Hardware & Technical Intel 486 compatability issues

[insidah]

I'm having problems loading this game on my 486. Should I upgrade to a Pentium?

 

[Morbad]

[video=youtube;qpMvS1Q1sos]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos[/video]

 

[Spam]

Nah, just get the DX2.
That extra maths co processor kicks butt.

 

[ChubbyBunneh]

When I try to request docking via carrier pigeon I never get clearance to dock. So I've just been floating in space outside Lave Station for over a year.

 

[Midnight_Sun323]

486. Man... there's some old memories.

 

[Smauler]

I know this is a troll, but I'm actually playing fine on a nearly 10 year old core 2 duo. (E6850 if anyone's interested, so not even top end when I bought it).

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

I'm having problems loading this game on my 486. Should I upgrade to a Pentium?

I am having the devils own job freeing up enough conventional memory to run properly. Its not like I am short of ram I have 1 MEGABYTE for goodness sake!.

 

[insidah]

I heard that if I modify the autoexec.bat file, I can gain an extra 80Kb of Base memory.

 

[HipToss]

Press the turbo button!

Remember that?

 

[Ceeege]

Aahhh the days of multiple AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files....

 

[Synther]

I know this is a troll, but I'm actually playing fine on a nearly 10 year old core 2 duo. (E6850 if anyone's interested, so not even top end when I bought it).

My dad's computer is running my old C2D setup and it runs Elite better than I thought it does. I wonder what it'll be like when powerplay hits knowing that station framerate skyrocketed on mine.

 

[Sir SaiCo]

Ahhh, this brings back memories.... my first PC was a 486 DX2 66... back in '94... sooo old.

8 Meg of memory and 500 meg hard drive... i remember my friends saying "why the hell do you want a 500 meg hard disc?... you will NEVER use all of that space"

Surfing the internet on a dialup 9600 modem.... ah those were the days.

 

[adoredtv]

Hi insidah I'm sorry but you need a graphics card with DX10 capability - something that is not available on old style 486 compatible mobos which were limited to PCI (don't confuse this with PCIe), or even the newfangled pentium model which I believe is capped out at AGP 8x. You need some hyper-advanced futuristic technology called PCIe which will become available sometime in 2003.

 

[insidah]

Should I buy an Adlib or Sound Blaster sound card to hear the intro theme?

Hi insidah I'm sorry but you need a graphics card with DX10 capability - something that is not available on old style 486 compatible mobos which were limited to PCI (don't confuse this with PCIe), or even the newfangled pentium model which I believe is capped out at AGP 8x. You need some hyper-advanced futuristic technology called PCIe which will become available sometime in 2003.

 

[adoredtv]

Audio not my thing sorry.

 

[philmo]

Had same issue with my ZX80, just plugged in a 16k Ram pack and all was good.

 

[Radicus]

Meh, if my trusty Commodore 64 with a tape drive can play Elite, your 486 should be able to handle it... but then again, the C64 was a far superior computer!

 

[Griefertroll]

I'm having problems loading this game on my 486. Should I upgrade to a Pentium?

Nah.. I have a Pentium-MMX 233MHz with 256MB RAM and a PCI Voodoo 3 3000 with 16MB VRAM Graphics Card and I can not run Eliteangerous even at lowest settings!! Can you believe it?!
However it runs all previous Elite versions at max settings !

 

[Sir SaiCo]

Should I buy an Adlib or Sound Blaster sound card to hear the intro theme?

If you can hold off buying a soundcard, motherboards with built in sound will be availible sometime around the year 2000.

 

[snotface]

I'm having problems loading this game on my 486. Should I upgrade to a Pentium?

Which 486 are you using?

I remember having fun with my old 486 processor. Think it was a 2 x 33 Mhz processor. Then I got the a P90.