Hello guys, I'm back 😀 A lot of stuff happened so I wasn't able to get anything last year, but now I finally did 😀 I managed to secure a few components and build a working Win 98SE retro PC.
Current components:
mobo: Asus CUSL2-C
cpu: Penium III 1000mhz (coppermine)
ram: 128mb PC133
graphics: ATi Radeon 9250 128mb
sound: Turtle Beach Montego (AU8820B2)
hdd: 40gb Maxtor
psu: 350w unknown brand
Most of these components are only temporary and I will be replacing them with better ones. With that said, it does work well with current components, I just tested playing some Half-Life 1.0.0.9 and it ran great. I have a good idea what better components to replace, but there's something I'm not too sure about, so I wanted to ask for help, which is what reminded me I was a member here 😀
Here's what, the graphics card, I want to replace it with an Nvidia card because of better DX3-5 and OpenGL compatibility, and it has to be one that supports DirectX 9, in other words either a FX5xxx or a 6xxx nvidia card. I won't actually play any DX9 games on this retro PC, it's just so that I can get nglide wrapper working, and that way avoiding having to find a 3dfx Voodoo5, and yes the nglide wrapper does work in Win 98SE. So this is what I'm asking, which would be better, an FX 5xxx, or a 6xxx? And what model exactly, the top models FX5950 Ultra / 6800 Ultra, or some of the lower models would be better (and why). Compatibility with older games and stability are more important than outright performance btw.