Re: Quake (DOS) software-mode tested from 320x200 to 1280x1024 on 36 CPUs (and 7 platofrms) from 1996 to 2004

Posted on 2021-07-04, 21:40

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This was very cool! I have been playing around with Quake1 over the last week on my Micron big tower with P2 350 and G400max. I have a P2 400 on the way for it, and your benchmarks give me something to compare to when it arrives. I also tested a fresh install of 1.08, then GLQuake, and although it …

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Re: Quake (DOS) software-mode tested from 320x200 to 1280x1024 on 36 CPUs (and 7 platofrms) from 1996 to 2004

Posted on 2021-07-03, 13:12

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Hate to break it to you since you ran so many tests already, but patch v1.08 improves Quake performance even further. It appears that you ran your tests on v1.06. hehe no problem I used 1.06 consciously, doubt the 1.08 will revolutionize everything but if there are performance improvements I will …

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Quake (DOS) software-mode tested from 320x200 to 1280x1024 on 36 CPUs (and 7 platofrms) from 1996 to 2004

Posted on 2021-07-03, 13:00

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Hi Falks, I tested Quake (DOS) in software mode with 36 CPUs from 1996 to 2004 at the most common video resolutions, from 320x200 to 1280x1024 to see what is needed to get 30 and 60 FPS on each one Test Methodology Quake has been released on June 22, 1996 and I decided to start from what was the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-06-12, 17:22

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playing Quake with three keyboards through OBS 😁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-11, 22:02

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bearking wrote on 2021-06-10, 21:30: Got this today 20210611_001937.jpg Powercolor Evilking 3 Extreme, or something like that... Everest identifies it as a voodoo3 3 […] Show full quote Got this today 20210611_001937.jpg Powercolor Evilking 3 Extreme, or something like that... Everest identifies it …

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Re: PCI Video cards benchmark: Electric Boogaloo Edition

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:54

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impressive work, really interesting also helped me indirectly for a similar (but from a completely different perspective) project I'm working 😉 P.S. guys the technical level on this forum is crazy 😀

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Re: Quake software mode performance and video card relation?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:43

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thanks darry, what you wrote was very helpful and makes a lot of sense in fact! also thank you for the link, really interesting and helpful for what I'm doing cheers

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Quake software mode performance and video card relation?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 19:31

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I'm doing some timedemo tests with Quake sw mode (Win98SE -> Restart in MS-DOS mode) and I just noticed that video cards have a big impact on performance. This is something that I was not expecting, I thought that in software mode the video card was used just to display the output, so why I'm seeing …

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Re: Hilariously overspec RAM on an Nvidia TNT2 M64 Vanta16...

Posted on 2021-06-02, 15:32

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Hey folks, I've had this card years, but never really LOOKED at it, and when I did, I was somewhat amazed.... some madlad at the factory equipped it with 5 nanosecond RAM. As far as I understand it, the Vanta is the cut down version of the cut down version, I see 133Mhz memclocks mentioned VS 143 …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 14:12

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Today I started my "1998 mega video cards compare" :) system I'm using - ASUS P2B - Pentium II 400MHz - 128MB PC100 (a little overkill in 1998 but still period correct) video cards - 3dfx Banshee (Diamond Fusion Banshee) - 3dfx voodoo2 8MB (Diamond Monster 3D II) - 3dfx voodoo2 12MB - 3dfx voodoo2 …

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Re: Hercules Terminator BEAST Test Sample?

Posted on 2021-05-12, 19:51

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this definitely is not an original/Hercules sticker but a label from the company that originally owned the card, as Aebtdom said here is mine for compare 😉

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Re: Case Badges

Posted on 2021-05-09, 18:26

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wow that's a nice collection, there are some I've never seen, like the Itanium one but my all time preferred is the black Pentium III 😉

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Re: Good cooling solution for older GPU’s?

Posted on 2021-05-09, 17:50

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you have various options - Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive ( http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_alumina_thermal_adhesive.htm ) - Loctite Output 315 thermal conduct adhesive kit ( https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/ch/en/product/structural-adhesives/loctite_315.html ) - Akasa AK-TT12-80 ( http://www. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 18:17

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chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-05-05, 16:21: Nice haul Framebuffer thanks, especially happy for the keyboard and mouse, they will pair nice with some retro builds ah and for the 9500 Pro also 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 15:48

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Microsoft Natural Keyboard and IntelliMouse (both brand new) + XFX 7300GS 512M DDR2 Radeon 9500 Pro HIS HD 4850 IceQ 4 XFX 9500GT ASUS P4P800 SE + Pentium4 3.06GHz

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 08:15

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I was fortunate enough to snag a "computer parts" listing locally on FB. The seller told me they worked at Radio Shack in the 90s and early 00s, and were into building PCs but moved on to other interests years ago. I had to take everything, there were several bins of stuff, here are the more …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-04, 21:36

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dulu wrote on 2021-05-04, 20:41: What is this? Sellers picture it's a Quadro2 Pro 😉

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-05-02, 21:34

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In Germany we have the Voodoo Alert Forum https://www.voodooalert.de/board/forum/ , a Forum roundabout the 3Dfx cards. The Users make every year some Lanparties (before Corona). The lanparties have themes like PCs only with 3Dfx included or "Midrange lanpartie". Midrange mean: only 1 CPU Core and …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-05-02, 19:06

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heheh true, probably for that the five GeForce 9800 GX2 would be almost enough, maybe along with four GTX 480 (which are not in this picture because I store them in another box)

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-05-02, 09:58

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I guess these belongs here 😀 my dual-slot "modern" (2006+) collection part + various boxes or full-in-box cards + some ATi cards new or full-in-box

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