Compaq Pentium II Armada for MSDOS retrogaming: Wavetable Audio & S3 Virge | Ep 08

Описание: Are the Compaq Armada 7800 & 7400 the ultimate MS-DOS retrogaming laptops? With ESS Audiodrive, General MIDI hardware wavetable, and S3 Virge graphics, they have everything retro gamers dream of. But is the Pentium 2 processor a hidden advantage or a dealbreaker?

Let’s put these vintage powerhouses to the test and find out if they deserve the title of “Dream Machines” for DOS gaming!

ThePentium 2 CPU is not ideal for speed sensitive games designed for older 386 and 486. while late DOS era titles might be too demanding for these Armadas.
However, both the armada 7800 and 7400 are great choices for 286 games. and also well-suited for games released between 1995 and 1997.
Choosing between them, the decision ultimately comes down to the form factor preference or availability.

I'm giving them an RB score of 3.5

🔻 Watch Now & Decide for Yourself! 🔻

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Specs, ports, display
02:21 HDD caddy, Compact flash compatibility
03:00 Powering UP and BIOS settings
04:10 Benchmarks
04:35 Sound setup, ESSVOL
04:50 DOS games, Wing Commander, Tyrian, Wolf3d,...
06:17 Hardware Wavetable, Doom, Dune 2, Star Wars X-Wing, Kyrandia...
11:32 Windows 98 and file transfers
11:55 Conclusions, score
11:35 Next review, Libretto alternative