thinking of building a nostalgia machine

[quakefiend420]

been thinking about putting together a machine to play old school glide games...

hardware:
voodoo5 5500 agp
256-512mb pc133
600-1ghz cpu...undecided whether it will be amd or intel as of yet
aureal sound

games:
earth2150
quake, of course
unreal
doom
blood
mechwarrior
hexen


opinions?

suggestions for games to get, besides the quake series?

any particular drivers i should look for the vid card?

opinions or suggestions are welcome!

 

[tfinch2]

use an amd 1 ghz thunderbird

 

[quakefiend420]

i wish i could come across one of these

that would be the ultimate for 3dfx nostalgia

 

[NascarFool]

I have a P2-350 sitting here that has a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP. I installed Win98SE on it and it runs smooth.

 

[quakefiend420]

wanna sell the vid card?

 

[NascarFool]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i wish i could come across one of these

that would be the ultimate for 3dfx nostalgia

Not selling my VooDoo5 5500.

For $500 OBO, you can. VooDoo5 6000

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: NascarFool

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i wish i could come across one of these

that would be the ultimate for 3dfx nostalgia

Not selling my VooDoo5 5500.

For $500 OBO, you can. VooDoo5 6000

heh...cool

too bad its so much...and doesnt come with the power supply...

i cant see spending that much on a video card thats slower than a gf3...even if it is super rare

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
been thinking about putting together a machine to play old school glide games...

voodoo5 5500 agp
256-512mb pc133
600-1ghz cpu...undecided whether it will be amd or intel as of yet

opinions?

suggestions for games to get, besides the quake series?

any particular drivers i should look for the vid card?

opinions or suggestions are welcome!

Forget quake.

Unreal is very good and Unreal: Return to Na Pali (a mission pack).

Those 2 alone will keep you occupied.

Try Guru3D for drivers.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Old games don't really need more than a voodoo3 series, 256 MB and a 333 - 600 MHz CPU, so there's no need to pay more than $20-25 for the video card and slot-1 parts are dirt cheap.

Some games:
Blood 2 and Chosen expansion (worked great with my voodoo3 2000, never gotten it to run on any nvidia card)
Mechwarrior II series 3dfx versions
Hexen II

also Blood 1 was a great DOS-based shooter.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Old games don't really need more than a voodoo3 series, 256 MB and a 333 - 600 MHz CPU, so there's no need to pay more than $20-25 for the video card and slot-1 parts are dirt cheap.

Some games:
Blood 2 and Chosen expansion (worked great with my voodoo3 2000, never gotten it to run on any nvidia card)
Mechwarrior II series 3dfx versions
Hexen II

also Blood 1 was a great DOS-based shooter.

lol...i remember blood...i played that on a p 166 with 32 megs of ram

 

[DaveSimmons]

A good soundcard is an Aureal like the old Diamond Monster, they had much cleaner DOS soundblaster / soundblaster pro emulation than any Creative cards.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
A good soundcard is an Aureal like the old Diamond Monster, they had much cleaner DOS soundblaster / soundblaster pro emulation than any Creative cards.

i'll keep that in mind, thx

 

[Toastedlightly]

I have to say the Earth2150 serires. I played those games on a 500mhz Athlon w/ a Vodoo 3 3000 adn it ran super smooth. My 9800 can't keep up in DX or OGL.