![]() That card now lives in a dual P3 600 paired with V2 SLI setup, rest of the PC is at my parents 1/2 a world away. I did upgrade the graphics about 2 years later to very similar Asus V7100 (GF2MX 32MB) one of the most expensive upgrades and stuck with that setup till 2005. I do know he got a V2 later in the year but got rid of it after not very long for a Nvidia card as even then the shift the D3D was strong. Voodoo (I think still V1 at that time) was also an option but alot more expensive. I upgraded the base Video option to a 16MB TNT on a friends recommendation. Nice your first PC is very similar to mine I got in 98 and quite the upgrade from the family 486/66 I am still in process of putting everything together but wanted to share a few pictures. Additionally the card should be able to run all the games from the 98/99 time frame fairly well. ![]() ![]() ![]() GeForce 2's are relatively plentiful and still can be had for a low price. I wanted to go with a 3DFX VooDoo 2 but as we all know the ship has sailed for those cards in terms of buying one for a reasonable price now. The front fans are addresable RGB, and can be regulated for color and brightness or turned off altogether. Removed the front RGB leds and replaced all fans. I've done some minor appearance tweaks to the case. I've decided to go with a relatively simple modern case, with a side window, good cable management possibilities and an optical bay for a CD/DVD drive Unfortunately, all the cases I looked at with the drive bay were either ugly as sin or wrong form factor - I've decided to cross out the optical bay requirement (not a good idea for anyone considering a Win9x build). ![]() I wanted to go with a beige tower but I was not able to source one. The goal with this system was to replicate my first computer. I am currently working on a Slot 1 Pentium II build. ![]()
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