Re: which specs would you recommend for a gaming rig that can cover the whole DOS area

Posted on 2023-09-26, 06:33

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Thanks for you recommendation. I have not considered getting a Via C3 Cpu or the but I will look into these options asap. I don't mention that option much due to the difficulties achieving this. It requires the following: A motherboard with a BIOS that fully accepts VIA C3 CPUs. Socket3's option is …

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Re: which specs would you recommend for a gaming rig that can cover the whole DOS area

Posted on 2023-09-25, 06:44

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My choice would be a fast VIA C3 like the 1200A Nemiah paired with a VIA VT82C694X or 694T chipset board with one ISA slot and official Nemiah support. Thanks for you recommendation. I have not considered getting a Via C3 Cpu or the My choice would be a fast VIA C3 like the 1200A Nemiah paired with …

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Re: which specs would you recommend for a gaming rig that can cover the whole DOS area

Posted on 2023-09-20, 07:25

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In the meantime my The Gigabyte 586HX arrived and I am going to resume building the dos rig and I will finalise the parts I am going to use. CPU wise I will either get a pentium 166 mmx or the Pentium 233mx like recommended. At the moment I am more inclined towards the 166mhz mhx due to the easier …

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Re: which specs would you recommend for a gaming rig that can cover the whole DOS area

Posted on 2023-09-18, 07:11

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In the meantime my The Gigabyte 586HX arrived and I am going to resume building the dos rig and I will finalise the parts I am going to use. CPU wise I will either get a pentium 166 mmx or the Pentium 233mx like recommended. At the moment I am more inclined towards the 166mhz mhx due to the easier …

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Re: What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-29, 12:19

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A cheap i440LX based mainboard (asus P2L97 and the like) might be another option. The 400 would run at 266, which brings it into just above the speed of the fastest Pentium P55C. I don't know how expensive the slot 1 mainboards go in OT's area, but the LX is cheap and versatile, and supports up to …

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Re: What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-29, 06:22

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Slot 1 system makes for a great late dos/Win9x System. The CPU doesn't make much difference for dos side of things but will increase how many 9x games are playable. Anything but the slowest Slot 1 CPU is already crazy fast for dos and as already mentioned P2's are tricker to slow down then say a …

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Re: What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-28, 21:56

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You dont need another computer for windows games when you already have P3 1GHz. Setup dual booking if you really want to suffer win95, or just play all the games in win98SE (guessing thats your system of choice) . Even dos games will be fine on P3. Dos games stopped being cpu speed dependent around …

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What can I do with a Pentium 2 400 mhz?

Posted on 2023-08-28, 06:14

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Hi vogons I need your wisdom again. I got the p3 1 GHZ cpu yesterday for upgrading my socket 370 p3 800 mhz system. A bonus I was also gifted with a Pentium 2 400mhz cpu in working order. That was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one lol. My curent system is used for win 98se gaming for the years …

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Re: Which system to pick for maxing out a Voodoo 3

Posted on 2023-08-24, 06:17

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I think there are a lot of people, myself included, who had a very negative opinion of Via chipsets back in the day... Thanks a lot for sharing your impressions. I have just read about the potential issues when researching for my own rig. I have never experiencend the problems for myself... I just …

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Re: Which system to pick for maxing out a Voodoo 3

Posted on 2023-08-21, 05:51

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Thanks for the info. To be honest I was not aware of the potential problems a socket 370 motherboard with a Via Chipset can have compared to the intel815 motherborads. I will start reseaching about that topic asap. You are welcome. And yes you should research about that matter I am not sure though …

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Re: Which system to pick for maxing out a Voodoo 3

Posted on 2023-08-20, 20:19

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Happy Pentium 3 800mhz EB user here and I can say nothing bad bat that cpu. It works well for my purposes. You should take my impressions with a grain of salt. It is my first retro rig so I have no means to compare it with other Intel P3 or AMD systems. In general, I would say that the socket 370 …

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Re: Which system to pick for maxing out a Voodoo 3

Posted on 2023-08-19, 08:13

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Happy Pentium 3 800mhz EB user here and I can say nothing bad bat that cpu. It works well for my purposes. You should take my impressions with a grain of salt. It is my first retro rig so I have no means to compare it with other Intel P3 or AMD systems. In general, I would say that the socket 370 …

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Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming

Posted on 2023-08-08, 10:50

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Sorry for hijacking the thread but potential problems about aural vortex 2 and i815 with win 98 se caught my attention. Somewhere I found an interview with the Aureal developers of the year around 2000. They wrote that they would try to fix the problem in the drivers, but something was missing in …

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Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming

Posted on 2023-08-08, 06:22

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Sorry for hijacking the thread but potential problems about aural vortex 2 and i815 with win 98 se caught my attention. As of now I am still using only the onboard audio on my motherboard but my system is soon going to be upgraded to it's final form. it will get p3 coppermine 1 ghz (the cpu is …

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Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming

Posted on 2023-08-07, 10:41

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That's a interesting question. My first rig is a socket 370 with a intel 815 chipset and a pentium 3 800mhz coppermine. I never had th chance to compare it with other chipsets but I am happy with it. It runs good and not much work was needed to make it working like a champ. I would recommend using a …

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Re: To upgrade cpu or not to upgrade this is the question (pentium3)

Posted on 2023-08-03, 06:24

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Does anyone here has some experience with cards from medion? Good or bad impressions? From what I remember, most Medion hardware was manufactured by MSI, and then used in OEM PCs which were sold by several German retailers. It shouldn't be too bad, but some of their cards tend to be on the cheaper …

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Re: To upgrade cpu or not to upgrade this is the question (pentium3)

Posted on 2023-08-02, 06:13

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Sorry for bringing back the old topic. Like I said I am going with the gf 4200 and will pull the trigger in the next couple of days. Was just reseaching about the gf 4 cards on ebay and the price difference between gf 4 cards is rather high. The cheapest one would be some gf4 cards made by medion …

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Re: To upgrade cpu or not to upgrade this is the question (pentium3)

Posted on 2023-08-01, 06:53

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PARKE wrote on 2023-07-31, 14:34: Here an interesting review dealing with the ti4xxx family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOE20R524wA Thanks a lot for the video. That was really interesting. The GF 4200 seems to be a amazing card for sure. I think I will go with the gf 4200 due to good a …

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Re: To upgrade cpu or not to upgrade this is the question (pentium3)

Posted on 2023-07-30, 21:08

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Ah, the SE is the 8x Ti4200. It had me confused every time someone mentioned a Ti4800 being an 8x Ti4600, since I only remembered the 4200 version, ie the SE ... :) Thanks for letting me know as well. The different desiginations of the gf 4 series can be indeed rather confusing. According to a …

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Re: To upgrade cpu or not to upgrade this is the question (pentium3)

Posted on 2023-07-30, 20:03

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The best would be Ti4800 - it's AGP8X based Ti4600, but not Ti4800SE which AGP8X based Ti4200. There are also Quadro cards based on Ti chipsets, but prices vary. Ah, the SE is the 8x Ti4200. It had me confused every time someone mentioned a Ti4800 being an 8x Ti4600, since I only remembered the …

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