5/2/2023 0 Comments Tyrian 2000 controllerNevertheless, I see performance gains over the Voodoo 2 in MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, at least. It's being limited to AGP 2x because of the motherboard, but it's probably being held back even more by that 233 MHz P2. I recently installed an ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 128 MB in that Pentium II system. The entire system doesn't freeze, though, because it'll still accept keyboard commands, joystick input, and PS/2 mouse input. Not good in a heated session of Tyrian 2000, or any game that uses mouse input for that matter. Unfortunately, the system will occasionally not take any updates from the mouse for no adequately explained reason, making the cursor "freeze". A USB mouse in the Pentium II system doesn't slow everything down like a PS/2 mouse. Maybe if I raise the FSB a little more, but not too much, I can get more CPU performance out of it. Too much FSB stress(350 uses 100 MHz FSB, 366 uses 66 MHz), which is a shame given that there's PC-100 SDRAM installed. I just learned why my K6-2 system is unstable at 350 MHz, but can run at 366 MHz. I'll use the V2 in conjunction for the Glide games like MW2 31stCC.) Reply 1 of 38, by Davros (Nevertheless, I want something with HT&L, as well as great D3D and OGL performance. Third, how do I fix that bloody mouse slowdown on the P2 system? Maybe I ought to use a USB mouse and see if that works, or check the drivers for whatever controls the PS/2 port.įourth, what AGP card do you recommend for the P2 system? I was thinking of using a Radeon 8500, but that might be overkill. There's also the Gravis Ultrasound line to look into, which has an interesting design that the demoscene embraced, but it has poor SB support, and only having two ISA slots means it's either the LAPC-I or the GUS(I'm not giving up the AWE64 Gold because of its SB compatibility). I'm looking at pairing it with a Roland LAPC-I, if I can ever find one(eBay doesn't have any right now). FM synth is poorer than genuine OPL2/OP元 cards, for instance, but I'd take MIDI from the AWE portion or a Roland solution over FM synth any day. Second off, I just realized that the AWE64 Gold isn't exactly the best for all games. Unfortunately, there's no AGP slot, two of the PCI slots can't accept long cards like the Voodoo 2, and it's a spaghetti mess of cables in there. It also doesn't slow down upon mouse movement. The K6 system can take a K6-III+ 450 from what I've heard, which can OC to 550 MHz easily. The first question is, which of these two should I keep, or at least primarily use? (My mother is a bit upset about having three PCs in the house already, and I'm about to get a fourth meant for modern PC games that my Athlon XP 1800+ system chokes on.) The P2 system has better graphics card options and a much better wiring job, but the damn thing slows down just by moving the mouse, and CPU options are limited. 4 GB 5.25" HDD (Wait, since when did hard drives take up 5.25" bays?) Parts I can use between these two systems: Furthermore, I can't adjust CPU clock speeds in the BIOS, nor can I mess with memory timings.) Another significant downside is that just moving my PS/2 mouse results in a MASSIVE performance hit. Unfortunately, the 440LX chipset doesn't seem to support the 100 MHz FSB, nor the Pentium III line, limiting me to a 333 MHz CPU. There's also an AGP slot that I could cram a Radeon 8500 or something else into. Since it's an ATX form factor, the wiring is much more clean, thank goodness. (I just picked this system up from a thrift store for 25 US$ a day or two ago. some Foxconn mobo (Slot 1, Intel 440LX, 66 MHz FSB, 1x ISA, 1x ISA/PCI, 3x PCI, 1x AGP 2x, 3x SDRAM) At least the BIOS isn't too bad, since it lets me OC the CPU and adjust RAM timings) No AGP, and the layout for some of the connectors will give you wiring hell, probably because it's AT! I have to route the serial port cables over the PCI cards, for instance! The fact that the CPU HSF limits the length of two of those three PCI slots is annoying as well, since I can only install one Voodoo 2 card. (That's a pretty horrible motherboard, by the way. PCChips M598 mobo (Super Socket 7, 2x ISA, 3x PCI, 3x SDRAM) Okay, I have two legacy systems for the sole purpose of classic gaming(at least for very late 1980s-early 1990s IBM games, as I'd rather play anything earlier through WinUAE, CaSTaway, or other home computer emulator since PCs sucked as gaming machines back then): (It's been a while since I last posted here.hope there's nothing wrong with that.)
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