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Posted March 31, 2011
I am planning to buy a old computer tomorrow to play old games. Its a Pentium III 800Mhz whit Windows 98 and dos. I am planning to put a Voodoo 3 2000 to play 3dfx games.

I ask you if this system will be good for play old dos games and 3dfx games like Redguard?
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Posted March 31, 2011
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apoc17: I am planning to buy a old computer tomorrow to play old games. Its a Pentium III 800Mhz whit Windows 98 and dos. I am planning to put a Voodoo 3 2000 to play 3dfx games.

I ask you if this system will be good for play old dos games and 3dfx games like Redguard?
A p3 for dos games, im not great with old hardware but that seems overkill, even for 10YO games
Posted March 31, 2011
That's indeed overkill for playing DOS games.
To give you an idea the last computer I used DOS on fully had a DX2- 66 MHz processor with no graphics card.
The one I started playing Win 95 games on was a Pentium 200 MHz, again with no graphics card.
Posted March 31, 2011
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apoc17: I am planning to buy a old computer tomorrow to play old games. Its a Pentium III 800Mhz whit Windows 98 and dos. I am planning to put a Voodoo 3 2000 to play 3dfx games.

I ask you if this system will be good for play old dos games and 3dfx games like Redguard?
Yes, it's way more CPU power than most 98SE machines had. In fact my Win 98 SE machine was similar.
Posted March 31, 2011
Overkill but if you're getting it cheap as a used PC, then go for it.
Posted March 31, 2011
The problem with overkill PCs is that some old DOS games used processor speed to determine game speed. That's why DOSBox has a tool to limit processor speed.

I remember, for instance, that while M.A.X. worked fine with a 66 MHz processor, with a 200 MHz one the game was way too fast to be playable. I also remember having the same problem with Z.
Posted March 31, 2011
If by good enough you mean overkill then yes.

What I'm finding lately is that people have putting their antique win 3.1 laptops on eBay and Kijiji for $100+. What planet are they living on?

Get a Pentium with mmx machine. That's plenty.
Posted March 31, 2011
Well, it will probably be "too poweful". You will probably experience some games running too fast in native DOS on such a rig

The most demanding Dos games were Carmaggedon, Quake, Tomb Raider and Battlespire. They actually needed Pentium I > 100 Mhz.

PIIIs are indeed best paired with Win98SE.
Posted March 31, 2011
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mystral: The problem with overkill PCs is that some old DOS games used processor speed to determine game speed. That's why DOSBox has a tool to limit processor speed.

I remember, for instance, that while M.A.X. worked fine with a 66 MHz processor, with a 200 MHz one the game was way too fast to be playable. I also remember having the same problem with Z.
I think Mo Slow (or however it's called) had a working tool back then. You had to use it on the SSI Gold Box re-releases you could pick up at Costco or whatever back then.
Posted March 31, 2011
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Kabuto: Get a Pentium with mmx machine. That's plenty.
+1 . A 166/200/233Mhz P1 MMX will be more than enough and will even be comfortable for early win95 games.
Posted March 31, 2011
Wing Commander 3 on a system that fast should be fun. Always wondered what it was like to dog fight while in warp space. :D
Posted March 31, 2011
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mystral: The problem with overkill PCs is that some old DOS games used processor speed to determine game speed. That's why DOSBox has a tool to limit processor speed.

I remember, for instance, that while M.A.X. worked fine with a 66 MHz processor, with a 200 MHz one the game was way too fast to be playable. I also remember having the same problem with Z.
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orcishgamer: I think Mo Slow (or however it's called) had a working tool back then. You had to use it on the SSI Gold Box re-releases you could pick up at Costco or whatever back then.
That's possible. At the time I wasn't computer-savvy enough to search for and use that kind of tool. I don't think I had an Internet connection either back then.
Now it doesn't really matter of course, with DOSBox and GOG.
Posted March 31, 2011
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Sielle: Wing Commander 3 on a system that fast should be fun. Always wondered what it was like to dog fight while in warp space. :D
I'm not sure WC3 will feel that "weird". WC2 is the one to go for for that. On a 233Mhz MMX/ 64MB RAM/S3 GPU , it feels like a space sim under steroids...
Posted March 31, 2011
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Sielle: Wing Commander 3 on a system that fast should be fun. Always wondered what it was like to dog fight while in warp space. :D
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Phc7006: I'm not sure WC3 will feel that "weird". WC2 is the one to go for for that. On a 233Mhz MMX/ 64MB RAM/S3 GPU , it feels like a space sim under steroids...
The Battle.net editions actually were fixed.
Posted March 31, 2011
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Umm, sorry, I saw WC2 and I assumed Warcraft 2:)
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