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Need DOS games to test hardware to see if it is too fast

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First post, by GiSWiG

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I'm building a system and I want to use multiplier, cache and throttle tricks to get it to play DOS games at the right speed where too fast causes them to bug out. I don't know of such a list so if you know where I can find one that would be great but I'm basically looking for games that run fine on a 8086, but a 286 is too fast, games where a 386 is too fast and games that are...you get the idea. I want to try each generation; 8086/8088, 286, 386, 486, Pentium and Pentium II. I don't think there is anything higher than that...?

P.S. Are there any Windows games where a CPU might be too fast?

Thanks!

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Reply 2 of 4, by DosFreak

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If you could try the MINGW 630 build of DOSBox on that hardware and provide feedback if it's usefull for old games with speed issues I'd appreciate it.
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The MinGW build should work on a 486. (Tested with pcem), if you use dynamic core then you'll need 128mb of ram.

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Reply 3 of 4, by GiSWiG

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DosFreak wrote:

If you could try the MINGW 630 build of DOSBox on that hardware and provide feedback if it's usefull for old games with speed issues I'd appreciate it.
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The MinGW build should work on a 486. (Tested with pcem), if you use dynamic core then you'll need 128mb of ram.

This is a P2 machine with DOS/Win98 so I wouldn't be using DOSBox.

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Reply 4 of 4, by GiSWiG

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jheronimus wrote:

Here's a good list

AH, There it is. I thought I saw that before but it was a while ago. Thanks!

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