First post, by VirtuaIceMan
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I used to have an Apocalypse 3Dx, which I ran on a Pentium 2 300MHz, but sold all that a long time ago. I finally bought a Matrox M3D so I can try the handful of PowerVR titles I never got to try in the past.
My issue is that my "old" PC that I want to put it in... isn't THAT old. I'm talking a Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition with 3GB RAM (I think), Gainward 7800GS+ AGP 512MB graphics card, Audigy ZS sound, 500GB hard disk, Abit IC-7G motherboard.
Just wondering what issues I'm about to run into. Also trying to get NTFS hard disk back to FAT32 but will work that out later... I believe the main issues I'll face are:
1. Hard disk shouldn't be over 128GB or so, so that needs limiting?
2. RAM can't exceed 512MB, so either needs some removing (might be hard as paired sticks with minimum of 512MB on 2 of them) or Windows 98 setting/s changing to ignore extended RAM?
3. Need a hacked graphics driver, and without another hack, shutting down/accessing DOS might freeze PC (all the games I want to run are Windows games, but shutting down by pressing off feels bad!).
Is that about it? If I had to swap to an older 2D card, what's a good suggestion (without spending a lot/harming M3D performance)?
Otherwise I'll see where I get to... any other tips?
My PC spec: Win10 64bit, i7-4970K (not overclocked), KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, Creative Soundblaster ZXr, 16GB RAM, Asus Z97-A motherboard, NZXT 410 case, ROG Swift GSYNC monitor