I'm going to be doing a Pentium 3 933MHz build (because I can't run MOHAA on Windows 10). What would be the best GPU to pair with that Pentium 3 and what OS would be the most suitable?
MOHAA is from 2002 so you are probably going to want to run it in XP... not sure if a P3 is going to be your best bet, maybe a cheap P4 setup and a GeForce 4? would be appropriate for 2002
2001 is the limit for even a fast PIII (1000+ Tualatin) according to my own experience. Of course it will be playable but not very entertaining.
Considering that an important side advantage of retro gaming (to me, at least) is having the ability to max out any game that you originally played in the past with subpar machines, hence with lower resolutions and such, it is not much meaningful to put together a P3 class machine to play 2002 and later games.
If you insist, I would suggest a GF4 class display card (MX is also ok).
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wrote:If you insist, I would suggest a GF4 class display card (MX is also ok).
MX for 2002 game? I wouldn't go for that... GF4 on other hand, no objections against that.
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2002 games on a P3, not a great idea, ideally you want a Northwood or an Athlon XP for that. I would think anything beyond a Radeon 8500 / GeForce 4 Ti 4600 will be severely CPU bottlenecked. If you really want to embark on this adventure get one of these cards.
wrote:wrote:If you insist, I would suggest a GF4 class display card (MX is also ok).
MX for 2002 game? I wouldn't go for that... GF4 on other hand, no objections against that.
As long as the CPU is a PIII (especially a slower one), I don't believe there would be a meaningful difference. The point here is not to use PIII class CPUs for 2002 games 🤣
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Geforce4 Ti 4200 64MB
Diamond Monster 3D 12MB SLI
SB AWE64 PNP+32MB
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Adaptec AHA29160
3com 3C905B-TX
Gotek+CF Reader
MSDOS 6.22+Win 3.11/95 OSR2.1/98SE/ME/2000
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wrote:MOHAA is from 2002 so you are probably going to want to run it in XP... not sure if a P3 is going to be your best bet, maybe a cheap P4 setup and a GeForce 4? would be appropriate for 2002
That's probably a good idea. I already have a P4 so I can probably use that. Thanks.
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wrote:wrote:wrote:If you insist, I would suggest a GF4 class display card (MX is also ok).
MX for 2002 game? I wouldn't go for that... GF4 on other hand, no objections against that.
As long as the CPU is a PIII (especially a slower one), I don't believe there would be a meaningful difference. The point here is not to use PIII class CPUs for 2002 games 🤣
The minimum requirement for the game is a 500MHz P3. I was going to get a 933MHz P3. I probably should use a P4 though.
Thanks for the help guys. I'm gonna take your suggestions and use a Pentium 4. I'll probably pair a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 with it. What speed of Pentium 4 would you guys recommend? (I currently have a 3GHz HT one).
3ghz HT would be plenty, even better if its the 800mhz fsb model
If you havent already bought the GF4 i would forego that and get a radeon 9700/9800 pro instead, much faster more readily available and much much cheaper
getting MOHAA working on windows 10 should be simple, download a crack or buy the GOG version, DRM is what prevents it from working on win10...
as for the graphics card, I haven't played this game since 2002, but I remember it working nicely on a Geforce 2 MX, so I would think a 4 Ti would run it well at 1600x1200.
but if you want to use anti aliasing and AF, maybe you would want something faster.
wrote:MOHAA is from 2002 so you are probably going to want to run it in XP... not sure if a P3 is going to be your best bet, maybe a cheap P4 setup and a GeForce 4? would be appropriate for 2002
MOHAA plays great on my P3-933 GF3 Ti200 WinME system...
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wrote:wrote:MOHAA is from 2002 so you are probably going to want to run it in XP... not sure if a P3 is going to be your best bet, maybe a cheap P4 setup and a GeForce 4? would be appropriate for 2002
MOHAA plays great on my P3-933 GF3 Ti200 WinME system...
I should probably take a look into a GF3 Ti200. Sounds like it'd probably be fine.
