LewisRaz wrote on 2020-09-23, 12:53:

I did mess with that briefly on my P3 system although that machine isnt really playing anything with midi. I hadnt considered it for the mmx as I would have expected it to cause use a bit of CPU?

Granted, I never tried that card on anything below a Celeron 433. But considering that it came out around 1998, when the Pentium MMX was still quite present, I think it should work reasonably well.

I don't have a "Dream Build" per-say but I have two systems which pretty much are my go-to systems that don't get dismantled. They may change slightly over time but the base always stays the same. These systems fulfil the requirements in need to play the games I like (DOS/Win98).

My first system is my K6-III+ machine. This it the machine which is always plugged in. It's had a few upgrades over the course but this is my longest running machine.

AMD K6-III+ 400 @ 500
Asus P5A-B v1.03
128mb SD-Ram
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP graphics card
Matrox M3D Power VR PCI Card
Sound Blaster Live!
Yamaha YMF719 with Dreamblaster S2
Terratec EWs64s With 32mb Ram
FSP 250watt PSU
AT Case

2nd one is my Tualatin PIII 1400-S Machine (This is currently being re-housed into a tower case) (Old Photo)

Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb)
DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset
512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram
Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600
Diamond Monster MX300 (Yamaha DB50XG)
Turtle Beach Malibu
Awe 64 Gold
3rd ISA slot gets rotated with different cards

These two machines pretty much cover everything I need in regards to the games I play so I would class these as my Dream builds. I have a bunch of Midi Modules to go with these machine (MT-32,SC-155,NS5R) so really when it comes to usable hardware which I would need to play games I think I am pretty much covered. Oh and I run these on a nice 19" CTX Trinitron CRT monitor

Bancho wrote on 2020-09-23, 13:20:

Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb) DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset 512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram […]
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Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb)
DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset
512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram
Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600

That Ti 4600 is stable @ ~92MHz bus speed? Damn!

One system I'm still looking for is a 10mhz turbo XT 8086 / nec v30.

There is a really nice VTech Laser XT3, with mhz LCD.. lovely case.

Or a custom build with a Juko Nest board.

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-09-23, 13:50:

Bancho wrote on 2020-09-23, 13:20:

Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb) DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset 512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram […]
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Pentium III Tualatin 1400-s (Korean-guy modded) @ 1470mhz (140fsb)
DFI CB60-BX Rev C1 Intel BX Chipset
512 Crucial 133 CL2 Ram
Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4600

That Ti 4600 is stable @ ~92MHz bus speed? Damn!

Yeah its solid. I think the board has a part to play though too. I get 11327 in 3DM 2000 with the card at stock clocks.

Some good motherboards with 512mb cache.
386dx-40 with 512mb cache
486dx4 VLB motherboard with 512mb cache.
5x86 PCI motherboard with jumper support for 160mhz and 200mhz
IBM 5170 with 1mb ram and Hercules graphics.

Macintosh Color classic with Mystic motherboard and math-co-processor.
Macintosh Performa 575 NEW.

Bring back AT cases.