chinny22 wrote on 2023-04-11, 10:38:My OCD really likes the 2 Diamond branded cards, even though I know it actually makes makes no difference.
What you use NT4 for? […]
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My OCD really likes the 2 Diamond branded cards, even though I know it actually makes makes no difference.
What you use NT4 for? I have a soft spot for the OS but struggle to find a use for it.
aitotat wrote on 2023-04-08, 09:14:
Why that much RAM? That chipset cannot cache above 64MB.
Yeh you get a slight performance hit in dos/9x, but really it's not like it makes a world of difference.
NT4 on the other hand will benefit greatly from any extra RAM.
Honestly, I only have that OS because of nostalgic reasons ( I have a soft spot for it too)
and just as you said, I find no use for it, but only loaded it because I wanted to re-live my childhood.
The RAM performance hit is seriously barely noticeable specially if you run synthetic benchmarks with real hardware vs. emulated (pcem)
which is a nice alternative, but I personally really like the experience of running an OS in bare metal vs. an emulated environment.
Also, I don't have a youtube channel like the big players do (necroware, phill's lab, adrian's basement,...)to showcase things, so I only build systems for my own entertainment 😀
(i build systems in both ends of the spectrum)