Reply 40 of 49, by Cerberus73
New here so forgive me hopping right in. Im in the process of building 3 high end builds (98SE, XP and 7) none will be strictly period only hardware, but still have native drivers. just end of era.
What i will do though is use the 98 machine for all the DX7/8/ early 9 games. I have a selection of GPU's to pick from but nothing whoop de doo.. XT5500 256mb, Ati 9550 128mb GDDR, I do have a faulty FX5600 ultra.. but all it does is show coloured bars and artefacts.. so toast I think. Screen wise BenQ Q9T4 4:3 and 1280x1024. I feel for 98 its definitely got to be 4:3
My XP setup will be using a HD7770 1gb ghz edition card, on a Samsung syncmaster 205BW 16:10 1680x1050, as this was what i fondly remember playing those XP era games on. and have owned the screen, gpu etc since new. recently deciding to dig it all out and dust it off.
Windows 7 wise ill either be opting for a HD7970 3gb or a GeForce GTX 970 4gb. yet to decide, but it will be on a 1920x1080p 16:9 as this is what I played most of that eras games on, I do have Acer screen, but its pretty meh! and was cheap when new. so I need to pick up something better.
I think with these setups im going to have pretty much my gaming history covered, I cant recall ever having owned a 5:4 screen. I have owned and played on various 16:10, 16:9, I have personally never been a fan of black bars on a screen, hence why I went and picked up the BenQ screen. as it would be too jarring for me. and end up irritating me to hell. Old screens are so cheap, for even decent quality ones, that having one of each isn't a big financial outlay.. space constraints might be a different matter.