Re: My Very Long Bus Adventure.

Posted on 2021-10-03, 23:55

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by Chadti99

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Discovered that Scitech Display Doctor allows me to run 320x400 in Duke 3D with this Cirrus Logic board which I find to be the perfect trade off in resolution and performance for faster 486 systems. I def get a boost in performance using VESA modes in Duke 3D but no gains in Quake, actually a slight …

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Re: My Very Long Bus Adventure.

Posted on 2021-10-03, 23:41

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by Chadti99

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Continued

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My Very Long Bus Adventure.

Posted on 2021-10-03, 23:39

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by Chadti99

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I skipped from ISA to PCI back in the day and always been curious to try VLB. A couple weeks back I finally came across an Asus GX4 for an okay price and started searching for the parts I needed to get a new build going. Build so far: Asus 486sv2gx4 v2.1 Motherboard Kingston Turbochip 133 clocked at …

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Cirrus Logic 5429 VLB issues in Windows

Posted on 2021-10-03, 23:06

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by Chadti99

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The driver supplied in Windows 98 doesn’t seem to be quite right. I get some kind of interference, a light strobing type of effect in 800x600 and 1024x768 is stuck in interlaced mode unless I select 16 color mode. Here’s the exact card and I’ve added memory to upgrade it to a total of 2MB of ram, …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-09-25, 01:05

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by Chadti99

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Here's my current work in progress https://i.imgur.com/4M9FVQWm.jpg I've finally found a nice case for my Pentium VLB, the current specs are: - Pentium 100; - Supermicro P54VL-PCI board that has no onboard I/O just like 486 VLB boards, but has 2 VLB slots, 3 ISA and 4 PCI; - 32MB of FPM RAM; - Ark …

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-25, 00:58

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by Chadti99

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Just wanted to confirm the patch seems have resolved the issue, thanks again!

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C&C Red Alert Screen Size/Aspect Ratio

Posted on 2021-09-24, 20:00

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by Chadti99

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Should it look like this 🤣? The aspect ratio seems right but it doesn’t fill the screen. I know I can adjust my CRT monitor settings but wasn’t sure. Nothing else I’m playing is this far off.

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-20, 02:04

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by Chadti99

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Screen mode set to vesa 800x600 Audio set to Sound Blaster Ok. Which sound card are you exactly using? I know that at least on SB Live! cards it causes crashing and Ken Silverman has a patch for it on his website. Look for "Duke Nukem 3D "echo" crash patch". Aha! I’m using a SB Live on this rig! …

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-20, 01:02

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by Chadti99

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DosFreak wrote on 2021-09-20, 00:38: If you insist on playing Duke3D in Windows 9x then use eduke32 for Win95 eDuke32 for Win95 Cool, I’ll check this out.

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-20, 01:01

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by Chadti99

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2021-09-20, 00:51: Duke Nukem 3D crashing? How do you have the game configured? Never needed to use eDuke32 on Windows 9x btw. Screen mode set to vesa 800x600 Audio set to Sound Blaster

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Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-09-20, 00:31

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by Chadti99

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Any tips to prevent this? It seems to run for a couple minutes then crashes back to windows. I’ve tried disabling the screensaver under the shortcut settings just in case. Any suggestions other than configuring for MS-DOS mode? Assuming I can edit some of the shortcut properties to resolve.

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Re: Riva 128 PCI on Socket 3, GLQuake performance.

Posted on 2021-09-20, 00:28

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by Chadti99

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Appreciate all the detailed info on your tests! I’ve found that simply having 32megs of ram corrects the performance issue for me. So I think your theory is correct, the older drivers handle less memory better than the newer reference drivers. The Riva128 PCI is one my fav 2D cards because of the …

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Re: Matrox Parhelia P650/750 and Retro Gaming?

Posted on 2021-09-14, 01:57

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by Chadti99

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You would be better off with a GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500. They are faster and more compatible. ...but not as novel, if that's what you're after. I like Matrox; I like novel, but everytime I've put in a Matrox card for 3D use and benchmarked it against the competition, I eventually pulled out the …

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Kyro 2 w/Halo CE?

Posted on 2021-09-05, 11:26

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by Chadti99

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Is this possible with any of the drivers supporting the pseudo T&L?

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2021-09-05, 00:33

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by Chadti99

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Face palm you guys, plugged an EDO stick into the LS486E and now I’m hitting 19.4, same as the 8433UUD under stable settings. I know it’s not news to anyone but here are the speedsys results between FPM and EDO on the LS486. Can you post a photo of your motherboard jumper setting ? Mine is running …

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Re: I want to drill holes into my PowerVR PCX2 to mount a heatsink. Does anyone have access to an x-ray machine?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 13:01

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by Chadti99

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I have that exact cooler. It's excellent as a CPU cooler but it's very heavy and is not a good match for thermal tape. Try an aluminum heatsink instead. How are you overclocking your PCX2? I swapped in a new crystal, 18.45 to get an 85Mhz clock if I remember correctly. 30fps in Quake 2 at …

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Re: I want to drill holes into my PowerVR PCX2 to mount a heatsink. Does anyone have access to an x-ray machine?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 11:29

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by Chadti99

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Following, I get a fantastic overclock with the cooler shown but the adhesive thermal tape I’ve tried only holds for about a week. I need to try with fishing line or superglue next. Would love a custom mount though.

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What’s this board attached to this Matrox card?

Posted on 2021-08-26, 11:06

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by Chadti99

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I think it’s attached to a Matrox Millenium. Any idea?

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Re: Can anyone name this game?

Posted on 2021-08-23, 11:31

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by Chadti99

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Excellent, thank you! Do you recommend?

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Can anyone name this game?

Posted on 2021-08-23, 11:15

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by Chadti99

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Would like to give it a go! What is it?

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