First post, by squareguy
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I know... there is no 'best' anything but here goes and why. I would love to hear your thoughts or reasons for another card or to just vote for this card too.
Requirements:
1: DOS only, don't care about Windows, DirectX, etc.
2: 2D only, do not care about 3D, Glide, OpenGL, or other/proprietary API's.
3: Compatibility, compatibility, compatibility!!! Preferably without tools that need to be used for different games. Becomes a pain in the arse quickly!
Ok. Here is my vote
S3 Trio64V+ (86C765)
Have a look at http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ and you can see it is compatible across the board with one notable exception, Duke Nukem 3D @ 1024x768. I wouldn't play at that resolution anyway.
It doesn't need any tools other than S3VBE or S3Refresh and it is 100% compatible with both.
Now after saying all that I have a good question for you. I seem to remember that Number Nine built some of the highest quality graphics cards back in the 90's. I found these cards on ebay and I am curious what you think compared to another maker with a S3 Trio64V+? If my memory about Number Nine is correct, then it seems this would be a great card and at a fair price. It has four memory chips soldered to the board so I assume it is already at maximum capacity for RAM. Some of the others are ridiculously high.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121330329486?ssPageNa … 984.m1423.l2649
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE