Ultimate Windows 98/DOS Gaming PC

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GilboyNerd15201

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I'm currently in the process of building the ultimate Windows 98 gaming PC. I building this machine because there are many games I've played as a child on my parents first PC that no longer work on modern PCs. I could use emulators but what is the fun in that. The computer I will be using is a Dell Dimension 2350 with a Pentium 4. I will be using Windows 98 SE as my operating system of choice. I will describe the specs below.

PC - Dell Dimension 2350

CPU - Pentium 4 clocked at 2.0 GHz

RAM - 512MBs

GRAPHICS CARD - Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MBs

HDD - 120GB HDD

SOUND CARD - I don't know yet. Can someone recommend a good sound card with good W98/DOS compatibility.

That is it. My goal for this build is to be able to play late DOS games and early Windows games at the highest settings with the best frame rates. I would like to hear from the community what you guys think about this build.

 
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Themastererr

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Almost all motherboards have the ability to overclock because all motherboards have PLL's (clock generators) that control the front side bus. You just have to find out which one you have and use software to control it.

I recently bought a Lenovo and overclocked it 10% using this method. Any boost helps!
 
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ragnar-gd

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As a soundcard, i recommend the PCI Creative Soundblaster Audigy or Audigy 2

You can gain some ideas for a faster build from mine:

OS: W98SE (SP 3.0d), Windows XP Pro 32bit, Windows 10 64bit Home, Multiboot
Memory: 16 GB RAM (DDR3-1333 - 4x 8 GB), of which W98SE sees 1GB, XP sees 3,4 GB, W10 sees 16GB)
(tested successfully with 32 GB Ram)
MB: ASRock 890FX-Deluxe5 (with RLoew Interrupt-Fix for NVidia Driver)
CPU: AMD FX 8350, 4GHz-4.2GHz, 125W TDP, 8 cores, with Wraith-Cooler (W98SE uses only 1 core, XP and W10 all of them)
GPU1: EVGA GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB, PCIe, with inofficial NVidia driver 82.69 (with commercial RLoew Shutdown-/RAM-/Interrupt-Fix), connected to monitor via VGA by W98SE
GPU2: MSI GeForce GTX 950 PCIe, used by XP and W10 via DVI-D on same Monitor as above
SSD1-SATAII: W98SE / SATAII-SSD Super Talent Ultradrive GX MLC 32GB (on port 5 in "Legacy Mode")
SSD2-SATAII: XP / SATAII-SSD Samsung MLC 128GB
SSD3-SATAII: W10 / SATAIII-SSD Crucial M500 480GB
1st DVD-drive on sata-port 6 (in legacy mode)
2nd DVD-drive on sata-port 4 (invisible to W98SE)
Sound onboard: Off (because no driver for W98SE, and because no EAX on any OS)
Sound-AddIn: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum PCI
NIC onboard: Gigabit-LAN, RTL 8111E (connected to PCIe-bus, usable with DOS-Driver under W98SE, not used at the moment)
NIC2-AddIn: Gigabit-LAN, by TP-Link, Realtek RTL 8111B chipset, PCIe
USB2: onboard (Auto-compatibility-mode)
USB3: onboard PCIe (invisible to W98SE, as no driver for that)
I use "Ushers Method" to make RAM above 1GB invisible to W98SE

I use this on a DELL IPS 23" Monitor with 1650x1050 (16:10), as that allows for maximum resolution without frame-rate loss on each OS.
As the W98SE-GPU a ATI x800GT 256MB PCIe can be used with very good framerates, without the need for a commercial patch, but, you know, the GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB ist just faster, and heats up the case less, so i decided to spend that money. But your mileage may vary.

Cheers,
 
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