I have an AMD and a newer GeForce 4 video card and I haven't had any problems. I have a dual boot system one with 98SE and XP Pro.

I use the 98 only for games.

I'm sure you have some sort of budget figured out. If you want I'd be happy to talk things over off-line or we can discuss this over this forum.

Don't worry I'm not peddling anything to you just giving u recommendations.

My main use of my comp is Internet surfing, games, CD listening and copying.

I recently I made a machine but I was also set a budget target.

CPU : $100 - $120 (I went with AMD Xp2000, most bang for the buck....but u can get a XP 1800 and not miss anything)
Heatsink : $20 (Thermaltake Volcano 9)
Motherboard: $100- $120 (went with the VIA KT333 chipset by Asus)
Memory : $ 90 (go to Crucial.com need to get 256 DDR mem)
Video : budget minded go for the ATI 8500 129MB cards....pay alittle more get any GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB
Hard drive : use ur old one
Monitor : use ur old one
Keyboard/Mouse : use ur old one
Floppy drive : use your old one
DVD : either the Pioneer or Toshiba 16x is fine......$40
CDR : any 40X is more than fine....LG makes a good one for $85
Case : it all depends on you, I went with a Antec case.....$85...try and buy local or get free shipping...otherwise its like $30 shipping

probably more I can't think off hand

oh yeah Soundcard, use the one that comes onboard

Ren