Mar 22, 2023 · If your only installing Windows 98 any of the Intel 845, 848, 865, 875 based boards are good options. The differences in these options aren't important for Win98 If your dual booting WIn98/XP then the Intel boards marked with (5) are a better option as …

Aug 27, 2018 · Up to which family I can use (Willamette, Northwood, Prescott etc.)? And wonder if CPU and GPU is powerful enough to run games smoothly, even if they're compatible. I'll stick with 512 Mb RAM and find a sound card. It's also really hard to find a good Motherboard. Are these good together? ASUS P4P800-X Motherboard and Pentium 4 HT SL7PM (3.0 ...

Aug 9, 2024 · There isn't necessarily a single "best" Windows 98 motherboard. There are a lot of different types of builds that can accommodate Windows 98, so it comes down to specific needs. Since you mention wanting to cover games including early 2000s 3D games, then a fast Pentium III (i.e. 1.0 GHz or faster) is a good place start.

May 12, 2004 · The Retro Web has 169 motherboards meeting your requirement i.e. Socket 370 with AGP and ISA; 38 of them support Tualatin CPU so your current P3-1GHz is guaranteed to be supported (either as 100x10 or 133x7.5) so if you found a nice MB but without a CPU you could still use your existing P3-1GHz.

May 21, 2021 · Here is an alternative cheap good Windows 98 gaming PC (because everyone has done an AMD one so far). A Socket 478 motherboard by SIS - any will do but SIS chipsets allow for PCI soundcards to work better in DOS.

Mar 10, 2020 · You don't even need to patch windows 98 in any way because you can limit the ram that win98 can see by using HimemX. I built Athlon64 system with Asus A8V deluxe because that motherboard also has win9x drivers.

May 25, 2016 · Some Intel 865 and VIA chipsets boards might support Dual Core, 65 nm CPUs or even Core 2, but it depends of the motherboard model. There are at least vey few boards with Core 2 Quad Support (AsRock 775i65G R2.0/3.0 and AsRock ConRoe865PE afaik).

Nov 27, 2018 · Now to find the balance between the good compatibility in terms of Windows 98 drivers, and the top-end GPU performance, and this project just might turn out to be the best Win98-per-liter PC out there 😀

May 19, 2021 · What do you think? Higher results can be achieved using a better GPU like a 7950GT (or even a 7950 GX2) and overclock the CPU on a better motherboard (this one only goes to 399FSB and I got 4.6GHz out of this CPU on …

Sep 23, 2023 · There are a few AGP motherboards with the VIA K8M800 chipset on AM2, e.g. the Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2. Did a search on eBay, it seems like Semprons or Athlon 64/X2s on AM2 are much, much, much cheaper than 754 equivalents... and will probably run cooler and faster, not that that matters for a 98SE system that much.