First post, by Scylla
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I've got myself recently an Epox MVP4 based, motherboard, this EP-MVP4A to be precise.
It's a rare find, almost in mint condition and fully working. I'm going to stuff in one of my K6-III+ CPUs and make a retro gaming PC. However, it hasn't got an AGP slot, which is wasted on a Trident onboard VGA which I suppose it's no good at all.
I'm willing to take it for both DOS and Windows 98 gaming, so what PCI VGA card should I use, from this list preferably?
- Matrox G450 32 MB G45FMDVP32DB
ATI Rage 128 Pro
ATI Radeon 9200SE 128 MB (64-bit for sure)
S3 ViRGE 4 MB
Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT (PowerVR Kyro) 64 MB
I'm planning on tucking in a Voodoo2 add-in for Glide gaming also.
I'm tempted to go for the Matrox because I've always heard that they have excellent 2D quallity, albeit some bizarre incompatibilities while running DOS games.
The Rage 128 Pro is an excellent card: pity I'd have to buy it from eBay and it will be a low-quality card. Same goes for the 9200SE, which by the way I think it's one of my only possibilities at a cheap DX8 compatible PCI VGA with Windows 98 SE drivers.
The ViRGE is an all-time classic but useless for 3D games. Having the Voodoo2 would help on that, though.
The 4000XT is an old acquisiton. I haven't got the slightest idea of its performance, wether it supports VESA 2.0/3.0 extensions or adequacy for Windows 98 gaming.