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Revamped Win 95 build with Voodoo 3 and AWE 64

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First post, by Hans Tork

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After having some hiccups along the way, I have finally managed to get my retro Win 95 build up and running. This one was quite heavy on my purse though. I needed to go through 2 motherboards before getting a Tyan S1854 dual Slot-1/Socket 370 board. I also decided to put something from the ultimate video card company of the 90`s - a 3dfx card. After a lot of searching and waiting I got a bunch of 3dfx cards on ebay for a relatively cheap price. The Voodoo 3 3000 was in all honesty a bit too expensive for my taste surpassing much more modern and powerful cards like the Titan X. However I am willing to go in debt if it means playing some of my favorite childhood games with real glide. I also got a SB AWE 64 which I have heard is one of the best ISA sound cards out there.

Here are my specs:

Intel Pentium 3 SL3XY
Tyan S1854 Revision K Socket 370/Socket 1
128 MB RAM(soon to be upgraded to 256 MB once I get my ebay package)
3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 AGP(the crowning jewel of the build. I modded it with a cheap cooler and the back side of the chip with a geek pi heatsink)
Sound Blaster AWE 64
Generic DVD Writer
128 GB Kingston SSD with Win 95 OSR 2.1(following Leonardo`s guide and attached to the board using a PATA to SATA adapter)

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Finally FIFA 98 RTWC in a 3dfx card and AWE 64. I can enjoy the game in all its pristine glory.

Last edited by Hans Tork on 2025-10-01, 17:29. Edited 1 time in total.

i7/Titan X/X-Fi- XP
P4/X800/Audigy 2 ZS- W98
P3/Voodoo 3 3000/AWE 64 - W95

Reply 1 of 1, by Hans Tork

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For the drivers on Win 95 OSR 2.1(withou IE4) I had to go for 1.03 Voodoo drivers. The latest 1.07 drivers seem to require IE4. However the build is very stable and pretty much all games of the era run smoothly. So far I have played Diablo 1&2, DeusEx, FIFA 98 RTWC, AoE 1&2 and had no issues. Also did not have any BSOD so far which is always a relief when you are dealing with Win 9x builds.

As for things I installed I ended up getting the XUSSB patch, RLOEW patches, Dx 7.0a, Via 4in1 3.5 drivers, Voodoo 1.03 and SB AWE 64 driver.

On the software side of things I only have Rain, Daemon Tools, Virtual Clone CD, 7zip, Total Uninstaller, Windows Plus here. Unlike my previous installation Windows Plus did not give me any crashes nor have I encountered any registry errors after nearly 2-3 hours of playing and rebooting the build. The build seems fairly stable and perfect. Also got some altec lansing speakers for the build.

Now I am going to take some time off from my retro hobby and balance my books before doing anything.

i7/Titan X/X-Fi- XP
P4/X800/Audigy 2 ZS- W98
P3/Voodoo 3 3000/AWE 64 - W95

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