S3 cards have great compatibility with DOS games and good speed. Matrox cards are not very friendly towards some games but great in windows. Out of the newer cards, the Voodoo 3 and Voodoo Banshee are great for both dos and windows, as well as having glide support for early 3d games. In my pentium boxes I use a combination of S3 + Voodoo 1 or 2. From the list you posted I'd use one of the virge cards - preferably one with 4mb of vram - add a voodoo card and the machine is complete.
leileilol wrote:Depending on your choice of monitor, you might want to avoid the S3 family on a LCD.
Remember that Rendition has slow VGA so don't use the screaming 3D unless you really want to play Papyrus racing games 😀
Mystique is sharp and fast, keen stutters and there's a fix for that now. Just pay no mind to the creepy jester art
Not all S3 cards have the LCD gamma issue - most high end cards (like the ones from ELSA, Prolink and Diamond) work perfectly with LCD monitors. I've only encountered the gamma issue with cheap noname cards.
Keen isn't the only game that stutters - there's also Supaplex, Golden Axe, Jazz Jackrabbit and others.