First post, by Chaniyth
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Since i've finally finished my retro Intel DX4-100 486 build for DOS and Win 3.11 gaming, i've decided to build me a Pentium III build for SVGA mode DOS games and Windows games.
So i'm at a crossroads of sorts when it comes to which OS I should go with; Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 Pro SP4 or Windows XP Pro SP3. I used to LOVE absolutely love Windows 2000 Pro back in the day however some games require Windows XP for whatever reason because those game installers does an OS check which is really lame and I don't think there is a way to trick those type of installers to think Windows 2000 Pro is Windows XP is there?
The motherboard i'll be using for now is an ASUS P3B-F v1.04 which is a 440BX board along with a Pentium III 700Mhz or Pentium III 1,000Mhz (1Ghz) either one being 100Mhz FSB versions, 256mb or 512mb PC-100 RAM, Radeon 9700 Pro, Voodoo 2 SLI (Glide gaming baby! YEAH!), two 40GB hard drives, DVD Drive, Floppy Drive, etc.
Another crossroad i'm at is the soundcard. Right now I have an ISA Creative Sound Blaster 16 in it however it's bogging down things I feel due to it being on the ISA bus and due to the SB16 not having any hardware audio acceleration soooo... should I use a Sound Blaster Live! an Aureal Vortex 2 or maybe something different?
Suggestions for the OS and Soundcard are most needed, thanks so much for any help. 😎
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