Early 2000 gaming compatible

[GraySenshi]

Basically I was wondering if it's better to do older games on windows 10 on a x99 or will there be compatibility issues and I should run on xp or vista... I do have a 3770 with a FirePro v4800 I can use

 

[USAFRet]

This depends 100% on the individual game.

There are some mid 90's games that are in the Steam ecosystem, and run just fine on any new hardware.
Quake, Commander Keen, Unreal, etc.


Personally, there is no game that I am that interested in, whereby I would run XP.
Maybe The Neverhood, but I'd only do that in a VM. Not XP on native hardware.
(and I still have the install for that around here somewhere)

 

[greens]

You'll run into issues with a LOT of games.

The operating system has very little to do with it.

DOS games will work fine in a DOSbox
But other games are gonna have a real hard time.

I can remember playing simcopter and it was like, running at turbo hyper speed - unplayable. Modern hardware doesn't play nice with that old software.

Old games are very much a case by case basis. More popular old games will have communities and info to get them working, if possible.

but in regards to what operating system - if it isn't a 2000s PC you're going to need to do some lifting to get them to work - and in that case the OS doesn't matter.

 

[GraySenshi]

So basically you should build a system for each bit size 32 64 and what not

 

[greens]

er well, i wouldn't compare it to bit size....
x86 was 16 bit at the introduction of MSDOS through windows 98 which was a hybrid 16/32 bit.

Its got more to do with processor power. a 32 bit system could have just as many issues. For example if you tried to do it on a top of the line Core 2 quad - you'd encounter the same issues, despite it being 32 bit.

 

[GraySenshi]

Ok well lets start with early 2000 what would be the ideal setup and how likely will it work on a 5930k then with 95-98 range

 

[USAFRet]

Ok well lets start with early 2000 what would be the ideal setup and how likely will it work on a 5930k then with 95-98 range

As mentioned, this depends 100% on the specific game(s).

 

[GraySenshi]

Well could you be more specific on what makes it incompatible

 

[greens]

PROCESSING POWER.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-967-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5930K/m4152vs2578

The old programs and games just can't even. They literally, can't even.

its a case by case basis. What are you trying to do?
Most can be done with software
http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/

Figure out what you want to play, and then figure out what it takes to play it. Like we are both saying - its totally case by case.

 

[USAFRet]

Processor speed, architecture, etc.

For instance...
I could probably convince The Neverhood (1996) to run in DOSBox. Probably.
I can absolutely run Quake I (1996), or Commander Keen (1991) within Steam, on any current hardware.

Often times, the speed of the game was tied directly to the CPU MHz. Put in a faster CPU, and the car in your driving game is now going 850mph rather than 75-120mph.

 

[GraySenshi]

And what of the ones that have weird artifacts it's been a wile since iv tested them

 

[USAFRet]

And what of the ones that have weird artifacts it's been a wile since iv tested them

Depends on what is causing these artifacts.
Some badly coded graphics routine, that new hardware does not know how to manage?

Impossible to tell.

 

[GraySenshi]

So basically is it ideal just to use the max specks of the generation of the game if you want to play it safe

 

[USAFRet]

So basically is it ideal just to use the max specks of the generation of the game if you want to play it safe

Not necessarily.
It depends on the specific game.

And how badly you actually want to play it.
I'm not about to track down a box of 15-20 year old parts, and actually get it running, only to find out that (or remember) this particular game did not play well with that particular graphics card and driver version.

You know how some current games play a little better on Nvidia vs AMD?
Yes...it was far, far worse then than it is now.

Or to actually get that running, and play through the whole game in 3 hours. Wheeee.

 

[GraySenshi]

Yea i do have some pretty old parts i never got rid of in the p4 age with agp gpu but yea I much rather play on good hardware. I can try if has problems use old stuff. but it was to play for nostalgic so may be fun to dig out any ways... thanks for the help interesting how they cut corners back then