Based on my own testing with a P4, it's nothing I'd be overly worried about with a ~1.5GHz Athlon, but certainly something to keep an eye on, especially if you're putting this in a case with very limited airflow, and planning to stack multiple heat-producing cards right on top of each other (e.g. …

Thanks a lot for all the replies, you helped me out big time, the build is now pretty much decided, it's the following: case: AeroCool XPredator X3 White motherboard: ABit KT7A-RAID re-capped CPU: AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ (mobile Barton) RAM: 2x256MB SDRAM graphics cards: *3dfx Voodoo5 5500 *Rendition …

I haven't started building this yet as I'm a bit busy with other stuff and also I don't have enough money right now for an overkill pc case (maybe SilverStone Raven RV03 or Corsair Graphite 760T) and very overkill power supply (thinking of Seasonic Platinum 400W Fanless), but I have 3 more questions …

I've deciced, I'll go the Abit KT7A route. There are 3 of them for sale nearby and they are dirt cheap. As long as the capacitors are the only problem, I will try to replace them with higher quality caps. If I fail, I have 2 more tries :) Then, using the modded bios I will use an Athlon XP-M, and …

Going for a socket A is then kinda more attractive as motherboards and CPUs are plentyfull and dirt cheap around here... I should check if there are any alternatives to that abit kt7a board, something with better capacitors 😁

The fastest P3 Slot1 I can find right now is 630 MHz, I guess I will wait for a 1ghz one to show up. Oh well, I'm in no hurry 😀

There is no kill like overkill :) I guess I'll do a lot of research on Pentium 3 motherboards tomorrow. I think the latest games that I might install on this PC will probably be from 1999 or 2000, which is why I'm not sure if a pentium 3 can really handle them with ease. BTW, if going for P3, Slot 1 …

In another forum they're recommending that I get an Abit KT7A or KT7A-RAID, install modded BIOS, and use a mobile Barton chip and overclock it... Is that a better idea than pentium 3, and do those have low quality capacitors too?

An old machine for Doom 3 may be a bit silly IMO. My first PC had a socket A Sempron 2600+ and Radeon 9550 128MB, and I had to play Doom 3 on medium graphics 640x480 and still wasnt very smooth... Now add sikkmod and high-res textures and parallax mapping and you just need a good modern PC to enjoy …

Battlefield 2, Doom3, Republic Commando, C&C Generals, Warcraft 3, etc. I believe all of those work great on modern machines. Especially Doom 3, with some mods you can boost the graphics to modern standards. It uses OpenGL and OpenAL by default, resolution and FOV can be edited in config files, so …

DOS Glide Games List I see here there are DOS games that support Glide. And at least a few of those titles are familiar to me. Will those work better on a 3dfx voodoo than dosbox + some sort of glide wrapper?

Is MSI KT3 Ultra motherboard plus Athlon XP 2200+ or 2400+ a good choice? I think I will give up on DOS games and play them with DOSBox instead, so Win9x only retro PC this wil be. I think this motherboard has the right type of AGP slot for those old graphics cards. Or, if going for a build that …

Now that I look at it the Voodoo3 really is AGP, I didn't pay attention and thought it was PCI... There's 2 of these for sale nearby, that's why I thought I could pick this, maybe I should wait for a Voodoo2 which I see is PCI? Is a Voodoo2 strong enough for all Glide games? And yes, I do want it …

Hello, I'm new here :) Windows XP era games seem to run just fine on Windows 7. There's no hardware acceleration for EAX, but Creative ALchemy sounds the same I think, I don't notice any difference. DOS games I think work fine in DOSBox too. Windows 95 and 98 era games though, from my experience so …