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First post, by Intel486dx33

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I just slapped this computer together. I do have some 1990’s Beige computer cases in my Garage but I am too LAZY to pull them out.
So this will have to do for now.

Specs:
CPU - Intel Pentium lll 933mhz.
Mother Board - Asus CUSL2
RAM - 256mb SDRAM 133
Graphic - Voodoo-3 2000 , agp ( 16mb )
Sound card - Creative Sound blaster Live 5.1
Operating Systems - Win-98 and Win-2000

Last edited by Intel486dx33 on 2024-02-25, 05:19. Edited 5 times in total.

Reply 1 of 12, by BitFlip

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Nice system that!

I have something similar but with the 866MHz PIII and a SB Vibra 128 sound card

Reply 2 of 12, by Intel486dx33

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Yeah, I was thinking about switching the Sound card for a AWE64 or Sound Blaster Vibra 16c

Which sound card do you think provides the best compatibility with Win98 Games ?

Reply 3 of 12, by Intel486dx33

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What’s a Good game to test my Pentium lll with Voodoo-3 Setup ?……

Reply 4 of 12, by PD2JK

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Quake III
Half-Life
Unreal
C&C Renegade
NFS:PU

i386 16 ⇒ i486 DX4 100 ⇒ Pentium MMX 200 ⇒ Athlon Orion 700 | TB 1000 ⇒ AthlonXP 1700+ ⇒ Opteron 165 ⇒ Dual Opteron 856

Reply 5 of 12, by chinny22

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For something that's slapped together it's pretty decent spec.
The SB16 or AWE are more for dos, the Live is far far better in windows.

Quake 3 and Unreal are the goto benchmarks for this era but this rig is perfect for just about any Win9x era game

Reply 6 of 12, by bZbZbZ

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Nice system! I like that the black case's color scheme still works well with beige drives.

Back in the day, when beige was becoming un-cool, I built a computer with an Antec case in "performance grey". That was great... except nobody makes optical or floppy drives in performance grey. I realized this was a mistake after I put the computer together. What a silly awkward era of computing that was...

Reply 7 of 12, by shamino

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bZbZbZ wrote on 2024-02-29, 20:29:

Back in the day, when beige was becoming un-cool, I built a computer with an Antec case in "performance grey". That was great... except nobody makes optical or floppy drives in performance grey. I realized this was a mistake after I put the computer together. What a silly awkward era of computing that was...

I don't know if it's the same color as that Antec, but some drives (and even keyboards) that were intended for HP and Sony systems came in gray.

Reply 8 of 12, by Intel486dx33

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My Newly replaced hard drive just died so I will have to get a new one.

Reply 9 of 12, by Bruno128

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PD2JK wrote on 2024-02-27, 18:42:

Quake III
C&C Renegade
NFS:PU

Those on V3-2000 with a Coppermine will be miserable especially Renegade which needs GF3 for smooth gameplay.

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Reply 10 of 12, by Intel486dx33

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I have a NEW hard drive upgrade.

Reply 11 of 12, by Law212

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-02-23, 00:45:
I just slapped this computer together. I do have some 1990’s Beige computer cases in my Garage but I am too LAZY to pull them ou […]
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I just slapped this computer together. I do have some 1990’s Beige computer cases in my Garage but I am too LAZY to pull them out.
So this will have to do for now.

Specs:
CPU - Intel Pentium lll 933mhz.
Mother Board - Asus CUSL2
RAM - 256mb SDRAM 133
Graphic - Voodoo-3 2000 , agp ( 16mb )
Sound card - Creative Sound blaster Live 5.1
Operating Systems - Win-98 and Win-2000

Very Nice. Pretty much the same specs as my P3. Your case is super nice though.

Reply 12 of 12, by Intel486dx33

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i am back up and running better than before.
I like looking at all the old Porsche photos and memorabilia