Building a Box for Old Games

I want to build a race box for some older games that can also be upgraded in the future. Is it possible to do both? Can't afford the latest thing and I only want to get into the older stuff right now anyway. Any advice on what deal I could get on putting together something to run these? [MB, Video Card, etc.] Thanks. GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR.

"Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:250220021344285095%[email hidden]...

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> I want to build a race box for some older games that can also be > upgraded in the future. Is it possible to do both? Can't afford the > latest thing and I only want to get into the older stuff right now > anyway. Any advice on what deal I could get on putting together > something to run these? [MB, Video Card, etc.] Thanks. > > GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR.

Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range? This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2 video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them. Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this. That's the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is still pretty damn good. p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's already outdated and probably a bargain basement buy...

Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sQye8.4044$Qq1.23397@shaw-ty2...

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> "Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:250220021344285095%[email hidden]... > > I want to build a race box for some older games that can also be > > upgraded in the future. Is it possible to do both? Can't afford the > > latest thing and I only want to get into the older stuff right now > > anyway. Any advice on what deal I could get on putting together > > something to run these? [MB, Video Card, etc.] Thanks. > > > > GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR. > > Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range? > This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2 > video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and > SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them. > > Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this.

That's > the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is stillpretty > damn good. > > p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all > current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's > already outdated and probably a bargain basement buy... Not that I am anybody special, i have to agree here. I just built an old 'junker' for our NR2002 server. A 1.0Ghz AMD, 384 MB RAM, a GeForce256 etc. I didn't have to buy a hard drive, I had an old 10 gigger laying around. The whole system was less than $300 (again this did not include a HD or monitor).

In article <hZye8.44950$[email hidden]>, SimRacer <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sQye8.4044$Qq1.23397@shaw-ty2... > > "Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:250220021344285095%[email hidden]... > > > I want to build a race box for some older games that can also be > > > upgraded in the future. Is it possible to do both? Can't afford the > > > latest thing and I only want to get into the older stuff right now > > > anyway. Any advice on what deal I could get on putting together > > > something to run these? [MB, Video Card, etc.] Thanks. > > > > > > GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR. > > > > Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range? > > This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2 > > video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and > > SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them. > > > > Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this. > That's > > the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is still > pretty > > damn good. > > > > p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all > > current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's > > already outdated and probably a bargain basement buy... > > > Not that I am anybody special, i have to agree here. I just built an old > 'junker' for our NR2002 server. A 1.0Ghz AMD, 384 MB RAM, a GeForce256 etc. > I didn't have to buy a hard drive, I had an old 10 gigger laying around. The > whole system was less than $300 (again this did not include a HD or > monitor).

Thats all good advice you guys, probably just what I am talking about. What do you think of this setup and what would be a reasonable price to pay for it? AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU 512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY 40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD 56K Modem ATX Mid Tower Case

good rig there. I would think this could be done for around $700.00

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> > Thats all good advice you guys, probably just what I am talking about. > What do you think of this setup and what would be a reasonable price to > pay for it? > > > AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU > 512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY > 40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive > Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD > 56K Modem > ATX Mid Tower Case

In article <y4Pe8.73156$[email hidden]>, CarGuy <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Doug Hook <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:KPIe8.24926$%[email hidden]... > > good rig there. I would think this could be done for around $700.00 > > > > > > Thats all good advice you guys, probably just what I am talking about. > > > What do you think of this setup and what would be a reasonable price to > > > pay for it? > > > > > > > > > AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU > > > 512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY > > > 40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive > > > Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD > > > 56K Modem > > > ATX Mid Tower Case > > > > > Decent system, the RAM would be overkill IMHO, other than that and > considering that you'd be ussing DDR RAM, I'd have to guess somewhere in the > $600 range for those parts (assuming you meant to have a CDROM drive if you > don't already). If you are looking at older sims, 256 MB of RAM would be > more than sufficient. a 20gig HD would probably also suffice if you could > find one.

Well, I am looking to save money and I think I should take time to get just what I want in bare-bones fashion since this is just for one basic use right now. So maybe I will piece something together closer to what I need. Any place you suggest on the net that is a good place to do that? Especially for good prices for year-old parts? Thanks again for your suggestions.

Doug Hook <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KPIe8.24926$%[email hidden]...

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> good rig there. I would think this could be done for around $700.00 > > > > Thats all good advice you guys, probably just what I am talking about. > > What do you think of this setup and what would be a reasonable price to > > pay for it? > > > > > > AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU > > 512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY > > 40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive > > Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD > > 56K Modem > > ATX Mid Tower Case >

Decent system, the RAM would be overkill IMHO, other than that and considering that you'd be ussing DDR RAM, I'd have to guess somewhere in the $600 range for those parts (assuming you meant to have a CDROM drive if you don't already). If you are looking at older sims, 256 MB of RAM would be more than sufficient. a 20gig HD would probably also suffice if you could find one.