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ʊCei

Played Final Fantasy Games Before FF7

All this chatter of old games has got me thinking, is it worth obtaining/building an old PC? I'm thinking one that can run DOS, and some flavour of Windows (98 or 2000?) - making it a perfect system for things such as the old Monkey Island games, X-wing Vs TIE Fighter etc.

So, anybody got any ideas on rough specs for this kind of thing? Obviously parts will come from places like eBay...
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    ӝNirach (#20813)

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    An old P3, would be my advice. For the sake of Windows, more than DOS. 512mb of RAM should do the trick, maybe 1gb, if you can get it.

    Side note: Moving this to Tech Talk, since it's more specs than games :p
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      ʊCei (#20815)

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      Old P3? I think I have an 866 from a Dell sitting in my attic - do you know if the Dells from then could have the CPUs removed?

      The question is then, what GPU?
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        ӝNirach (#20824)

        Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

        I recently scavenged a P3 (server mind you) out of a Dell. I would expect they're socketed on the home user desktops, too.

        Onboard, old school it!

        Or a Matrox of some kind. They're always fun.
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          ʊchalkley3 (#20941)

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          Euuurgh... matrox.
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            ӝNirach (#20971)

            Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

            Absolutely nothing wrong with Matrox :p
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          ʊCei (#21124)

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          Oh man, Matrox. Maybe a Voodoo instead?
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            ӝNirach (#21136)

            Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

            I <3 Matrox kthnx.

            Whatever floats your boat, though, is probably best :p
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      I'd go with a P2, just in case. :V
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        ӝNirach (#21002)

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        P2?

        But that's dirty >.>
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          I've actually had to fix a computer with a p2 in it. It was running XP like a dream too
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            ӝNirach (#21006)

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            Doesn't change the fact that P2 is dirty :B
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              Your mother is dirty, you don't see me complaining V:
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                ӝNirach (#21111)

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                That's your own choice - but the P2 is really really dirty :B
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        ʊCei (#21125)

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        Seeing as I found PIIIs for sale on eBay for a mere £4, reckon I can get a PII for a quid?
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    ʊchalkley3 (#20940)

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    I'd just be easier to emulate methinks.
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      ʊCei (#20986)

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      Emulation only works so far - I want the real deal!
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    Avoid old AMD chips, I have a million of those bastards sitting on the bench because they've had one thing or the other wrong with them.
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      ʊCei (#20999)

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      Yeah, I never used the old ones myself either
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