Currently playing the lands of lore series with a little bit of dark forces, duke3d, warcraft2, krush kill n destroy and dune 2000 and breath of fire3 on the ps1(batocera)

My wife has a vista 32bit so laptop never been a fan of the os other that work or home it’s been awkward for gaming be it installing or playing and compatibility more was practically defunct.

I have a dell inspiron m5010 15r laptop. Processor: AMD Phenom II Triple-Core Mobile N830 2.1GHz (Socket S1g4) Chipset: AMD RS880M (216-0752001) + AMD SB820M (218-0697020) Memory: Supports 2 x DDR3 SODIMM modules up to 8GB (4gb installed) Display: 15.6" 1366x768 LED Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD …

I just re-installed xp on one of my machines and ended up with 30day activation warning. Be aware of connecting to the internet with xp , bots on the internet bypass the security like it doesn’t exist and add it to the zombie corps. There are roms available in a variety of places for os’s and …

Yeah becareful with dells I have the 3100c and 3000 and find something with a floppy drive to install drivers on install

I find there’s a dos era then the pre xp and post xp era because everything after xp has been a bag of shit to work with with Microsoft being more and more demanding. Other than hardcore gamers most people have consoles rather than pc for gaming

Motherboard with integrated 3dfx graphics ( I’d love to see a project like pi or arduino but for retro windows/dos gaming with dedicated new hardware without the need for emulation) Something like a the minipc you see on Amazon you just plug into the tv but with CD-ROM drive so you can just insert …

What died on your pc is it worth replacing the faulty part rather than getting a new machine There’s heaps of loose hardware available more so than whole computers.

An idiot who wanted to do retro gaming and thought a pentium 4 would be good enough but found out the model be bought when he got it that a more modern computer was shit. Never thought I’d have this problem 25 years ago I bought stuff and it worked or fit never had to think if it was compatible.

Yeah I’m aware of that now but I don’t have that option in both computers Currently the computer that’s functioning fully only has pci slots and the one I can’t get up and running yet is the one with the pci-e x1 slot can’t keep throwing money at it and buy multiple cards or other functioning …

Now my challenge is finding the bloody cards eBay can’t seem to tell the difference between pci and pci-e or agp, I’ve found a 5500 for £50 but most available are $200 -$500 from America My best bet would be getting a pci-e card for the dell dimension 3100c but I’m unable to install any operating …

I don’t know if I’m misunderstanding things being said here, I’ve got one pc with 3 pci 32bit33mhz 3.3 v version 2.3 And the other pc 1 pci-e x1 and 2 pci 32bit 33mhz 3.3v version 2.3 My google searches and replies keep confusing me lol Will pci graphic cards fit in the pci 32 bit slot and run at a …

I’ve found 8mb cards that don’t require messing around but I’m sure there’s better options available. Games in my collection are half-life,Diablo 2 , StarCraft, Warcraft1+2,land of lore 2+3, heratec 1+2, dune ,c&c red alert,elder scrolls,etc

Will a pci to x16 conversion card work as well as I will be able to use it in both my computers and which graphics card would be suitable if it’s gonna get throttled anyway It just needs to cope with games from dos to early xp

Got more info these are the white pci slots 33mhz Don’t have any of the longer ones Will have to check up more on pci risers

Heya I recently got myself a dell dimension 3100c DV051 3ghz pentium 4 and I cannot figure out what graphics card can fit in there I have 2 pci slots 32bit version 2.3 and 1 pci-e x1 all my searches don’t explain what I can install or say replace my pc lol I’m intending to install xp and win 98 and …

The sata drive is visible if I boot windows from the ide drive it just doesn’t like a new installation I’ll have to try the first suggestion see where I get to.

Heya new here I have a dell dimension 3100c pentium 4 ht 3ghz 2mb cache It has only 1 sata connector and power connection to 160gb sata drive And 1 ide/pata connector and molex connected to dvd drive No floppy drive Been trying to install win xp 32bit but keep getting stone walled with blue screen …