Awesome, guys. This is pretty much what I was looking for. It also doesn't surprise me in the slightest that some of you have plans on the horizon - potential upcoming swaps.
appiah4 wrote:I previously swapped a 1MB Trio64V+ for a 4MB Mystique 220 + 12MB Voodoo 2 SLI in my MMX 233 PC.
I will soon swap out a 4MB Virge/GX2 for either a 32MB G450 DVI PCI, or a 32MB Radeon 7000 DVI PCI (not decided yet).
Big jump. Are you moving to a DVI output for capture reasons, appiah4? (I may have read that in another thread)
voodoo5_6k wrote:a system dedicated to running all of my favorite Lucasfilm/LucasArts adventure games on a single machine.
And that is an awesome reason! Is Day of the Tentacle on your list? It seems like that one definitely had some speed sensitivity issues - a 486 speed patch, some potential audio issues, and even freezes if things aren't "just right." I am going off of memory though.
Errius wrote:However with DOS, compatibility is a bigger issue than speed. Certain games just wont work properly with certain cards and there's nothing you can do about this except to use another card.
Sometimes the very thing that causes us to cross that line that stops us just short of "I'll just build yet another retro machine!"
meljor wrote:I have around 25 different pci graphics cards...
Admittedly - It is rather hard for me to hold back from just picking up more PCI graphics cards when I find them for cheap. Sometimes I get more interest from the research and experimenting than I do simply plugging in a card to play the games I want to play at the time. I imagine the nostalgia + the cheap nature of the little beasts now is a welcome door of endless possibilities vs reading a PC magazine in 1995/1996 and making a choice with a tiny wallet.
clueless1 wrote:Here's something that might be interesting to read:
PCI Graphics Roundup - DOS
Annnnd...holy snapple, I actually have an ARK2000PV sitting here. I *thought* I picked up one earlier this year. That...complicates things a bit for my next swap! Or maybe it doesn't. Maybe that is now what will be next. Pretty sure I saw it in the wild and picked it up thanks to your thread, clueless1.