- Dec 17, 2013
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Ok, so i've bought an old Dell Optiplex GX260 (2.4ghz Pentium 4, 512mb RAM, 160gb HD, CD/DVD) to convert into a Windows 98 gaming machine (Windows 98 SE installed).
I've coupled the system with an ATI Radeon 9600XT AGP card, 256mb. Direct X 6 and Direct X 9.0c installed.
Everything runs 60fps smoothly, mostly. However an odd issue is plaguing my setup. When playing Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer, every 1 second it seems, there is an ever so slight jump in the graphics, like a jerk. And also, a few texture issues at the beginning of each race, especially when the camera pans. The jerk happens both over VGA and DVI (using a DVI to HDMI cable).
The game still runs at a perfect 60fps, but every 1 second, that jerk happens.
Latest Omega drivers installed for the Radeon, mobo bios updated to the latest, A09. I have also tried the ATI drivers hosted on the AMD site, and the jerk still occurs. I have also tried the machine on 2 different displays. Same results.
Any ideas what might be causing this? Will installing a Nvidia GPU solve this issue? Any info you guys can give would be most welcome. Thanks in advance!
Matt
I've coupled the system with an ATI Radeon 9600XT AGP card, 256mb. Direct X 6 and Direct X 9.0c installed.
Everything runs 60fps smoothly, mostly. However an odd issue is plaguing my setup. When playing Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer, every 1 second it seems, there is an ever so slight jump in the graphics, like a jerk. And also, a few texture issues at the beginning of each race, especially when the camera pans. The jerk happens both over VGA and DVI (using a DVI to HDMI cable).
The game still runs at a perfect 60fps, but every 1 second, that jerk happens.
Latest Omega drivers installed for the Radeon, mobo bios updated to the latest, A09. I have also tried the ATI drivers hosted on the AMD site, and the jerk still occurs. I have also tried the machine on 2 different displays. Same results.
Any ideas what might be causing this? Will installing a Nvidia GPU solve this issue? Any info you guys can give would be most welcome. Thanks in advance!
Matt
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