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My first gaming rig had a Pentium II 300Mhz and
one of these
Voodoo Banshee.
Didn't even need a heatsink
one of these
Voodoo Banshee.
Didn't even need a heatsink
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your first 'gaming rig'?
- Thread starter Theocnoob
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My first was a Dell (can't remember the model off the top of my head) with a P3 650mhz and a GeForce 256
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_256
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_256
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PI 200mmx overclocked to 233
that later got the Voodo
that later got the Voodo
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I upgraded my first computer with the Monster3D voodoo 1 card. It was my first tinkering, and I was 11.
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- Dec 27, 2004
- Location
- Northeast Ohio
I had a Compaq presario 5360
450mhz k6-2 processor
64mb ram
10gb hdd
15" crt
Later added a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI "3d accelerator" and thought it was amazing!
450mhz k6-2 processor
64mb ram
10gb hdd
15" crt
Later added a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI "3d accelerator" and thought it was amazing!
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- Location
- Charlotte, NC
266mhz P2 gateway.
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First gaming computer i had was an Apple ][+, that had hardware hack for ][e memory, but not cpu. Some ][e games would run, others demanded the higher clocked cpu.
After that it was a compaq of some sort with a 486dx2-66.
First 3d card was a voodoo1, probably in a 5x86-133 box, not sure on that, might have been a k6.
I feel old.
After that it was a compaq of some sort with a 486dx2-66.
First 3d card was a voodoo1, probably in a 5x86-133 box, not sure on that, might have been a k6.
I feel old.
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I don't consider a system a "gaming" machine until you can break 100FPS in a game, so my first gaming machine was the one listed below. I could get over 104+FPS in Quake 2 with the AMD drivers.
FIC VA 503+ Motherboard
AMD K6-2 300 @350Mhz
512MB SDRAM
Apex Full Tower ATX Case
Matrox G200 AGP
2x Creative 3D Blaster (12MB each)
Diamond SpeedStor 40 SCSI
4.3GB IBM UWSCSI HDD
20GB Maxtor(?)
Hauppauge WinTV Card
Jazz Multimedia MPEG Decoder Card
Diamond Supra-Express 56i
Creative SB AWE64
(Yes. all 8 slots were filled and no conflicts in Win95. Quite an accomplishment in those days!)
TEAC 1x CDR
HP IDE CDR
Altec Lansing ACS 250 Speakers (not a pic of mine, just showing what they looked like)
17" KDS Monitor
FIC VA 503+ Motherboard
AMD K6-2 300 @350Mhz
512MB SDRAM
Apex Full Tower ATX Case
Matrox G200 AGP
2x Creative 3D Blaster (12MB each)
Diamond SpeedStor 40 SCSI
4.3GB IBM UWSCSI HDD
20GB Maxtor(?)
Hauppauge WinTV Card
Jazz Multimedia MPEG Decoder Card
Diamond Supra-Express 56i
Creative SB AWE64
(Yes. all 8 slots were filled and no conflicts in Win95. Quite an accomplishment in those days!)
TEAC 1x CDR
HP IDE CDR
Altec Lansing ACS 250 Speakers (not a pic of mine, just showing what they looked like)
17" KDS Monitor
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I had a Compaq presario 5360
450mhz k6-2 processor
64mb ram
10gb hdd
15" crt
Later added a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI "3d accelerator" and thought it was amazing!
that was my first computer =]
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A lot of 'cream' colored oldskool PC's
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- Location
- USA
That's because, like the Model T, you could get cases in any color you wanted, as long as it was beige.
I don't consider a system a "gaming" machine until you can break 100FPS in a game, so my first gaming machine was the one listed below. I could get over 104+FPS in Quake 2 with the AMD drivers.
FIC VA 503+ Motherboard
AMD K6-2 300 @350Mhz
512MB SDRAM
Apex Full Tower ATX Case
Matrox G200 AGP
2x Creative 3D Blaster (12MB each)
Diamond SpeedStor 40 SCSI
4.3GB IBM UWSCSI HDD
20GB Maxtor(?)
Hauppauge WinTV Card
Jazz Multimedia MPEG Decoder Card
Diamond Supra-Express 56i
Creative SB AWE64
(Yes. all 8 slots were filled and no conflicts in Win95. Quite an accomplishment in those days!)
TEAC 1x CDR
HP IDE CDR
Altec Lansing ACS 250 Speakers (not a pic of mine, just showing what they looked like)
17" KDS Monitor
Reminds me of my speakers I got on my 360,wii,tv,media center.
http://www.amazon.com/Altec-Lansing-GT5051-Surround-Speaker/dp/B0006688XY
I also got a pair of JBL creature II's I need to hook up to that setup.
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- Location
- Hell, Michigan
My first 'gaming' rig was a p2 gateway. Quake ran great on it as did age of emperors.
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- Location
- Suffield, Connecticut
First gaming rig had the following
Compaq Presario:
AMD 939 3800+
1GB RAM
Integrated graphics (Nvidia 6150)
250GB HDD
Wasn't that long ago. Maybe 4 years at most.
Compaq Presario:
AMD 939 3800+
1GB RAM
Integrated graphics (Nvidia 6150)
250GB HDD
Wasn't that long ago. Maybe 4 years at most.
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- Location
- North Vancouver, Canada
Let's see:
Commodore Branded (Yes, that Commodore)
Pentium 60 (with the infamous Pentium FDIV bug)
8 MB of EDO RAM
540MB Samsung HDD
4 MB PCI Diamond Video Card
Sound Blaster 16
2x CD ROM drive
Standard Beige Case
17" SVGA Daytek CRT Monitor
It 'only' costed around $5500 CDN back in 1993 (so around $7300 CDN today).
The funny thing was that it was only a 'medium-end' system that the store had. They had a bunch of even higher end systems based on the Pentium 66 that were $7000+ at least.
Heh, I remember when I first saw the Chieftec Dragon cases in different colours used by Alienware way back when I was completely shocked.
Commodore Branded (Yes, that Commodore)
Pentium 60 (with the infamous Pentium FDIV bug)
8 MB of EDO RAM
540MB Samsung HDD
4 MB PCI Diamond Video Card
Sound Blaster 16
2x CD ROM drive
Standard Beige Case
17" SVGA Daytek CRT Monitor
It 'only' costed around $5500 CDN back in 1993 (so around $7300 CDN today).
The funny thing was that it was only a 'medium-end' system that the store had. They had a bunch of even higher end systems based on the Pentium 66 that were $7000+ at least.
Heh, I remember when I first saw the Chieftec Dragon cases in different colours used by Alienware way back when I was completely shocked.
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