First post, by lackofpatience
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Hey team,
I'm hoping someone can give me a hand to pick a video card for my Windows 98 gaming PC.
Currently the system is running a 6800GS, the drivers are a nightmare under 9x. Although it runs great under XP, the 9X side has been a challenge to get working drivers.
I've had issues with stuttering under most games and the system just feels boggy. Mostly I think due to the drivers, card and the amount of RAM being forced (I suspect).
Despite this, I really should get a more suited video card for the system.
I'm using the following
MSI 845G Max socket Socket 478, Intel 845G chipset
Intel p4, 2.5ghz
1GB of RAM (Downgrading to 512Mb or less for stability)
Creative Audigy 1 PCI card
XFX 6800 GS
Windows 98 SE with Sp3 (Dual boot Win2k later)
Games I have to run on this:
GTA Vice City
GTA III
Farcry 1
Half life 1 and 2
Quake 3
SimCity 4 (good luck haha) and 3
Max Payne 1 and 2
Unreal and Unreal Tournament
Halo
I know most of these would be better under XP, but I have a bunch of others. So I'm trying to bridge a few gaps where I can.
I have a dedicated XP rig as well as a DOS machine, P2 as well.
I have the following cards I have found within my price range of $100NZD or so.
GeForce4 Ti4200 8x
FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900 XT
GeForce FX 5600
Radeon 9800 Pro
Could anyone help me figure out what I should be going for? I know the FX series was hit or miss.
All of these are AGP and have a DVI output.
Cheers
Mitch