First post, by jasa1063
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I just put together a 486 system with Pentium Overdrive CPU. I have been wanting do this for awhile now. I had one these systems years ago. The specs:
Mustek/Mecer 486 Socket 2 PCI Motherboard with 256K cache
POPD5V83 CPU @83MHz
32MB FPM RAM
S3 Trio64V2/DX 2MB PCI video card
Sound Blaster 16 ISA sound card
3Com 3C509B 10Mbit ISA network card
2GB Compact Flash drive
32X CD IDE CD-ROM
1.44MB floppy
AT desktop case
It was interesting to find out this particular motherboard came out of an arcade system from Lazer-Tron. Does having a 486 Pentium Overdrive make sense as a DOS gaming system? I would have to say no. Running titles like Quake or Duke Nuke 3D are only just playable at 320x200 resolution. A straight up Pentium would be a better choice. From a nostalgic perspective this is just a whole lot of fun to mess around with, which is the whole reason I put it together in the first place. About the only upgrade I have planned is maxing out the RAM with 128MB.