First post, by Dhall
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For those of us born between 83-88 (roughly) the 1997-1999 era was the golden age of computer gaming. For this reason I would like to ask for your advice on some parts of a 1997-1999 computer build.
What I have so far:
CPU: Intel P2 slot 1 400 Mhz (not too fast, not too slow)
MOBO: Slot 1 Asus p2b
Mem: 100 Mhz Sd RAM 128MB
VGA: ??? (I have the following on "stock" : Riva TNT2, Voodoo 2 3dfx, S3 virge, Matrox G200)
This is actually where it gets complicated. In 1998 and especially in 1999 cards came out which devastated voodoo2's performance, like the Riva TNT2. Commonsense would dictate that I use the nvidia card. However, I'm (or I was) also a huge fan of Glide and some games created in that era especially liked 3dfx cards ( Quake 2, Unreal, Incoming etc.). So I don't really know what to do. Is it possible to use a tnt2 card with a voodoo card?
SOUNDCARD: My problem here is that I do not know many cards, except for the SB Live. Since this machine is aimed at the 97-99 era Midi capabilities are not my priority. Can you advice any alternatives?
This is (or should be) a win98 compatible build with focus on windows games of that era.
Also, please feel free to criticize any part of the build, since I have these devices on a "test bench" as of now, so anything goes....