PCI MX cards on Windows 98 / 98 SE

I'm upgrading my house-mate's PC with a couple of cheap options, just enough
to play a few older LAN games for a while (Quake III, Half-Life etc). This
PC will be replaced some time later this year, and I'll use it just as a
mail server, but in the meantime it needs a little boost. It's got the
following spec:

- Windows 98
- Unknown Socket 7 mobo. ALi chipsets. No AGP.
- On-board ATI Rage Pro 128 32MB
- AMD K6-2 / 500Mhz CPU (might upgrade to an AMD K6-2 / 550Mhz)
- 2 x 256MB PC100 SDRAM (motherboard max)

I'm looking at the Geforce4 MX PCI range. Some websites state the need for
Windows 98, while others state the need for Windows 98SE. There is much
contradiction on the specs, and I'd like to know whether the MX PCI range
will work on the original Windows 98.

Cuzman wrote:

I'm looking at the Geforce4 MX PCI range. Some websites state the need for
Windows 98, while others state the need for Windows 98SE. There is much
contradiction on the specs, and I'd like to know whether the MX PCI range
will work on the original Windows 98.

I really don't see why not ... the 9x drivers are all labeled 95/98/Me.
The drivers (ideally) are unified across the Geforce family, so there
shouldn't be any issues, be it AGP or PCI.

That said, the last PCI card I used was under 98 (and on a SS7 mobo),
but it was a GF2. The PCI spec hasn't changed any since then, so I
doubt it'll be a problem.

you should actually go for a gf 2 family, that gf4 will be bottleneck by cpu
and ram, in the end you would be burning money, so save your self some cash
and gf 2 mx or ti series card
jsut my 2 cents
"Cuzman" wrote in message
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I'm upgrading my house-mate's PC with a couple of cheap options, just
enough
to play a few older LAN games for a while (Quake III, Half-Life etc).
This
PC will be replaced some time later this year, and I'll use it just as a
mail server, but in the meantime it needs a little boost. It's got the
following spec:

- Windows 98
- Unknown Socket 7 mobo. ALi chipsets. No AGP.
- On-board ATI Rage Pro 128 32MB
- AMD K6-2 / 500Mhz CPU (might upgrade to an AMD K6-2 / 550Mhz)
- 2 x 256MB PC100 SDRAM (motherboard max)

I'm looking at the Geforce4 MX PCI range. Some websites state the need
for
Windows 98, while others state the need for Windows 98SE. There is much
contradiction on the specs, and I'd like to know whether the MX PCI range
will work on the original Windows 98.

I don't really know what card I should suggest you, but I just want to point
another thing for you - the choice of Windows 9x OS. If you want to stick to
98, then it should definitely be 98SE. The first version of Win98 is so full
of bugs, that I would, in fact, recommend you to keep Windows 95 OSR2
instead.
So, avoid the first version of Win98!!!

"Cuzman" skrev i meddelandet
...
I'm upgrading my house-mate's PC with a couple of cheap options, just
enough
to play a few older LAN games for a while (Quake III, Half-Life etc).
This
PC will be replaced some time later this year, and I'll use it just as a
mail server, but in the meantime it needs a little boost. It's got the
following spec:

- Windows 98
- Unknown Socket 7 mobo. ALi chipsets. No AGP.
- On-board ATI Rage Pro 128 32MB
- AMD K6-2 / 500Mhz CPU (might upgrade to an AMD K6-2 / 550Mhz)
- 2 x 256MB PC100 SDRAM (motherboard max)

I'm looking at the Geforce4 MX PCI range. Some websites state the need
for
Windows 98, while others state the need for Windows 98SE. There is much
contradiction on the specs, and I'd like to know whether the MX PCI range
will work on the original Windows 98.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:46:52 +0100, "MheAd"
wrote:

I don't really know what card I should suggest you, but I just want to point
another thing for you - the choice of Windows 9x OS. If you want to stick to
98, then it should definitely be 98SE. The first version of Win98 is so full
of bugs, that I would, in fact, recommend you to keep Windows 95 OSR2
instead.
So, avoid the first version of Win98!!!

BULL****

Win98 is FAR MORE STABLE and USABLE than Win95. Its a godsend in
comparision. Yeah, Win98se is better - but its more of tweaked
version with some fixes and added IE...

With the posters CPU - A Voodoo3-2000 would be better for him, as
Nvidia cards really take a bath on PCI - especially on the old K6
systems.


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