Computer Recommendation?

[kounterklockwise]

I apologize in advance for delving into a topic which has been covered numerous times on this board...

But I'm curious as to what specs to look for in a computer to run Sierra games smoothly. What is it that makes the games run too fast on newer models, the RAM or the Processor Speed?

I don't like using DosBox but I don't want to buy an older model and have some games still run too quickly or too slowly on it.

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

[Kenneth]

486 - 75 mhz
16-32 megs ram
4 mb video card - PCI
Creative labs sound card
1 gig hard drive with DOS
cd rom
3.5 floppy drive
5.25 floppy drive


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Thats just what I would use for Sierra Games. Might want to get a P-II running windows 95 with 128 ram and a decent (30 gig) hard drive for games like Shivers 2, Kings Quest 8 and Quest for Glory 5.

Oh, and its the Clock Crystals that make these games run so fast.

The number of Clock ticks is measured in Hertz.

One Hertz = 1 clock tick per second.
so 1000 Hertz = 1 Mhz.
Imagine playing these games on a 3 Ghz. Processor.

I think that is around 3,000,000 clock ticks per second.

[kounterklockwise]

thanks kenneth! I'll search ebay

[Kenneth]

Make sure when you do that you get one with a good CMOS battery. You won't believe how many computers on Ebay don't have one.

[Maxor127]

[Kenneth]

I use Emulation too.

I just use DOSBox on my PC and it works great.

[QuestCollector]

Is that an m-32 above your tower?

[Kenneth]

yes.
MT-32.

[kounterklockwise]

If I got a 486 computer with a 100 Mhz processor would that be too fast to run most of the older sierra games (SQ, KQ, QFG, LSL etc.)?

[Kenneth]

That should work fine.

133 Mhz seems to be the cut off for playing most old (SCI0 and SCI1) Sierra Games.