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| 90snostalga:
Since I've gotten my Gaming Laptop, I have really dug deep and gotten back into computers for the first time since i was a teen. Well, my laptop will be for newer games due to the windows 8 issue so Im working an old computer of mine, stripped it, and am trying to build it up into a Windows XP Gaming PC; however, I want to build my own gaming pc specific for Windows 98. Can anyone give me the best recommended hardware from the video card, sound card, motherboard, etc. I know on Windows 98 you cannot have more than 1 GB of ram so I'm going with 1 GB for ram. But any suggestions on hardware, please let me know and if anyone has any hardware for sale that would be good, let me know and i will look into it. Thanks |
| retromangia:
Hey 90's, This is a great topic! I too have been considering building an old gaming machine for years now... something that will play games from around 92 - 2002. I don't have all the answers myself, but this forum is a great place to start: http://www.vogons.org/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=0d6276d0cb37904487d8024475ca2c5c here's something I had in mind: Intel P3 1GHZ (maybe higher) Intel 440bx Mobo 1GB Ram Voodoo 3 or higher (AGP) Sound Blaster Awe 64 (or something that gives great Midi sound) IDE hard drive IDE CD-ROM (12x or better) Win98 SE I suppose you could also run an older AMD Athlon XP based machine as well. Man just thinking about this got me wanting to play some LAN games... we should get a group of people together and play some old school PC games over Game Ranger or Kali (if thats still around lol). Edit: holy shit! Kali is still alive and kicking... just look at this list of old games it supports http://www.kali.net/games.asp - Retromangia |
| atarileaf:
I'm thinking of building something even older - a 486 since there are so many great dos games from that era that I absolutely love. I found a soundblaster 16 and an isa video card a few weeks back, good starter pieces but got a long way to go. Also gotta find a copy of dos 6.0 or 6.1. |
| retrogamer418:
Doing the same here! I'm actually on the lookout for a complete version of DOS (6.22). My modern displays just aren't the same since the resolution is so high. I'm going to be going through parts and what not that I have lying around although I'm pretty sure a lot of it is too newer. We should try and swap some parts if we have any. Fortunately I do have an older CRT monitor lying about that still works. |
| pceslayer:
I am running the following for the classics. Windows 98 SE w unofficial Service Pack 3 ECS K7VTA3 Athlon XP 3200+ 1GB DDR RAM Voodoo3 3000 AGP (Geforce 7300 GT on standby in case I need some more oomf) both have SVIDEO TV out Sound Blaster Live! 2x 5400RPM 8GB IDE HDD's (yanked from some orig Xbox's after unlock) 12x CDRW Drive |
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