Keep On Dreaming - My Default 3D Mark Experience Back In The Day Was Far From Cutting Edge
7#3DMark #XP #LowendPC
Keep on dreaming... my PC rigs would be on the lower end most of the time.
I would dream of higher framerates, better graphical fidelity. And yet at the same time be amazed at what my little system was capable of running this - tech demo / benchmark.
Pentium II/233 Mhz π
Gigabyte SLOT 1 Motherboard GA-686BX π
Voodoo3 3000 π
512Mb RAM π
Windows XP SP3 32bit
I would marvel at the performance of systems running this in the local computer store - unobtanium for the most part. I was happy with the things I could get my hands on. Gaming I'd always be a couple of steps behind.
I'd delved into console gaming around this time, was playing the Playstation and N64, the Dreamcast and PS2 when it came out. For me it was a way to finally enjoy my games like others did - a great leveller with all getting the same experience. Still I could never stop being a PC gamer at heart. So always had some system capable of running games.
After the Voodoo3 I got myself an Nvidia card and a better CPU/plaform.
This video was inspired by Digital Foundry RETRO's - The Story of the Nvidia Geforce - video, check that out here: https://youtu.be/7JEAoKlFvrc
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