Reply 20 of 32, by retep_110
Mondodimotori wrote on 2025-05-23, 10:00:Hey there! I got myself a 775 board for my XP retrobox not even 6 months ago (a nice lanparty dkp45). […]
Hey there!
I got myself a 775 board for my XP retrobox not even 6 months ago (a nice lanparty dkp45).I was lucky that I found an ebay local seller that was giving away a nice combo in an auction, so I managed to get it for 40€ with shipping. Mobo+CPU+RAM+GPU. I then went on a craze and upgraded basically all component on it. Currently it runs an E8600 (OCd at 4 ghz), 4Gb of thight DDR2 RAM and a Radeon HD6970 (also got for cheap from an auction).
The oldest game I ran on this system, currently, is Crazy Taxi (the 2002 port that ran at 50 fps, thus slower than the arcade). I'm pretty sure earlier XP games like Max Payne should aslo run without issuses on it. In case I need and older GPU, the combo included an HD4850. Another GPU option may be a GTX 560ti. They can be also had for cheap (found one for 15€ at a flea market just two days ago. Unfortunately it was 100% dead and I had to return it)
Of course, if some transition 9x - XP games do experience problems on hardware this recent (late 2000s), I also have a PIII 1000 + Ti 4200 combo as a fallback. Maxing out games like Max Payne on it it's not a big problem, just be aware that Ti 4200 can be quite expensive. If compatibility with earlier 9x games isn't a must, you can go the Radeon way and save some money (like 9600XT).EDIT: No, not the new one. The older one from 2004. I just noticed that this new Radeon generation, with the 9060XT, is gonna cause some confusion for us retro hardware enthusiasts.
Hello. Thanks for sharing your impressions. you have point due the similar naming of the old and new 900 series from Radeon the danger of mixing up stuff can happen. Anyway the old 9600xt sounds interesting and might be good alernative to the ti 4200 on my win 98se system. The 9000 series is supposed to be really good. But I think also thave the repuation of overheating. I am not sure though if this can be just applied the 9700 and 9800 and not so much for the 9600xt... I need to dig deeper to find out reliable information .
Also thanks a lot for making some suggestions for decent core 2 system including some potential gpu picks.
I have done general research on 775 boards on ebay and he pricing is attractive. The pricing of the intel core 2 duo e series is also good. Even the E8600 (I think it was one of the top models) is availabe at a good price.
The lga 775 path seems worthwile to me.