First post, by enigmo
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I find myself planning a rebuild of my retro box and after digging through my spares I'm faced with a few choices. I'm most interested in Voodoo1/2 era games, so that pretty much means 98se or ME, and a rig that me from 1998 could both be amazed by but crucially still use. So, given that this machine will be VooDoo 2 SLI based and be intended for things like MechWarrior 2, Descent 1/2, Carmageddon, what CPU and platform would you choose?
Athlon Thoroughbred 1.4GHz - No board yet. Abit KG7-RAID died.
PIII Tualatin 1.4 - No board yet. Via for more RAM, Intel i815 for stability?
P4 1.7 - i845G chipset. 98SE seems to support it OK
P4 2.2 - Unknown board
P4 2.8 - No board yet
Pentium 200MMX - In a Dell Dimension
Pentium 133 - In a Dell Dimension
Is it sensible to just go as fast a CPU as will sit on a 9x-supported chipset, or is too modern a platform too much of a good thing?
I have a PSU that has a 20A 5V rail, so any CPU should be good to go.
Gotek for floppy emulation.
Stacks of spare RAM from 1MB 30pin SIMMs upwards, so 512-768MB of SD133 or DDR-2100 fine.
Orchid Righteous VD1, pair of Canopus 12MB VD2 cards, and a VD5 something.