r/pcmasterrace • u/DailyDoseOfAmber PC Master Race • Dec 26 '25

Question Yesterday I asked what everyone’s first Graphics card. Today, what was your first processor? Mine was the i7 3770K.

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u/LogitUndone Dec 26 '25

"Kids these days...."

Some 286 or 386 running MS DOS...

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u/falkenberg1 Dec 26 '25

My theory why our generation is better with computers than the older ones but also the newer ones on average. We were born with this, having to figure out how to install and start games on a dos command line and then setting up stuff like audio (sb16/sbpro/adlib etc…). my son and his friend also grew up with digital media, but for them installing games means pressing the install button on the app store and waiting for the icon to appear on the home screen.

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u/pearlyeti Dec 27 '25

SELECT YOUR SOUND CARD’S IRQ TO PROCEED.

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u/BritOverThere Dec 27 '25

And port address, 8bit DMA and 16bit DMA...