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3d cards did not exit at the time, everything was done on the CPU. And yes your pc had a graphic card, or you wouldn't have had anything to hook your screen on

3d cards did not exit at the time, everything was done on the CPU. And yes your pc had a graphic card, or you wouldn't have had anything to hook your screen onto ;)

wslh 3y ago
Yes, sure, I wanted to say "advanced graphic card with GPU". Anyway, the USD 6k price tag was very high since I remember running Doom on a sub USD 2k PC. Most probably closer to USD 1k.
- ido 3y ago
  I think in 1993 you could easily still spend $6k by buying the top end 486/pentium CPU from intel, 8mb ram, CD-ROM, large (for the time) HDD, 17" monitor, etc. It wouldn't have a GPU but the latest tech always cost a big premium (it might be just 50% faster than a good but non-top-end system but cost 2-3x as much). EDIT - looking at some ads in the December '93 issue of Computerworld [0] there's a Compaq ad saying "the Deskpro with Pentium starts at just $3,199" (both the "starts at" and the "just" make me think you could make it cost a lot more than $3,199, altho you could surely also play Doom on a cheaper computer). [0] https://books.google.de/books?id=WESBpiNtNTEC&pg=PA19&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=WESBpiNtNTEC&pg=PA19&hl=en&...
  - wslh 3y ago
    At that time I bought a generic PC with a 486 DX4 below USD 2k.
    - ido 3y ago
      This doesn’t contradict anything I wrote above. It was possible to get much better bang for buck than the absolute most expensive option but I can believe the above story that you could spend someone else’s $6k to splurge on the most expensive PC you could find.
      - wslh 3y ago
        I don't tried to bring a lengthy discussion, it was a play with memories: remembering assembling your own PC and travelling the city choosing the specific components carefully based on price.
        ido 3y ago
        I didn't mean to take it in a negative direction either! And I agree with you anyway, my computer at around that time was also much cheaper than the example given (I think an IBM Aptiva on sale from a shop that was trying to get rid of inventory) and played games just fine (at least for the first couple years of its life)!
- intrasight 3y ago
  It was very high - but this was a business purchase. It was EASY to spend $6k for a high-end PC in 1993. Also consider that $6000 is $12000 in 2023 dollars.

3d cards did not exit at the time, everything was done on the CPU. And yes your pc had a graphic card, or you wouldn't have had anything to hook your screen onto ;)

wslh 3y ago

Yes, sure, I wanted to say "advanced graphic card with GPU". Anyway, the USD 6k price tag was very high since I remember running Doom on a sub USD 2k PC. Most probably closer to USD 1k.

ido 3y ago
I think in 1993 you could easily still spend $6k by buying the top end 486/pentium CPU from intel, 8mb ram, CD-ROM, large (for the time) HDD, 17" monitor, etc. It wouldn't have a GPU but the latest tech always cost a big premium (it might be just 50% faster than a good but non-top-end system but cost 2-3x as much). EDIT - looking at some ads in the December '93 issue of Computerworld [0] there's a Compaq ad saying "the Deskpro with Pentium starts at just $3,199" (both the "starts at" and the "just" make me think you could make it cost a lot more than $3,199, altho you could surely also play Doom on a cheaper computer). [0] https://books.google.de/books?id=WESBpiNtNTEC&pg=PA19&hl=en&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=WESBpiNtNTEC&pg=PA19&hl=en&...
- wslh 3y ago
  At that time I bought a generic PC with a 486 DX4 below USD 2k.
  - ido 3y ago
    This doesn’t contradict anything I wrote above. It was possible to get much better bang for buck than the absolute most expensive option but I can believe the above story that you could spend someone else’s $6k to splurge on the most expensive PC you could find.
    - wslh 3y ago
      I don't tried to bring a lengthy discussion, it was a play with memories: remembering assembling your own PC and travelling the city choosing the specific components carefully based on price.
      - ido 3y ago
        I didn't mean to take it in a negative direction either! And I agree with you anyway, my computer at around that time was also much cheaper than the example given (I think an IBM Aptiva on sale from a shop that was trying to get rid of inventory) and played games just fine (at least for the first couple years of its life)!
intrasight 3y ago
It was very high - but this was a business purchase. It was EASY to spend $6k for a high-end PC in 1993. Also consider that $6000 is $12000 in 2023 dollars.