This system comes to use when it fits the hardware being tested and represents a top-end 3D retrogaming PC for all graphics cards up to DX7 level.
Hardware:
- EPoX 8KTA3 (VIA KT133A)
- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400C (10,5x133)
- Infineon 256MB PC133 CL2 2-2-5
- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 20GB
- Creative Soundblaster 128 PCI
- 3Com Fast Etherlink XL PCI
Software:
- Windows 98SE
- Unofficial Servicepack 2.1d
- DirectX 8.1
- VIA 4in1 4.56
- Creative -some version from my fileserver-
To make sure that all results are correct and stay comparable even if further cards are added to a comparison that this system was used for, I restore a completely configured OS image before I test a new card. To make things easier to handle, I stored the image on the second partition and added the software Drive Image 3.0 to the Windows 98SE startup menu:
