could you build your computers based on matching generations of hardware from that time? read details?

Question

okay so i want to get into the computer hobby with gaming and all that stuff. problem is i dont want to go crazy with randomly upgrading whenever and instead would like to have multiple computers based on the generation of hardware. would this make sense to do? for example-

pentium 4/amd athlon 64 series would only be used with
any DX9 GPU up to the geforce 7950gx2 single or sli
and use only ddr2 400mhz ram

core2/athlon II series would be used with any DX10 only GPU
up to the GTX 295 or whatever the most powerful setup could be
probably the gtx 285 tri sli with a 790i motherboard

corei7/phenom II would be used with any DX11 only GPU
and since DX11 cards are the current ones right now you would just
continue to upgrade your graphics until the latest card for that generation
came out.

it would be organized as if the pc's were different consoles for games from the time.
example-games from up to mid 05 would be used on the pentium4/pentiumD/amd athlon 64
pc.

games from up to early 2009 would be on the core2/athlon II system

and games from early 2009 to present would be on the I7/phenom II system and going.

Does any of this make sense or does anyone see what i trying to get at?
of course all games witht he exception of crysis would have to be played on the later system rather than the eyar that it came out. this way you could keep all your systems and games as if they were consoles and wouldnt always have just one primary computer your entire life
where you would have to keep transfering your files and such to every new system.

Answer 1

Any game made for the Pentium 4 should still play on a newer PC. You'll have to go way back before then to get the look and feel of what it was like to play older games. Some games made for the original 8086 and 8088 processors are now not playable at all on faster PCs. "Game Over" before you even get to touch the keyboard.



Probably the closest you can get to the old 8bit games is the MAME project - http://mamedev.org/ There are other ROMS available - http://www.rom-world.com/ - some of which are probably not legal even though the games are so old.



I don't even know where you'd get old 8086 / 8088 / 80286 / 80386 / 80486 computers from now. My 80286 was an absolute screamer compared to my first computer - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=19&st=1

Answer 2

Hi. Most games are backward compatible with the GLARING example of HALO (original) which does not work with Win 7. So any high performance system should play the older games. Build one that works well with Crysis and you should be covered. Not sure why you would build a marginal machine for older games, but hey that's just me. I still play RTCW even on my newly built machine. Crysis is marginal with my GPU.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You would have to have different operating systems on different boards to do this, unless you try using virtual computers on virtual desktops within your windows setup...Which is entirely possible. You can find out more about virtualization and the technology at: "http://social.technet.microsoft.com/en/forums/virtualization/library/default.aspx ".