Re: Super Socket 7: VIA MVP3 vs. ALi Aladdin V

Posted on 2019-02-18, 22:56

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Thanks, yes it booted back into Windows after swapping in the K6-2+ again and setting voltage to 2.2v. What I'm actually after with this chip is the slower speeds, I was hoping to test older graphics cards' benefiting Pentium 1 era processors without actually putting a P1 or K6 in the system. Should …

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Re: Super Socket 7: VIA MVP3 vs. ALi Aladdin V

Posted on 2019-02-18, 21:55

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I've got Rev 1.04, so I'll try 2.2v, I think I skipped that to 2.3 and it wouldn't post. This board has no speaker, and I don't have one to hook up to it currently, so I just get power on and nothing at all on screen when a jumper setting doesn't work. I really only went with the Baby AT board for …

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Re: Super Socket 7: VIA MVP3 vs. ALi Aladdin V

Posted on 2019-02-18, 17:19

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Sorry if this seems like a zombie thread post, but it seemed like the appropriate thread to ask. I've had my P5A-B board (BIOS Rev 1011 Beta 005) running with a K6-2 500 CXT (500A]FX) on Win98SE with unofficial SP 2.1a and pretty much whatever video card I tried on it stable since Christmas. But the …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2019-02-11, 15:44

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I was looking at old Dreamcast press screenshots and noticed it blurs vertically for interlaced mode as a form of flicker reduction (sometimes mistakenly hyped as anti-aliasing by certain fans) BUT!!! I've noticed it applies it before the dither so we get a weird, dithered, flicker-reducted 16bpp …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2019-02-09, 00:37

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Thanks! I really hope I can make some games that seemed like they wouldn't work to be playable at least. Expendable at 1024x768x16 on m3D. https://youtu.be/uUEgg0fWqyc

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2019-02-06, 05:06

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I managed to get Expendable running without inverted colors with my m3D PCX-2. I'm not sure if I read it here, but the force 16-bit textures setting does the trick, then the game runs amazingly slow whenever an inverted color non-transparent transparency is on screen. I'm thinking there should be …

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Re: Frame Counter software for Win98?

Posted on 2018-10-16, 11:35

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On the polys per second benchmarking methods. I wonder if it'd even be interesting to take a min-max-avg poly count per object for each engine or game and count the maximum number of objects on screen. I don't follow. What object? Who cares about maximum number of objects? I can imagine putting …

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Re: Frame Counter software for Win98?

Posted on 2018-10-16, 02:25

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Pretty sure the thg guy is just talking about regular fps, not per-frame timing. If you want more resolution, grab a capture card and some software to analyze the output. Like an overlay that color-codes frames and so on. I've been using Premiere Pro CS 5.5 for years to edit capture footage and …

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Re: Frame Counter software for Win98?

Posted on 2018-10-16, 00:07

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THG tool is more info than I had before. I was thinking I could have FRAPS take random screenshots for framerate measurements and I could go by standard polycounts per frame, or root out interviews about each individual game for any stats I could find. Thanks for the tip for expendable, I saw a …

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Frame Counter software for Win98?

Posted on 2018-10-15, 03:02

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Hello, I have been reading all of the benchmark and comparison threads searching for some sort of standard solution for benchmarking Windows 98, SGL, 3DFX, Direct X, Open GL games and hardware. I am currently stalled with Rage software's Expendable. I see benchmark charts out there, but can't find …

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Re: Troubleshooting 386, Considering 686 or K6-2 Build

Posted on 2018-09-23, 02:10

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I've got three Slot 1 based Win98SE cloned Maxtor drives running finally. The good ole P3B-F kept the PIII 800e, Matrox Mystique, m3D and Monster 3D Voodoo1 selectable. I swapped out the GeForce 256 and put in the 3D Prophet 4500 Kyro II instead. Benchmark results in Quake 3 Arena, Final Reality, …

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Re: Matrox Mystique: opinions?

Posted on 2018-09-23, 01:44

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Matrox Mystique was my first video card, it came with a local build I bought in 1996 based on a Cyrix 686 133Mhz (166+). I love how games look when they work with the Mystique. Mech Warrior 2, Destruction Derby 2, MotoRacer and others look great not only for the time, but in general. I always hoped …

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Re: Troubleshooting 386, Considering 686 or K6-2 Build

Posted on 2018-08-12, 21:55

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Yeah, I won't be tossing it. But I won't be recapping a full motherboard until I manage to spring for a desoldering unit. I've got a Jaguar CD Developer unit, a Sega CD Model 1 and a Game Gear ahead in line besides.

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Re: Troubleshooting 386, Considering 686 or K6-2 Build

Posted on 2018-08-12, 20:34

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For a minor update on the older PC troubleshooting, I've made progress. The new PSU came in but not the AT adapter cables. I've ruled the P4 A-bit IS7 motherboard dead. It won't post or even cause the speaker to beep with nothing hooked up. My good ole Asus P2B 440BX board is still going strong, as …

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Re: Troubleshooting 386, Considering 686 or K6-2 Build

Posted on 2018-08-09, 02:36

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Oh, sure, I have the means already to tell what game runs better in DOS versus 98SE. What I would want to test is the performance of the various processors. What I think I am asking is whether I can build one machine that will span multiple generations of hardware in an historically accurate way. I …

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Troubleshooting 386, Considering 686 or K6-2 Build

Posted on 2018-08-06, 15:39

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I've got a bug to build old PCs that I've been stalling on since my move last year.. I've troubleshot my old ATX towers I saved from the escape of Texas, in addition to my PIII / Slot 1 "99box" one is my old PC from 2007, final upgraded to an Athlon X2 6400+. The other is a full tower that has an …

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Re: Help with running Biohazard PowerVR edition jp !

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Ok, I was wondering about that. The host card's output is all that matters though right? Not it's rendering or resolution capabilities? Hah, I can't imagine how I'd even connect an M3D to a laptop, clever wiring scheme? -edit- Does Biohazard for Power VR not work with Direct 3D at all?

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Re: Help with running Biohazard PowerVR edition jp !

Posted on 2016-04-03, 01:27

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That's pretty interesting. I didn't know there was a PowerVR version of Biohazard, is it playable by English speakers? If the game didn't control worse worse than basically anything else before or after it I'd be curious to try this out with my M3D and my Kyro II 3D Prophet even though that probably …

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Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra Instalation Disk

Posted on 2016-03-24, 14:59

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Hey, that's great! The games I can get a hold of or already own and I'm not sure I need the presentation software and don't know what the Fremont SE software is. I suspect that the Nvidia drivers make the V770 run like a Riva TNT, at least under Direct 3D. I wanted to test that. Thank you for the …

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Diamond Viper V770 Ultra Instalation Disk

Posted on 2016-03-23, 19:14

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My kiddo squished my Diamond Viper V770 Ultra install disk when he stood on the according files I have my video cards in. I somehow neglected to make an image of this disk before putting it in there and cannot find it online. It had some demos and other software I cannot find online. I wondered if …

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