First post, by dave343
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I have a system built but with a few modifications I want to make, but I'm not sure which would be the best route. Faster or Slower. My goal with the system is all the Sierra games from early 90's to mid 90's, Kings Quest etc... Gab Knight... all of them, but as well including all the FMV games of that era; Phantasmagoria, Black Dahlia, and then some early shooters being Doom/Duke Nukem.
Here's the dilemma... If I boost the system so I can play games like Swat 3, Half Life 1... will it start being too fast for the earlier games. I have no intentions of using the system for the very early cpu-sensitive games of the late 80's, but still I'd like to keep the system compatible within the era.
So right now I have an AT system built with a Asus TX97-E, 233MMX, 128mb EDO, 4GB HDD (IDE), ATI Rage Pro AIW, and some cheap cheap sound card. Here are the changes I want to make.
Option 1) Upgrade CPU to a AMD K6-2 300, and a PCI Nvidia TNT 16mb, SB16 CT2940 ISA. (To cover everything from 1990-1999) *I would not want faster in case you suggest a Pentium 3 or Athlon.
Option 2) Keep the system within the early to mid 90's and Change the CPU to a early AMD K5, add a S3 Trio64 DX 2MB, and the SB16 CT2940. (Make the ultimate 90's rig)
I'm definitely set on the SB16 CT2940, and either way I want to drop in an AMD CPU, and I hate the AIW. My concern is that if I upgrade to the K6-2 300 and the TNT it'll be a little too fast for the early 90's games. I remember playing Black Dahlia on a Penitum 2-/3 with a Geforce card and it played too fast, like moving the mouse jump quite fast.
Thanks in advance for any input.