vintage video cards for vintage computing
vintage video cards for vintage computing
so a friend of mine is giving me an old intel core 2 duo windows box, which i figure i might hook up to the tv for vintage gaming (the kids love that stuff)
i've looked around at old video cards, but i don't know the first damn thing about them ... i assume a pci card from that time would work, yeah? like this for example? i have no clue how to pick a card
i don't know specific specs aside from the cpu ... i think it runs windows 7
i've looked around at old video cards, but i don't know the first damn thing about them ... i assume a pci card from that time would work, yeah? like this for example? i have no clue how to pick a card
i don't know specific specs aside from the cpu ... i think it runs windows 7
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Core 2 machines generally supported PCI-E, which opens you up to any PCI-E card supported by the target OS. Given Windows 7 is still widely supported by most vendors, that means almost any card you like, though later ones will be bandwidth constrained.
Without the system specs it's a bit hard to say. With a Core 2 machine, it will be very easy to outrun the CPU, but you also can go "too cheap".
Without the system specs it's a bit hard to say. With a Core 2 machine, it will be very easy to outrun the CPU, but you also can go "too cheap".
oh, i wasn't planning on spending that much
what about oem cards? for example this one: https://www.amazon.ca/512MB-HD6350-PCI- ... ay&sr=8-57
will it only work on a dell, or will it work on anything?
what about oem cards? for example this one: https://www.amazon.ca/512MB-HD6350-PCI- ... ay&sr=8-57
will it only work on a dell, or will it work on anything?
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
TOS wrote: oh, i wasn't planning on spending that much
what about oem cards? for example this one: https://www.amazon.ca/512MB-HD6350-PCI- ... ay&sr=8-57
will it only work on a dell, or will it work on anything?
um...
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/N ... 26vsm10261
I'd shop around. But first I'd look up the minimum requirements for the games you want to play then see what they go for.
It probably will suck, but I just pulled an AMD R7 250X out of the attic. As far as I know it should still work as well. Unfortunately it doesn't work too well for a Hackintosh, which is why I had it.
Yup, in terms of older cards, DV's is the best so far.
update: i finally got the frontend figured out, the controllers working, and the old pc (with dv-generously-donated video card, thanks a ton!) chugging happily
the kids are overjoyed to see the list of games for them, especially the gamecube games (via dolphin emulator)
son currently up to his eyeballs in ocarina of time, which he's wanted to play for ages, daughter loving animal crossing
dad enjoying mame, still trying to figure out commodore 64 and ms-dos emulators
all in all it's fabulous!
the kids are overjoyed to see the list of games for them, especially the gamecube games (via dolphin emulator)
son currently up to his eyeballs in ocarina of time, which he's wanted to play for ages, daughter loving animal crossing
dad enjoying mame, still trying to figure out commodore 64 and ms-dos emulators
all in all it's fabulous!
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon