First post, by Laucian
Well, I've recently got to making a vintage gaming for DOS/early Windows 9X games.
It's basically as it follows:
Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X
Processor: Intel Pentium 3 800 Mhz
Memory: 256MB DDR PC100
Video: NVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64
Audio: Sound Blaster 16 (ISA)
Ethernet: Probably some cheap ethernet W98 compatible adapter for networking with my other PC's
Hard Disk: 40GB IDE
Okay, here's the plan:
A install of DOS 6.22 and Windows ME on the HD. Windows ME running all those fancy Windows 9x games and the DOS 6.22 running all those good old DOS games. GRUB bootloader should handle the booting.
I know that the Sound Blaster 16 is supported on DOS.
But I'm not sure about the NVIDIA Riva TNT2.
If the NVIDIA performance won't be good under DOS, which card might I buy? Preferably, something that can run Windows 9X games too. Semi-Modern Windows NT games are not an issue - I have other computers set up with Windows XP and Windows 7 x64.
Is the processor too fast? Is the amount RAM too much?
If the RAM is too much, I know that I can limit it with the MaxPhysPage option. Underclocking the processor should do the trick?
Thanks in advance. Sorry for my noobiness - I was just a wee lad when I was playing those things. Heck. I'm still a wee lad.