First post, by JosefHrib
Hi. I am new here. I want build my first retro build for playing old titles.
What is currently a good choice for CPU and GPU for retro build in this time?
I will be glad for any advice from experienced users.
I am thinking of two options. Build one computer. Or build two computers. Newer build for WinXP. Older build for DOS/Win95/Win98.
Currently I thinking about these processors and graphics:
CPU
Pentium 3-S Tualatin 1266 512 (price is a quarter of variant 1400 512)
Pentium 4 Prescott
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield
Intel i7-2700K Sandy Bridge
Intel i7-3770K Ivy Bridge
Intel i7-4770K Haswell
GPU
Voodoo 2/3/4/5 (maybe most retro variant but also over the top price) AGP
GeForce 2 Pro/Ti/Ultra AGP
Rage Fury MAXX AGP
Radeon 9800 AGP
GeForce4 Ti 4200-8X/4400/4600/4800SE/4800 AGP
GeForce FX 5800/5900/5950 AGP
Radeon X1900/X1950 AGP/PCIe
GeForce 6800/Ultra AGP/PCIe
GeForce 7900/7950 (last generation without Unified Memory) AGP/PCIe
GeForce 8800/9800/680/690/780/780Ti/980/980Ti/Titan's (era Unified Memory) PCIe
Radeon HD 2900/2950/3800/3850 (era Unified Memory) PCIe
[History of my computers] Desktop Intel i486DX2-66 SX645 A80486DX2-66, S3 Trio64V2/DX 2MB | Desktop Intel Intel Pentium 90 SX968 A80502-90, S3 Trio64V2/DX 2MB | Desktop Intel Pentium 200 MMX SL26J FV80503200, ASUS V3000 Riva 128 PCI 4MB, 3dfx Voodoo 2 PCI 12MB | Desktop Intel Celeron 1.7 Willamette BX80531P170G128, GeForce 4 MX 440-8x 64MB DDR, 256MB DDR | Laptop MSI GX600PX Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, GeForce 8600M GT 512MB, 4GB 2x2GB 667MHz DDR2 | Acer Aspire 5830TG | Acer Aspire 3830TG Intel i5-2410M, GeForce GT 540M 1GB DDR3, 4GB 2x2GB 1066MHz DDR3 | Lenovo ThinkPad E420 | Asus U41SV | Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 Intel i5-3210M, GeForce GT 645M 2GB DDR3, 8GB 2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 | Asus Zenbook UX32VD | Lenovo IdeaPad U430p Intel i5-4200U, GeForce GT 730M 2GB DDR3, 8GB 2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 | HP Pavilion 15 | Lenovo ThinkPad E540 | Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Intel i5-6300U, 128GB, 4GB DDR3 | Acer Aspire E15 Intel i5-7200U, GeForce 940MX 2GB GDDR5, 8GB 2x4GB 2400MHz DDR4 | Acer Aspire 5 Intel i5-8250U, GeForce MX150 2GB GDDR5, 8GB 2x4GB 2400MHz DDR4 | MSI GS63VR Stealth Pro Intel i7-6700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6GB GDDR5, 16GB 2x8GB 2400MHz CL17 DDR4 | Dell G5 15-5587 Intel i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6GB GDDR5, 16GB 2x8GB 2400MHz CL17 DDR4| Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH Intel i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6GB GDDR5, 16GB 2x8GB 2666MHz CL19 DDR4 | Lenovo Legion 5-15ARH05H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H, GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 6GB GDDR6, 32GB 2x16GB 3200MHz CL22 DDR4 | Lenovo Legion 5 Pro 16ACH6H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GB GDDR5 140W, 64GB 2x32GB 3200MHz CL22 DDR4 | Desktop AMD Threadripper PRO 5965WX, ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE, XFX Speedster MERC 319 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB GDDR6, 512GB 8x64GB 3200MHz CL34 2Rx4 PC4-25600R DDR4 RDIMM ECC Reg M393A8G40AB2-CWE Samsung | Apple MacBook Pro 14 2021 M1Pro 10C16G16N32GB1TB | Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 M2Pro 12C19G16N32GB1TB | Desktop AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Gigabyte X570S AERO G, EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 24GB GDDR6X, 64GB 4x16GB 3600MHz CL16 1Gx8 PC4-28800 DDR5 UDIMM Kingston FURY Renegade RGB | Desktop Intel i9-13900K, ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO, EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 24GB GDDR6X, 64GB 4x16GB 7200MHz CL34 PC5-57600 DDR5 UDIMM A-die F5-7200J3445G16GX2-TZ5RK G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Black | Desktop Intel i9-13900KS, ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX, EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 24GB GDDR6X, 48GB 2x24GB 8000MHz CL40 PC5-64000 DDR5 UDIMM M-die F5-8000J4048F24GX2-TZ5RK G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Black | Desktop Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids QYFS ES2 D0 56C/112T 105MB L3 350W similar to Xeon Platinum 8480+/w9-3495X, ASUS Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE, ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition 24GB GDDR6X, 128GB 8x16GB 6000MHz CL32 1Rx8 PC5-6000 DDR5 RDIMM ECC Reg KF560R32RB-16 Kingston FURY Renegade Pro
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