First post, by Scythifuge
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Greetings,
I made some posts a while back about my P3 super-build. I am using an SD-IDE adapter in place of an SSD or mechanical hard drive. This is so I can use the same machine to swap SD cards. For example, emulating a Pentium 166 via Moslo Deluxe with a Windows 95 install on a 32GB SD card, with only Windows 95 and late DOS era games and apps. I also made some posts about slow performance with Deus Ex on this machine, using a Voodoo5 card, despite playing and beating the game on my old Gateway Pentium 3 450 with a Voodoo3 card and remembering it running a lot faster. My questions are:
1. Are there any particular settings I need to worry about when using an SD-IDE adapter drive with Windows 9x?
2. Is TRIM an issue? I think Mr. Loew made an app to deal with this, and I will look that up, but my memory is hazy.
3. Why would Deus Ex run worse on a faster Pentium 3 (almost double the speed of my original Gateway) with a Voodoo5 as opposed to the Voodoo3?
4. Should I use the original 3dfx drivers or the Amigamerlin or other driver package? I think I am using Amigamerlin, currently. I just pulled this system back out and am preparing to set it up with an OSSC on my freesync TV, but haven't been able to use it much, due to the holidays.
5. Is there anything else I should know? This system has an AWE32 PnP for late DOS games, and a Live! for Windows 9x games. It also has a Voodoo1 for the few games which need it, but if I get my hands on a physical Pentium 166 MMX, I will move those cards to that machine. Also, I see a usb card in this machine but recall that I never got it to work, despite various drivers/methods.
Many thanks!
Scythifuge