Reply 20 of 35, by ux-3
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wrote:I'm sure I got a spare PII CPU card at 500Mhz, is that good enough to run System Shock 2? What's the fastest PII made just out of interest?
The fastest regular P2 CPU was a Deschutes at 450 MHZ. This CPU is not suitable for your project, since it's multiplier is locked at 4,5 iirc.
wrote:So if I could 'underclock' a PII at say 500Mhz to 133Mhz, then would that do the job of a genuine PI @ 133Mhz just as well?
No, it won't. The P2-333 to my knowledge is the fastest P2 without a locked multiplier. This would be the CPU to choose. OC up to 450 MHz or DC to 133 MHz, mobo permitting.
The reason I don't use DOSbox is because I find it very buggy and the games I tried where either very slow or didn't work at all...
Sorry to be a pain. 🙁
I fully agree with dosbox being to slow on an athlon XP. However, I run Windows 98se myself on an athlon and I run DosBox on a C2D. Neither seems particulary buggy or crash prone. So either your version of Dosbox was older or poorly configured, or your PC has aged by constant use. Have you checked your capacitors?
There is a data bank about how well games work on Dosbox. My experience is, that if they say it works, they are right. One may just have to figure it out. Takes time, just like tinkering does. I prefer Dosbox these days.