Multi-threaded games are a pretty young group, but you'll have the enviable advantage of switching between programs with ease. I remember even WinXP would take a crap on my single-core machines when I had Photoshop, Visual Studio and Office open. I second getting a 6800GT. A 7800 might be too …

To the best of my knowledge, we had a Cyrix 686 rig with a Matrox G200 card and a Sound Blaster AWE32. God, that Cyrix chip was good for squat. Anyone else have the extreme displeasure of owning one?

A list is here: http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/ports/?platform=2 I recommend Chocolate Doom or Odamex. There are DOS ports as well, if you're more inclined toward that.

You're right about the BIOS - it'll be a full minute before it even starts loading Windows. Mercifully, it only decides to hang like this on a cold boot. Though there are tons of things I could do to improve this machine (more RAM, bigger HDD, new battery, CD-ROM drive, PCMCIA wireless) I think it's …

I figure my first post in this forum should showcase my current retro rig. I have a special place in my heart for old laptops, and my current one is a Compaq LTE 5400. (P1 150, 32MB RAM, 2GB HDD, ESS688 sound, Cirrus Logic video Vesa 2.0 800x600) I first bought it for $25 at a flea market; it was …