If you want 60+ FPS at 1600x1200 in those games, you will need more powerful hardware.

There's no reason to play those games under Win98, so go with an WinXP build and a Core2Duo + 2 GB RAM and at least an 7600 GT (preferably something much stronger like a GTX 750). Or just play them on your modern machine, if you don't mind losing hardware EAX support (there is still a way to emulate EAX via software).

With those specs, you are certainly quite a bit over the system requirements for these games, so they will certainly run fine. But as Joseph_Joestar said, don't expect 60 fps at 1600x1200 resolution with that hardware. And yes, it would be more wisely to play them on modern hardware.

you're talking more 1024x768 or maybve 1280x1024 with that hardware, could certain try n overclock the 2400+ a bit if you have a decent cooler on it, or throw a 3000/3200 in there. As the others have said you won't be hitting 60fos at 1600x1200.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2020-05-05, 17:09:

If you want 60+ FPS at 1600x1200 in those games, you will need more powerful hardware.

There's no reason to play those games under Win98, so go with an WinXP build and a Core2Duo + 2 GB RAM and at least an 7600 GT (preferably something much stronger like a GTX 750). Or just play them on your modern machine, if you don't mind losing hardware EAX support (there is still a way to emulate EAX via software).

You could run such a system on windows xp and still have an audigy 2zs / audigy4 / x-fi for some sweet sweet EAX goodness without software emulation 😀

I'm putting together a one size fits all retro gaming PC 94-2005 ish gaming. One OS, one PC. So I'm sticking to 9x. I don't want to dual boot for dos games, games that lack 2k/xp support or lose sb16 support. I was thinking of a 939 system, But I would still be keeping the 5950 ultra for older game compatibility. A 939 system would get me a much better CPU, dual channel ram and agp 8x. BUt I'm not sure if I will need to a better GPU too.

also a 3200+ is a 400mhz fsb CPU and the kg7 is a 266mhz FSB board so I be caped around 1.5ghz whit that CPU.

synrgy87 wrote on 2020-05-05, 17:29:

You could run such a system on windows xp and still have an audigy 2zs / audigy4 / x-fi for some sweet sweet EAX goodness without software emulation 😀

What I meant was, if you go above WinXP you lose out on hardware EAX, and I imagine any modern machine would be running Windows 7, at the very least.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2020-05-05, 17:44:

synrgy87 wrote on 2020-05-05, 17:29:

You could run such a system on windows xp and still have an audigy 2zs / audigy4 / x-fi for some sweet sweet EAX goodness without software emulation 😀

What I meant was, if you go above WinXP you lose out on hardware EAX, and I imagine any modern machine would be running Windows 7, at the very least.

and I sure don't want to lose EAX.

Thanks for the info guys. I chosen to get a latter sk462 board, an abit nf7-sg2 witch will allow me to use a 3200+. Not quite a 939 or 775 system. But it will be a good boost over the older 2400+ and abit KG7 board.

The games I question are , UT03 and 04, doom3, resident evil 4, KOTOR2 with mods.

Absolutely not. UT04 is a notorious CPU hog. KOTOR2 also would benefit from more powerful CPU.

austinham wrote on 2020-05-08, 13:58:

Thanks for the info guys. I chosen to get a latter sk462 board, an abit nf7-sg2 witch will allow me to use a 3200+. Not quite a 939 or 775 system. But it will be a good boost over the older 2400+ and abit KG7 board.

Love Abit boards, actually have a Kt7A that i run a 2800+ in and it'll hit 2ghz which is pretty cool. (KT133A chipset).

The nf7-sg2 I've never had but looks like a nice board, I run my 3000+ and 3200+ in ASUS nfoce2/nforce2 ultra boards which are also really nice(all-be-it a damn ugly colour).

synrgy87 wrote on 2020-05-08, 14:19:

austinham wrote on 2020-05-08, 13:58:

Thanks for the info guys. I chosen to get a latter sk462 board, an abit nf7-sg2 witch will allow me to use a 3200+. Not quite a 939 or 775 system. But it will be a good boost over the older 2400+ and abit KG7 board.

Love Abit boards, actually have a Kt7A that i run a 2800+ in and it'll hit 2ghz which is pretty cool. (KT133A chipset).

The nf7-sg2 I've never had but looks like a nice board, I run my 3000+ and 3200+ in ASUS nfoce2/nforce2 ultra boards which are also really nice(all-be-it a damn ugly colour).

Thanks, from what I know the nf7-sg2 is just a 2 phase version of the nf7 with some more limited overclocking settings.
I went with the sg2 over the normal nf7 because the sata on the sg2 is on the southbridge vs a pci device and the sg2 is sad to have better stability.

The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-05-08, 14:08:

The games I question are , UT03 and 04, doom3, resident evil 4, KOTOR2 with mods.

Absolutely not. UT04 is a notorious CPU hog. KOTOR2 also would benefit from more powerful CPU.

I found some notes on a a old 1.4ghz Piii-s system I had with a fx5950, @ 1200x1600 there was very little slow down in kotor2. it was mostly 60fps+ wiht slow downs due to the CPU maxing out. UT03/4 and doom3 are the ones that got me worried. I have no notes on them. I know doom3 will crush a fx5950 and ut03/04 is a little bit of an unknown to me.

Doom 3 will work better too with faster CPU, but you won't notice it with GeForce FX. Unreal Tournament 2004 can drop below 30 fps on big maps or/and with huge number of bots easily.