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leileilol wrote:

From box spec observations from memory of the usual hyped games, assume the usual VGA/SB compatible for the rest: […]
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From box spec observations from memory of the usual hyped games, assume the usual VGA/SB compatible for the rest:

1994 - 386DX 33MHz, 4mb
1995 - 486DX2 66MHz, 8mb
1996 - 486DX4 100MHz or Pentium 75, 8mb
1997 - Pentium 90MHz with 16MB
1998 - Pentium MMX 166MHz with 32mb

give or take 2x/2.5x the amount depending on the target computer budget

Also make sure you don't consider Falcon Northwest Mach V machines as a gauge for the common machine. 128mb and dual Obsidians in late 1997 was not a popular thing.

For my PCs it has been:
1989 - 286 12Mhz - 1Mb
1992 - 386 33Mhz - 4Mb
1995 - Pentium 90Mhz - 16Mb
1998 - P2 300Mhz - 64Mb
2001 - P3 800Mhz - 256Mb
2004 - Athlon 64 2.2Ghz - 1Gb
2008 - Core 2 Duo 3.13Ghz - 4Gb
2010 - Core 2 Duo 3.13Ghz - Upgraded to 8Gb
2013 - Core I7-4770K - 16Gb