Recent content by emrystuatha

The games would be as old as early 80s PC to some modern AAA titles like GTA Online or Cyberpunk2077. So, let's assume AAA title performance (not so much competitor level quality), but let's say, considering current gen GPUs, up to a dozen users able to play 4K 60Hz or 1080P 120Hz as general...

It would need to be connected to the internet. We're talking about access to up to four households at once and potentially as many as a dozen users. So, we would need to consider security equipment with this in mind.

Let's unpack this a little bit shall we... I'm less concerned about specific models of Hardware that I may need. I understand price and availability of Hardware will change in this time. I understand that core count, multithread vs single core performance, GPU Cuda cores, PCIe changes, etc can...

I'm looking to put together a dedicated media/gaming server for family and myself. I need help on determining the hardware I may need for this endeavor. I expect this project to be expensive, and am probably 2 years from being able to commit to action. Here is what I want this to be able to do...

Here is an example of two cards I might consider: S3 ViRGE/DX (86C375) [Genoa Phantom 3D/DX] BIOS version: 3.0 This is a PCI slot card from 1997 HIS Radeon X850XT IceQ II Turbo VIVO AGP This is an AGP 8X card from 2005 (I believe). As I said, the idea is to run DOS games from the 80's up to...

So, I take it no one here has tried to install more than one GPU from different generations on the same PC before?

Both LGR and Vogons are recent resources I've become recently familiar with. Thank you. What do you mean by a Soundblaster 16 going too far? I don't follow. And I thought a SB32 or AWE32 were newer than a SB16? Am I mistaken? As for the GPU, this shows my lack of understanding, lol. I thought...

I personally didn't build anything in those days, but I watched two grandparents and a father fight with the equipment non-stop. I remember one particular Sunday as a boy and a three hour headache trying to get Descent running smoothly, lol. Once my dad got "acceptable" results, he firmly...

If I don't receive sufficient answers to my query, that may be my next approach. I'm hoping to avoid having a ton of spare PCs in the house, lol but who knows?

Good day computer people. I have a puzzle for myself and anyone else that cares to assist. I have never built a PC before. I've had one built for me once, but want to try my hand at this on legacy equipment and hopefully learn a thing or two before building a modern day media server. I have a...

I am looking to build a new gaming rig for emulation gaming mainly A&M focus on finding the Peak Performing z170 motherboard that provides the best stable overclocking performance for an Intel i7 6700k. I know there are other threads that have tackled this question. However everyone I have read...

I am looking to build a new rig for media streaming, gaming, and ROM/Emulation up to PS2 and Wii titles. So far, my build will include this setup: Case: nMediaPC 8000 PSU: Fractal Design Newton R3 800W Motherboard: Asus Z87 Deluxe Quad CPU: i7 4770K GPU: EVGA 03G-P4-3788-KR Memory: 2 X 8Gb...