Not All Good Windows XP Laptops Make for Great Windows 98 Retro Gaming (Patreon)

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2023-05-15 23:28:06

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2024-01

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Just because a retro PC that originally shipped in the Windows XP era also offers Windows 98 drivers doesn't mean it's going to be the best experience...and here's a great example.

Sources:
Unreal Tournament and 3DMark 99 benchmark result charts (and an overall fantastic resource for comparing retro video cards!): http://hw-museum.cz/article/2/benchmark-vga-1998---2001--2011-edition-/2
"An Old Faithful - Dell Inspiron 8200," HWM, May 2002.
"Lowered XPectations," Computerworld, November 5, 2001.

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Do Good Windows XP Laptops Make for Great Windows 98 Retro Gaming?

Just because a retro PC that originally shipped in the Windows XP era also offers Windows 98 drivers doesn't mean it's going to be the best experience...and here's a great example. Sources: Unreal Tournament and 3DMark 99 benchmark result charts (and an overall fantastic resource for comparing retro video cards!): http://hw-museum.cz/article/2/benchmark-vga-1998---2001--2011-edition-/2 "An Old Faithful - Dell Inspiron 8200," HWM, May 2002. "Lowered XPectations," Computerworld, November 5, 2001. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).