Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulation?
Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulation?
Can someone tell me the best machine/gfs card and setting for emulating Windows 95 in PCem?
I want to play some 2d win95 games.
Also, what kind of PC do I need to handle them well?
Thanks in advance.
I want to play some 2d win95 games.
Also, what kind of PC do I need to handle them well?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
For Windows 95 games, use the Award 430VX PCI machine and either the S3 ViRGE/DX or ATI Graphics Pro Turbo card. Host machine should be something like a Core i3 at 3 GHz at the minimum, that should get you something like Pentium 75/90 speeds in most 2D games.
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
It might be ATi Mach64. I tried some 2D RPG games on v10.1 before and Mach64 performs better than S3 Trio64. And S3 ViRGE was the poorest.
On v10.1, the blitter isn't in a dedicate thread but on v11 it is. So the 2D games should run faster.
On v10.1, the blitter isn't in a dedicate thread but on v11 it is. So the 2D games should run faster.
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
Ohh hell... So no fun for Dual Core 3.0?SarahWalker wrote:For Windows 95 games, use the Award 430VX PCI machine and either the S3 ViRGE/DX or ATI Graphics Pro Turbo card. Host machine should be something like a Core i3 at 3 GHz at the minimum, that should get you something like Pentium 75/90 speeds in most 2D games.
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
Actually, my host is an Ivy Bridge i3 laptop at 2.4GHz... So you'd better have a try first.DarkBolo wrote: Ohh hell... So no fun for Dual Core 3.0?
It is a game in 1999, requiring DirectX 6... and runs well on my host.
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
Is there a difference in system requirements, for a host, of a Windows 98 vs Windows 95 installation? Because I tried win98 and I had trouble playing Captain Claw, I got 65-78% of speed in game.startmenu wrote:Actually, my host is an Ivy Bridge i3 laptop at 2.4GHz... So you'd better have a try first.DarkBolo wrote: Ohh hell... So no fun for Dual Core 3.0?
It is a game in 1999, requiring DirectX 6... and runs well on my host.
Also do I need to install drivers manually?(sound, gfx, directx etc)
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
That game I played requires Win95 and Pentium 166, using DirectDraw.
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Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
There shouldn't be any difference in speed between a game on Windows 95 and Windows 98 on PCem. One tip if you're having performance problems is to try switching between DirectDraw and Direct3D output, if you haven't tried this already; often one will be noticeably quicker than the other.
You don't say exactly what 'Dual Core 3.0' is, but it should probably be fine.
You will need to install drivers manually, it's just like a real Windows 9x machine in that respect.
You don't say exactly what 'Dual Core 3.0' is, but it should probably be fine.
You will need to install drivers manually, it's just like a real Windows 9x machine in that respect.
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
I have E5200 and gts 250SarahWalker wrote:There shouldn't be any difference in speed between a game on Windows 95 and Windows 98 on PCem. One tip if you're having performance problems is to try switching between DirectDraw and Direct3D output, if you haven't tried this already; often one will be noticeably quicker than the other.
You don't say exactly what 'Dual Core 3.0' is, but it should probably be fine.
You will need to install drivers manually, it's just like a real Windows 9x machine in that respect.
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Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
Can anyone send me the link for Mach64 GX?
Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
I already sent you those drivers via PM some days agoRetroGIG94 wrote:Can anyone send me the link for Mach64 GX?
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Oh yeah sorry...
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Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
Following that already asked question what folder should I choose inside the zip file?omarsis81 wrote:I already sent you those drivers via PM some days agoRetroGIG94 wrote:Can anyone send me the link for Mach64 GX?
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Re: Best machine/graphic card/setting for Windows 95 emulati
For the original release of Windows 95 (or Windows 95 OSR1), I prefer the SIS496 machine with 8 MB or 16 MB RAM and Windows 95 OSR2 for the Award VX430 machine with 16 MB or even 32 MB RAM. I also recommend a 1 GB or 2 GB hard disk image and a CD-ROM.