Get as big a ram chip as will fit in your computer and a Geforce 3 ti or better video card.
Read reviews at
www.tomshardware.com
Go to to pricecheck the better internet prices.
www.pricewatch.com
Use the 32 bit texture, and turn off all the eye candy.
The voodoo card does not support direct x 8 nor is it a full implimentation of OpenGL. This is your primary problem.
READ: Do not spend more than $300.00 upgrading this computer as you can buy a VERY usable new system for well under $600.00.
Good luck: Anticipating this game I upgraded to Athlon 1700 512 RAM and and geforce 4. It still runs the game great. But I also have top of the line SCSI Ultra160 drives.
EDIT: Andreas Windows Me has a bad rap for no other reason that they charges full price for a new os. To fix the problems that windows 98 had and should have bean fixed free. I used ME on a laptop as a Software developement machine and never had a problem in 2 years of Heavy use everyday. Also my comp iliterate Girlfriend who used it for Law school HATED NT(4.0,5.0) with a passion so I left it be.
Besides that have you ever use NT 3.51 or windows 95.... crist man ME is a god send compared to either of those.
[ 01-05-2004, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: magnetism ]