So back at Christmas time i was going through all the GPUs i had owned, my first PC was a 486 DX2 66Mhz so didn't have a dedicated GPU, that PC lasted me like 2-3 years but my next PC was at the start of the dedicated graphics card moment.......
...though it's always a shame when one doesn't. For instance, Tomb Raider 2 decided to stop working on my PC, even though I was in the middle of a playthrough (which was admittedly started years ago, but still). I suppose things like that are why I bought a Windows 98 machine last year (it's pretty nifty!), but since TR2 was bought off GOG, that's not exactly an option.
I had these exact specs for Packard Bell with MMX technology lol. Came bundled with a Cannon 210 bubble jet printer and a 15' monitor. Great deal, but was obsolete when the pentiums were released 6 months later.
Also does anyone remember these games.....
never gets enough mentions but remember loving them!!!
I was a PC gamer in the 90's and I don't appreciate anything about it. Things are so much easier and better now. To the future!
Yes and yes.Cant remember what make mine was i bought it 2nd hand from a classifieds ad in the local Sunday paper (yes it was that long ago when they were still a thing)
Also does anyone remember these games.....
never gets enough mentions but remember loving them!!!
I was a PC gamer in the 90's and I don't appreciate anything about it. Things are so much easier and better now. To the future!
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this thing right here. my parents got this for me, this was my ascendance into being a huge dork
I was a PC gamer in the 90's and I don't appreciate anything about it. Things are so much easier and better now. To the future!
Kinda want to finish it on that rig, though I also slapped it into my Steam Half-Life install, and applied that mod that slips in the content from the game's demo in the earliest part of the game; that'd have all the benefits of that version of GoldSrc going for it, like playing it at 2560x1440 at a solid 144Hz.
this thing right here. my parents got this for me, this was my ascendance into being a huge dork
@Lettuce
Because i wanted to? Bit of a nostalgia trip. Becuase it was cheap? Plenty of reasons. Yeah i could just load dosbox on my PC and play games that way but that's boring. Plus i can put win98 and play that era of games also.
Nothing bait about that post at all. Just coincidence this post popped up as i bout some old hardware.
I didnt mean the gif in a bad way, more so baiting people into going down the same route. I didnt know if buying retro PC hardware is an actual 'thing' or not thats all.....im seriously intrigued
- Hearing speech on a Sound Blaster (16?) on the Wing Commander II intro.
I didnt mean the gif in a bad way, more so baiting people into going down the same route. I didnt know if buying retro PC hardware is an actual 'thing' or not thats all.....im seriously intrigued
Thing is, its kinda cheap to go down the older PC hardware. Lots of people want shot of old hardware and you can get it very cheap. Compatibility is a big issue with the older games running on current hardware. The box of bits i got for £20 included 3 motherboards, with CPUs and 1gig of ram each. graphics cards, sound cards. I could build 3 systems out of it and it was local.
Check out Vogons mate. Its a great site for old games and hardware
Cant remember what make mine was i bought it 2nd hand from a classifieds ad in the local Sunday paper (yes it was that long ago when they were still a thing)
Also does anyone remember these games.....
never gets enough mentions but remember loving them!!!
Where do you grab this stuff from, eBay???
My First computer was a 486 DX4 100 with no sound card or CD-ROM when i was 15. I loved that machine to bits. I fitted a SB compatible sound card and a samsung 4x cd rom.
Just this month I got back into retro PC gaming and hardware meaning i've spent about £80 on bits of hardware. I bought a new old stock 17" CRT monitor for £10 and an old MESH pc for £10. It was a AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 mb ram and a Geforce 4 MX400 64mb GFX and SB Live.
I upgraded it a week later with a box of parts I bought for £20. It now has a AMD Athlon Barton 3000+, Asus A7N8X-e motherboard, 1gig DDR3200 and a BFG 7800GS OC and SB Audigy 2 ZS.
I also bought a Voodoo 3 3000 16mb AGP for £15 and got given a Voodoo Banshee PCI lol.
Rocking some DOOM
My First computer was a 486 DX4 100 with no sound card or CD-ROM when i was 15. I loved that machine to bits. I fitted a SB compatible sound card and a samsung 4x cd rom.
Just this month I got back into retro PC gaming and hardware meaning i've spent about £80 on bits of hardware. I bought a new old stock 17" CRT monitor for £10 and an old MESH pc for £10. It was a AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 mb ram and a Geforce 4 MX400 64mb GFX and SB Live.
I upgraded it a week later with a box of parts I bought for £20. It now has a AMD Athlon Barton 3000+, Asus A7N8X-e motherboard, 1gig DDR3200 and a BFG 7800GS OC and SB Audigy 2 ZS.
I also bought a Voodoo 3 3000 16mb AGP for £15 and got given a Voodoo Banshee PCI lol.
Rocking some DOOM
Talking about racing games, anyone remember THIS:
For some reason, me and ALL of my friends had it and we all sucked at it (playing with a joystick or keyboard).
It just looked awesome and was a benchmark for our PCs (I played at ~20fps). Probably the most hardware demanding not-3D-accelerated game I can remember.
Edit: Actually some voxel-based games had higher recommended specs, but that was when 3D acceleration was already around and the average consumer CPU had gotten more powerful as well.
You bought a 15 year old pc and immediately couldn't resist upgrading it
Maybe you should get an athlon64 compatible motherboard next
Also a 7800gs is not from the same time period as that athlon xp, back when the athlon xp first released we were still on the geforce 4 (and shortly after those awful awful geforce fxs)
Awful OP, no mention of Crusader No Regret or No Remorse
I can't believe Raven Software is stuck making shit for Call of Duty...
Best Star Trek game ever.
It's so ironic how the worst Star Trek series ended up with the best video games. I know some people argue that Enterprise was worse than Voyager but I thought Enterprise picked up in the last few seasons whereas Voyager was consistently terrible.
Yeah Voyager was pretty bad all round, haven't seen Enterprise as Janeway and her dull crew of non-entities had killed my enthusiasm, but Enforcer was a damn good game regardless.
I guess it was prevelant at the peak of PC gaming. Currently playing a really bad 90s DS9 adventure game that wasn't so lucky.
this thing right here. my parents got this for me, this was my ascendance into being a huge dork