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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Voodoo2 SLI PC 21.07.08 at 08:44:30 I'm thinking of building a Win98 box, but it's mainly for DOS games. I plan on getting 2 V2s and SLI them. I want to get an ISA soundcard for true DOS sound emulation. What is the best motherboard that supports the highest CPU speed and has 1 ISA slot?
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Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC
Reply #1 - 21.07.08 at 11:10:53

There are a few motherboards for Pentium4 and Athlons with 1 ISA slots, but I don't see the point for such a motherboard. I think that if you build a PC for DOS or Windows 98, you should stick with parts from that timeframe, because Athlon or P4 may cause problems in DOS and Windows 98 (driver issues and others).

Personally, I would go with a P2 or P3 slot CPU and 256 MB RAM, be warned : Windows 98 crashes with more than 512 MB RAM, it can be fixed with a patch to work with 1 GB, more is unfixable, I know, I had an Athlon with 1.5 GB RAM, it wouldn't enter in Win98.

For sound, Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 is one of the best cards for DOS, if you can get one, if not, clasic Creative Sound Blaster 16 is good too.

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レイレイ YaBB Newbies Offline o^_^o Posts: 30 Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #2 - 21.07.08 at 22:08:59 The AWE64 lacks YMF262, so it wouldn't be "true". What you want is an early not-ViBRA16 Sound Blaster 16, or a nice long AWE32 from 1994. (Later AWE32s and SB16s lack the YMF262 chip) Another thing to note, is that Voodoo2 SLI support under DOS is very iffy.
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Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC
Reply #3 - 21.07.08 at 22:58:49

OPL3 ? For midi there's special midi daughterboards. Yamaha DB50XG rocks. Anyway, it's already offtopic, all I wanted to say it's that a DOS box shouldn't made with too new components. Hell, if he wants DOS games, a Pentium 233 MMX with Voodoo1 is the way to go, or, for more recent glide games, let's say a P2 400 with V2 sli is a golden rig, anything more than that is waste, games more recent that that can use D3D and OpenGL.

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Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC
Reply #4 - 21.07.08 at 23:41:49

As far as I know SLI is not possible under DOS (could be wrong) Lips Sealed

Most Voodoo games for DOS either require a patch or will only work in single card mode. Tongue

Even then most are designed for Voodoo 1 and require bach files to run properly on a V2. Roll Eyes

Oh and Yamaha DB50XG does indeed ROCK! Cool

I have one attached to my DMX-Xfire in my Athlon X2 gaming rig! Wink

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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #5 - 22.07.08 at 07:45:13 Thanks for everyone's reply. So I should go for a Voodoo 1 card for this setup then. I will see if I can get my hands on a Pure 3D card. That was my first 3dfx card I owned. If anyone knows someone who has one let me know. As far as the rest of the hardware, I was going to go with a P3 1Ghz & 1GB ram. I already have the ram.
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #6 - 22.07.08 at 17:00:29 Orchid Righteous 3D is also an unusual Voodoo 1 card. The earlier models use RELAYS to switch into "Voodoo" rendering mode. Clicky, clicky Voodoo 1 - LOL!
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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #7 - 22.07.08 at 19:48:49 I didn't know about the relays and clicking. LOL I did read that the Orchids were first to market, but are very buggy cards. They are unusual cards.
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Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC
Reply #8 - 22.07.08 at 23:11:25

razrx wrote on 22.07.08 at 19:48:49:

I didn't know about the relays and clicking. LOL

I did read that the Orchids were first to market, but are very buggy cards.

They are unusual cards.

Actually they were no worse than a Diamond board with one exception- Some had below grade ram or bad ram and the "fix" was a new set of drivers that downclocked the boards!

Consumers were not amused.

Never had a problem with the relays, they were unusual and sorta neat to hear click/clack.

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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #9 - 23.07.08 at 02:24:25 Yup, I like my clacky-clicky Orchid card!
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razrx God Member Offline 3dfx Addict Posts: 839 Great Lakes, Canada Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #10 - 24.07.08 at 07:34:25 If I get a Soundblaster AWE32, does it matter if it's PNP or not?
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G1nX Senior Member Offline Running NSK Guardian Posts: 466 Romania Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #11 - 24.07.08 at 15:15:21 razrx wrote on 24.07.08 at 07:34:25: If I get a Soundblaster AWE32, does it matter if it's PNP or not? Well it matters when installing the drivers under win98. For the non-PNP the card will not be automaticly detected by the OS so you will have to use the Add Hw wizard and then install the drivers to use it. PNP makes it easier
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #12 - 30.07.08 at 10:46:35 If you are looking for fastest P3 board, I am using an MSI 694T motherboard. It will take P3 up to 1.4Ghz and still room for clocking, mine runs 1.63Ghz, and it will also accept ECC Reg ram, which was a big suprise to me. I have 3 x 1GB Micron 133Mhz sdram in there and it all works.
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Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC
Reply #13 - 31.07.08 at 12:27:22

Thanks for the advice Ultima!

Actually I did pickup a 694T motherboard.

I am not a fan of MSI. I did see the board you mentioned, but once I saw this Soyo mobo, I had to get the Soyo board. Mainly as it has and extra ISA slot than the MSI version. Just in case I need another ISA card. Cool

SOYO MOTHERBOARD SOCKET 370 SY-7VBA133U
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ultima God Member Offline Always searching Posts: 876 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Voodoo2 SLI PC Reply #14 - 31.07.08 at 16:20:04 yeah, that's practically the same motherboard, except for the extra isa slot. Hope you have fun with it, mine is running the tuallie @ 1.63Ghz, the 3D Prophet 4500 (KyroII) and a voodoo2. I noticed that the MSI 694T runs stable up to 166Mhz fsb,so it is nice for overclocking. Will you be overclocking on that soyo??
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