Re: Youtube player for MS-DOS/Win9x
Posted on 2023-12-13, 12:06
Filename YouTube.PNG File size 6.21 KiB Views 1136 views It doesn't seem to work.
Re: Which PCI Sound Cards have a "3D Depth" option under Windows?
Posted on 2023-12-12, 16:10
3D Wide.PNG https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=180725 In Windows 98, there is a similar button, but it is called "3D Wide". Judging by your description, it does approximately the same thing (at least for the analog output of the card). I tried to turn this on and the music playing became …
Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition
Posted on 2023-11-04, 14:39
Modern viruses are currently being written under Windows 10 x64 in larger numbers, as well as under the .NET_FrameWork 4.5+ and much less often under Win7x64, well, Win7x32 is already generally exotic... On XP, most of them won't start at all, requiring you to upgrade first to at least Windows 7 or …
Re: Toshiba Satellite 3000, incorrect resolution under Windows 98?
Posted on 2023-11-03, 15:55
Try to play around with enabling / disabling DDC; change "Display adapter scaling" to "Monitor scaling" (or vice versa); add native resolution to the registry. Also, make sure that the multi-monitor configuration (Clone\DualView) is not selected. Try it all in different combinations and sequences. …
Re: Script to backup Win9x\ME drivers from a working install
Posted on 2023-11-02, 10:00
The idea is good, but it doesn't seem to work (or I'm doing something wrong):
Re: Energy efficient old hardware for win98
Posted on 2023-11-02, 09:18
What parts would you choose to build the most efficient, yet compatible, windows 98 pc? My first thoughts were a 18W TDP 700 coppermine and a 15W Voodoo3, but maybe you can point me in a better direction? please note that if you want energy efficienciy you must go for modern hardware yes or yes …
Re: Is it possible to correct IRQ Table errors from within Windows 98?
Posted on 2023-11-02, 07:34
Also, sometimes it helps to roll back\update the BIOS to an earlier\later version and disable unused resource consumers in the system, as well as move devices in PCI connectors.
Re: Is it possible to correct IRQ Table errors from within Windows 98?
Posted on 2023-11-02, 07:27
Indeed, Windows 98 provides some features for troubleshooting IRQ issues. In my practice, such problems were not initially observed on the old AGP hardware, up to Conroe865PE\775i65GR3, but after the next upgrade to a system already equipped with PCI-e, I first encountered oddities related to IRQ …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-26, 15:05
Thanks for the great tip on using MTRRLFBE to fix 2D performance (I assume just adding this to autoexec.bat is ok?). Yes, if you have such a problem, you can try adding this to the end of AUTOEXEC - "MTRRLFBE.EXE LFB WC" and MTRRLFBE.EXE to the root of the disk. See if the results change. It is …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-21, 14:13
So, I checked Unreal Gold and it turned out that this edition generally contains DirectX 7 out of the box, so you don't need to install any patches to enable D3D. And it works absolutely fine and nothing from the described usermame is confirmed. Everything works fine in Direct3D mode under Windows …
Re: Win98SE becomes unresponsive for a while when deleting files/folders
Posted on 2023-10-20, 17:49
Hi. It might be old news, but Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are kind of related. Except for the original Windows 95 release, maybe. That's also why the new IE4 with Active Desktop had caused such a controversy back then. It was slower and more heavy than the old Explorer. IE6 was more of …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-20, 14:55
And in Unreal Gold (If you do not put patches), there may be some DirectX 6 (Which is replaced by the official patch with 7). I'll try to test this later, but for the purity of the experiment, I'll have to find this version (I only have a release copy, without patches, which doesn't have D3D yet). …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-20, 14:55
Tom's GUI test was not designed to work in Win9x environment. So any result from there should be taken with a grain of salt. In fact, it has a minor (maybe) issue even with Win2k. Tom2D is just like a marker that allows you to visually check and make sure that there is a problem (You should look at …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-20, 11:35
Unreal Gold always had Direct3D support. That being said, playing Unreal with originally shipped D3D API is sub-optimal, regardless of OS used. After installing from the original release CD, I only see these three options: https://ipic.su/img/img7/fs/1.1697799547.png Yes, and pcgamingwiki claims …
Re: Geforce 6800 Ultra PCIe and Win98
Posted on 2023-10-20, 05:29
I obtained a 6800GS (NV42) PCIe today and tested again. Indeed, the bridge chip on the 6800GT/Ultra (NV45) was the issue, but this card performs like a bat out of hell. With 77.72, I get 647.2 FPS, 100 fps more than the X800XT PCIe. Compatibility-wise, this has to be among the best cards for Win98. …
Re: Help finding a driver for GeForce 6200 and GeForce 6500 under Windows 98
Posted on 2023-10-12, 12:11
I wonder what version is on your CD and what exactly it looks like? It is known for certain that they soon removed Win9x support from later CD releases (removing the mention of 9x from the cover). Another caveat is that the GeForce 6600GT ( NV43 ) and GeForce 6500 ( NV44 ) were released with some …
Re: Help finding a driver for GeForce 6200 and GeForce 6500 under Windows 98
Posted on 2023-10-11, 19:23
On the other hand, for some reason it is very hard to believe that ALL THREE independent sources are lying at once. Yes, and photos of the original GIGABYTE CDs for these video cards, on which support for 9x is clearly indicated, makes you somewhat doubtful. Unfortunately, we won't find out the …
Help finding a driver for GeForce 6200 and GeForce 6500 under Windows 98
Posted on 2023-10-09, 20:05
The GeForce 6500 and GeForce 6200 (Gigabyte GV-N62256DP2-RH) came with a CD driver containing ForceWare 76.45 for Windows 9x. But now I can't find on the Internet either a CD image containing this version of the driver, or even at least the driver separately. The disk with this driver looks like …
Re: 7th gen NVIDIA PCIe GPU compatibility under Win98 (3DMark2000)
Posted on 2023-10-04, 10:09
Most 9x apps and games were developed primarily for low resolutions (the most common at that time). Large ones can be delivered, but as a rule, performance suffers from this. Even 1024x768 or 1280x720 is already a small draw on FPS. Also, old 9x games, which it is advisable to run under Win9x, have …
Re: Best video card for 1996-2000 PC? (re: Half-Life, Unreal, Quake, American McGee's Alice, etc)
Posted on 2023-10-02, 16:18
It all depends on the graphics quality requirements. If you set the goal to enjoy the gameplay, and not suffer from poor graphics quality, have a comfortable refresh rate of 100FPS, while eliminating the terrible "stairs" at low resolutions, installing AA\AF x16 or at least x8, you will need GeForce …
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