Warlord wrote on 2022-01-09, 22:10:

nice work, I would prefer dual booting 9X myself. I would just install a3d on one partition and the EAX on the other partition to avoid having to manipulate files everytime I wanted to use somthing. I've done this Successfully using BootMGR as a boot manager and R-LOEW patches so 98se doesn't complain about multiple primary partitions on the same Disk. Of course one could always use 2 physical disks and not use any patches, and juse use any bootmanager. Since you're having to reboot anyways to select a differnt configuration this way is just more hassle free.

True though I'd have to remember which install has which games and what not. I could probably make a batch file to copy the right A3D file which means just a quick double click on the desktop.

Next thing on my list, experiment with a Glide wrapper on my FX5500 so I don't have to pick between installing my Voodoo3 or FX5500 (or other NVIDIA card)

Geon106 wrote on 2022-01-09, 22:21:

Warlord wrote on 2022-01-09, 22:10:

nice work, I would prefer dual booting 9X myself. I would just install a3d on one partition and the EAX on the other partition to avoid having to manipulate files everytime I wanted to use somthing. I've done this Successfully using BootMGR as a boot manager and R-LOEW patches so 98se doesn't complain about multiple primary partitions on the same Disk. Of course one could always use 2 physical disks and not use any patches, and juse use any bootmanager. Since you're having to reboot anyways to select a differnt configuration this way is just more hassle free.

True though I'd have to remember which install has which games and what not. I could probably make a batch file to copy the right A3D file which means just a quick double click on the desktop.

Next thing on my list, experiment with a Glide wrapper on my FX5500 so I don't have to pick between installing my Voodoo3 or FX5500 (or other NVIDIA card)

Under the right circumstances it is possible to use both. Not together mind you, but switching which one is the primary display in the bios and installing both drivers.

mothergoose729 wrote on 2022-01-10, 23:24:

Under the right circumstances it is possible to use both. Not together mind you, but switching which one is the primary display in the bios and installing both drivers.

Depending on the game you might not even need to do that. I remember quite a few Win9X games offering the ability to choose which 3d adapter to run the game on.

It was fairly common at least in my circle of friends to have a 2d/3d card that didn't have great 3d performance, and then a separate Voodoo 1 or 2 card. It wasn't limited to choose Glide to run on the Voodoo, you could choose to run Direct3D on the Voodoo as well or pick your 2D/3D card.