First post, by Velociraptor
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In an attempt to do the best I can to cover everything I want to check that I'm going to be broadly successful. I understand that there will always be gaps, and often it'll be good but not great.
PC 1 - XP/WIn7 with 750ti and AM3 chipset (X6@3.3)
PC 2 - WIn98SE and XP PC with 9800pro and 865 chipset (P4@3.2)
PC3 - DOS and Win98SE PC with S3 Trio and Voodoo 1 and ALi Aladdin V chipset (P233MMX)
The hope is that with each of the 3 PCs covering 2 OSs I have a bit more of a spread.
I'm hoping to cover everything from 386 up to whatever my modern PC can't manage.
Areas I'm concerned at are -
Is the 9800pro compatible enough with Win98SE games? Are there any that it can't do either in Win98 or XP that are too much for the P233MMX to do? In that case should I also try to get a PCI GPU?
Are there likely to be XP games that are too much for the P4 setup but too old for the 750ti setup?
Should I be considering a Voodoo Banshee for DOS instead of the S3 and Vooodoo1?
I will also have an AGP FX5500, a Rage 128, and a few others that I don't expect to be helpful if it comes to it that there's a game I just can't get going. It's not ideal to be swapping cards in and out but if I really want to...
A pitfall I'm trying to avoid is trying to create the best system for x OS. I think that's where prices and availability are stretched so I've tried to go for setups that bridge across two OSs, but to come at it from both directions so that hopefully there's overlap enough.
