If you have a better Card, would you like to try Bioshock ?

Edit Bioshock.ini to this:
[Havok]

HavokNumThreads=2

Now you can use both Athlon CPUs for your Game.

Also Oblivion can be tweaked to use more threads.
For physics and audio etc.

i did this to run it on dual p3's.

PhilsComputerLab wrote:

The Audigy 2 ZS works in Windows 98?

Sure does! anything up to and including an Audigy 4 will work in 98.

gdjacobs wrote:

How's the resampling for 44.1khz PCM playback compared to other cards you know?

Not sure, I just like the cleaner output and the less bloated drivers then the Live! had. Supporting pretty much any EAX version a 9x game might have is a bonus as well

matze79 wrote:

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If you have a better Card, would you like to try Bioshock ?

Edit Bioshock.ini to this:
[Havok]

HavokNumThreads=2

Now you can use both Athlon CPUs for your Game.

Also Oblivion can be tweaked to use more threads.
For physics and audio etc.

i did this to run it on dual p3's.

Thanks...I may give oblivion a try, especially if I decide to make the change to XP and use the 3850.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_9.html

Here are the SMP Tweaks.

Oblivion works fine with a 9700 or 9800 Pro.

i also remember playing Stalker well with a 9800 😀
but even the newest (CoP) is only single thread..

Great. Thanks!!

Finally got around to running a few benches. Seems about right for 3dmark2001. I was guessing around 12-13k.

2003 gives an error on install. I'll try to figure out what's wrong. Everything else has been great! UT2003 runs surprisingly well. I've been playing Diablo 2 the past couple days. Forgot how much I liked that game! I hadn't played in at least 4 years. Also loaded up Flatout which is always a hoot. I'll try a few more benches and other games tonite.

I know its an old thread but i have the same board only with mp 2600+ and i wanna build a win 98 early xp rig but with glide in mind as awell. Any updates thus far.

Not much to speak of. System works great but I've been focusing on other builds (yes I have a problem 🤣). You mentioned glide and I was thinkin about putting my Voodoo 5 in here but I think the 9700 is a better match for this setup. And my voodoo 5 needs to stay in my Slot A build for nostalgia reasons 😀

greasemonkey90s wrote:

I know its an old thread but i have the same board only with mp 2600+ and i wanna build a win 98 early xp rig but with glide in mind as awell. Any updates thus far.

Of course Win98 wont support the 2nd CPU. I was happily surprised how many Win9x games fun fine in Win2000 though 😀
Out of my games I think either Need for Speed 3,4 or 5 was the only game that really wanted Win9x

chinny22 wrote:

Of course Win98 wont support the 2nd CPU. I was happily surprised how many Win9x games fun fine in Win2000 though 😀
Out of my games I think either Need for Speed 3,4 or 5 was the only game that really wanted Win9x

Correct. It was Need for Speed - High Stakes (I believe that was number 4?). Porsche Unleashed (number 5) has a patch needed for 2k and XP. I don't have number 3 so not sure about that one. High Stakes has no workaround to my knowledge.

I'm sure there are others but every other game I have that I've tried works fine on 2k. Others would disagree, but to me, 2k seems a more robust OS than 98, and I've definitely had far fewer issues with it than 98. More stable, SMP support, and you don't miss much in terms of games/programs that won't work on it - just a handful. IMHO 😊

And for DOS Games just add VDMSound =)

its also possible to configure EMS memory if needed in config.nt

So win 2k>xp for smp? Currently running xp just waiting on my 9800xt. You didnt have a issues obviously finding the correct ram.

greasemonkey90s wrote:

So win 2k>xp for smp? Currently running xp just waiting on my 9800xt. You didnt have a issues obviously finding the correct ram.

Both 2k and XP support SMP, but 9X does not.

petro89 wrote:

Yep. I'll try to run some benches the next few days. I know there are only a few games that take advantage of SMP. So for most games not much at all. But I do think the system is overall snappier and quicker when multitasking than my other Athlon XP board/CPU combos. One is a mobile 2400+ clocked at 2.3ghz and the other is a 2400+ with a 133 bus clocked at the default 2.0 ghz. I think the 3850 that I mentioned might be the best match with the overclocked mobile chip...as an added bonus that other board has SATA.

Well, did you think about the power consumption of this machine? I also have a Dual MP on a Tyan board, and I was shocked about a power consumption of more than 170 watts at idle.

I'm always curious about the power consumption, now I use a Corer2Duo Mobile for the higher end retro gaming (W2k and WXP), consuming max 85 watt at full load, and a pentium II-350 for the lower end retro Gaming (Win9x, DOS and OS2 Warp) consuming max 50 watt at full load. Also do stuff like, replacing 3.5" into 2,5" harddisks, makes about -4 to -8 Watt, and stuff like that.

If power was really a concern just about all the old PC's here wouldn't exist!
Just like a classic car, sure they aren't as efficient, expensive to run and require bit more up keep, not even practical as your "daily driver" but that's not the point!

chinny22 wrote:

If power was really a concern just about all the old PC's here wouldn't exist!
Just like a classic car, sure they aren't as efficient, expensive to run and require bit more up keep, not even practical as your "daily driver" but that's not the point!

Agreed. Also I don't use this or any of my other retro rigs 24/7 or anything close to that. It varies all the time especially because I sometimes rotate my builds, but this rig sees maybe 2-3 hours of usage a week.

Bringing it back im having a hell of a time running pc2700 hynix 512 sticks. I might try ecc kingston like you.

Nice machine. Almost like mine, but that 9700 isn't a Pro. It's just the regular 9700.

Here: My 2K2 Dream Machine (almost complete)

Both of you have nice setups. I have the same board only difference is im running unbuffered pc2700 2 512mb sticks hynix. I also run a not period correct gim'd 4650.Works good now it was a issue with a pci nic card i was running. I score 11,755 on 3dmark01se. Honestly i think the era wasnt much nice to the dually. Single cpu setups can score in the 13k and up. Just doing something different is the game.