Washu Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hi all i'm new here^^ i ahve allways been intressted in old stuff, and now i thought i maybe i should build a gameing PC for old game for Win98 and later DOS games, it was my first OS i ever used, but i don't know what is good and what is bad. i know already that there is a list of parts thats works for Win98. but still i don't know if it just take one of everything and u good to go. and on top of that i don't know what is a good price for eacth part. and so on im thinking of maybe paying around 200-280$ whit shipping ofc. but as i don't know whats good and bad i wonder if i can get some tips of you guys thats know more about this cool stuff. i live in EU Sweden. so plz don't say this is super cheap like 30$ if its not for me. i know there is alot cheaper stuff in US don't bother tell it if i can get it cheap too. there is no point of buying like a sound card for 50$ then shpping 40$ and importing 15-20$ i don't really see that point maybe if it is really good and thats the only way for me but i kinda wonna avoid it if i can. thx for you help. sorry if this already exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 A virtual box in your current pc would probably be best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Aust Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 hmm i see. but i whould be just cooler have a real PC instead of emulating. cuz if i have the real stuff i will not get any bugs or anyhing that can happend whit a EMU. and where is the fun factor if u EMU everything i mean ia hve C64, NES, ps1, MD, saturn, ps2, Dreamcast, GC and xbox. its mutch more fun to play on the real console then emulate it right? or are it just that i will not get cheap for me is that the problem? have seen som youtube vids about ppl in US buying old PC's for 5$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 You should be fine with any Pentium 2 or 3 PC. I know AMD or Cyrix may be an option but I've never used either of those. I would pick out which video card you want to use, then determine which board you want. Reason being is that if you want to use certain AGP cards, the keying is different. So you wouldn't want to buy an AGP card just to find out it won't fit in the AGP slot in the board/PC you bought. Also consider that if you pick up a used PC that the case it is in may not fit what you want to put in it. This is fine if the board you get is an ATX board as you can get another case fairly easily. I don't know what the market is like for you in Sweden for used PCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 hmm the market are kinda dead what it feels like. im intressted in like voodo or nvidia stuff. but the voodoo cards looks really intressting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTron Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I have a Dell Dimension 4300 (from 2002, I think. It's one of those curvy dark blue models), which came with XP preinstalled. It was a very high-end computer at the time, but these kind of computers probably sell very cheap used, nowdays. It has a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 CPU, 512 RAM, and an Nvidia Geforce2 graphics card. I installed Windows 98 SE alongside XP a few months ago, and it runs great, with complete driver support for Windows 98. Hardware accelerated graphics only works in 16-bit color, but the difference isn't that noticeable. And the motherboard lacks USB 2.0 support (only USB 1.1). But it works great as a retro-gaming computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 nice i was looking at ebay but there is mostly US stuff and the shpping whit import goes for like 200$and the pc they want to ahve like 150-200$ awwww **** shinpping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Yes the reason for those prices is due to weight. It would probably be better to piecemeal a system if ordering stuff from online to cut down on shipping price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 yea. thats why i try to know more about the hardwhere itself but well id on't know anything about pc stuff. are intressted thats why im trying to get one^^ if i knew more about what i can use and what i can't it whould be more simple to try to build one on my own "maybe" but i try lokking on this site and i find a page where it was listed whit a toons of hardwhere that should work for the W9x but i still don't know. can i just take what ever i finthere and put them toghoter? i don't really think it works that way do it? if it does that i just can take one board of each thing buy it and wipe i get a PC. sounds to simple to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 or should i try to get an XP PC and then downgrated for that? it might be easier for me to get one used but i don't know if it really will work that well cuz the OS's are so diffrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washu Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 was looking adround on a site and i finded this one: FSC Scaleo Athlon XP 1900+ 1GB/80GB DVD/CD-RW (XP)Athlon XP 1900+MS-6380 FSC OEM MoBo420W Ace PSU2x256MB PC2100 + 1x512MB PC2700 = 1GB DDR80GB WDC IDE-hårddiskDVD-ROM LiteOn LTD-163CD-RW Samsung 52-32-52xGeForce 3 Ti200 64MB VGA+ TV-out3Com 100Mb NIC2xSerieportar, 1xPrinterport, 1xJoystick1x3.5", 1x5.25", 2xPCI lediga drivebays/slotsRealtek AC´97 Moderkortsljud med FP-Audio4xUSB 1.1 (2 på front)2xUSB 2.03xFirewire (1 på front)Diskettstation80mm Chassifläkt---------- only for like 80$ or so whit shipping, will this work for W98? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Yes/no/maybe? 1GB RAM may be a problem out of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangoomis Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) I disagree, 98 works fine with 1GB of RAM. Even on my 2013 Core i3 laptop If it doesn't work for some reason (GPU drivers?), he simply takes out the RAM modules, and he's fine. Edited October 13, 2014 by MrMateczko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I disagree, 98 works fine with 1GB of RAM. Even on my 2013 Core i3 laptop If it doesn't work for some reason (GPU drivers?), he simply takes out the RAM modules, and he's fine.Sure , especiallly if it has a single 1 Gb RAM stick that would be a nice solution. Seriously , there are normally no particular issues, BUT some tweaking may be needed:http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/118097-day-to-day-running-win-9xme-with-more-than-1-gib-ram/Typically a couple of settings in system.ini are needed:http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/79756-512-mb-ram-and-above/?p=578205 jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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