First post, by MiniBits
I just snatched up an original Geforce 256 32MB card + a Soundblaster AWE32 (CT3980)
The sound card mostly because I had one just like it back in the days and it felt "awesome" so for nostalgia reasons I picked one up again...
I never had a GeForce 256 but stumbled upon it and they seem very hard to find, unlike the very common Geforce 2 types but figured it would be fun to toy around with
No clue if I got a good deal? Paid 20 USD for the Geforce 256 and 50 USD for the AWE32 (a lot in my world but I just wanted it!) but Europe is generally expensive compared to the US from what I see.
I plan to build 2 machines... one a 486 66-120MHz (what I had back then going from 66 to 80 to 120) and a P3, probably just gonna splurge but the one I had back then was like 550 MHz or something
I can't remember any of the old graphics cards I had along side my Voodoo 1 6MB and later a Voodoo 2 12MB any recommandations for a nice card for dos/voodoo2 gaming since that requires a 2D card. I read so many places that you had to use P2+ for Voodoo 2's but I am pretty sure I only had a 486DX4 120MHz at the time and gamed just fine (we played with what we could afford)
So resume:
Did I get ok deal on Geforce256 and AWE32?
Which mobo/gfx card should I aim for, for 486 system
Which mobo should I aim for with P3? I would guess P3 1.4GHz (just going all out) BX450 chipset or whatever it was called back then?