Remember when having a fast pc caused Command and Conquer games to go 1000 mph?

[mattdallastx]

My how things have changed.
" DUDE I can build a construction yard in .5 seconds!!!!"

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[Regs]

I don't remember that. I do remember however that having two construction yards did make building ques faster though or having two war factories making units build quicker.

 

[Cheesetogo]

I remember before dual core processors really hit the mainstream, they would cause a lot of games to run a double speed. There was an AMD patch you had to install to stop it from happening.

 

[QueBert]

I had a 286 with a "turbo" button on the front of the case, I want to say the stock speed was 10mhz and the button made it 12. I remember plenty of games that ran way too fast unless it was turned off, I don't think anyone from the modern PC gaming era could even understand this lol.

 

[Slew Foot]

With a rig like that Im not surprised

 

[exar333]

Fast CPUs actually caused issues playing Fallout (or maybe FO2?) because random encounters would fail to occur because you traveled so quickly from one city to the next. They made a patch for it...and this was back when folks were using single-core A64/AXP/P4 systems. I cannot imagine this with a 4.0ghz+ SB.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

A lot of old games seem to do this. Try running a DOS emulator with the wrong settings applied.

 

[Zenoth]

I have to temper around in .INI files for the original Unreal Tournament for it to "throttle" at a regular pace with the CPU, or something along those lines, otherwise everything on-screen happens at light speed, even including the music. I also have the same problem with Beyond Good & Evil (GoG version).

 

[Karstein]

There was actually software created to help out with this at the time, like Mo'Slo.

As for turbo buttons, those were fantastic. Oddly, when we picked up a P100 in around '96, it had a turbo light (which was always on) but no button.

 

[Howard]

A lot of PCs actually ran slower when the turbo button was on.

 

[Martimus]

Back then the turbo button would turn on/off the math co-processor. Now the FPU is an integral part both AMD and Intels processors and are always on.

 

[Red Storm]

I had a 286 with a "turbo" button on the front of the case, I want to say the stock speed was 10mhz and the button made it 12. I remember plenty of games that ran way too fast unless it was turned off, I don't think anyone from the modern PC gaming era could even understand this lol.

lol I remember this. Good times.

 

[Remobz]

I had a 286 with a "turbo" button on the front of the case, I want to say the stock speed was 10mhz and the button made it 12. I remember plenty of games that ran way too fast unless it was turned off, I don't think anyone from the modern PC gaming era could even understand this lol.

My first computer was a 286 with a red turbo button

Only games I remember playing on it were Wolfenstein 3D, Original Red Baron and Dune.

Good times indeed.

 

[VashHT]

It went the other way too, I had 33MHz PC at the time which was half as fast as it required so it ran at half speed, was really annoying so I just played WC2 instead most of the time.

 

[HumblePie]

I had a 386 with a turbo button to go from 33 Mhz to 66 Mhz. Made my tank game, think wolfenstien style graphics, go from normal movement to clear across the map movement when I hit the up arrow key.

 

[PowerYoga]

I remember cleaning my mouse. Peeling the little black stuff off was fun and strangely soothing.

 

[mattdallastx]

yeah I think I was running a pentium 133 @ the time. My friends and I would waste countelss hours on 19200 bps dial up games. lol