First post, by Sunflux
My retro DOS/98SE system was originally assembled from random parts I had laying around, and not much thought was put into it.
It’s an Asus P2B-LS with a P-II 350, but I will be changing that to a P-III 600. 64mb RAM, changing to 512mb. There is also a Voodoo2 that I plan to continue using, AWE64 Gold, Roland MPU-401 for a MT-32, etc.
Right now these are the only 3.3V AGP cards I have:
ATI All-In-Wonder Pro AGP 1/2X (3D Rage Pro, 8mb, 1997) ** in system now
ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon AGP 2/4X (Radeon 7200/R100, 32mb, 2000)
ATI Radeon 9200SE AGP 4/8X (RV280, 128mb, 2003)
But I’m not sure how great any of these actually are for proper DOS compatibility, and a 1997 ATI card is probably a bit sucky compared to other 1998/1999 parts. I was debating about getting a new era appropriate card(98 or 99) - but sadly not any of the really good and stupidly expensive ones (like Savage2000).
- Matrox G200, G400 or G450 (know this last one is 2000)
- S3 Savage4 Pro
- something else good?
My priorities would be good DOS support, good image quality (RAMDAC), and Win98 performance.
Any guidance appreciated!