Nice! PCI USB 2.0 cards in Win98 are performance killers though.

Bruno128 wrote on 2024-03-08, 05:49:

Nice! PCI USB 2.0 cards in Win98 are performance killers though.

The only reason I'm using it is because this machine won't get past the bios with my USB KVM plugged in. I got tired of unplugging it so it would boot.

I wonder if same happens with bios usb keyboard emulation disabled. But yeah that’s very irritating indeed. To avoid those troubles I’m using a hybrid usb-ps/2 KVM.

Bruno128 wrote on 2024-03-08, 11:49:

I wonder if same happens with bios usb keyboard emulation disabled. But yeah that’s very irritating indeed. To avoid those troubles I’m using a hybrid usb-ps/2 KVM.

How does that work? So you have a USB keyboard and mouse and it converts that to PS/2? Or is the other way around?

boggsman wrote on 2024-03-08, 15:11:

How does that work? So you have a USB keyboard and mouse and it converts that to PS/2? Or is the other way around?

Both things exist, I have the latter (Belkin), 2 clients use PS/2 and the other 2 over USB.

Sisoft Sandra Benchmarks

3dmark

My Voodoo3 3400 😆

Bruno128 wrote on 2024-03-08, 05:49:

Nice! PCI USB 2.0 cards in Win98 are performance killers though.

I just installed the NEC USB 2.0 card. 3dMark2000 score without the card was 3209. With the card installed and my KVM connected: 3208. So virtually no difference 🤷‍♂️

I'm happy about that 😎

Very nice, clean board with less capacitors to replace!

boggsman wrote on 2024-03-11, 13:14:

My Voodoo3 3400 😆

What is a V3 3400 ?

melbar wrote on 2024-03-17, 05:59:

Very nice, clean board with less capacitors to replace!

boggsman wrote on 2024-03-11, 13:14:

My Voodoo3 3400 😆

What is a V3 3400 ?

I was just kidding. It's a voodoo3 3000 overclocked slightly.

Do like a Slot A system, they aren't all that common.

All the parts are more or less period correct, many of us had Netgear NIC's back then.

900Mhz, V3, SBLive. Should be just fine for 9x gaming

chinny22 wrote on 2024-03-20, 23:41:

Do like a Slot A system, they aren't all that common.

All the parts are more or less period correct, many of us had Netgear NIC's back then.

900Mhz, V3, SBLive. Should be just fine for 9x gaming

Yep! I love having something a little different. I kept most of the parts from back then. It's got enough performance to play any Win9x games very smoothly. I have a blast with this machine.