First post, by JTD121
Recently got myself a Dell Dimension 4100. PIII @ 933MHz, 512MB RAM (apparent max for chipset, 1 DIMM installed), 80GB hard drive, and an ATi Rage Pro 128, 16MB for the video.
Also has some kind of Creative Labs sound card (haven't plugged in any speakers, so I don't know how it sounds/works, etc).
Installed Windows 98SE on it for a bit, and couldn't get it to use a WiFi card I happened to have on-hand, so I tried Windows XP. Currently it's installed, but looks almost like it did an in-place upgrade (not what I wanted to do) or dual-booting 98/XP with XP as default? Not 100% sure on that at this point, it just boots to XP.
Anyway, for some retro gaming that isn't super intensive (DooM, Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego, etc) the ATi card in there should be adequate. Not sure why I'm thinking about upgrading it further, other than I can.
I do have a Voodoo 5 5500, which I got for free years ago. I can get the computer to boot with it, but there is something (physically) wrong with the card, so it doesn't display anything. Until now I've had nothing to even attempt to plug it into, so that's not too much of a surprise.
I was thinking either a GeForce 3 Ti500, or GeForce 4 Ti4600 (this only has an AGP 4x slot, so going for the 4800-level cards is kind of moot). Not sure what was equivalent on the ATi side at the time; maybe 9700/9800 Pro/XT?