I think that singling out PoP is a bit unfair, given that it started on the Apple II, so the PC port had to be reasonably faithful to it. So perhaps one criterion should be that both the original and its sequel(s) were produced for the same platform? That's an interesting point, considering that …

Heroes of Might & Magic 2 and then 3. This is a great example. I was almost sure it was going to be brought up, and almost mentioned it myself. I think HoMM3 is the real jump. HoMM2 is amazing, adding quite a few elements (two new castle types, creature upgrades, secondary skills, more interesting …

*apologies if such a topic already exists* I guess sequels to popular games usually fall into one of a few categories: * Same formula, adjust for better technology (e.g., Duke Nukem II which kept the Duke Nukem gameplay only with better graphics, sound, music, or the second Keen trilogy compared to …

Well, that depends on your needs. 😀 I can barely find any justification for one floppy drive on a P4 system that supports USB2.0 and Gigabit LAN. Much less two. 😉

2fort5r wrote: The IC7-G is a nice board but beware that the integrated gigabit Ethernet is buggy. Interesting. I wonder if it is a problem with the LAN itself, or just with the Abit implementation. I'll have to try with my P4C800-E one of these days...

Nothing I've ever noticed - maybe I'm doing it wrong though. I wouldn't say you're doing it wrong, but perhaps you are not subjecting it to high loads. Also, it is more obvious when you are comparing to other systems. I may not have considered my C2Ds slow if I didn't have a C2Q and a couple more …

My C2D 6550 has no problems with modern web browsers, office apps, Windows 7, etc. I would not call that obsolete. The C2Ds (I have a couple of them myself) handle these tasks you mentioned just fine, individually. But in multi-tasking they begin to suffer noticeably compared to the C2Q and modern …

The architecture of modern CPUs is far more efficient, but a high-clocked (3GHz+) Quad Core 771/775 system can still show reasonable performance. The Dual Cores, however, are obsolete.

Depends on how the game detects "the right CD". If it is simply looking for a correct datafile - then you can usually just dump all the files from all the disks onto one directory, then create an ISO out of that. However, if it was implemented in a stupid way (for example - checks a particular info …

My retro-gaming CPU (AMD K6-2 @500MHz, 256MB RAM, Voodoo 3000) does in fact still use a CRT (17"). Simply because that's what was bought for it originally, and as long as it works, why would I change? The system is getting very little use in recent years, so the monitor is still in good shape. The …

Matter of fact, I'm not even sure if any 478-based P4 supports SpeedStep. The mobile chips do. I dunno, the 800mhz P4's do smoke the XP series Yes, they do. However shortly after the Pentium4 HTs, AMD released the Socket 939-based 64bit CPUs, and those were on average better performing than the …

obobskivich wrote: Prescott supports SpeedStep and will clock itself down (like any modern CPU) when it isn't under heavy load, or to improve cooling if it's overheating. I think only the LGA775 Prescotts do.

There was a time when I would kill for a 3.4C. :) My experience with s478 Prescotts was short-lived. I too was misled by the 1MB vs 512KB cache thing (which in practice had no advantage on average) and got a 2.8E. It ran so hot and the fan was so loud, that I replaced it with a 3.0C before 2 weeks …

Other that that, Skyroads also required a slower computer otherwise the game is too fast. I firmly believe this to be untrue. I have played a lot of Skyroads (one of my favorite games), and haven't seen a single case of it running too fast. Have seen plenty evidence to the contrary. Just recently I …

Some monitors have a built-in setting called "aspect" to stretch any resolution to the maximum allowed size, while maintaining the correct aspect. And being built into the monitor, it does not depend on video drivers, and works for every application, every OS, and even BIOS and DOS. My DELL U2410 …

I have been using OpenCP 2.6.0, but I also have the old Cubic 1.666. I found no problems with the new one playing MOD files (including those attached by leileilol). Is there something particular to pay attention to?