Tech Ambrosia | Top of the Line... for 1996 @TechAmbr | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 36 minutes ago.
#SocketToMe7

This is my entry for the #SocketToMe7 competition.

This build represents an ideal, top-of-the-line system from 1996, or as close as I can approximate with the hardware I have at hand (that decided to function for me)

Hardware:
- Intel Pentium 133MHz @ 150MHz (100x1.5)
- PCChips 599LMR (SiS 530)
- 32MB PC100 CL2 SDRAM
- S3 ViRGE 4MB
- Voodoo Graphics 4MB
- Sound Blaster 16 ISA
- Dreamblaster S2
- Interact MakoPad PC Gamepad
- MS Mouse 2.0
- Cherry G84 Keyboard
- Windows 95 OSR2

I realize I mentioned benchmarks and then skipped right over them. Sorry!

Here are the DOSBench results for the system:
- 3DBench 1.0c: 113.2 FPS
- Chris's: 103.3 FPS
- PCPlayer: 40.7 FPS
- Doom: 1084 Realtics (68.9 FPS)
- Quake: 37.1 FPS
- SpeedSys: 112.50

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Leadup
02:47 - GPU Selection
04:35 - CPU Selection
06:01 - Rapid Build Montage
06:26 - Gaming in 1996
08:29 - Wipeout XL (Windows, Voodoo)
09:17 - Tomb Raider (DOS, Voodoo)
10:08 - Stunts (DOS, EGA)
12:32 - Rise of the Triad (DOS, VGA)
14:59 - Screamer Rally (DOS, Voodoo)
16:46 - Hover! (Windows, GDI)
19:21 - Hexen (DOS, VGA)
21:16 - GLQuake (Windows, Voodoo)
22:18 - Fury3 (Windows, GDI)
24:40 - Dungeon Master II (DOS, VGA)
27:25 - Dune 2000 (Windows, GDI)
30:23 - Duke Nukem 3D (DOS, SVGA)
31:32 - Doom (DOS, VGA)
32:37 - Comix Zone (Windows, WinG)
33:41 - Conclusion
34:25 - Outtakes