Totempole wrote:

Have you considered a Slot1 Pentium 2 machine? Maybe 266MHz? I'm sure you can pick one up for next to nothing. I found that a P2 400MHz, with a 440BX chipset was the perfect all-rounder for me, but that's because I'm a fan of games created between 1990 and 1999.
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In 1990 my 286 25Mhz was sufficient. In 1994 a 486 DX2-80 ran anything except maybe the alpha of SU-27 Flanker. By 1996 a Pentium 166 was probably chunking 99% of games along nicely. By 1999 (and the likes of Quake III Arena - probably the most demanding game of the year hardware wise) you really needed something along the lines of a P3-550 Coppermine with a TNT.

My point is - to have just 1 PC to cover ALL the games from 1990 to 1999 is pretty much impossible. You're talking from Kens Labyrinth through to Quake III. From 286 to Athlon 1Ghz! 😁

From CGA to Direct X 8!