agent_x007 wrote:

Unplugging GTX 780 Ti solves this issue.

one could argue that if you have to remove/add hardware from the machine to make different OS's work then it wasn't a success.

emosun wrote:

agent_x007 wrote:

Unplugging GTX 780 Ti solves this issue.

one could argue that if you have to remove/add hardware from the machine to make different OS's work then it wasn't a success.

Indeed, that's why I didn't use 7900 GTX, but 7800 GTX instead (which works in Win98SE with GTX 780 Ti plugged in) 😀

emosun wrote:

agent_x007 wrote:

Unplugging GTX 780 Ti solves this issue.

one could argue that if you have to remove/add hardware from the machine to make different OS's work then it wasn't a success.

Probably why a 7800 GTX is being used instead of a 7900 GTX.

Bah, replied to while I was reading/replying.

cyclone3d wrote:

Bah, replied to while I was reading/replying.

😀
There is also another reason for 7800 GTX instead of 7900 GTX :
7900 GTX is Dual Slot, while 7800 GTX is Single Slot.
With 7900 GTX, X-Fi Forte would have to use PCI-e Riser from first PCI-e x1 port (because it's too long to be mounted directly in it).
PS. I didn't opted for 7900 GT 256MB, because of small/cheap cooling solutions on those.

Run path_bench in dos on it, PATH_BENCH - DOS path tracing CPU benchmark, and see what you end up with. Probably won't match the xeon in one-core perf, but who knows. No dos on the xeon machine though.

well I do know that some sk370 system can do 286 speeds with a 1.4ghz with unsupported bios.
grab a gigabyte board with dual bios, 😈 for me a dual piii 1.4ghz setup is the way to go.

Nice build. Personally I don't go over 478 P4 to maintain ISA slots.
I have an awesome ISA soundcard that outputs everything through SPDIF in MS-DOS and I like it.

So I'm stuck with the traditional AGP, 875 chipset, P4 3.2GHz with HT and max. 4GB DDR, but with two fully working ISA slots.

sprcorreia wrote:

I have an awesome ISA soundcard that outputs everything through SPDIF in MS-DOS and I like it.

CMI 8330 based Zoltrix/AudioExcel AV310? I'd like to find one!

gdjacobs wrote:

sprcorreia wrote:

I have an awesome ISA soundcard that outputs everything through SPDIF in MS-DOS and I like it.

CMI 8330 based Zoltrix/AudioExcel AV310? I'd like to find one!

No, it's an ESS based card.

Ah. I don't believe any of the ESS codecs natively interface with SPDIF, so it will most likely be going through an ADC stage internally. Still very nice, I expect.

vvbee wrote:

Run path_bench in dos on it, PATH_BENCH - DOS path tracing CPU benchmark, and see what you end up with. Probably won't match the xeon in one-core perf, but who knows. No dos on the xeon machine though.

Best score (out of 5 tries I did) :

Others were "about 2 sec." 😀

Cool, pretty good. On a list of supercomputed dos render farms, I think this would place pretty high.

Qurious...
What games and software have you had running without issues in MS-Dos 6.22 ?
Then, what games and software have you had running on Win9x?

In Win 98SE, I ran Doom 3 timedemo, and Quake III Arena timedemo (both worked fine).
3DMark 01 SE and 03 also did OK (screen shot of 03 is in 1-st post).
In DOS I run Blood (with sound, since Aureal Vortex 2 does SB emulation).
1600x1200 had graphic glitches, but 1024x768 played super smooth 😀
I also tried MIDI player (DOSMid) also worked fine.
Few programs from Phil's DOS benchmark suite also worked without issues.

I'm not sure what games to run in DOS/Win98SE... any suggestions ?
PS. In DOS I didn't use FastVID or MTRRLFBE yet.

agent_x007 wrote:

In Win 98SE, I ran Doom 3 timedemo, and Quake III Arena timedemo (both worked fine). 3DMark 01 SE and 03 also did OK (screen sho […]
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In Win 98SE, I ran Doom 3 timedemo, and Quake III Arena timedemo (both worked fine).
3DMark 01 SE and 03 also did OK (screen shot of 03 is in 1-st post).
In DOS I run Blood (with sound, since Aureal Vortex 2 does SB emulation).
1600x1200 had graphic glitches, but 1024x768 played super smooth 😀

I'm not sure what games to run in DOS/Win98SE... suggestions ?

Win98se:
- Need For Speed Porche 2000
- Unreal Tournament 99
- Need For Speed 3
- Hidden And Dangerous

Dos:
- Dynablaster
- Civilization
- Alley Cat
- Warcraft 1
- The first command and conqour
- Descent
- Monkey Island
- Doom
- Lotus III
- Sam And Max hit the road
- Full Throttle
- Dark Forces
- Sim Earth
- Sim City

brostenen wrote:

Win98se: - Need For Speed Porche 2000 - Unreal Tournament 99 - Need For Speed 3 - Hidden And Dangerous […]
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Win98se:
- Need For Speed Porche 2000
- Unreal Tournament 99
- Need For Speed 3
- Hidden And Dangerous

So :
Porsche 2000 - Game crashes after loading screen (after intro, before menu), have to do more research about this...
Other than that :
UT99 - Runs great. Had to figure out the controls tho (mouse up = move forward [default settings], WTF!?).
After I changed those, everything was fine. I used 1024x768 16-bit with DirectX path (90FPS lock).
NFS3 - No problems here, completed a 2 lap race. Works on both low and high graphics quality settings.
Hidden and Dangerous : Game loaded fine, and it didn't crash after I fired a gun as well 😀
Looks like it may take a while to master tho. I didn't finished any missions yet.

DOS games will have to wait for tommorow 😀
For now I added the video (no timestamps yet, 1h 21min) with switching between OS'es.

Yeah.... Porche need a new patch, as it is an DX7 game, and takes heavy use of that.
Issues are some of these and possible more:

Menu text will be washed out/not sharp when going for anything newer than GF2 and DX7 (can be fixed with AA/AF settings. Smoke from the tires, will get more and more green, when going with something that are faster than G400/GF2/V3. (FX-5xxx are the absolute worst line of cards) When changing camera to dashcam mode, the gearshift arm will fly around like crazy, when shifting gears (both in manual and automatic gear mode).

In UT99... Do you have jaggered and false rendered wall lamps in one of the first levels, and does the computer render vertical lines without issues, when looking at them in the distant? If they are falsly rendered, then you need to patch for the newest version and enable AAx4 and possible AFx2. Another thing that has crossed me, regarding UT99, is that it sometimes makes a kind of lag on it's head. To simplify. It jumps a couple of frames ahead. Feels like the computer just decides to render twice or three times faster, just a splitsecond each time. That was on a Sempron, socket 754 with an Radeon 9600se.

brostenen wrote:

Dos: - Dynablaster - Civilization - Alley Cat - Warcraft 1 - The first command and conqour - Descent - Monkey Island - D […]
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Dos:
- Dynablaster
- Civilization
- Alley Cat
- Warcraft 1
- The first command and conqour
- Descent
- Monkey Island
- Doom
- Lotus III
- Sam And Max hit the road
- Full Throttle
- Dark Forces
- Sim Earth
- Sim City

Dynablaster = OK (w/sound),
Civilization = OK (w/sound),
Alley cat = OK (no sound),
Warcraft = DOS4GW error 2001,
CnC = DOS4GW error 2001,
Descent = DOS4GW error 2001,
Monkey Island = Math error (Integer Divide error [dividing by 0] ?),
Doom = OK (w/sound),
Lotus III = Hard crash,
Sam And Max hit the road = OK (w/sound), sometimes cursor gets stuck, but using Left/right or up/down on edge gets it unstuck 😀
Full Throttle = OK-ish (w/sound). It sometimes crashes (on action).
Dark Forces = OK (w/sound),
Sim City = OK-ish (w/sound), [game speed problems on Normal speed]
Sim Earth = OK (w/sound, no music).

^Oh, all tests were done with 4,3GHz OC on CPU and no additional stuff in Autoexec.bat (only what Aureal Vortex 2 required to make SB16 emu working).

PS. Here are pics of my Autoexec/config.sys files (and "mem" command) :

As you can see, there really isn't much inside 😁

agent_x007 wrote:

Warcraft = DOS4GW error 2001,
CnC = DOS4GW error 2001,
Descent = DOS4GW error 2001,

Try using EMM386 or JEMMEX. Using another DOS extender (like DOS/32A) might also help.

agent_x007 wrote:

Monkey Island = Math error (Integer Divide error [dividing by 0] ?),

I think this is a speed related issue, have you patched the game?