Retromachines

Posts about my personal retromachines. Can be anything from a short info page to a full blog article 🙂


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Retromachine: RHR Benchmarking System Socket A Classic

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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 (10,5×133) Infineon 256MB PC133 CL2 2-2-5 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 20GB Creative Soundblaster 128… Continue reading

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Retromachine: RHR Benchmarking System Slot 1

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This system comes to use when it fits the hardware being tested and represents (in its “default” configuration) a capable 3D retrogaming PC, without being top tier. It doesn’t bottleneck most DX6.1 GPUs (as long as the resolution ist 1024×768 or higher) and is also still suitable for DX7 graphics… Continue reading

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Retromachine: Official RHR Benchmarking System for DX6-DX8 Suites

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This system is solely used for the global benchmark comparisons on this site. It has enough CPU performance for the fastest DX8(.1) cards out there and its VIA KT333 chipset ensures compatibility to older graphics cards, that can only handle 3,3V AGP. Hardware: EPoX 8KTA3+ (VIA KT333) AMD Athlon XP-m… Continue reading