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Best OS for 733MHz system?
SteveJ34:
If you are still game to get this operative, Win98SE should work.
I don't believe it will recognize or make use of 1gb ram as I recall there being some upper limit in Win98 where there is a diminishing return but it is likely not required in this situation anyway.
arcadepcnut:
dont use the sblive...just get a cheap isa or pci soundblaster. Mame will be faster in dos on a 733mhz machine. I use a 900mhz p3 machine for my vertical classics cab and its weak....it doesnt play but 90% of the vertical games and Im running dos with an arcadevga card...would not even consider 98 on that machine.
But to each his own.
The geforce 3 wont help you much at all in mame....not win98 or dos....its the 2d mame uses....also your dont need dos drivers for a geforce...however the live would need dos drivers hence the recommendation to get another cheap card if you do decide to go with dos.
however windows 98 is easier to setup. If I recall the minimum requirement for XP is 700mhz. Basing off my experience with my P4 3.6 that barely runs XP well (haha)...that 700mhz would be unbearable.
NightGod:
--- Quote from: MartyNg on July 12, 2006, 09:49:39 pm ---Unfortunately, I've run out of patience with my freezing machine. I took every non-required component out, and it still freezes after a fresh install of XP. I've swapped the memory out and played with BIOS settings tilI was blue in the face, but it still freezes. I even tried blasting a big fan into the PC in case it was a heat problem...no dice. Must be something on the motherboard. Too bad...probably would have made a much nicer system than the Athlon, especially with 1 gig of ram!
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Sounds like blown capacitors. Check the ones on the board and see if any of them are swollen or burst. Not that you can do much about it beyond buying a new board, but at least you'll know.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: SteveJ34 on July 12, 2006, 10:27:12 pm ---If you are still game to get this operative, Win98SE should work.
I don't believe it will recognize or make use of 1gb ram as I recall there being some upper limit in Win98 where there is a diminishing return but it is likely not required in this situation anyway.
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512 megs. Beyond that, not only is there a diminishing return, but it can cause problems up to and including boot issues.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: MartyNg on July 12, 2006, 09:47:25 pm --- It's been a while...could I actually install Win98SE and just not boot into Windows by default? Go right into ArcadeOS perhaps?
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That's what I would do if I were you -- Win98 SE. And yes you can boot into the front end...I believe it's in the WIKI somewhere (although it may be XP instructions).