Best cpu/mobo chipsets of each era/history trivia

Posted on 2013-06-02, 11:10

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I'm trying to put together a somewhat canonical list of which cpu and chipset was best as we step back through the eras of gaming. Information about performance of various video cards and such seems to be a bit easier to find - but i've had more difficulty trying to look back to old information that …

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Re: Roland MT-32 or SC-55?

Posted on 2013-04-02, 01:13

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I think you got the GS part wrong, I doubt that any DOS game used this extension. You can really use whatever high end devices you may have as long as they are GM compatible. I don't see what is supposed to be complicated here. My guess is that it would just call it sound canvas in game even if in …

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Re: Creative 3D Blaster VLB and GLINT? also Laguna

Posted on 2013-04-02, 00:30

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Yes, the PCI and VLB are based on different hardware, but Creative Graphics Library or CGL did exist. Supported games are on this list: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=279817#279817 This post also contains some theory on other boards which might support CGL games and more info regarding the …

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Re: Roland MT-32 or SC-55?

Posted on 2013-04-01, 17:50

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Aaiiiee the whole thread has taken on a life of it's own of opinion! ^@_@^ Let me try to expand a little on what I was originally hoping to ask about. Especially since I finally stumbled across information better explaining what I was originally looking for when I posted but hadn't found yet on some …

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Creative 3D Blaster VLB and GLINT? also Laguna

Posted on 2013-03-31, 08:03

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I'm trying to understand something... Apparently there was the Creative 3D Blaster cards. In both VLB and PCI. But apparently it's completely different hardware? The VLB is apparently based around the 3d Labs GLINT chip, whereas the PCI version is based around the Verite Rendition chips. What i'm …

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non-60hz forcing games/hardware? (vs video capture)

Posted on 2013-03-31, 06:30

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I am curious about whether there are certain games or for that matter hardware (probably early proprietary stuff) which FORBID 60hz gaming and thus may be a challenge to capture with the most common video capture hardware. This includes everything from the dawn of the PC to about the XP era after …

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Re: Roland MT-32 or SC-55?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 06:13

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No, the SC-55 is NOT compatible with the MT-32. You really need both. Each module covers different games / a different time period. The main alternative to a real MT-32 is DOSBox in combination with MUNT. There are many alternatives to the SC-55 from Yamaha or Ensoniq and many other brands. If you …

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Re: old sims with modern interest/redeeming factors?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 06:10

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Thats a good way of putting it, some games show their years more than others/age worse. I'll still play Phantasy Star all day beacuse there's nothing like it, but the DOS version of Nascar Racing? Probably not. That's why i'm curious what the exceptions are. Last I checked there was still a pretty …

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early GLIDE games vs wrapper compatibility

Posted on 2013-03-31, 04:31

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Do the GLIDE wrappers work with ALL early 3dfx supporting games? Or do certain games like Mechwarrior 2, which AFAIK drove the voodoo 1/2 directly and apparently will not work with a voodoo3, refuse to use such a wrapper? Does anything in DOSBOX get around this (I heard they were working on 3dfx …

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Re: Ultimate PowerVR SGL card/rig/games?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 03:58

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The Kyro cards do not support PowerSGL. The only cards to do so are the PCX 1, 2 and the Neon 250. The Neon card is the "ultimate" PowerVR with PowerSGL support (given that it is compatible with most games). Do they Kyro cards support anything unique or are they just poor DX8 cards? I mean the Kyro …

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 03:50

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DOSBox has never supported AWE32 or ASP/CSP, so according to the topic this functionality does not apply. DOSBox has never supported AWE32 or ASP/CSP, so according to the topic this functionality does not apply. They've been mentioned for the sake of the "probably unlikely to do in the future" bit. …

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old sims with modern interest/redeeming factors?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 03:31

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What kind of old simulator games (anything from driving, flying, submarine, space ship, tank, and any other military vehicle sim along with simulations that aren't military based) still have "redeeming value" today? I mention simulations specifically because in the striving to be realistic, …

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Re: Early dual/triplehead gaming?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 03:21

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The dos game Back to bagdad supported an optional herules monitor for the mfd (radar screen) I just had to say thank you so much for that tidbit, that is just so cool. :) I knew that back in the day certain programming tools would for instance let you run a VGA monitor with Hercules on the side …

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Roland MT-32 or SC-55?

Posted on 2013-03-31, 02:57

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[edit - found an error myself so rephrased my post] How many games support the SC-55 specifically giving some kind of enhanced audio vs just having an MT-32? Other than these two were there any other general midi style sound modules specifically supported or if you have both does it basically cover …

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Early dual/triplehead gaming?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 04:33

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What early games supported multiple monitors? Either natively or with hacks. Referring to it before it was basically built into windows XP as an easy thing that is, like win98 era or before. Also curious which hardware had support for it. I would imagine there probably wasn't anything before the PCI …

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Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era

Posted on 2013-02-09, 04:15

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Pretty self explanatory. :) For instance, prior to about 1994 just about everything in color was usually going to be 320x240 ModeX VGA. Which games supported SVGA? Or some other higher resolution mode like 640x480 just with less colors? Did any early games up to then support 800x600 or even 1024x768 …

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what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 03:57

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I'm aware that DOSBOX is the shiznit for probably 95% plus of all older DOS games, i'm just curious from those more familiar with possible limitations that it may have, what things does it not do perfectly and is probably unlikely to do in the future? For instance, the only issue I know of offhand …

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Re: Is there any Socket 370 Board with 3 ISA Slots?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 03:42

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I would swear that one of the earlier Shuttle Spacewalker boards had an intel chipset and 3x ISA or more because I had one. I know it had 3x ISA but I couldn't 100% verify it was intel, yet I thought that was part of my reason for buying. Since it died long ago I can't help with more info than that …

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Re: Which Operating System to go for?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 03:40

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Do a search for DriverPacks... I can't be more specific than this, because it's just from my notes about putting together an ultimate install disc that I haven't gotten around to yet... but both win98 and XP have had people put together large multi hundred meg sets of drivers that practically make …

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Ultimate PowerVR SGL card/rig/games?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 03:32

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So have PowerVR cards developed any kind of collector mentality driving up prices, or is it still few and far enough between that I can probably find stuff for $10? :) Being the obscure gaming nut that I am, i'm speccing out systems optimized for playing older games, even though i'm not quite sure …

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