Im turning my old PC into a gaming machine for the old games.

You're better of using Windows.
For such old hardware there's a slim chance the proprietary drivers for whatever GPU are going to work properly on Linux because both Nvidia and AMD have a silly habit of abandoning drivers after 2-3 years.

>>61313220
Oslo try using XP, you're going to get much better compatibility because most of these games were made when XP was still "in charge", even if most of them could potentially work on 7.

Just don't connect it to a network.

>>61313173
Use xp, it'll be fun!

Thanks. That was my original plan, using xp and dosbox. I shouldn't have any real problems with the old games, and I can set everything to be one-click.

>>61313173
I still have that card laying around somewhere!

>>61313300
I assume you were much younger back then. Did you play any similar games?

My first PC was my dads Tandy 1000? with DOS plus windows 3.1.
The memories.

>>61313342
>>61313300
I was 15 when I bought that card. My uncle told me that cards with fans get too hot so avoid them. Good luck with that now. My current is a 380x and while it stays pretty decent in temp, im sure its no match in that regard for one of those fanless 1050s

>>61313173

You are so fucking retarded I don't even know where to start

From what I remember XP is not good for DOS games.
You're better off using DOSBOX on a modern computer, or using Windows 98 on that old machine.

To be honest, a 2003 era gaming PC is not very useful at all today. Most games from that era work fine on modern machines, and they can't play DOS games either. It's just a waste of electricity.

>>61313342
>>61313398
I'm 32 so I was ~21 when I bought that for my Core 2 / E6300 build. Was mainly playing BF1942 + Desert Combat mod and HL2 DM and wanted a dead silent box.

Our first system was a TI-99 but the first one I really remember was an AST 386 with DOS + 3.1. Good times!

>>61313457
Im 26 and I had a Celeron D I bought at walmart and wanted an upgrade for Metal of Honor and Brothers in Arms

>>61313173
Try XP POS Ready 2009. No activation required, completely clean (official ISO available from MS), SP3 patched up and ready to roll. Broad support for older software up through somewhat recent software.

hehe, 3DFX Voodoo 3 FTW! A real classic card for 1996 - 2000 era games. Most games at this period were pretty much geared for 3DFX hardware (Glide) so combined with a P3/Athlon/Celeron 1.4Ghz & 512mb/1GB of ram you should be set. Don't use your classic voodoo 2/3's in modern pcs cause the higher clocked cpu's send so much data to the voodoo's that the cards will overheat and die!

>>61313688
3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 AGP...so nice

The castle intro to Unreal was jaw dropping back in the day.

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>>61313173
>putting Fabio on a GPU box

>>61313173
If you do you XP or windows & stay off the internet with it. You don't want a wannacry virus on the PC or other viruses.

>>61313445
Or windows 98? Is 98 still native dos?

>>61313457
Beep beep
Starting msdos
...

Wah waaaaah

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>>61313173
legit what makes you think a woman is going to spend anytime playing a game women dont like them

>>61315176
I played all the games with her as a kid. All of them. All. Of. Them.