The Core 2 Duo box could conquer everything from the DirectX 9.0c era on down with a decent video card.

Agreed. I use my C2D box for almost all windows games from 1996-2007. Its my main machine 😉
But if you can but a C2D in that board it would fly.

I just bought a Q9550 so I will be swapping the dual for a quad soon.

smeezekitty wrote:

I just bought a Q9550 so I will be swapping the dual for a quad soon.

I have one on the way as well for my HP DC7800 tower. I'm hoping to throw in a SSD as well - just need prices to fall a bit further on the 256GB drives around Black Friday.

leileilol,

I knew there was some reason I liked the look of software Quake better. Your insight led me to this which does a pretty good job of explaining things.

https://www.quaddicted.com/engines/software_vs_glquake

I am now trying out Quakespasm with gl_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR for the original look. I also turned off status bar transparency and scaled it to be the width of the screen. It handles Overbrights and Fullbrights for the correct lighting. I ripped my CD to ogg format and Quakespasm will play these, so I do not need to risk scratching my precious CD to play with the ambient music. Working well so far.

If i'm going to use an accelerated port for recreated software looks, it would be DirectQ. It's STILL the only port out there that recreates the waterwarp and turbulence effects with a pixel shader faithfully.

Thanks, I will check it out.

edit: a shambler just hurt my feelings

squareguy wrote:

Ok I got winquake from id's ftp site. 1024x768 on a 15" LCD, 60+fps and the original CD in for the ambient audio was just... bliss.

That FTP is a gold mine! Might do a download of the entire thing.

In a few dot points, what's the process of winquake? And what is the different between winquake and GLQuake?

squareguy wrote:

a shambler just hurt my feelings

Just hurt Mr. Shambler back with a Super Nailgun, Rocket Launcher and Thunderbolt combo along with the Quad Damage until it stops moving completely 😈

(Then again, Mr. Shambler is known to be a big-time masochist, so keep on shooting its dead body until it disintegrates 😉 ).

philscomputerlab wrote:

In a few dot points, what's the process of winquake? And what is the different between winquake and GLQuake?

WinQuake uses DirectX. It has GDI and Waveout fallbacks if it's not available.

Well the second Dell 4600...

I have the opportunity to setup the second one with a 3.0-GHz Prescott 1MB/800-MHz, GeForce 6800GT, 2GB RAM, Audigy 2 sound card with XP Home SP2.

Would you stick it on a shelf, part it out, sell whole or use?

I am thinking about just getting my hands on a standard ATX Core2 Duo setup with Nvidia GT740 to handle DirextX 9.0c games down to DirectX 7.0, Splinter Cell and games with fog table aside. This takes money though and I already have the other.

EDIT:

Can someone recommend a good Core2 system that isn't proprietary to look for? Hopefully with DDR3, ATX/Micro-ATX, standard PSU, etc? Usually a lot cheaper to buy whole systems.