It was great to see a historical breakdown of what was available in Brazil at that time. Gives a new perspective from another part of the world. Keep ‘em coming Sucra!
Nice look back at all the prebuilt options from the era. It's also really fun to mess with the "home PC", and not always the fastest and greatest. Awesome video!
I knew nothing of PCs when my parents bought one for me. In about 2 weeks i opened it up, had a hard time putting it back together. At the time i have never used the internet, but in a few months i found and bought a PC magazine, called CHIP, that explained step by step how to assemble, configure and install an OS to a PC. It was back in the year 2000. It started my hobby for hardware, and i don't regret a moment i spent on it, just the money i unnecessary spent at various moments :) Keep the videos going, you are doing great !
Hey, thanks! My story is not too different from yours. I got into it when my mother got our first family PC back in the early 90s. I took appart the 486 to install a sound blaster when I was around 12 or 13 and I never stopped. Thanks for watching!
There is something about 90's PC machines that can't be replicated in later computers. I'm suprised how slow Rage IIC is.But again, it's a 1996 video card in 1998 PC.
The PC is actually from 1997, the reason I put 1998 in the title is because it's running Windows 98. But yeah, I'm with you on the Rage IIc, it's just an office PC video card. I was surprised it actually did something in Forsaken. But in Half-Life it was terrible.
Nice video SUCRA and really great PC even 17 fps. Back in the day we had this situation. I never had back then a high performance gaming PC. But because this pc is exactly like that, that's why, as you said, it's really a time capsule. I liked it.
AWWW YEEEE, deploy the "lil snacc"! (SD to IDE) 😁 I grabbed like, 6 of them on Ebay last year, I use the ALL the time! 😃 so dang useful! Great video, my dude! I love that era of computing 🧡
Yep I had my PII 300 on an LX chipset motherboard, so I was limited to the first Pentiums II and a TNT and a single VooDoo2 was the sweet spot, with two VooDoo2 you had the higher resolution as an option but at 640*480 the CPU bottleneck hit hard. It's amazing that it took a TNT2 ultra to "match" a V2 SLI setup and a GeForce 256 to beat it, that was a "long time" riding the wave at the top back then, from a P2 300 to an Athlon 800!
@@SUCRA Yeah, they weren't high-end models (likely lower-end P2 or Celeron-A with SB PCI128 audio and Ati Rage Pro graphics), but every classroom with a computer back in the late-90s where I graduated from had a Premio-branded mid-tower.
Thanks, of course! Since I wasn't comparing anything I didn't include the chart, sorry! When I upgrade it and make another video I'll be sure to incluse a chart.
@@SUCRA no need for being sorry! It's just a suggestion not a complain :) I understand your videos are not benchmark oriented, and I like this more relaxed style of having fun around... still this information you gather by recording all the games on one machine is really valuable... so maybe will be better if you include a chart, maybe not.
Would there be any performance jump if you stick a large heatsink on there & overclock the ati card via ati tray tools or similar ? There was a bit of performance too gain on some of the early 3d cards.
Maybe? I'm not sure there are tools to overclock this video card like we have on 3dfx tools. But you would need to double the FPS to make it somewhat usable, so I don't think it's worth it to go that route. Better just look for another 3d card.
@@dallesamllhals9161 Its like building a car from scratch vs buying a car, its fun building your own car, but its also fun when you buy one that fits to your liking from a brand you like, its something that we missed in the PC industry.
Well a K6-2 400 was about the speed of a PII 300 and I don't remember my PII 300 was exactly taxing out the VooDoo 2 capabilities (not like the Athlon 650 that I got later) bit the K6 was priced so damn cheap that I really see your point, I could had saved a big chunk of money if I had chosen AMD after my Pentium 90, or after the 6x86 200.
@@RetroTinkerer ..guess that's why I bought a K6-III AHX 400MHz in late 2010! ..'cause my old Socket 7 gal and her PCI cards+ weren't MAX'ed out? ^and Yup! She's still alive 😲 PS To make it worse...Gotta' Radeon 9250 PCI too = SO NOT period correct...but i can watch DVDs now 😀
Ah yes, the Rage 2D, I mean IIC.
Hah most of the time!
It was great to see a historical breakdown of what was available in Brazil at that time. Gives a new perspective from another part of the world. Keep ‘em coming Sucra!
Thanks for watching! 👍
Like! 6:10 - the Voodoo 2 was released in March 1, 1998, the Riva TNT around 3 months and 2 weeks later on June 15, 1998.
Indeed, thanks for watching! 👍
Awesome computer setup. Windows 98 is a great retro gaming operating system for sure!
Thanks Sean!
Nice look back at all the prebuilt options from the era. It's also really fun to mess with the "home PC", and not always the fastest and greatest. Awesome video!
Thanks man! I don't like to upgrade PCs right away. I think it's neat to experiment with them the way they were sold and maybe upgrade later.
I knew nothing of PCs when my parents bought one for me. In about 2 weeks i opened it up, had a hard time putting it back together. At the time i have never used the internet, but in a few months i found and bought a PC magazine, called CHIP, that explained step by step how to assemble, configure and install an OS to a PC. It was back in the year 2000. It started my hobby for hardware, and i don't regret a moment i spent on it, just the money i unnecessary spent at various moments :) Keep the videos going, you are doing great !
Hey, thanks! My story is not too different from yours. I got into it when my mother got our first family PC back in the early 90s. I took appart the 486 to install a sound blaster when I was around 12 or 13 and I never stopped. Thanks for watching!
Great history review, and tech description.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
There is something about 90's PC machines that can't be replicated in later computers.
I'm suprised how slow Rage IIC is.But again, it's a 1996 video card in 1998 PC.
The PC is actually from 1997, the reason I put 1998 in the title is because it's running Windows 98. But yeah, I'm with you on the Rage IIc, it's just an office PC video card. I was surprised it actually did something in Forsaken. But in Half-Life it was terrible.
i had to embrace software rendering for a long time until i got a Riva TNT (in 2000 maybe?) and a brand new world opened up
Hah, yeah, most of us really! My first 3d card was a voodoo 2.
Nice video SUCRA and really great PC even 17 fps. Back in the day we had this situation. I never had back then a high performance gaming PC. But because this pc is exactly like that, that's why, as you said, it's really a time capsule. I liked it.
Exactly Nico. I can upgrade it at anytime too, and I will in a future video. Hey, thanks for watching!
AWWW YEEEE, deploy the "lil snacc"! (SD to IDE) 😁 I grabbed like, 6 of them on Ebay last year, I use the ALL the time! 😃 so dang useful!
Great video, my dude! I love that era of computing 🧡
Thanks, Jesse! That thing is so handy! I have a few too.
That's a Gateway case, every time I looked at it.
Great priduction quality.
It sure looks it, it also looks like a case Falcon Northwest used.
good stuff, waiting for a compaq video now
Thanks, buddy! Unfortunately I don't own a Compaq, but if I ever get my hands on one, I'll be sure to make a video about it.
Very nice machine, event the stickers are preserved but it screams for a GPU upgrade TnT2 perfect fit.
Yep, it'll get one. Probably not a TNT though.
Hi Sucra!
Oh, well off course that maxtor didn't work without limiting its capacity, it is missing a whole corner! 😂
Hah, did you bite a piece off it.😆
Thank you for the video. 👍
Hey, no problem! Thanks for watching.
Cool vid, nice machine! Will become a different beast with a tnt or adding a voodoo 2 or 3 or even a banshee😁
Yep I had my PII 300 on an LX chipset motherboard, so I was limited to the first Pentiums II and a TNT and a single VooDoo2 was the sweet spot, with two VooDoo2 you had the higher resolution as an option but at 640*480 the CPU bottleneck hit hard.
It's amazing that it took a TNT2 ultra to "match" a V2 SLI setup and a GeForce 256 to beat it, that was a "long time" riding the wave at the top back then, from a P2 300 to an Athlon 800!
Indeed! That should happen at some point!
Lord, my high school here in the US had SO many of these machines.
Oh, that's so cool! I had no idea they sold to government and what not. 👍
@@SUCRA Yeah, they weren't high-end models (likely lower-end P2 or Celeron-A with SB PCI128 audio and Ati Rage Pro graphics), but every classroom with a computer back in the late-90s where I graduated from had a Premio-branded mid-tower.
Nice video! May i suggest you to add a table at the end (conclusions) with your recorded FPS by game?
Thanks, of course! Since I wasn't comparing anything I didn't include the chart, sorry! When I upgrade it and make another video I'll be sure to incluse a chart.
@@SUCRA no need for being sorry! It's just a suggestion not a complain :) I understand your videos are not benchmark oriented, and I like this more relaxed style of having fun around... still this information you gather by recording all the games on one machine is really valuable... so maybe will be better if you include a chart, maybe not.
Would there be any performance jump if you stick a large heatsink on there & overclock the ati card via ati tray tools or similar ?
There was a bit of performance too gain on some of the early 3d cards.
Maybe? I'm not sure there are tools to overclock this video card like we have on 3dfx tools. But you would need to double the FPS to make it somewhat usable, so I don't think it's worth it to go that route. Better just look for another 3d card.
I miss the prebuilt pc's, they had their character.
Pffth! Build your own - like the rest of us...
@@dallesamllhals9161 Its like building a car from scratch vs buying a car, its fun building your own car, but its also fun when you buy one that fits to your liking from a brand you like, its something that we missed in the PC industry.
@@patrickc8007 Erh...NO! Building a car is not the same as building a pc (even back in the '90s)
I get what you say...I personally liked Compaq Presarios a lot back in the 90s
I don't think I miss the pre-builts but I miss those times.
Was that a Roland Sound Canvas I saw ?
Hey! There's a sound canvas there, indeed.
that mitsumi CD drive is so noisy
Hah, indeed. I enjoyed it though and it's quite durable.
INTEL, INtel,intel...BLAAAAAAH!
1998 = AMD K6-2 400MHz, 32MB RAM, Tseng Labs ET6000 4,5MB MDRAM(Ooooh!) and for 3D: Voodoo² 12MB!
Well a K6-2 400 was about the speed of a PII 300 and I don't remember my PII 300 was exactly taxing out the VooDoo 2 capabilities (not like the Athlon 650 that I got later) bit the K6 was priced so damn cheap that I really see your point, I could had saved a big chunk of money if I had chosen AMD after my Pentium 90, or after the 6x86 200.
@@RetroTinkerer ..guess that's why I bought a K6-III AHX 400MHz in late 2010! ..'cause my old Socket 7 gal and her PCI cards+ weren't MAX'ed out?
^and Yup! She's still alive 😲
PS To make it worse...Gotta' Radeon 9250 PCI too = SO NOT period correct...but i can watch DVDs now 😀
Ehn. I like them too.