First post, by toshiba_t1000
I'm trying to determine what would be a good pci video card for late dos. Specifically, stuff like tomb raider, command and conquer, quake, daggerfall, etc., the more demanding stuff. The system has a pentium mmx at 200mhz, and I'm planning on using an awe64 (ideally an awe32, but those are soooo expensive, so probably just a 64).
Primarily, I'm looking for cards that are:
* suitable for all or most such late games with good performance
* not insanely expensive to acquire
With respect to period correctness, I'm not worried *too* much --- as long as it's period correct enough to not have any issues working with the games, I'm not concerned --- though I am trying to avoid the very late stuff really only ever intended for windows, for precisely that compatibitlity reason
Cards I've seen include:
* s3 trio64
* ark2000pv
* s3 verge (and maybe some other verge cards?)
* tnt2 m64
* voodoo 3
* voodoo banshee
but the reason I'm asking this question is, I'm really not sure how these compare to each other, and looking online, it's really hard to find any reasonably definitive answers. Thus, I'd really appreciate any input as to these cards or any others.
If I've missed anything, apologies, wrt. video cards I'm not the most knowledgeable. thank you!
