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List of games with Table Fog support

2022-12-16T05:33:18Z

BEEN Nath 58:

===== Table fog effect summary =====

Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer.

Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support table fog =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[PowerVR]] cards<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4 cards<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[ATI]] Rage 128 Pro cards<ref>ATi Rage 128 Pro appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support table tog =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. Since Windows XP, full table fog support becomes available when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] or newer are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.

===== Games which use table fog =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmageddon_II:_Carpocalypse_Now Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now] (1998)<ref>Carmageddon II uses table fog but only in Glide mode [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1123646#p1123646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord] (2000)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition] (2003)<ref>Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition - Crossroads in the Fog scenario [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_II:_Barbarossa_to_Berlin Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin] (2002)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_3:_Afrika_Korps Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps] (2003)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)<ref>European Air War model viewer [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084437#p1084437 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>European Air War in-game view [https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/5aec3e8bf5/?page=3#fd20 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Unlimited_II Flight Unlimited II] (1997)<ref>Flight Unlimited II [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Gear_II Heavy Gear II] (1999)<ref>Heavy Gear II - Historical Missions: Baja City [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085070#p1085070 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter Myth II: Soulblighter] (1998)<ref>Myth II: Soulblighter - Mission #2 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit] (1998)<ref>Need for Speed III uses table fog but only in Glide mode [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1123646#p1123646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_High_Stakes Need for Speed: High Stakes] (1999)<ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes Demo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114103#p1114103 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes gameplay footage [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084865#p1084865 (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_(video_game) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace] (1999)<ref>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Mission 1: Trade Federation Battleship [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085150#p1085150 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Shadows_of_the_Empire_(video_game) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire] (1997)<ref>Shadows of the Empire Mission 2: Escape from Echo base [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_II Thief II: The Metal Age] (2000)<ref>Thief II Mission 11: Precious Cargo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Rogue_Spear Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear] (1999)<ref>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Mission 14: Majestic Gold [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111755#p1111755 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/xarlor Xarlor - Infinite Expanse] (2000)<ref>Xarlor - Infinite Expanse [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111684#p1111684 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Table fog support comparison (Thief II: The Metal Age)
|-
| [[File:Table_Fog_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper table fog support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Table_Fog_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing table fog support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with Table Fog support

2022-12-16T05:31:39Z

BEEN Nath 58:

===== Table fog effect summary =====

Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer.

Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support table fog =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[PowerVR]] cards<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4 cards<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[ATI]] Rage 128 Pro cards<ref>ATi Rage 128 Pro appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support table tog =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. Since Windows XP, full table fog support becomes available when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] or newer are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.

===== Games which use table fog =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmageddon_II:_Carpocalypse_Now Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now] (1998)<ref>Carmageddon II uses table fog but only in Glide mode [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1123646#p1123646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord] (2000)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition] (2003)<ref>Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition - Crossroads in the Fog scenario [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_II:_Barbarossa_to_Berlin Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin] (2002)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_3:_Afrika_Korps Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps] (2003)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)<ref>European Air War model viewer [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084437#p1084437 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>European Air War in-game view [https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/5aec3e8bf5/?page=3#fd20 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Unlimited_II Flight Unlimited II] (1997)<ref>Flight Unlimited II [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Gear_II Heavy Gear II] (1999)<ref>Heavy Gear II - Historical Missions: Baja City [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085070#p1085070 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter Myth II: Soulblighter] (1998)<ref>Myth II: Soulblighter - Mission #2 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit] (1998)<ref>Need for Speed III uses table fog but only in Glide mode [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1123646#p1123646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_High_Stakes Need for Speed: High Stakes] (1999)<ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes Demo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]<ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114103#p1114103 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes gameplay footage [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084865#p1084865 (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_(video_game) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace] (1999)<ref>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Mission 1: Trade Federation Battleship [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085150#p1085150 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Shadows_of_the_Empire_(video_game) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire] (1997)<ref>Shadows of the Empire Mission 2: Escape from Echo base [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_II Thief II: The Metal Age] (2000)<ref>Thief II Mission 11: Precious Cargo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Rogue_Spear Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear] (1999)<ref>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Mission 14: Majestic Gold [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111755#p1111755 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/xarlor Xarlor - Infinite Expanse] (2000)<ref>Xarlor - Infinite Expanse [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111684#p1111684 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Table fog support comparison (Thief II: The Metal Age)
|-
| [[File:Table_Fog_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper table fog support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Table_Fog_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing table fog support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with Table Fog support

2022-11-20T15:45:20Z

BEEN Nath 58:

===== Table fog effect summary =====

Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer.

Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support table fog =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[PowerVR]] cards<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4 cards<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[ATI]] Rage 128 Pro cards<ref>ATi Rage 128 Pro appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1114312#p1114312 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support table tog =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. Since Windows XP, full table fog support becomes available when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] or newer are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)]. Currently, table fog is still supported but in most cases, they are disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using some wrapper.

===== Games which use table fog =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord] (2000)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition] (2003)<ref>Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition - Crossroads in the Fog scenario [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_II:_Barbarossa_to_Berlin Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin] (2002)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_3:_Afrika_Korps Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps] (2003)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Unlimited_II Flight Unlimited II] (1997)<ref>Flight Unlimited II [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Gear_II Heavy Gear II] (1999)<ref>Heavy Gear II - Historical Missions: Baja City [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085070#p1085070 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter Myth II: Soulblighter] (1998)<ref>Myth II: Soulblighter - Mission #2 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_High_Stakes Need for Speed: High Stakes] (1999)<ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes Demo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes gameplay footage [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084865#p1084865 (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_(video_game) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace] (1999)<ref>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Mission 1: Trade Federation Battleship [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085150#p1085150 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Shadows_of_the_Empire_(video_game) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire] (1997)<ref>Shadows of the Empire Mission 2: Escape from Echo base [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_II Thief II: The Metal Age] (2000)<ref>Thief II Mission 11: Precious Cargo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Rogue_Spear Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear] (1999)<ref>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Mission 14: Majestic Gold [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111755#p1111755 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/xarlor Xarlor - Infinite Expanse] (2000)<ref>Xarlor - Infinite Expanse [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111684#p1111684 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Table fog support comparison (Thief II: The Metal Age)
|-
| [[File:Table_Fog_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper table fog support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Table_Fog_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing table fog support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
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[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

Interesting Vogons Threads

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This wikipage is basically an attempt at condensing the threads on Vogons into a single list to make it easier to find threads containing interesting bits of information. Everything is roughly listed into separate categories and this list can be seen as a continuous WIP

Some of these threads are several years old though, so please consider not kicking an old thread and instead create a new thread, optionally with a link to the old thread.

== Very Old Games On New Systems (mostly emulation) ==

DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12915

D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17415

The Wrapper Collection Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36412

What are the best console emulators out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39476

Fastest emulators period
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29867

PCEm. Another PC emulator.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16441

DgVoodoo 1 Discussion Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=6225

dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34931

N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33874

SoftMPU 1.9 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36023

Technically & artistically impressive games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35731

How to tweak CGA / EGA game palettes easily :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27687

Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39499

Is this the possibility of a Power VR SGL Wrapper?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41495

DOSBox debugger
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7323

DOSBox Feature Request Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7745

Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46899

DOSBox on Windows NT 3.51 (Yes it's done for real)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52094

Lemmings video issue after hitting F1 to go into next level (We all like lemmings :))
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51551

== Miscellaneous threads ==

Spam, spam, spam (Report spammers here!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28438

VOGONS is no marketplace! (locked thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27446

== DOS and Windows ==

What are your minimum Windows system requirements? (talk about Windows versions and the hardware people put these on)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28195

10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC (talk about using a Pentium 4 for DOS)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44547

Any good Windows 3.1 games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44496

Best version of Windows 95?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29535

Useful Programs, Patches, and Drivers For Windows 95, 98, 2000, Etc.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44890

Patch for Windows 98/98 SE/Me to run on newest CPUs
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88284

Your favorite retro apps? (apps? programs!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40977

Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31258

List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102

XP-era games that have trouble running on Win7/8
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42396

Windows 98 games that won't run in Windows XP
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=67613

Windows 95 setup guide (late 2013)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36770

Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52119

Tetrium's guide to Windows ME (tips and tricks that make ME run well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48258

Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition" (collection of the benefits of Windows ME)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47562

What is the memory "sweet spot" for a Pentium III Windows 98 SE retro-gaming system?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41227

>512MB with Windows 98...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35361

Win 9x/ME and ram
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46463

Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72383

How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48964

Was there ever a non-upgrade non-OEM Win95 retail CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43517

Windows NT 4.0 on Pentium 133
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43343

Win98SE or WinXP for Tualatin 1.4S+i815?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42937

Windows ME
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26652

Is Windows 2000 good for anything?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39547

windows xp box
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38982

Which XP? (talk about using different versions of XP for retro gaming, includes tweaking like NLite and the use of Service Packs on old rigs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52360

Windows Server? (Windows 2003)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43336

Vintage Hardware Wallpapers
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40163

Vintage OEM Desktop Wallpapers - Let's make a repository!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44836

Retro Hardware Themed Desktop Wallpapers! (contains custom-made desktop wallpapers)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45549

Why do some games demand a 256 colors or 16-bit desktop color depth?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88476

List of video card tech demos
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=88071

== Motherboards ==

Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44205

List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48205

DS12887 drop-in replacement (talk about a Dallas replacement)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37404

DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 128gb
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=84642

Test:486 undocumented jumper settings
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23968

286 motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33076

Best 386 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49376

LuckyStar LS486E rev.C2 and Cyrix 5x86@133 (mostly talk about obtaining 66MHz FSB on 486 motherboards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43193

Best ISA Video Card for a 386DX-40? (also contains good generic info on 486 busses)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52077

Soft on-off switch for AT motherboards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46479

ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing (Includes some generic info about mounting an AT board into an ATX case)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=65320

Best Socket 7 AT motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49399

Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49052

K6-2/3+ Success on Asus P5A 1.06 - simple mod
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57201

Asus P5A very slow AGP / Video cards (which is actually talk about the buggy P5A and the + chips)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=62046

Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30499

slot or socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38850

Which Slot 1 CPU retention bracket?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46250

Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49054

Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32786

Good Pentium 3 Board with ISA and Tualatin Support? (this thread ended up resulting in the creation of [[List_of_Socket_370_motherboards|this page]])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45876

Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49069

Socket A Motherboards That Have 12V-Centric VRMs?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=77698

Socket 478 Motherboards with PCI-E Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50655

LGA 775 Motherboards with AGP Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50665

Why 478 and not 775? (quite extensive info of many of their differences)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49861

Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46082

8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40567

== CPUs ==

The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive. Includes lots of in-depth talk about 486 hardware and maxing performance)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28470

The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34666

SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86 (also seems to work on [http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47590 classic Pentiums])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613

Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking (Interesting due to the info on Intel's Overdrives).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45365

pentium mmx vs pentium
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44896

Idt Winchip 1, 2, 2a and 2b differences
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=86572

Cyrix appreciation thread (lots of info and pics about Cyrix and early VIA chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31111

P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz? (P55C a.k.a. Pentium 1 MMX)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21248

Tillamook (The PPGA Mobile Pentium 1 MMX CPU at 266MHz and its problems)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28362

Definition of "Super Socket 7"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55275

SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod (extensive info about modding K6-2+ to a K6-III+)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85071

Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked? (contains extensive info about Deschutes which were not fully locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=24550

Slowing a 440BX based PC (some more talk about Pentium 2 Deschutes which were not fully multiplier locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20758

Graphics card for VIA C3 1200 build
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42526

Cyrix III (i.e. VIA C3) for vintage gaming?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28473

S370 Board for Nehemiah Core ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46071

What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48847

Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38344

What's your favorite thermal compound?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48800

Rare CPUs (includes many pics).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37366

== CPU cooling (HSFs) ==

These all in theory fit the same socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29418

Intel heatsink pushpins are ANNOYING! (mostly LGA775 etc)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44060

Super Socket 7 cooling
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44545

== Power Supply Units (or PSUs) ==

A tale of two PSUs (lots of in-dept talk about the build quality of specific PSUs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37757

Advice on new parts for old system.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46149

PSU - bust the myth (more in-dept talk about PSUs including some good links)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46516

== PC cases ==

Best off the shelf spray paint for beige computer cases (What colors matches the old beige best, in case retrobright isn't deemed wanted)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66199

== Graphics cards ==

Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help? (project by vogons member vlask, very detailed chart!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32967

3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33483

Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53554

3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29887

Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721

Voodoo3 models overview
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46471

Has anyone tried mating V3 TV with DVI? (Voodoo 3 3500 (a.k.a. Voodoo 3 TV) display connector)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42111
and
Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor? (P&D/PnD connector instead of the original octopus cable)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27699

3dfx filter shader!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36470

Voodoo 2 Sli problem. (Older Voodoo models seem to have 'GPU' pins that bend relatively easily, causing odd problems to occur)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=69507

Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45081

ATI Rage 128 Pro vs Ultra? (some info regarding this overall seemingly quite confusing era of Ati graphics cards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37317

PowerVR Fun Thread (Very lengty thread about PowerVR, lots of info)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23876

Matrox M3D / PCX2 opinions
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44686

Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41580

Teach me to love ATI Rage (includes some info about the many differences of the Rage graphics chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50705

S3 Trio3D/2x - is this just a rebadged ViRGE or more?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30576

S3 Savage 2000
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23802

VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info. (talk about Number9 graphics cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28069

S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright (A way to make certain S3 cards display a darker black)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43472

Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games (interesting talk about S3 mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26498

AGP Speed
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44650

Graphics cards signal comparison, image quality
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39335

Replacing the GPU cooler on a GeForce 256 - how does this thing come off? (Loosening up those very sticky heatsinks)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53960

GF2-GTS what drivers should I test?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48226

Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200 (lots of talk about FX5900 as well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47142

TUTORIAL - Modifying Nvidia Drivers (Adding Cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52171

suggestions for my 386dx40... EGA / RGB vs VGA
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45583

ISA 16-bit graphics card comparative performance and ranking (Good info if you only have ISA slots, short thread)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49491

Best graphics card for dos gaming
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48051

Modern graphics on a 486
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33879

Any good 3D pci graphic's card out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46224

Ideal graphics card for Socket 7 setup (lots of talk about i740)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29144

Best WinXP Video Card
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47815

Fastest WinXP Graphics Card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47949

Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this... (interesting short thread about graphics memory and 64-bit/128-bit)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55203

3dfx Oral History Panel [ 2013 ]
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39518

Collectible video cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28451

Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in excistance? (also some talk about non-3DFX cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46490

Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare? (mostly discussion, lengthy thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52982

Question about Geforce FX 5900 current draw per rail (relatively shorter thread containing a link to some more threads)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=73578

Riva TNT vs MX400 (also contains info on how to recognize memory bandwidth from a graphics card when inspecting the card visually)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=74894

== Sound and sound cards ==

Sound cards - from best to worst (running for over 10 years, very extensive talk about old sound cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9990

Soundfont recommendation thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31883

The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33023

Aztech Sound Galaxy cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48887

ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45313

Yamaha S-YXG100plus SoftSynth for Win9x 4MB waveset working!!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33661

SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20849

Sound Blaster 16 Bugs and Deficiencies Summary
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50071

Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42431

ISA or PCI sound card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34235

PCI sound cards...so whats out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29024

A3D Vortex 1 any good?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.phpt=47935

Aureal Vortex2 Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41928

PCMCIA Sound Cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30840

Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43875

AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88095

Advise on PCI Sound Card? (includes some info about SB-Link)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49172

PCI Sound card for Windows 3.11 & Dos 6.22?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48921

Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36424

== Media (HDD, Optical, Magnetic, etc) ==

IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair (also covers pc floppy drives)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46462

the end of optical media
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44227

Single floppy mainboard workaround
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42296

Any software out there who can mount formatted .img files?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46331

Jewel cases for 3.5" Floppies? This is weird.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40387

IDE or SATA hard drivers on retro computers?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49372

== Other hardware ==

What are the best retro ISA and PCI slot network cards?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41474

Good high resolution computer crt monitor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46088

what are your favourite ps/2 mice?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43793

Mouse Polling Rate in Windows 98SE
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50329

Post pictures of all your (strange) memory modules here for all to see :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46138

PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42862

Any Inexpensive USB Flightstick Recommendations?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46445

Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39136

== Games!! What is Vogons without talk about games? :D ==

List the PC games that you have beaten
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=11328

List of Free Games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=22210

PC Game Compatibility List
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8784

Game Acronyms List (TA is missing :( )
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=10287

DosBox FAQ
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14081

Scariest Level Ever?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45028

I need a list of good PC multiplayer games that do not require the internets
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45415

Any Unreal Tournament gamers here?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44614

Cinematic Platformers (Prince of Persia, Another World style games) list
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36256

Most memorable games you've played
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43073

Most disappointing games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26075

Preserving Old Discs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44656

== Benchmarks ==

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37844

HUGE 1997*-2003 video card performance benchmark thread (Q3, Unreal, DK2, 3DM2k, 3DM2001)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51847

The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31086

Post your retro computer superpi results here! (older SuperPi thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25288

My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33459

My 3DMark03 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52529

Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40892

3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26175

Running 3dMark 2000 on modern hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33579

Great PC! But can it run Crysis?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44145

Post your 386 Speedsys results here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33059

Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47548

7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47460

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Video for CPUs - The Software Decode Reference Thread (listed here for lack of a better category)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45820

== Retro systems, their collectors and their stuff ==

VOGONS Driver Library
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30649

VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699

What retro activity did you get up to today?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39993

What game are you playing now?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35778

post up pics of your "computing area"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23136

Retro Rig Photo Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27940

Post pics of your CRT monitors
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37997

"The international hardware museum of Vogons"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45838

Kind of missing the point of building machines.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46151

Playing ON vs WITH retro hardware (and hardware preservation)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85936

Do you remember how/when you began your Collection ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53395

Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28547

Retro Hardware Collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26892

NIB still sealed collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46461

To unbox or not unbox (old HW)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46446

How do you store your computer parts?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29820

How do you organise / sort / store all your retro gear?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30972

How do we store our (hardware) collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46031

Storing your pc parts.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57381

Be careful how you store your stuff! (storing your parts in such a way water can't easily damage it)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88147

This is a bad idea right? (How to clean dirty computer components)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46438

How many computers do you own?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45786

How many computers could you possibly build?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45819

Is there any reason to keep a Win9X machine around for gaming except for fun or nostalgia?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=75191

Minor (or major) injuries from gaming or building/using computer...?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39324

Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38166

Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45018

Things you regret giving or throwing away?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41410

What do you NOT have enough of?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51653

How ''brand crazy'' are you guys?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51527

Pronunciation of Riva (how does one pronounce this?)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=54058

What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51482

VGA Capture Thread ("Let's start a thread so we can share tips and tricks for capturing VGA output from our Retro machines!")
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26661

Good reading for people new to retro computing
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27661

Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45816

Disporpotions between different countries when it comes to old hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38642

Reasons to punch eBay sellers in the face
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44989

Question: Why do you think retro computing is important?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42783

Old computers for daily tasks?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39681

Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43564

Trustworthy buyer?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42484

Vintage hardware lovers - do you really love vintage hardware or simply pragmatism?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36531

How many of you guys still use CRT monitors on all your retro computers (and maybe your modern ones too)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43005

You Know You're a Hopeless Retro Geek When...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41990

What do you drive? (about cars, mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45397

Let's get to know eachother a little better :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39524

So what do you guys do... you know, in real life?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36337

Tell your story. What made you sign up to Vogons?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39700

What machines did you use in High School?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44353

List the CPUs you owned when they were new
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46197

POLL: What is your favorite x86 vintage processor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38293

First computers you've used
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42224

What's the hardest part of building a retro rig for yourself?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48860

Story behind your avatar?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38294

Bought these (retro) hardware today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17341

Bought these games today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16803

Bought these (retro) software/OS today
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=58350

I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43144

Whats the most you've paid for retro tech you had to have?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52512

== Feedback about this page ==

It can be given in the following thread
VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699
or contact Vogons user "Tetrium" on the Vogons forum

Interesting Vogons Threads

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This wikipage is basically an attempt at condensing the threads on Vogons into a single list to make it easier to find threads containing interesting bits of information. Everything is roughly listed into separate categories and this list can be seen as a continuous WIP

Some of these threads are several years old though, so please consider not kicking an old thread and instead create a new thread, optionally with a link to the old thread.

== Very Old Games On New Systems (mostly emulation) ==

DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12915

D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17415

The Wrapper Collection Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36412

What are the best console emulators out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39476

Fastest emulators period
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29867

PCEm. Another PC emulator.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16441

DgVoodoo 1 Discussion Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=6225

dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34931

N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33874

SoftMPU 1.9 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36023

Technically & artistically impressive games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35731

How to tweak CGA / EGA game palettes easily :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27687

Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39499

Is this the possibility of a Power VR SGL Wrapper?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41495

DOSBox debugger
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7323

DOSBox Feature Request Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7745

Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46899

DOSBox on Windows NT 3.51 (Yes it's done for real)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52094

Lemmings video issue after hitting F1 to go into next level (We all like lemmings :))
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51551

== Miscellaneous threads ==

Spam, spam, spam (Report spammers here!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28438

VOGONS is no marketplace! (locked thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27446

== DOS and Windows ==

What are your minimum Windows system requirements? (talk about Windows versions and the hardware people put these on)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28195

10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC (talk about using a Pentium 4 for DOS)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44547

Any good Windows 3.1 games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44496

Best version of Windows 95?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29535

Useful Programs, Patches, and Drivers For Windows 95, 98, 2000, Etc.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44890

Patch for Windows 98/98 SE/Me to run on newest CPUs
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88284

Your favorite retro apps? (apps? programs!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40977

Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31258

List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102

XP-era games that have trouble running on Win7/8
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42396

Windows 98 games that won't run in Windows XP
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=67613

Windows 95 setup guide (late 2013)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36770

Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52119

Tetrium's guide to Windows ME (tips and tricks that make ME run well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48258

Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition" (collection of the benefits of Windows ME)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47562

What is the memory "sweet spot" for a Pentium III Windows 98 SE retro-gaming system?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41227

>512MB with Windows 98...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35361

Win 9x/ME and ram
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46463

Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72383

How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48964

Was there ever a non-upgrade non-OEM Win95 retail CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43517

Windows NT 4.0 on Pentium 133
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43343

Win98SE or WinXP for Tualatin 1.4S+i815?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42937

Windows ME
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26652

Is Windows 2000 good for anything?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39547

windows xp box
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38982

Which XP? (talk about using different versions of XP for retro gaming, includes tweaking like NLite and the use of Service Packs on old rigs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52360

Windows Server? (Windows 2003)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43336

Vintage Hardware Wallpapers
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40163

Vintage OEM Desktop Wallpapers - Let's make a repository!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44836

Retro Hardware Themed Desktop Wallpapers! (contains custom-made desktop wallpapers)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45549

Why do some games demand a 256 colors or 16-bit desktop color depth?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88476

== Motherboards ==

Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44205

List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48205

DS12887 drop-in replacement (talk about a Dallas replacement)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37404

DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 128gb
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=84642

Test:486 undocumented jumper settings
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23968

286 motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33076

Best 386 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49376

LuckyStar LS486E rev.C2 and Cyrix 5x86@133 (mostly talk about obtaining 66MHz FSB on 486 motherboards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43193

Best ISA Video Card for a 386DX-40? (also contains good generic info on 486 busses)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52077

Soft on-off switch for AT motherboards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46479

ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing (Includes some generic info about mounting an AT board into an ATX case)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=65320

Best Socket 7 AT motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49399

Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49052

K6-2/3+ Success on Asus P5A 1.06 - simple mod
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57201

Asus P5A very slow AGP / Video cards (which is actually talk about the buggy P5A and the + chips)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=62046

Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30499

slot or socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38850

Which Slot 1 CPU retention bracket?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46250

Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49054

Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32786

Good Pentium 3 Board with ISA and Tualatin Support? (this thread ended up resulting in the creation of [[List_of_Socket_370_motherboards|this page]])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45876

Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49069

Socket A Motherboards That Have 12V-Centric VRMs?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=77698

Socket 478 Motherboards with PCI-E Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50655

LGA 775 Motherboards with AGP Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50665

Why 478 and not 775? (quite extensive info of many of their differences)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49861

Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46082

8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40567

== CPUs ==

The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive. Includes lots of in-depth talk about 486 hardware and maxing performance)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28470

The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34666

SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86 (also seems to work on [http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47590 classic Pentiums])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613

Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking (Interesting due to the info on Intel's Overdrives).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45365

pentium mmx vs pentium
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44896

Idt Winchip 1, 2, 2a and 2b differences
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=86572

Cyrix appreciation thread (lots of info and pics about Cyrix and early VIA chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31111

P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz? (P55C a.k.a. Pentium 1 MMX)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21248

Tillamook (The PPGA Mobile Pentium 1 MMX CPU at 266MHz and its problems)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28362

Definition of "Super Socket 7"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55275

SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod (extensive info about modding K6-2+ to a K6-III+)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85071

Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked? (contains extensive info about Deschutes which were not fully locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=24550

Slowing a 440BX based PC (some more talk about Pentium 2 Deschutes which were not fully multiplier locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20758

Graphics card for VIA C3 1200 build
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42526

Cyrix III (i.e. VIA C3) for vintage gaming?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28473

S370 Board for Nehemiah Core ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46071

What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48847

Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38344

What's your favorite thermal compound?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48800

Rare CPUs (includes many pics).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37366

== CPU cooling (HSFs) ==

These all in theory fit the same socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29418

Intel heatsink pushpins are ANNOYING! (mostly LGA775 etc)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44060

Super Socket 7 cooling
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44545

== Power Supply Units (or PSUs) ==

A tale of two PSUs (lots of in-dept talk about the build quality of specific PSUs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37757

Advice on new parts for old system.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46149

PSU - bust the myth (more in-dept talk about PSUs including some good links)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46516

== PC cases ==

Best off the shelf spray paint for beige computer cases (What colors matches the old beige best, in case retrobright isn't deemed wanted)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66199

== Graphics cards ==

Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help? (project by vogons member vlask, very detailed chart!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32967

3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33483

Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53554

3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29887

Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721

Voodoo3 models overview
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46471

Has anyone tried mating V3 TV with DVI? (Voodoo 3 3500 (a.k.a. Voodoo 3 TV) display connector)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42111
and
Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor? (P&D/PnD connector instead of the original octopus cable)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27699

3dfx filter shader!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36470

Voodoo 2 Sli problem. (Older Voodoo models seem to have 'GPU' pins that bend relatively easily, causing odd problems to occur)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=69507

Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45081

ATI Rage 128 Pro vs Ultra? (some info regarding this overall seemingly quite confusing era of Ati graphics cards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37317

PowerVR Fun Thread (Very lengty thread about PowerVR, lots of info)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23876

Matrox M3D / PCX2 opinions
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44686

Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41580

Teach me to love ATI Rage (includes some info about the many differences of the Rage graphics chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50705

S3 Trio3D/2x - is this just a rebadged ViRGE or more?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30576

S3 Savage 2000
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23802

VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info. (talk about Number9 graphics cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28069

S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright (A way to make certain S3 cards display a darker black)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43472

Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games (interesting talk about S3 mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26498

AGP Speed
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44650

Graphics cards signal comparison, image quality
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39335

Replacing the GPU cooler on a GeForce 256 - how does this thing come off? (Loosening up those very sticky heatsinks)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53960

GF2-GTS what drivers should I test?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48226

Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200 (lots of talk about FX5900 as well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47142

TUTORIAL - Modifying Nvidia Drivers (Adding Cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52171

suggestions for my 386dx40... EGA / RGB vs VGA
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45583

ISA 16-bit graphics card comparative performance and ranking (Good info if you only have ISA slots, short thread)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49491

Best graphics card for dos gaming
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48051

Modern graphics on a 486
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33879

Any good 3D pci graphic's card out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46224

Ideal graphics card for Socket 7 setup (lots of talk about i740)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29144

Best WinXP Video Card
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47815

Fastest WinXP Graphics Card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47949

Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this... (interesting short thread about graphics memory and 64-bit/128-bit)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55203

3dfx Oral History Panel [ 2013 ]
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39518

Collectible video cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28451

Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in excistance? (also some talk about non-3DFX cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46490

Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare? (mostly discussion, lengthy thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52982

Question about Geforce FX 5900 current draw per rail (relatively shorter thread containing a link to some more threads)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=73578

Riva TNT vs MX400 (also contains info on how to recognize memory bandwidth from a graphics card when inspecting the card visually)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=74894

== Sound and sound cards ==

Sound cards - from best to worst (running for over 10 years, very extensive talk about old sound cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9990

Soundfont recommendation thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31883

The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33023

Aztech Sound Galaxy cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48887

ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45313

Yamaha S-YXG100plus SoftSynth for Win9x 4MB waveset working!!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33661

SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20849

Sound Blaster 16 Bugs and Deficiencies Summary
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50071

Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42431

ISA or PCI sound card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34235

PCI sound cards...so whats out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29024

A3D Vortex 1 any good?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.phpt=47935

Aureal Vortex2 Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41928

PCMCIA Sound Cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30840

Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43875

AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88095

Advise on PCI Sound Card? (includes some info about SB-Link)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49172

PCI Sound card for Windows 3.11 & Dos 6.22?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48921

Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36424

== Media (HDD, Optical, Magnetic, etc) ==

IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair (also covers pc floppy drives)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46462

the end of optical media
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44227

Single floppy mainboard workaround
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42296

Any software out there who can mount formatted .img files?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46331

Jewel cases for 3.5" Floppies? This is weird.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40387

IDE or SATA hard drivers on retro computers?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49372

== Other hardware ==

What are the best retro ISA and PCI slot network cards?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41474

Good high resolution computer crt monitor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46088

what are your favourite ps/2 mice?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43793

Mouse Polling Rate in Windows 98SE
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50329

Post pictures of all your (strange) memory modules here for all to see :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46138

PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42862

Any Inexpensive USB Flightstick Recommendations?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46445

Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39136

== Games!! What is Vogons without talk about games? :D ==

List the PC games that you have beaten
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=11328

List of Free Games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=22210

PC Game Compatibility List
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8784

Game Acronyms List (TA is missing :( )
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=10287

DosBox FAQ
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14081

Scariest Level Ever?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45028

I need a list of good PC multiplayer games that do not require the internets
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45415

Any Unreal Tournament gamers here?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44614

Cinematic Platformers (Prince of Persia, Another World style games) list
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36256

Most memorable games you've played
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43073

Most disappointing games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26075

Preserving Old Discs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44656

== Benchmarks ==

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37844

HUGE 1997*-2003 video card performance benchmark thread (Q3, Unreal, DK2, 3DM2k, 3DM2001)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51847

The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31086

Post your retro computer superpi results here! (older SuperPi thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25288

My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33459

My 3DMark03 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52529

Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40892

3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26175

Running 3dMark 2000 on modern hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33579

Great PC! But can it run Crysis?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44145

Post your 386 Speedsys results here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33059

Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47548

7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47460

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Video for CPUs - The Software Decode Reference Thread (listed here for lack of a better category)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45820

== Retro systems, their collectors and their stuff ==

VOGONS Driver Library
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30649

VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699

What retro activity did you get up to today?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39993

What game are you playing now?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35778

post up pics of your "computing area"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23136

Retro Rig Photo Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27940

Post pics of your CRT monitors
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37997

"The international hardware museum of Vogons"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45838

Kind of missing the point of building machines.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46151

Playing ON vs WITH retro hardware (and hardware preservation)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85936

Do you remember how/when you began your Collection ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53395

Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28547

Retro Hardware Collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26892

NIB still sealed collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46461

To unbox or not unbox (old HW)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46446

How do you store your computer parts?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29820

How do you organise / sort / store all your retro gear?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30972

How do we store our (hardware) collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46031

Storing your pc parts.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57381

Be careful how you store your stuff! (storing your parts in such a way water can't easily damage it)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88147

This is a bad idea right? (How to clean dirty computer components)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46438

How many computers do you own?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45786

How many computers could you possibly build?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45819

Is there any reason to keep a Win9X machine around for gaming except for fun or nostalgia?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=75191

Minor (or major) injuries from gaming or building/using computer...?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39324

Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38166

Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45018

Things you regret giving or throwing away?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41410

What do you NOT have enough of?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51653

How ''brand crazy'' are you guys?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51527

Pronunciation of Riva (how does one pronounce this?)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=54058

What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51482

VGA Capture Thread ("Let's start a thread so we can share tips and tricks for capturing VGA output from our Retro machines!")
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26661

Good reading for people new to retro computing
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27661

Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45816

Disporpotions between different countries when it comes to old hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38642

Reasons to punch eBay sellers in the face
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44989

Question: Why do you think retro computing is important?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42783

Old computers for daily tasks?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39681

Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43564

Trustworthy buyer?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42484

Vintage hardware lovers - do you really love vintage hardware or simply pragmatism?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36531

How many of you guys still use CRT monitors on all your retro computers (and maybe your modern ones too)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43005

You Know You're a Hopeless Retro Geek When...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41990

What do you drive? (about cars, mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45397

Let's get to know eachother a little better :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39524

So what do you guys do... you know, in real life?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36337

Tell your story. What made you sign up to Vogons?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39700

What machines did you use in High School?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44353

List the CPUs you owned when they were new
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46197

POLL: What is your favorite x86 vintage processor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38293

First computers you've used
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42224

What's the hardest part of building a retro rig for yourself?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48860

Story behind your avatar?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38294

Bought these (retro) hardware today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17341

Bought these games today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16803

Bought these (retro) software/OS today
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=58350

I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43144

Whats the most you've paid for retro tech you had to have?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52512

== Feedback about this page ==

It can be given in the following thread
VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699
or contact Vogons user "Tetrium" on the Vogons forum

Interesting Vogons Threads

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This wikipage is basically an attempt at condensing the threads on Vogons into a single list to make it easier to find threads containing interesting bits of information. Everything is roughly listed into separate categories and this list can be seen as a continuous WIP

Some of these threads are several years old though, so please consider not kicking an old thread and instead create a new thread, optionally with a link to the old thread.

== Very Old Games On New Systems (mostly emulation) ==

DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12915

D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox frontend)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17415

The Wrapper Collection Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36412

What are the best console emulators out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39476

Fastest emulators period
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29867

PCEm. Another PC emulator.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16441

DgVoodoo 1 Discussion Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=6225

dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34931

N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33874

SoftMPU 1.9 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36023

Technically & artistically impressive games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35731

How to tweak CGA / EGA game palettes easily :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27687

Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39499

Is this the possibility of a Power VR SGL Wrapper?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41495

DOSBox debugger
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7323

DOSBox Feature Request Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=7745

Emulating MT-32 on an RPi2
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46899

DOSBox on Windows NT 3.51 (Yes it's done for real)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52094

Lemmings video issue after hitting F1 to go into next level (We all like lemmings :))
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51551

== Miscellanious threads ==

Spam, spam, spam (Report spammers here!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28438

VOGONS is no marketplace! (locked thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27446

== DOS and Windows ==

What are your minimum Windows system requirements? (talk about Windows versions and the hardware people put these on)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28195

10 Reasons for a Pentium 4 Windows 98 DOS Retro Gaming PC (talk about using a Pentium 4 for DOS)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44547

Any good Windows 3.1 games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44496

Best version of Windows 95?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29535

Useful Programs, Patches, and Drivers For Windows 95, 98, 2000, Etc.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44890

Patch for Windows 98/98 SE/Me to run on newest CPUs
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88284

Your favorite retro apps? (apps? programs!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40977

Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31258

List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102

XP-era games that have trouble running on Win7/8
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42396

Windows 98 games that won't run in Windows XP
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=67613

Windows 95 setup guide (late 2013)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36770

Generic Win98SE Installation & Setup Guide
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52119

Tetrium's guide to Windows ME (tips and tricks that make ME run well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48258

Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition" (collection of the benefits of Windows ME)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47562

What is the memory "sweet spot" for a Pentium III Windows 98 SE retro-gaming system?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41227

>512MB with Windows 98...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35361

Win 9x/ME and ram
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46463

Any known issues running Windows XP 32 bit with 8 GB RAM installed?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72383

How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48964

Was there ever a non-upgrade non-OEM Win95 retail CD?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43517

Windows NT 4.0 on Pentium 133
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43343

Win98SE or WinXP for Tualatin 1.4S+i815?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42937

Windows ME
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26652

Is Windows 2000 good for anything?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39547

windows xp box
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38982

Which XP? (talk about using different versions of XP for retro gaming, includes tweaking like NLite and the use of Service Packs on old rigs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52360

Windows Server? (Windows 2003)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43336

Vintage Hardware Wallpapers
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40163

Vintage OEM Desktop Wallpapers - Let's make a repository!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44836

Retro Hardware Themed Desktop Wallpapers! (contains custom-made desktop wallpapers)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45549

Why do some games demand a 256 colors or 16-bit desktop color depth?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88476

== Motherboards ==

Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44205

List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48205

DS12887 drop-in replacement (talk about a Dallas replacement)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37404

DIY Bios Modding guide Jan Steunebrink k6-2+/3+ 128gb
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=84642

Test:486 undocumented jumper settings
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23968

286 motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33076

Best 386 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49376

LuckyStar LS486E rev.C2 and Cyrix 5x86@133 (mostly talk about obtaining 66MHz FSB on 486 motherboards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43193

Best ISA Video Card for a 386DX-40? (also contains good generic info on 486 busses)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52077

Soft on-off switch for AT motherboards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46479

ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing (Includes some generic info about mounting an AT board into an ATX case)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=65320

Best Socket 7 AT motherboard
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49399

Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49052

K6-2/3+ Success on Asus P5A 1.06 - simple mod
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57201

Asus P5A very slow AGP / Video cards (which is actually talk about the buggy P5A and the + chips)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=62046

Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30499

slot or socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38850

Which Slot 1 CPU retention bracket?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46250

Best Slot 1 Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49054

Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32786

Good Pentium 3 Board with ISA and Tualatin Support? (this thread ended up resulting in the creation of [[List_of_Socket_370_motherboards|this page]])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45876

Best Socket A (462) Motherboard?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49069

Socket A Motherboards That Have 12V-Centric VRMs?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=77698

Socket 478 Motherboards with PCI-E Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50655

LGA 775 Motherboards with AGP Slots (contains a list of these boards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50665

Why 478 and not 775? (quite extensive info of many of their differences)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49861

Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46082

8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40567

== CPUs ==

The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive. Includes lots of in-depth talk about 486 hardware and maxing performance)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28470

The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34666

SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86 (also seems to work on [http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47590 classic Pentiums])
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613

Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking (Interesting due to the info on Intel's Overdrives).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45365

pentium mmx vs pentium
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44896

Idt Winchip 1, 2, 2a and 2b differences
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=86572

Cyrix appreciation thread (lots of info and pics about Cyrix and early VIA chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31111

P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz? (P55C a.k.a. Pentium 1 MMX)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21248

Tillamook (The PPGA Mobile Pentium 1 MMX CPU at 266MHz and its problems)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28362

Definition of "Super Socket 7"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55275

SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod (extensive info about modding K6-2+ to a K6-III+)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85071

Which Pentium IIs can be underclocked? (contains extensive info about Deschutes which were not fully locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=24550

Slowing a 440BX based PC (some more talk about Pentium 2 Deschutes which were not fully multiplier locked)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20758

Graphics card for VIA C3 1200 build
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42526

Cyrix III (i.e. VIA C3) for vintage gaming?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28473

S370 Board for Nehemiah Core ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46071

What is your biggest Pentium 4 Collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48847

Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38344

What's your favorite thermal compound?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48800

Rare CPUs (includes many pics).
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37366

== CPU cooling (HSFs) ==

These all in theory fit the same socket
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29418

Intel heatsink pushpins are ANNOYING! (mostly LGA775 etc)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44060

Super Socket 7 cooling
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44545

== Power Supply Units (or PSUs) ==

A tale of two PSUs (lots of in-dept talk about the build quality of specific PSUs)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37757

Advice on new parts for old system.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46149

PSU - bust the myth (more in-dept talk about PSUs including some good links)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46516

== PC cases ==

Best off the shelf spray paint for beige computer cases (What colors matches the old beige best, in case retrobright isn't deemed wanted)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66199

== Graphics cards ==

Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help? (project by vogons member vlask, very detailed chart!)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32967

3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33483

Image Quality of various old video cards (Quake 3 comparison)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53554

3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29887

Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721

Voodoo3 models overview
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46471

Has anyone tried mating V3 TV with DVI? (Voodoo 3 3500 (a.k.a. Voodoo 3 TV) display connector)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42111
and
Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor? (P&D/PnD connector instead of the original octopus cable)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27699

3dfx filter shader!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36470

Voodoo 2 Sli problem. (Older Voodoo models seem to have 'GPU' pins that bend relatively easily, causing odd problems to occur)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=69507

Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45081

ATI Rage 128 Pro vs Ultra? (some info regarding this overall seemingly quite confusing era of Ati graphics cards)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37317

PowerVR Fun Thread (Very lengty thread about PowerVR, lots of info)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23876

Matrox M3D / PCX2 opinions
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44686

Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41580

Teach me to love ATI Rage (includes some info about the many differences of the Rage graphics chips)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50705

S3 Trio3D/2x - is this just a rebadged ViRGE or more?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30576

S3 Savage 2000
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23802

VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info. (talk about Number9 graphics cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28069

S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright (A way to make certain S3 cards display a darker black)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43472

Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games (interesting talk about S3 mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26498

AGP Speed
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44650

Graphics cards signal comparison, image quality
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39335

Replacing the GPU cooler on a GeForce 256 - how does this thing come off? (Loosening up those very sticky heatsinks)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53960

GF2-GTS what drivers should I test?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48226

Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200 (lots of talk about FX5900 as well)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47142

TUTORIAL - Modifying Nvidia Drivers (Adding Cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52171

suggestions for my 386dx40... EGA / RGB vs VGA
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45583

ISA 16-bit graphics card comparative performance and ranking (Good info if you only have ISA slots, short thread)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49491

Best graphics card for dos gaming
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48051

Modern graphics on a 486
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33879

Any good 3D pci graphic's card out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46224

Ideal graphics card for Socket 7 setup (lots of talk about i740)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29144

Best WinXP Video Card
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47815

Fastest WinXP Graphics Card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47949

Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this... (interesting short thread about graphics memory and 64-bit/128-bit)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=55203

3dfx Oral History Panel [ 2013 ]
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39518

Collectible video cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28451

Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in excistance? (also some talk about non-3DFX cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46490

Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare? (mostly discussion, lengthy thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52982

Question about Geforce FX 5900 current draw per rail (relatively shorter thread containing a link to some more threads)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=73578

Riva TNT vs MX400 (also contains info on how to recognize memory bandwidth from a graphics card when inspecting the card visually)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=74894

== Sound and sound cards ==

Sound cards - from best to worst (running for over 10 years, very extensive talk about old sound cards)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9990

Soundfont recommendation thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31883

The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33023

Aztech Sound Galaxy cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48887

ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45313

Yamaha S-YXG100plus SoftSynth for Win9x 4MB waveset working!!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33661

SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20849

Sound Blaster 16 Bugs and Deficiencies Summary
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50071

Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42431

ISA or PCI sound card?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34235

PCI sound cards...so whats out there?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29024

A3D Vortex 1 any good?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.phpt=47935

Aureal Vortex2 Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41928

PCMCIA Sound Cards
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30840

Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43875

AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88095

Advise on PCI Sound Card? (includes some info about SB-Link)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49172

PCI Sound card for Windows 3.11 & Dos 6.22?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48921

Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36424

== Media (HDD, Optical, Magnetic, etc) ==

IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair (also covers pc floppy drives)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46462

the end of optical media
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44227

Single floppy mainboard workaround
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42296

Any software out there who can mount formatted .img files?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46331

Jewel cases for 3.5" Floppies? This is weird.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40387

IDE or SATA hard drivers on retro computers?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49372

== Other hardware ==

What are the best retro ISA and PCI slot network cards?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41474

Good high resolution computer crt monitor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46088

what are your favourite ps/2 mice?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43793

Mouse Polling Rate in Windows 98SE
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50329

Post pictures of all your (strange) memory modules here for all to see :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46138

PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42862

Any Inexpensive USB Flightstick Recommendations?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46445

Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39136

== Games!! What is Vogons without talk about games? :D ==

List the PC games that you have beaten
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=11328

List of Free Games
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=22210

PC Game Compatibility List
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8784

Game Acronyms List (TA is missing :( )
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=10287

DosBox FAQ
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14081

Scariest Level Ever?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45028

I need a list of good PC multiplayer games that do not require the internets
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45415

Any Unreal Tournament gamers here?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44614

Cinematic Platformers (Prince of Persia, Another World style games) list
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36256

Most memorable games you've played
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43073

Most disappointing games?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26075

Preserving Old Discs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44656

== Benchmarks ==

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37844

HUGE 1997*-2003 video card performance benchmark thread (Q3, Unreal, DK2, 3DM2k, 3DM2001)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51847

The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31086

Post your retro computer superpi results here! (older SuperPi thread)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25288

My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33459

My 3DMark03 Mega Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52529

Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40892

3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26175

Running 3dMark 2000 on modern hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33579

Great PC! But can it run Crysis?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44145

Post your 386 Speedsys results here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33059

Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47548

7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47460

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Video for CPUs - The Software Decode Reference Thread (listed here for lack of a better category)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45820

== Retro systems, their collectors and their stuff ==

VOGONS Driver Library
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30649

VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699

What retro activity did you get up to today?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39993

What game are you playing now?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35778

post up pics of your "computing area"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23136

Retro Rig Photo Thread
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27940

Post pics of your CRT monitors
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37997

"The international hardware museum of Vogons"
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45838

Kind of missing the point of building machines.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46151

Playing ON vs WITH retro hardware (and hardware preservation)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=85936

Do you remember how/when you began your Collection ?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=53395

Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28547

Retro Hardware Collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26892

NIB still sealed collections
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46461

To unbox or not unbox (old HW)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46446

How do you store your computer parts?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29820

How do you organise / sort / store all your retro gear?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30972

How do we store our (hardware) collection?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46031

Storing your pc parts.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=57381

Be careful how you store your stuff! (storing your parts in such a way water can't easily damage it)
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=88147

This is a bad idea right? (How to clean dirty computer components)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46438

How many computers do you own?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45786

How many computers could you possibly build?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45819

Is there any reason to keep a Win9X machine around for gaming except for fun or nostalgia?
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=75191

Minor (or major) injuries from gaming or building/using computer...?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39324

Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38166

Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45018

Things you regret giving or throwing away?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41410

What do you NOT have enough of?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51653

How ''brand crazy'' are you guys?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51527

Pronunciation of Riva (how does one pronounce this?)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=54058

What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51482

VGA Capture Thread ("Let's start a thread so we can share tips and tricks for capturing VGA output from our Retro machines!")
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26661

Good reading for people new to retro computing
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27661

Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45816

Disporpotions between different countries when it comes to old hardware
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38642

Reasons to punch eBay sellers in the face
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44989

Question: Why do you think retro computing is important?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42783

Old computers for daily tasks?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39681

Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43564

Trustworthy buyer?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42484

Vintage hardware lovers - do you really love vintage hardware or simply pragmatism?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36531

How many of you guys still use CRT monitors on all your retro computers (and maybe your modern ones too)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43005

You Know You're a Hopeless Retro Geek When...
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41990

What do you drive? (about cars, mostly)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45397

Let's get to know eachother a little better :)
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39524

So what do you guys do... you know, in real life?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36337

Tell your story. What made you sign up to Vogons?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39700

What machines did you use in High School?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44353

List the CPUs you owned when they were new
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46197

POLL: What is your favorite x86 vintage processor?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38293

First computers you've used
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42224

What's the hardest part of building a retro rig for yourself?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48860

Story behind your avatar?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38294

Bought these (retro) hardware today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17341

Bought these games today
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16803

Bought these (retro) software/OS today
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=58350

I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43144

Whats the most you've paid for retro tech you had to have?
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=52512

== Feedback about this page ==

It can be given in the following thread
VOGONS Wiki reference
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699
or contact Vogons user "Tetrium" on the Vogons forum

Windows versions

2022-11-07T16:24:47Z

BEEN Nath 58:

This is a list describing different Windows versions in terms of game compatibility.

=== Windows 3.x ===

Windows 3.0 is a graphical environment that can be run from DOS. The requirements are a 8088/8086 CPU, 386K of RAM, 6-7 MB HDD free space, a CGA/EGA/VGA/Hercules/8514/A graphics adapter and MS-DOS 3.1.. Windows 3.0 supports also 286/386 CPUs and can be run in Real Mode, 286 Protected Mode or 386 Protected Mode. However due to the similar implementation of the 386 Protected Mode the maximum useable memory is 16 MB, same as the limit for 286 Protected Mode. A few programs are included in Windows 3.0 like Program Manager, File Manager, Notepad, Paintbrush, Reversi and Solitaire. Later the Multimedia Extension 1.0 upgrade was released including a Soundblaster Pro and CD-ROM drive (Panasonic?). For True Type Font support Adobe Type Manager has to be installed.

Windows 3.1

Windows 3.11

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

=== Windows 95 ===

=== Windows NT4 ===
Windows NT4 uses a preemptive multitasking kernel and supports two CPUs and up to 4 GB RAM in the Workstation Professional version. The system is rather lightweight and requires only a 486DX2-66 and about 32 MB RAM, a Pentium system is recommended. After boot the whole Windows system uses just about 16 MB RAM. Windows NT4 has a higher stability as Windows 95.
It was released with DirectX2 and got support for DirectX3 with the latest servicepack 6a. The user interface is the same as in Windows 95 with some additional features from Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. However it is possible to upgrade to the user interface known from Windows 98 by installing Internet Explorer 4 with Active Desktop.
Windows NT4 does not support Plug and Play and USB. This is usually no problem since drivers for PnP hardware bring their own configuration sheet and for mass storage USB devices third party software is available.

For gaming Direct3D from DirectX3 is supported. However most DirectX games with accelerated 3D graphics require at least DirectX5. Still, DirectX3 allows most 2D games that use DirectDraw to run (e.g. Starcraft, Diablo e.g.). Benchmarks show that due to the different driver architecture accelerated 2D graphics is a lot faster compared to Windows 95.
The OpenGL support from graphics card drivers for Windows NT4 is solid. Also the most important gaming 3D accelerator cards from 3dfx at this time have Glide support in Windows NT4. Thus most Glide compatible games work (e.g. Unreal engines, Quake engines).

Any 16 bit related code like DOS programs are run in a Virtual DOS machine (NTVDM). It supports 486 code. Direct hardware calls are not possible.

=== Windows 98 ===
[[File:Win98SE_RAM_Limit.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Windows 98 SE with HimemX]]
Best all-in-one operating system for DOS and Win9x gaming. Basically a much more refined continuation of Windows 95. Good DOS compatibility either by DOS window or rebooting into DOS. Emulates USB mouses and gamepads in DOS window as well. Has numerous features that Win95 got only with the OSR releases and which weren't present in its original release, such as support for P6 (Pentium Pro and up), FAT32, selection of IRQs, AGP, UDMA, USB and MMX.

Furthermore, SSE and multiple monitor support is exclusive for Windows 98 and up. Windows 98 supports up to 512 MB RAM without tweaking, with tweaking up to 1 GB and beyond. Practical limit can be reached at about 1150MB using third party memory manager, like HimemX v3.32.

3rd party USB mass storage drivers, namely nusb24 and later nusb33e, are only available for Windows 98 SE due to its newer USB stack, so this revision is by far preferable. 3rd party drivers are also available for ADSL connectivity (raspppoe).<br>

=== Windows 2000 ===
A continuation of NT4 and the final OS from the NT line without a version targeted at home users/consumers. In similar fashion to the relation between 95 and NT4, 2000 is more stable than 98, although several graphics cards manufacturers initially had problems providing drivers with the same performance as under 98. Win2000 Professional supports up to two processors, Windows2000 Server up to four, with no differentiation between physical processors and individual cores on a multi-core CPU.

In some ways, this version of Windows is a transition to a much more home-oriented Windows XP. The RTM version includes DirectX 7 and will run a lot more games than Windows NT4 ever could. However, in terms of retro gaming there is no competition between it and Win98.

=== Windows ME ===
Released after Windows 2000, this is the last OS in the Win9x line. It lacks pure DOS mode (cannot reboot into DOS), which is a serious downside for those retro gaming enthusiasts who are looking for a combo DOS/Windows gaming machine.

Two major features Windows ME has over earlier Win9x builds are:
* USB Stack taken from Windows 2000, complete with USB mass storage drivers right out of the box. Third party drivers no longer needed.
* Networking stack taken from Windows 2000. This gives extra security and compatibility for newer networks.

Without the need to carry around pure DOS, some minor updates have been applied, which resulted in faster boot times and better compatibility with period hardware.

Just like Windows 98, the Millennium Edition officially supports only up to 512 MB RAM. Furthermore, tweaking it to work with more than 512MB RAM may not work at all. Numerous reviews as well as user experience feedback deemed ME to be the worst Windows ever made, while in fact it's just a plain old Win98 with some of the long-awaited updates. This is suspected to be Microsoft's own marketing effort to stop ME from growing too big less than a year prior to Windows XP release.

The aftermath for this is a poor recognition of this OS even by modern retro PC community, disregarding that in most games and tests it runs as fast and reliable as Windows 98/98SE, if not slightly better.

=== Windows XP ===
Last OS from Microsoft so far to support game ports, MPU-401 ports, the IPX protocol, out of the box MIDI device selection and EAX 3D sound hardware acceleration through the DirectSound HAL. Generally good Win9x game compatibility.

DOS programs are run in the NT Virtual DOS Machine (NTVDM). Basic Sound Blaster 2.0 and MPU-401 support can be enabled by adding SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3 to the autoexec.nt file. The virtual resources do not have to represent real hardware resources. The NTVDM emulation uses the default windows multimedia devices. Direct hardware access from within NTVDM is not possible.

Windows XP introduced the recognition of Intel's Hyper-threading simultaneous multithreading technique. Furthermore, it differentiates between actual physical processors with their own socket and multiple cores on one CPU. WinXP Home Edition supports one physical processor, WinXP Professional two; both support up to 32 cores without Hyper-threading, 16 with it. The somewhat exotic Windows XP x64, which is essentially a relabelled Server 2003 x64, supports up to 64 and 32 cores, respectively.

=== Windows 10 ===
It is the last Windows version to have a 32-bit version. The OS has changed significantly with each update. During the late cycle of this OS, graphics card drivers have improved, resulting in a better legacy compatibility with games and other 3D applications. It also fixed many DWM related bugs present in the earlier versions. Just like Windows 8 and 8.1, it doesn't allow the desktop to be set to 16-bit or 256 color mode but allows applications to use it. Several game compatibility tools for restoring EAX, A3D, table fog, paletted textures, original WinMM were developed during this era, which resulted in a huge compatibility improvement with old applications.

Microsoft Direct3D Mono (Ramp) Emulation as well as Direct3D Retained Mode support was broken in Windows 10, resulting in those applications to run poorly or with major bugs after the installation of the 'd3drm.dll' file. Intel graphics drivers since the 12th Generation Intel CPUs don't support Direct3D9 anymore and rely on a mapping layer named D3D9On12.

== External Links ==
*[http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html Unofficial Win98 SE service pack with several tweaks and fixes]

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List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support

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===== Paletted texture effect summary =====

A paletted texture is defined by giving both a palette of colors and a set of image data which is composed of indices into the palette. The paletted texture cannot function properly without both pieces of information so it increases the work required to define a texture. This is offset by the fact that the overall amount of texture data can be reduced dramatically by factoring redundant information out of the logical view of the texture and placing it in the palette.<ref>J. Kilgard, Mark, (March 24, 2004), NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA <code>EXT_paletted_texture</code> specification [https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/EXT/EXT_paletted_texture.txt (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support paletted textures =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 256 through GeForce FX<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4<ref>S3 Savage4 graphics cards seem to support paletted textures when using older driver versions [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Trident]] Blade3D<ref>Trident Blade3D graphics cards seem to support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1033646#p1033646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 graphics cards support paletted textures when the relevant driver setting is enabled [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II<ref>Matrox Millennium II paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox Millennium II datasheet [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/news/item/207-matrox-mga-2164w-millennium-ii (PDF)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Mystique<ref>Matrox Mystique advertisment, PC Magazine, February of 1997 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1097151#p1097151 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support paletted textures =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 6 series and later cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 6200 missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Games which require paletted textures =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII Final Fantasy VII] (1998)<ref>The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII Final Fantasy VIII] (2000)<ref>Final Fantasy VIII options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: these games either require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support this feature. This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Paletted texture support comparison (Final Fantasy VIII)
|-
| [[File:Paletted_Textures_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper paletted texture support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Paletted_Textures_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing paletted texture support on an ATI Radeon 9550 SE]]
|}

===== Games which can optionally use paletted textures =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsaken_(video_game) Forsaken] (1998)<ref>Forsaken options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game)#GLQuake GLQuake] (1997)<ref>GLQuake documentation [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085219#p1085219 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_II Heretic II] (1998)<ref>Heretic II in-game console output [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085345#p1085345 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II Hexen II] (1997)<ref>Hexen II in-game console output [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085298#p1085298 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld Homeworld] (1999)<ref>Homeworld video options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111997#p1111997 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld:_Cataclysm Homeworld: Cataclysm] (2000)<ref>Homeworld: Cataclysm video options menu and manual [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1112172#p1112172 (screenshots)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II Quake II] (1997)<ref>Quake II options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1072343#p1072343 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_III Tomb Raider III] (1998)<ref>Tomb Raider III setup program [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084437#p1084437 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: Certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run. These games don't show any visual differences on graphics cards which don't support this feature. This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which 8-bit paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_Table_Fog_support List of games with table fog support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support

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===== Paletted texture effect summary =====

A paletted texture is defined by giving both a palette of colors and a set of image data which is composed of indices into the palette. The paletted texture cannot function properly without both pieces of information so it increases the work required to define a texture. This is offset by the fact that the overall amount of texture data can be reduced dramatically by factoring redundant information out of the logical view of the texture and placing it in the palette.<ref>J. Kilgard, Mark, (March 24, 2004), NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA <code>EXT_paletted_texture</code> specification [https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/EXT/EXT_paletted_texture.txt (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support paletted textures =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 256 through GeForce FX<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4<ref>S3 Savage4 graphics cards seem to support paletted textures when using older driver versions [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Trident]] Blade3D<ref>Trident Blade3D graphics cards seem to support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1033646#p1033646 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 graphics cards support paletted textures when the relevant driver setting is enabled [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II<ref>Matrox Millennium II paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox Millennium II datasheet [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/news/item/207-matrox-mga-2164w-millennium-ii (PDF)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Mystique<ref>Matrox Mystique advertisment, PC Magazine, February of 1997 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1097151#p1097151 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support paletted textures =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 6 series and later cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 6200 missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing paletted texture support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>

===== Games which require paletted textures =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Air_War European Air War] (1998)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII Final Fantasy VII] (1998)<ref>The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII Final Fantasy VIII] (2000)<ref>Final Fantasy VIII options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018048#p1018048 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: these games either require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support this feature. This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Paletted texture support comparison (Final Fantasy VIII)
|-
| [[File:Paletted_Textures_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper paletted texture support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Paletted_Textures_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing paletted texture support on an ATI Radeon 9550 SE]]
|}

===== Games which can optionally use paletted textures =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsaken_(video_game) Forsaken] (1998)<ref>Forsaken options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game)#GLQuake GLQuake] (1997)<ref>GLQuake documentation [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085219#p1085219 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_II Heretic II] (1998)<ref>Heretic II in-game console output [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085345#p1085345 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen_II Hexen II] (1997)<ref>Hexen II in-game console output [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085298#p1085298 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld Homeworld] (1999)<ref>Homeworld video options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111997#p1111997 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld:_Cataclysm Homeworld: Cataclysm] (2000)<ref>Homeworld: Cataclysm video options menu and manual [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1112172#p1112172 (screenshots)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II Quake II] (1997)<ref>Quake II options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1072343#p1072343 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_III Tomb Raider III] (1998)<ref>Tomb Raider III setup program [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084437#p1084437 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run. These games don't show any visual differences on graphics cards which don't support this feature. This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_Table_Fog_support List of games with table fog support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with EMBM support

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===== Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping (EMBM) effect summary =====

DirectX implements bump mapping using a technique best described as "environment-map bump mapping". This method can only be used on systems with hardware that specifically supports it. In DirectX 6, bump mapping is implemented using two textures (not including the object’s base texture). The first is a bump map which contains slope information (you can think of it as a height differential map), rather than height information, as is the case with the embossing method. (The bump map is generated by comparing adjacent texels in the height map). Hardware that supports DirectX 6 bump mapping uses these values to perturb the texel coordinates used in the lookup into a second texture (as opposed to using the data to alter the polygon’s normals). The second texture is an environment map, which is rendered onto the original polygon using these perturbed UV coordinates.<ref>Pallister, K. (June 4, 1999), Intel's Developer Relations Group, "Ups and Downs" of Bump Mapping with DirectX 6 [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/-ups-and-downs-of-bump-mapping-with-directx-6 (link)]</ref> Matrox Millennium G400 was the first commercially available 3D accelerator to support Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping.<ref>Anandtech Matrox Millennium G400 & G400MAX review [https://www.anandtech.com/show/298/5 (link)]</ref><ref>Matrox Millennium G400 Series short info [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (PDF)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support EMBM =====
*[[Matrox]] G4xx, G5xx and Parhelia cards<ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[ATI]] Radeon and newer
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 3 and newer (except GeForce 4 MX cards)
*[[PowerVR]] Kyro and Kyro 2<ref>Kyro EMBM support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>

===== Games which use EMBM =====

*Ace of Angels
*Aquarius
*Battlezone II: Combat Commander
*Battle Isle: The Andosia war
*BITM
*Carmageddon: TDR 2000
*Colin McRae Rally 2
*Descent 3
*Descent 3: Mercenary
*Destroyer Command
*Drakan
*Dungeon Keeper 2
*Echelon
*Echelon: Wind Warriors
*Expendable
*F1 World Grand Prix
*Far Gate
*Fur Fighters
*Hard Truck II
*Hired Team Gold
*Hired Team: Trial
*Incoming Forces
*Parkan: Iron Strategy
*Ka-52 Team Alligator
*Kyodai
*Off Road: Redneck Racing
*Offshore2000: Pro Surf Tour
*Planet Heat
*PowerRender engine V 3.0
*Private Wars
*Rollcage Stage II
*Silent Hunter II
*Silent Space
*Silex engine
*Slave Zero
*Speed Busters
*Spirit of Speed 1937
*Sub Command
*Jugular Street Luge Racing
*Totaled
*Warm Up
*Wild Metal Country

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which EMBM use has been specified by either Matrox<ref>Matrox G400/G450 enhanced games [https://web.archive.org/web/20031006172724/http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/enhanced.cfm (archived link)]</ref> or the game developers.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | EMBM support comparison (Drakan: Order of the Flame)
|-
| [[File:EMBM_Matrox_G400.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper EMBM support on a Matrox Millennium G400]] || [[File:EMBM_Nvidia_MX440.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing EMBM support on an Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=40754 Games that use EMBM] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_Table_Fog_support List of games with table fog support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with EMBM support

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===== Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping (EMBM) effect summary =====

DirectX implements bump mapping using a technique best described as "environment-map bump mapping". This method can only be used on systems with hardware that specifically supports it. In DirectX 6, bump mapping is implemented using two textures (not including the object’s base texture). The first is a bump map which contains slope information (you can think of it as a height differential map), rather than height information, as is the case with the embossing method. (The bump map is generated by comparing adjacent texels in the height map). Hardware that supports DirectX 6 bump mapping uses these values to perturb the texel coordinates used in the lookup into a second texture (as opposed to using the data to alter the polygon’s normals). The second texture is an environment map, which is rendered onto the original polygon using these perturbed UV coordinates.<ref>Pallister, K. (June 4, 1999), Intel's Developer Relations Group, "Ups and Downs" of Bump Mapping with DirectX 6 [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/-ups-and-downs-of-bump-mapping-with-directx-6 (link)]</ref> Matrox Millennium G400 was the first commercially available 3D accelerator to support Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping.<ref>Anandtech Matrox Millennium G400 & G400MAX review [https://www.anandtech.com/show/298/5 (link)]</ref><ref>Matrox Millennium G400 Series short info [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (PDF)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support EMBM =====
*[[Matrox]] G4xx, G5xx and Parhelia cards<ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[ATI]] Radeon and newer
*[[NVIDIA]] GeForce 3 and newer (except GeForce 4 MX cards)
*[[PowerVR]] Kyro and Kyro 2<ref>Kyro EMBM support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>

===== Games which use EMBM =====

*Ace of Angels
*Aquarius
*Battlezone II: Combat Commander
*Battle Isle: The Andosia war
*BITM
*Carmageddon: TDR 2000
*Colin McRae Rally 2
*Descent 3
*Descent 3: Mercenary
*Destroyer Command
*Drakan
*Dungeon Keeper 2
*Echelon
*Echelon: Wind Warriors
*Expendable
*F1 World Grand Prix
*Far Gate
*Fur Fighters
*Hard Truck II
*Hired Team Gold
*Hired Team: Trial
*Incoming Forces
*Parkan: Iron Strategy
*Ka-52 Team Alligator
*Kyodai
*Off Road: Redneck Racing
*Offshore2000: Pro Surf Tour
*Planet Heat
*PowerRender engine V 3.0
*Private Wars
*Rollcage Stage II
*Silent Hunter II
*Silent Space
*Silex engine
*Slave Zero
*Speed Busters
*Spirit of Speed 1937
*Sub Command
*Jugular Street Luge Racing
*Totaled
*Warm Up
*Wild Metal Country

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which EMBM use has been specified by either Matrox<ref>Matrox G400/G450 enhanced games [https://web.archive.org/web/20031006172724/http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/enhanced.cfm (archived link)]</ref> or the game developers.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | EMBM support comparison (Drakan: Order of the Flame)
|-
| [[File:EMBM_Matrox_G400.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper EMBM support on a Matrox Millennium G400]] || [[File:EMBM_Nvidia_MX440.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing EMBM support on an Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=40754 Games that use EMBM] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_Table_Fog_support List of games with fable fog support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

List of games with Table Fog support

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===== Table fog effect summary =====

Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer.

Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values. The RIVA 128, RIVA128ZX and the RIVA TNT all emulate table fog using vertex based fog. The GeForce 256 supports table fog in hardware.<ref>Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, [https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/gamedev/docs/Fog2.pdf (PDF)]</ref><ref>White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/pixel-fog (link)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which support table fog =====
*[[3dfx]] cards<ref>3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[NVIDIA]] cards<ref>NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] G4xx and G5xx cards<ref>Matrox G400 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018604#p1018604 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Matrox
MGA-G400 Specification [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/213-matrox-mga-g400-millennium-g400-sh-max (datasheet)]</ref><ref>Matrox G550 Chip Specifications [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/217-matrox-millennium-g550 (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[PowerVR]] cards<ref>Kyro table fog support [http://old.vgamuseum.info/home/959-st-kyro-ii.html (datasheet)]</ref>
*[[S3]] Savage4 cards<ref>S3 Savage4 table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1046069#p1046069 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference [http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/375-s3-savage4-pro (datasheet)]</ref>

===== Graphics cards which don't support table tog =====
*[[ATI]] Radeon cards<ref>ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[S3]] UniChrome Pro IGP<ref>S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1091619#p1091619 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[3Dlabs]] Permedia 2<ref>Permedia 2 missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1083014#p1083014 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[[Matrox]] Millennium II <ref>Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1093904#p1093904 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1057161#p1057161 registry tweaks]. Since Windows XP, full table fog support becomes available when Catalyst drivers version [http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1931&menustate=0 7.11] or newer are used [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshots)].

===== Games which use table fog =====

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord] (2000)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission:_Beyond_Overlord Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition] (2003)<ref>Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition - Crossroads in the Fog scenario [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_II:_Barbarossa_to_Berlin Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin] (2002)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Mission_3:_Afrika_Korps Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps] (2003)<ref>Affects the retail release of the game. [https://community.battlefront.com/topic/127273-fog-in-cmbbcmakcmbo-on-newer-computers-scenarios/ (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Unlimited_II Flight Unlimited II] (1997)<ref>Flight Unlimited II [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Gear_II Heavy Gear II] (1999)<ref>Heavy Gear II - Historical Missions: Baja City [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085070#p1085070 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter Myth II: Soulblighter] (1998)<ref>Myth II: Soulblighter - Mission #2 [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111673#p1111673 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed:_High_Stakes Need for Speed: High Stakes] (1999)<ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes Demo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084860#p1084860 (screenshot)]</ref><ref>Need for Speed: High Stakes gameplay footage [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1084865#p1084865 (link)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_(video_game) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace] (1999)<ref>Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Mission 1: Trade Federation Battleship [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1085150#p1085150 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Shadows_of_the_Empire_(video_game) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire] (1997)<ref>Shadows of the Empire Mission 2: Escape from Echo base [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=995969#p995969 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_II Thief II: The Metal Age] (2000)<ref>Thief II Mission 11: Precious Cargo [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1049732#p1049732 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six:_Rogue_Spear Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear] (1999)<ref>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Mission 14: Majestic Gold [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111755#p1111755 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/xarlor Xarlor - Infinite Expanse] (2000)<ref>Xarlor - Infinite Expanse [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1111684#p1111684 (screenshot)]</ref>

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+ align="top" style="caption-side: top; text-align: left;" | Table fog support comparison (Thief II: The Metal Age)
|-
| [[File:Table_Fog_3DFX.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Proper table fog support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000]] || [[File:Table_Fog_ATI.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Missing table fog support on an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro]]
|}

==Related links==
*[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58930 Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures] - forum discussion with screenshots
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_8-bit_paletted_texture_support List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]
*[https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EMBM_support List of games with EMBM support]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Hardware]]
[[Category:Graphics Cards]]

General Windows articles

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*[[Windows versions]]
*[[List of games with 8-bit paletted texture support]]
*[[List of games with Table Fog support]]
*[[List of games with EMBM support]]
*[[TruForm]]