Diablo on a 586?
Stalker~||AE||
much RAM do you have? If its less than 32 mb, that might be part of the
problem. A good rule of thumb is: The more RAM the better. Another thing you
might try to speed up performance is to knock your color settings down
some....go to an empty spot on your desktop and right click....Click on
properties and a box called "display properties" will appear...go to the
settings tab and check your color setting. It might be set at 32 bit true
color...if so, move it to 16 bit and you will see a performance boost. If you
are still having a slowdown, move it to 256 colors. You really wont see that
much of a difference in the colors and the game should run just fine. One other
thing...if for some reason you have Microsoft Office installed, ensure that you
have the Findfast option disabled. Perform Ctrl-Alt.-Del and check to see if
its in your pop up. If so, end task on it as it is a major resource user. If
you still have questions or problems, just post here or email me and Ill do what
I can to help.
Stalker
Nick Masluk <miste...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone successfully ran Diablo (the 1st one) on a 586 computer? I
> have a 586 133MHz computer, that is said to be equivalent to a Pentium
> 83, but Diablo runs very slowly. Just wondering if I have a real
> problem or not.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Nick
>
> BTW, a 586 is NOT a Pentium. I have had some people argue that, but
> they are totally different processors.
>
>
Nick Masluk
Agelmar
thing...
nikon
Rastlin Twelve
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> Has anyone successfully ran Diablo (the 1st one) on a 586 computer? I
> have a 586 133MHz computer, that is said to be equivalent to a Pentium
> 83, but Diablo runs very slowly. Just wondering if I have a real
> problem or not.
I can run it on my 486 (which is clocked at 100Mhz) with 24MB of RAM IIRC.
It runs a little bit slow, but it's playable.
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like a beefed up Intel 80486, at 133 Mhz it may have the performance of an
83 MHz Pentium. The original poster may have easily been referring to such
a situation.
Tony
Agelmar <ia...@nospammediaone.net> wrote:
> Pentium is the codename for the 80586 line.... they're the exact same
> thing...
> "Nick Masluk" <miste...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:395AE59A...@yahoo.com...
>> Has anyone successfully ran Diablo (the 1st one) on a 586 computer? I
>> have a 586 133MHz computer, that is said to be equivalent to a Pentium
>> 83, but Diablo runs very slowly. Just wondering if I have a real
>> problem or not.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> --Nick
>>
>> BTW, a 586 is NOT a Pentium. I have had some people argue that, but
>> they are totally different processors.
>>
>>
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Agelmar
buy a Cyrix processor...
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Man W/Golden_Gun
problem but you will come to the horrible realization, you need a new
computer.
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this...
"So with an ISDN connection, I can dodge bullets?"
He Replied "With an OC-256 connection you won't have too!"
Ripsaw
wrote:
>Has anyone successfully ran Diablo (the 1st one) on a 586 computer? I
>have a 586 133MHz computer, that is said to be equivalent to a Pentium
>83, but Diablo runs very slowly. Just wondering if I have a real
>problem or not.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>--Nick
>
>BTW, a 586 is NOT a Pentium. I have had some people argue that, but
>they are totally different processors.
>
A little while ago my AMD crashed so I had to insert my old P75 cpu. I
tried playing Diablo and it worked just fine. Your problem may
possibly be to little ram, as I played it with 64MB on this comp.
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Ripsaw
Nick Masluk
if anyone has successfully ran Diablo (The 1st one,
Man W/Golden_Gun!!) on a 5x86, just so I could figure out for myself if my
system was underperforming. I left out all the
other details (which get pretty long).
Yes, I did screw up in my previous post, and left the "x" out of the 5x86
(sorry about that, the last line was only meant to be there so people
don't tell me they got it to work on their Pentium 133), although one
might figure I would have said Pentium if I meant Pentium. Its actually a
Kingston turbo chip (an upgrade to a 486), with an AMD 5x86-133 P75
processor (basically a just a 486DX, but is comparable to a Pentium in
performance--thus the "P75"). It has 64MB RAM, etc.., and it seems like
it should be able to run Diablo. It passes all other requirements to run.
Basically I just wanted to know if I actually had a problem with
performance on that machine or not. So, if anyone has ran
Diablo on a 5x86 upgrade from a 486, that is what I am interested in.
And also, I'm not debating whether or not I need a new computer. Its just
a 2nd computer that I would like to get running a little faster...
--Nick
Ghashûl
used a sledgehammer upon their keyboard, and this is what came out:
>Pentium is the codename for the 80586 line.... they're the exact same
>thing...
>> have a 586 133MHz computer, that is said to be equivalent to a Pentium
>> 83, but Diablo runs very slowly. Just wondering if I have a real
>> problem or not.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> --Nick
>>
>> BTW, a 586 is NOT a Pentium. I have had some people argue that, but
>> they are totally different processors.
>>
>>
>
I think he means a Cyrix 5x86
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Anthony D. Tribelli
> Yeah, I figured he meant the Cyrix line... but still, that's a 5x86,
> NOT a 586. A "586" is a pentium processor.
You are mixing up nicknames with product names. There is no "586" from
Intel. A Pentium, a P54C, a P55C, but not a "586" and not an "80586".
"586" can refer to any manufacture's Pentium compatible CPU.
Tony
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Tony Tribelli
adtri...@acm.org
Nick Masluk
Pentium, it was only something meant to have some Pentium performance.
--Nick
Recluse the Lurker
microprocessor manufacturers jumped on the '486 bandwagon.
The next few generations from Intel received the "Pentium"
label, while Cyrix and AMD continued using numbers similar to
the earlier generations... "586", "5x86", "6x86", ... you get
the idea.
In response to the original article... I can vouch for
Diablo running okay (not great, but okay) on an AMD 586-133
overclocked to 160 (4 x 40MHz) with 32MB. It's a bit
"twitchy" scrolling the screen, and I see a few hourglasses,
but it's playable in single-player or in a LAN with faster
computers. At 133 MHz, I'd expect it to be a little slower,
but still usable.
Regards,
Don
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Nick Masluk <miste...@yahoo.com> wrote in article
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Nick Masluk
playable. Although it made the system unstable, so I had to switch back to
the 33MHz bus. And I have 64MB, so RAM is not a problem. The real thing I am
concerned with though, is if at the regular bus speed, it should be able to
run programs like Diablo. Kingston says it should be equivalent to a Pentium
83, and I can't even play a game that requires a Pentium 60.
--Nick
Greg
ran fine. Only problem I had was slow loading between levels. Once loading
was complete it ran great though.