fosterwj03 wrote on 2025-04-29, 23:20:

So, Crysis would be sort of playable. 800 x 600 at Medium settings might work.

Personally, I wouldn't single out "Windows XP era games" for a separate computer.
They run great on modern hardware under Windows 11.
X-Fi Titanium HD at the PСI-e bus works just as well - hello EAX.
In terms of graphics, it's usual DirectX 9.

If you have a HD3850 AGP, then instead of looking for a rare and expensive maxed out CPU for that board, I'd be looking for a rare and expensive LGA775 Core 2 AGP motherboard, like the ASRock 775Dual-VSTA - I've been agonizing over one on ebay as an alternative to my ECS P4M800Pro-M V1.0a / D945 as a host for my HD3650