First post, by haloshrimpburrito
Greetings all, recent leaker of the forum while doing research for my old WinXP era Gateway machine. Finally decided to join to seek out help with doing an upgrade to the machine. I have a copy Doom 3 I'd like to be able to run on the machine.
Current system build (All OEM):
Chasis: Gateway MFATXPNT ESX 500S
MOBO: Intel D845GRG
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz (Socket 478 | forgot to add this)
HDD: Maxtor 40GB HDD
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
RAM: 512MB (x2)
PSU: N/A (Original Newton Power NPS-160CB-1 A died)
The only additional hardware I have bought recently:
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT - AGP
I've seen past forum posts (specifically the one made by Desomondo: Greetings... and first retro build) where the default MOBO was utilized. I was wondering what recommendations are there for a WinXP retro gaming build that I can consider using the current hardware I have now or new compatible hardware (a change in MOBO or CPU, compatible PSU, that sort of thing) or if the OEM Gateway build would be able to run Doom 3 as is? I'm not too well versed in retro builds has I was only ~5years old when we got the Gateway. I do want to keep the chasis, so I am limited to a mATX MOBO for potential upgrade.