P2 retro pc

[Tweakforce_LG]

Im getting a dell pc for free with a pentium 2 and overclock dip switches. Would this pc be old enought to be a good retro doom 1,2 DOS and win 98 gaming machine?. Or should i try get am intel 486 chip or pentium mmx?

[ApolloX75]

Im getting a dell pc for free with a pentium 2 and overclock dip switches. Would this pc be old enought to be a good retro doom 1,2 DOS and win 98 gaming machine?. Or should i try get am intel 486 chip or pentium mmx?

That'll run DOS and Windows 98 perfectly fine. They did back when they were new too. I've run XP on a Pentium Pro even just for kicks. The only issue you might have in DOS is with sound drivers, but if you can get yourself a simple PCI or ISA Sound Blaster Pro (Creative) you'll be good to go.

[Tweakforce_LG]

That'll run DOS and Windows 98 perfectly fine. They did back when they were new too. I've run XP on a Pentium Pro even just for kicks. The only issue you might have in DOS is with sound drivers, but if you can get yourself a simple PCI or ISA Sound Blaster Pro (Creative) you'll be good to go.

Havent got the money for a modern gaming pc. My rig still has core 2 duo 3.6ghz. So for fun since its cheap, i want to make retro gaming pc. I can run these games on my laptop, but its nothing like running it on hardware of the time. When was the 450mhz P2 released. 1997? 98? I kinda want a 486 bc it was the last chip to use numbers as the name and yea i dunno, just love that 66mhz thing. But a P2 just feels too new for retro gaming. Imagine a modern heatsink on a 486

[ApolloX75]

Havent got the money for a modern gaming pc. My rig still has core 2 duo 3.6ghz. So for fun since its cheap, i want to make retro gaming pc. I can run these games on my laptop, but its nothing like running it on hardware of the time. When was the 450mhz P2 released. 1997? 98? I kinda want a 486 bc it was the last chip to use numbers as the name and yea i dunno, just love that 66mhz thing. But a P2 just feels too new for retro gaming. Imagine a modern heatsink on a 486

98-99 sounds right. I was using a 400MHz K6-2 at that time. I had a 486DX2 for years when I was a kid, lots of fond memories of pushing the turbo button to clock it up from 33MHz to 66MHz. Still used a tiny little chunk of aluminum for a heatsink, didn't even need a fan! My K6-2 fused itself to it's heatsink and I haven't been able to separate it since.

 

Pentium 2s are perfect for retro gaming. The motherboards have semi-modern features as well as much older technologies. They're a great glimpse into the past, and bulletproof to boot. If you go older you run into certain issues like the joy of EDO RAM (I have a box of literally hundreds of sticks) and leaking capacitors. Quality of components available now can be somewhat suspect in my experience.

[Tweakforce_LG]

98-99 sounds right. I was using a 400MHz K6-2 at that time. I had a 486DX2 for years when I was a kid, lots of fond memories of pushing the turbo button to clock it up from 33MHz to 66MHz. Still used a tiny little chunk of aluminum for a heatsink, didn't even need a fan! My K6-2 fused itself to it's heatsink and I haven't been able to separate it since.

Pentium 2s are perfect for retro gaming. The motherboards have semi-modern features as well as much older technologies. They're a great glimpse into the past, and bulletproof to boot. If you go older you run into certain issues like the joy of EDO RAM (I have a box of literally hundreds of sticks) and leaking capacitors. Quality of components available now can be somewhat suspect in my experience.

Not to mention at power supply . I was born in 1999 so i dont have them memory's. But i look back as i have an interest in old intel chips. I dunno what excites me about the 486, but it excites me more than getting hold of a P2. Had doom on my psp and on win 7. But i wanna run it on real hardware. Not to mention getting a case fan on that sucker P2 and messing with the dip switches. Ive always had an interest in 80s/90s hardware even though i was born in 1999. Heck i used to watch the computer chronicles on internet archive, the show ran from 1980s-2002. Lets just say though i still play quake 3 on my win 7 pc. Btw win 10 can suck my ****