What video card do you have? Try starting off with P.E.Op.S. soft plugin for video, Eternal Lite (or null sound plugin) for sound, and either P.E.Op.S. (customizable), SaPu's, or Xeven's (both easy to use) for CD.
Try using a 3Dfx card, full-framerate as alwaysn_w95482 said:If it's a K6/K6-2, forget about it.