I abandoned Windows at 2000. Still exposed to it at work though and when I repair folks PCs at home. The improvements in stabilty are impressive but the UI still isn't great. The lack of a single overriding theme on Windows is irritating. I did really like the Win 8 interface but only on touch devices where it worked best. Rubbish as a desktop. Win 10 is easy on the eyes but once you're past the front end its the same old stuff.
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I've got my old Windows 95 rig carefully stashed in the attic, get a load of my specs.
Cyrix 333 CPU
128MB RAM
4.3GB HD
Voodoo 3 3500
Some unbranded Soundblaster clone
Some cheapo 42x CD-RW
All in a beige tower that I originally got in about... 1998? Originally had a Pentium 100 and 16MB RAM, over the years I gradually improved it piecemeal at a local cheesy PC repair shop. Loved it, that's why I've kept it.
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I think one of the earlier cards i had was a Tnt 2 ultra which i really liked, i think i had a voodoo 2 as well
Unreal was the game that convinced me about 3d acceleration (sorry but i thought Quake and quake 2 was severely overated when it came to the graphics)Last edited by eastyy; 21-12-2019, 18:32.
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Originally posted by eastyy View PostI think one of the earlier cards i had was a Tnt 2 ultra which i really liked, i think i had a voodoo 2 as well
Unreal was the game that convinced me about 3d acceleration (sorry but i thought Quake and quake 2 was severely overated when it came to the graphics)
I think that blew most people away at the time. Even now it looks impressive.
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Originally posted by Hirst View PostI've got my old Windows 95 rig carefully stashed in the attic, get a load of my specs.
Cyrix 333 CPU
128MB RAM
4.3GB HD
Voodoo 3 3500
Some unbranded Soundblaster clone
Some cheapo 42x CD-RW
All in a beige tower that I originally got in about... 1998? Originally had a Pentium 100 and 16MB RAM, over the years I gradually improved it piecemeal at a local cheesy PC repair shop. Loved it, that's why I've kept it.
Used to love some of the old PC games back then, when quite a lot of developers wouldn't bother with consoles. I used to love playing the likes of KingPin and Blood 2:The chosen
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Matrox Mystique for us. I still listen to the Mechwarrior 2 soundtrack now.
Dad got a 3dfx after that. That was crazy, but the passthrough cable made things a bit blurry.
A while later, he gave me his old stuff to build my own PC. K6-2/300. Phwoar.
I bought a Voodoo3 off a friend for cheap which, after trying to sell it to CeX, was found to crash under load.
I stuck a CPU fan on it and it was fine after that. Sold it on Loot
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Originally posted by randombs View Post
I stuck a CPU fan on it and it was fine after that. Sold it on Loot
After that I went on to an Intel BX chipset mobo from Chaintech. It was great for overclocking and saw me through from a PII 233MHz to a PIII 450MHz.
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Originally posted by CMcK View PostAlways a good idea with the Voodoo cards. Especially if you wanted to overclock them. I generally ran my CPU and GPU overclocked where possible. My first P54C Pentium 120MHz was a great overclocker. Turned the bus speed a good chunk up and got it up to 150 MHz and that was on an ALi chipset.
After that I went on to an Intel BX chipset mobo from Chaintech. It was great for overclocking and saw me through from a PII 233MHz to a PIII 450MHz.
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Originally posted by eastyy View PostUnreal was the game that convinced me about 3d acceleration (sorry but i thought Quake and quake 2 was severely overated when it came to the graphics)
I mean, I understood how people got excited about their gameplay; they played really well - or how the engine was a technical marvel that ushered in new stuff to PC gaming, all true - but I never fully understood why people celebrated their aesthetics. This'll rock the boat but I think some people were blindsided by the Reznor soundtrack and their vague allusions to the works of Lovecraft; a bit like how there's still a cult of people who endlessly psycho-analyse whether Braid is about the Manhattan Project because it contains a single quote from Oppenheimer on one of its screens. Faux deepness.
So yeah; great playing games they were. Great looking games they were not.
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