It's the fastest P3 processor. I don't see any cons just pros 😉

That Asus CUSL2-C doesn't support Tualatin core Pentiums. Do you have an adapter?

If I may tag along on this post, my question would be how does it do regarding later DOS games say 1995-97? Too fast w/o dosbox?

kixs wrote:

It's the fastest P3 processor. I don't see any cons just pros 😉

That Asus CUSL2-C doesn't support Tualatin core Pentiums. Do you have an adapter?

Might be a different Asus motherboard but it does have a tualatin 1.2ghz.

Then it could be TUSL2-C. They look pretty much the same.

kixs wrote:

Then it could be TUSL2-C. They look pretty much the same.

What is the best operating system to run on this computer ?
DOS / Win98se / ME / Win2000 ?

buckeye wrote:

If I may tag along on this post, my question would be how does it do regarding later DOS games say 1995-97? Too fast w/o dosbox?

Late DOS games aren't speed sensitive. Some of them can benefit from the Tualatin's speed though, you can further raise the resolution. Quake or Build Engine games like Blood are the best examples. Exceeding 1024x768 isn't out of question.

(I prefer having ISA bus and sound card for DOS, though! It means a different motherboard, most likely with VIA 694T chipset.)

alvaro84 wrote:

Late DOS games aren't speed sensitive.

That''s not necessarily true. Daggerfall has problems (mostly sound related) on anything faster than a Pentium MMX from my experience, and that game is from 1996.

Intel486dx33 wrote:

kixs wrote:

Then it could be TUSL2-C. They look pretty much the same.

What is the best operating system to run on this computer ?
DOS / Win98se / ME / Win2000 ?

On the subject of gaming, I would choose either Windows 98SE or Me depending on whichever one you prefer. I'd choose Windows Me if DOS gaming wasn't a concern, but that's just me. You can dual boot with Windows 2000 if you wanted a stable OS for general productivity software use. I wouldn't bother with Windows XP if you have better rigs for that OS. Pure DOS would be wasteful as that motherboard has no ISA slots and DOS doesn't get along well with PCI sound cards IIRC.

KCompRoom2000 wrote:

Intel486dx33 wrote:

kixs wrote:

Then it could be TUSL2-C. They look pretty much the same.

What is the best operating system to run on this computer ?
DOS / Win98se / ME / Win2000 ?

On the subject of gaming, I would choose either Windows 98SE or Me depending on whichever one you prefer. I'd choose Windows Me if DOS gaming wasn't a concern, but that's just me. You can dual boot with Windows 2000 if you wanted a stable OS for general productivity software use. I wouldn't bother with Windows XP if you have better rigs for that OS. Pure DOS would be wasteful as that motherboard has no ISA slots and DOS doesn't get along well with PCI sound cards IIRC.

Depends on the PCI sound card.

It isn't that DOS doesn't get along with them, it is the fact that they don't support ISA DMA the same was ISA cards do.

Different cards implemented it different ways. The Yamaha based cards can use.
1. PC-PCI / SB-Link for ISA DMA
2. DDMA - depends on chipset support and there are multiple modified setupds config programs for the full range of chipsets that support that. EMM386 not required and no TSR.
3. DSDMA - requires EMM386 but support is excellent in games as long as they can run with EMM386 loaded.

Ozzuneoj wrote:

alvaro84 wrote:

Late DOS games aren't speed sensitive.

That''s not necessarily true. Daggerfall has problems (mostly sound related) on anything faster than a Pentium MMX from my experience, and that game is from 1996.

Mental note taken. One day I may check out this game.

Yes, POD (1997) is the same. Jerky sound on a 1 GHZ PIII. Runs fine on a 200 MHz Pentium MMX.