Thank you!Ĭlick to expand.Dos era games would use two sound cards at once all the time, one for normal sound and one for music, these were on different channels (irq) so games could target them independently.Īll dos games have sound config tools so they will use the soundcard you tell them to during install and ignore any other ones. I'm not interested in opinions on emulation options or better CPU/motherboard combos. Please reserve responses for how to make this work, why this might not work, what else would be needed to accomplish this project, or constructive criticism to my insanity. I'm also thinking of making use of this niche by using a CRT for DOS games and an LCD for the newer stuff. My thought is to look for something made in the 1993-1998 range and something made in the 2003-2006 era. I have chosen a CPU and motherboard that should sufficiently allow me to slow down the CPU to 100 mhz and max at 400 mhz, and I also understand that there is software that will allow me to control the BIOS from Windows to make adjustments.Īssuming enough room in the case (and beefy enough PS) and proper spacing of the PCI slots, can I run two separate Sound and GPU cards (non-SLi or Crossfire) on one motherboard and select between the cards I want to use depending on the games I choose to play? I was thinking of putting in a Soundblaster 16 using a PCI32 to ISA16 adapter and an Aureal SQ2500 for DOS and Window's respectively. I do understand the importance the CPU has as well as not running anything higher than 32-bit architecture. I also don't know how much my choice of GPU(s) has on DOS games. However, the couple of challenges I am coming to understand are finding compatible sound cards for DOS games and Window's games is not a one size fits all solution.
The challenge lies with the sound card(s) and graphics card(s). I'm confident I'll find what I want without issue.
Case, cooling, storage, drives, and peripherals are still being researched. Will probably top out the With 3 Gb DDR-400 RAM. As for Motherboard and CPU I think I want to track down an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ on a Gigabyte GA-7NNXP. I don't want to run DOSbox or some other emulation software. I want to build a rig that has the equipment to natively run MS-DOS and Windows games from the early 80's to mid-2000's under one chassis. I have a vision that may or may not be possible, and so far haven't found anyone else asking the questions I have on building a rig like what I have in mind. I've had one built for me once, but want to try my hand at this on legacy equipment and hopefully learn a thing or two before building a modern day media server. I have a puzzle for myself and anyone else that cares to assist.
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