I am turning my old 2003 HP Pavilion 325c XP based machine into a retro gaming pc and need to dual boot 98SE and XP. I would stick to just 98SE but a few of my games are just easier to play threw Steam or GOG.com that only supports XP and up,access to the internet,ect.
It served me well for 7 years before I upgraded to another system and now just happens to be exactly what I was looking to build in a 98' (96-05') gaming machine without wasting any money. It's about as fast as you can get and still be 98 compatible.
It looks like the MSI MS-6390/HP-Crossfire motherboard has Windows 98 drivers for the Chipset and all on-board devices. Should I install windows XP or 98SE first and should I put them on different hard-drives so I don't run into FAT32 vs other partition problem? Is the BIOS operating system specific or compatible?
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz)
512mb PC2100 RAM
60 GB Ultra DMA
Integrated AC97
Geforce 6800 GT or Ultra
460w power supply
List of old games I will be installing.
Quake 1
Mission Pack 1 Scourge of Armagon
Mission Pack 2 Dissolution of Eternity
Malice
Dark Hour
Aftershock
Shrak
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
Q!ZONE
Quake 2
The Reckoning
Ground Zero
Extremities
Juggernaut The New Story
Zaero
Quake 3
Team Arena
Heretic/Hexen Combo Steam
Unreal 1, Return to Na pali EP, Unreal II The
Awakening, Unreal Tournament (99),UT03',UT04',
UT3
Doom 1(Ultimate), Doom 2, Final Doom,
Wolfenstein
Duke Nukem 3D(Atomic Ed.),Duke it out in D.C.,
Caribbean life is a Beach, Nuclear Winter
Redneck Rampage, The Early Years, Suckin' Grits
on Route 66, Rides Again,Cuss pack
Half-Life 1,Blue Shift,Opposing Force,
TFC,DeathMatch Classic,Black Mesa, Bluestrike,
Awakening,
Counter-Strike Beta 5.2/6.1 and Version 1.6
Shadow Warrior, Wanton Destruction,Twin Dragon
Blood 1 ,Plasma Pak,Cryptic Passage, Blood II
The Chosen, The Nightmare Levels
It served me well for 7 years before I upgraded to another system and now just happens to be exactly what I was looking to build in a 98' (96-05') gaming machine without wasting any money. It's about as fast as you can get and still be 98 compatible.
It looks like the MSI MS-6390/HP-Crossfire motherboard has Windows 98 drivers for the Chipset and all on-board devices. Should I install windows XP or 98SE first and should I put them on different hard-drives so I don't run into FAT32 vs other partition problem? Is the BIOS operating system specific or compatible?
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz)
512mb PC2100 RAM
60 GB Ultra DMA
Integrated AC97
Geforce 6800 GT or Ultra
460w power supply
List of old games I will be installing.
Quake 1
Mission Pack 1 Scourge of Armagon
Mission Pack 2 Dissolution of Eternity
Malice
Dark Hour
Aftershock
Shrak
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
Q!ZONE
Quake 2
The Reckoning
Ground Zero
Extremities
Juggernaut The New Story
Zaero
Quake 3
Team Arena
Heretic/Hexen Combo Steam
Unreal 1, Return to Na pali EP, Unreal II The
Awakening, Unreal Tournament (99),UT03',UT04',
UT3
Doom 1(Ultimate), Doom 2, Final Doom,
Wolfenstein
Duke Nukem 3D(Atomic Ed.),Duke it out in D.C.,
Caribbean life is a Beach, Nuclear Winter
Redneck Rampage, The Early Years, Suckin' Grits
on Route 66, Rides Again,Cuss pack
Half-Life 1,Blue Shift,Opposing Force,
TFC,DeathMatch Classic,Black Mesa, Bluestrike,
Awakening,
Counter-Strike Beta 5.2/6.1 and Version 1.6
Shadow Warrior, Wanton Destruction,Twin Dragon
Blood 1 ,Plasma Pak,Cryptic Passage, Blood II
The Chosen, The Nightmare Levels
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