dr.zeissler wrote on 44 minutes ago:

For the gfx, I avoid Nvidia Cards. My favorites are matrox mystique, matrox G200, ati-rage

this is the exact opposite of what you should recommend for dos games
https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

To my eyes, the SLOT1 is the most perfect platform to use for a 3dfx/dos-highend hybrid. So put a voodoo1 in it with a very good AGP-Card (ATI/Matrox) and go for the late hires-vesa games in dos. To my eyes the later 3D stuff can be played better and much more detailed with actual ports for actual hardware. Take e.g. unreal ? I would never play unreal on a P2/3 500Mhz while I have seen it with 4/8GB Textures in 1080p on my Mac mini M1. That is a totally different game, but as I said that does not count for the very early stuff...respectively dosgilde.

kingcake wrote on 10 minutes ago:

dr.zeissler wrote on 44 minutes ago:

For the gfx, I avoid Nvidia Cards. My favorites are matrox mystique, matrox G200, ati-rage

this is the exact opposite of what you should recommend for dos games
https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/

you missed my point on that, who will play the old early EGA jittery games that even jitter on real early ega-cards. If playing these is you goal than go for a 286/386/486 with an ISA card. Who will play those games on a P2 even if downclocked. You should always consider what is the favorite software you would like to run and then build the machine for the software.