear in the end, was almost tempted to do another run on Nightmare difficulty but I'll leave that for another time. Moving on to the Gothic series, starting with the first game. Kinda wondering if I should play it on my …

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Re: Windows XP PC that I built today.

Posted on 2020-09-27, 11:06

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Most modern SSDs perform garbage collection through their firmware when the system is idle. Some manufacturers recommend entering the BIOS and leaving the computer on for 6-8 hours like that. This allows the SSDs to perform garbage collection even if your OS doesn't support TRIM. I do this every …

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Re: Windows XP PC that I built today.

Posted on 2020-09-27, 03:48

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ System Specs

A very nice high-spec rig. It seems perfect for those late-era XP games which benefit from powerful hardware but still support EAX.

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-27, 03:04

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by Joseph_Joestar

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What happened here I think its a huge rush job with his new studio being built and other projects taking his time. He hasn't made many videos lately and as David has his Youtube channel as his livelihood, he needs to put out content to put food on the table. Yeah, in this video he comes off as …

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Re: An idea about making MIDI daughterboards from existing sound cards

Posted on 2020-09-26, 12:39

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ Sound

In some cases it's possible to eliminate noise by replacing the capacitors on the card. It's also not uncommon for cards to have capacitors that are below spec (in comparison to the datasheet) as some manufacturers wanted to save a few cents. This can also result in noise. Might be worthwhile to try …

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Re: An idea about making MIDI daughterboards from existing sound cards

Posted on 2020-09-26, 10:55

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ Sound

Those are all good cards. It would be wasteful to rip out the chips. If you can buy the standalone chips from somewhere that's a different matter.

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Re: 8-bit guy gets ultra-rare NOS IBM (prototype?) from Computer Reset then proceeds to obliterate it

Posted on 2020-09-26, 07:51

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I cringed so hard when he put that paper clip into the PSU. Way to mistreat a rare piece of hardware.

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