So today I setup another system- Just an old Compaq slot one board (EX/LX 66mhz bus), power supply and case with a P2-333 and 256 mb of ram.

Something stone simple with no suprises.

Loaded both Windows 98SE and NT4 and then loaded up the drivers for Win9x. I can get the system to go to 256/16bit or 32 bit color if I shut off the hardware acceleration in the advanced tab but the desktop shows some distortion.

I'm baffled as to what I did before to run 16-bit color without issue but will keep tinkering about.

m14radu wrote on 09.06.13 at 13:40:53:


No since the ones I have are dated later and I did have these working at one time. Its puzzling whats going on.

I did have v-control and powerstrip running on the other machine at one time in an effort to get the refresh rate to something reasonable, I'm thinking that may be where the issue lies.

Half-Life in Direct 3D

Back to the original machine as it has a LOT more BIOS options for tweaking the video board settings. Using Intergraph 21" CRT for display at 60 hz refresh, 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768 all in 16 bit color (with 32 bit an indicated option but left alone for now.

Passes DirectX diag's and runs simple 3D tests.

Know any simple D3D tests I can run? Runs the Righteous Orchid 3D Voodoo graphic Direct3D test "tunnel" at insane speeds.

osckhar wrote on 11.06.13 at 00:56:42:


Output is still very dark, have to see if I can get some voltage readings for our friend Loeschzwerg to work his magic.

This should make you feel warm and fuzzy-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FJyERsqisc

It should look better in a bit, I used the Youtube editor to crank in some brightness and contrast.

You are looking at Q3D OpenGVS running in Direct3D.

Loeschzwerg wrote on 11.06.13 at 01:47:08:


The color looks ok, getting a good shot with everything so dark is tough. I have the brightness and contrast cranked to 100% on the monitor just to get the brightness up that much.

The output is so dark you almost can't make out fonts when booting up. It was better with the LCD but still dim and the CRT displays a much better picture.

To get the picture with the camera decent I have to kill all the lights in the shop so there is no glare and if you are in a dark area of the game its really hard to make much out.

Question- How about a amplifier module that goes in between the dongle and monitor to boost the brightness and contrast? Or is it better to just keep refining the dongle?


hmmm.. perhaps I could post some color test patterns...

m14radu wrote on 11.06.13 at 07:37:25:


Forgot to mention- Running under Win98 and had Unreal running as well.

Unreal engine seems to work just fine, I tried several other D3D games with no luck (like incoming and moto racer)

They don't detect a D3D board so refuse to run.

Unreal flyby-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLnI2vnl2q4

I have downloaded demo's of Wheel of Time and Deus Ex and will try them later.

The only other thing of note is for some reason, my Bartons 3000+ motherboard keeps kicking the bus speed back to 133 mhz instead of running at 166. I'll look more into it in a few days with a different video board to avoid any new issues.