DID SOMEBODY SAY....
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....PUZZLE?!?!?!!
And I'll do it when I not only write up a decent script, but only after I figure out how to properly use this Xsplit thing which I got from Humble Bundle.

A day earlier, everyone enjoy a retro slide into 2016 :D

Intel Pentium 4 3.2 vs AMD Athlon XP 3200+

Two iconic processor go head to head: Intel's Pentium 4 3.2 GHz against AMD's Athlon XP 3200+.

Benchmarks features are 3DMark2001 SE, 3DMark03, Aquamark 3 and Codecreatures.

Furthermore games with built-in timedemos are used: Serious Sam Second Encounter, Doom 3 and F.E.A.R.

Who will come out on top?

However there is more than just pure performance. What about compatibility and reliability? Make sure to watch the entire video to find out.

Throughout the video lots of gameplay footage including Need For Speed Underground, Medal of Honour Allied Assault, Morrowind, GTA III, Half-Life 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Knights of the Old Republic 2 and more.

The video has 4 parts:

1. The build (00:00)
2. Benchmark results (02:15)
3. Games (03:32)
4. Beyond performance & conclusion (10:36)

The motherboards used are AOpen MX4SG-4DN and Gigabyte GA-7VT600.

The processors are the Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz with Northwood core and HT and the AMD Athlon XP 3200+.

RAM are two 1 GB PC3200 or DDR 400 memory sticks with CL3.

Graphics cards are two AGP Nvidia 6600GT (One is from Leadtek with replaced cooler, the other one is a Palit / XpertVision).

Hard drives are two SATA drives from Western Digital with 80 GB.

Other parts are optical drive and two Sound Blaster Audigy ZS for EAX supported audio.

Windows is Windows XP Pro SP3.

No no.. What i meant was something like this.

Yea, not my cup of tea...

Huh... Kind of want.

Yeah me too, been looking for one that could convert old dos games to arcade machine.

This one looks pretty sweet too,

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103217949/porta-pi-arcade-a-diy-mini-arcade-cabinet-for-rasp/description

I like the Polycade because of the big screen (which I must provide myself) and it allows for comfortable play because of the large dimensions overall. BUT... I don't like it for EUR 2000+ (screen + Polycade + theoretical shipping). Also, my wife would have my head (because of... the large dimensions overall, meaning space taken up in the apartment).

The Porta Pi Arcade, on the other hand, is not doing anything for me. Total disinterest. Go big or go home, as far as I'm concerned.

Out of curiosity, would a Pentium 4 run The Witcher 3? :P I used to play Fallout: New Vegas on one, and it worked quite well.

A late Pentium 4 CPU (around 2005) should be able to, since they were among the first Intel 64bit CPUs. With a good GPU you just might be able to play at 10fps :D

Hehe :D I think the biggest problem would be to fully utilize a "Witcher-ready" GPU on an old motherboard. I'm sure a Pentium 4-era motherboard has a much slower PCI Express-slot than a modern motherboard.

Also, I saw a video once about someone using liquid nitrogen-cooling to overclock a Pentium 4 to 5 Ghz. Inconvenient, but it would help get a few extra fps in Witcher I guess :P

Oh I'm sure it will run. I had Crysis running on a Pentium III once :)

But the Witcher III runs find under Windows 10, doesn't it?

Yes, I've ran it on both Windows 7 and 10. I had no problems on any of two the OSes.

Happy 2016 everyone!

First video of the year.

In this video I am reviewing and demonstrating a SD card to IDE adapter. This is a nifty hard drive substitute for older retro computers. I happily recommend them up to Pentium III, but they are likely best suited for a 386 or 486.

SD memory card to IDE adapter review benchmarks guide

Something I forgot to mention in the video.

If you are using a brand new SD memory card, you have to type

fdisk /mbr

after partitioning it. In some cases it might not end up booting without this step.

In this week's episode I am Building the Fallout 3 Retro Gaming PC.

The game is cheap, fully patched and comes with all the add-ons.

But it is not optimised for Windows 7 and later and there lots of issues on newer machines.

Enjoy this video!