Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-12, 20:26

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.... but more research about the performance is required before I can make a decision. Or, you could just buy all of them if the price is right for you :D This could totally happen, I might need to graphics cards anyway for an alternative build. I will go with the ASUS P2B motherboard route mainly …

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Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-12, 09:31

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At some point you have to pull the trigger and buy stuff. I do think your at that point as your research keeps coming up with good options. Go with the Celeron 733 on a BX motherboard with a MX440 as you can find it all at a good price and availability, should serve you well and you can always …

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Re: PIII 450MHz + Voodoo 2 12mb seems balanced. But I've just found Geforce 2 MX 400 64MB

Posted on 2023-06-12, 07:10

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Really funny how many people here are in similar boat at the moment. I am about the make my first pc with a 440bx intel chipset, socket 1 and a cpu between 400 and 800mhz and the mx440 was recommended to me as potential card. Then we have this guy here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t= …

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Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-12, 06:41

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geforce mx 440 is perfectly fine for that system. Theyre cheap and they wont bottle neck 800mhz. Thanks for the info. The mx 440 also showed up quite often during my research as viable choice and I have to agree. They are really cheap and still have good performance for the stuff I want to do on my …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-12, 06:29

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is it possible to up to the highest clock p3 coppermine the 1 ghz model an the Asus mb via slocket adaptors ? Yes, if you can get a Slotket adapter that supports Coppermine CPUs at a good price. You shouldn't worry about the CPU multiplier settings on the motherboard since for they only work on …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-11, 19:55

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You could also freely look for suitable boards and pick one whenever you come across one. Test it and see if it suits your needs. If not, get rid of it or trade. It's good to have one or two for backup and for different configurations. SE440BX-2 + 600Mhz PIII + GF2 MX400 for Windows games and maybe …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-11, 16:42

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That connector layout looks painful. And it's 440LX so CPU support isn't stellar. Being such an early 440LX board and an Abit, also presents doubts regarding the quality of AGP power delivery. Thanks a lot for the info. Then i will stay from that Abit mb and stick to ones in the list kolderman …

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Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-11, 13:54

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Geforce2 GTS is nice fit for older chipset and PII processors. Cheers, Thanks for the advice. Yes the Geforce 2 GTS looks interesting indeed. Not the cheapest card out there but still in the price range I would consider as acceptable. I do not mind buying a bit more for a then premium card as long …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-11, 13:44

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Thanks for the further information about the pc speaker. I am shopping around for mainboards now and want to ask you guys what you guys think about the Abit AB-AH6 ? It is on sale now at certain place online and would could way less than normal. Would you guys consider it as good starting mobo for …

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Re: most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-10, 17:08

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A Riva TNT2, Pro or Ultra, not M64 though, would probably be fine and would be able to run the games from the period you mentioned. If somehow you still need more power then any GeForce 2 you can find would be a good choice. Thanks for your recommendation. One of the better TNT2 cards sounds like a …

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Re: most balanced window card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:47

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So I am no expert, but I picked up an abandoned machine a few years back. It was a Pentium 133 with a Voodoo 3 2000 in it. After restoring it back to working condition, I have been playing around with various OS options. The Voodoo has worked well in DOS, Win 95 and Win 98. Thanks for your reply. …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:44

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Dos gaming on pci sound cards is usually very hit and miss and depends heavily on motherboard. Opl is typically atrocious and soundfonts don't work in pure dos. Sb16 emulation is usually good..if it works but depends on finicky tsrs that aren't compatible with real mode dos games. That's assuming …

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most balanced graphics card for late dos and early windwos 98SE gaming system?

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:14

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Hello guys. Like mentioned in my first threat I am about to get started for my first late dos and early Windows 98SE gaming rig up to the year 1999. Latest game I am into is Q3 Arena. In the mean time I figured out some core components already slot 1 intel 440bx chipset cpu speed is going to be …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:00

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@Joseph_Joestar That's good to know tat the SB life might have some problems wiht speakers that support surround sound. As of now I wanted to use my old stero speakers but in the long run I would have planned an upgrade with surround speakers. You can use an Audigy 1 or Audigy 2 card instead. They …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-10, 08:01

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@Joseph_Joestar That's good to know tat the SB life might have some problems with the speakers that support surround sound. As of now I wanted to use my old stero speakers but in the long run I would have planned an upgrade with surround speakers. Have already figured that the sound situation with …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-10, 07:14

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- gigabyte GA-6BXC is very well regarded. GA-6BX7 is similar with socket 370. - ABit, BE6-II BF6 - Asus: CUBX - EPOX: EP-BX7+ - MSI BX Master All premiums brands. Ok great. Thanks for the recommendations. @all about the sound cards I have done some further research and I think I will go with the …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 20:54

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In the meantime I have done some further research and there is really big amount of available mainboards with the 440bx chipsets. Some of them come even with cpu included and ram which could also be rather convenient. I have also seen that some motherboards even have a onboard graphics solution. …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 13:16

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If your playing a lot of dos games you want something with an ISA slot. If it's just one or 2 games you might get away with a PCI card with dos emulation but if your going to be spending half the time in dos then ISA is needed for the soundcard. I agree a BX motherboard is a good choice to start …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 06:56

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@gerry You are right it is really good to know somone who is good with soldering when you are not able to it yourself yet. Might can in handy for my journey for my rig. Good to know that you think that I am in the right direction with the intel 440bx board. I think it is an interesting board that …

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Re: Getting started with my first late dos and early win 98SE build

Posted on 2023-06-09, 04:50

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@gerry You are right it is really good to know somone who is good with soldering when you are not able to it yourself yet. Might can in handy for my journey for my rig. Good to know that you think that I am in the right direction with the intel 440bx board. I think it is an interesting board that is …

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