For me, Windows 98 on modern systems makes perfect sense in a dual or multi boot set up so you can go back in time... on real hardware. I really like this idea, and on my main computer by using 4 separate cards (a PCI Voodoo 3 as primary video, a PCI to SATA/ IDE, a PCI-E USB 2.0 card and another PCI card for sound) - I can basically boot in any Windows ever made with full functionality. Since a I have room a big RTX card I still can use my PC for gaming, video editing etc.

A dual core cpu for win 98 se makes just as little sense. Windows 98 can only make use of 1 core and 1 thread, just like the games of that time.

@@mealot7613 That's why I wouldn't install a 3 GHz Core2Quad and only used the Core2Duo model. Pointless since 98 can't use the four cores. However, the energy requirement and heat generation increase for nothing. Therefore, for modern 98 systems I would always use processors with as few cores as possible or disable them if possible.

Yes, socket 1155 it's Windows 9x/XP friendly, mostly because there are free PCI slots. The next gen - Haswell - it's also quite compatible. Even if the PCI support was removed at chipset level, there are many H8x, Z9x boards with PCI slots by using a PCI-E to PCI bridge chip, usually from ASMedia. I have an Asus H81 Gamer with 4 PCI-E and + 3 PCI slots. (tested with Win 98SE)

@@O_mores Skylake has PCI slots too. I've got an Asus Z170-A motherboard and it has one PCI slot.

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately the latest motherboards do not come with TPM ports anymore. This H310 MB from the video has a TPM port, but my X470 mobo doesn't...

@@O_mores X570 boards have TPM ports still. They don't work with Windows 98SE though, one gets the VCACHE error.

For example, some users reported that Voodoo cards are waiting for specific BIOS hooks and won't work at all when their signals are being passthrough... Ok, you can use PCem to emulate a Voodoo 3 but the FPS is disappointing even on the latest hardware. Overall, I think it's a better experience to have a classic OS on real hardware, while it's possible ...

there is severe compatibility problems with win9x and the way QEMU interfaces with KVM PCI Passthrough with alot of hardware, although later versions of windows NT/XP and linux don't have these issues with passing-through said hardware. several have tested this including myself on the winraid & msfn forums.

Windows 98 it's actually very compatible up to socket 1151 v2 as you can see in this video. Try a PCI-E to PCI adapter and you can get decent sound like Creative Audigy and PCI gigabit cards 100% compatible with 1998. Such an adapter is like 10$ and it's all hardware conversion. For PCI-E video I recommend ATI x700 and X800 series.

@@O_mores Thanks. I'll try looking for an adapter.. I might have an old soundcard lying around. ATi X700/X800 looks good but it's almost impossible to find here, and costs more than $70 to buy from ebay :(

@@user-no3bt4rs2v Go with GeForce 6 series. They are officially supported in Windows 98. GeForce 7 series are not, and even I could install a GF 7600GT with some tweaked drivers, the card was a mess... On the other hand X700 is totally stable, no problems at all. There are Matrox G550 PCI-E card which are also Windows 98 compatible.

@@O_mores Thanks for the tips! Btw, I'm curious, have you ever tried dual monitors on 98/ME? I do have a Willamette Celeron machine I use for 98/ME (I have AGP Geforce 6200) and dual monitor works but is pretty buggy, I wonder how it worked for you.

@@user-no3bt4rs2v I haven't tried recently, but I remember that ATI had good dual monitor support. In Windows 98 this ATI X700 is seen as two separate video cards, a card for VGA and another one for DVI output.

Don't worry about the chipset. PCI-E will work out of the box since is the same thing as PCI for Windows 98.

​@@O_moresThank you, I appreciate it, One more question, can you enable DMA on the hard drive? In device manager?

Yes, I would recommend to install Windows 98 on a H310 motherboard. Windows games should run perfectly fine. You should avoid a PCI-E only configuration since you can find motherboards with 3 classic PCI slots, like Gigabyte H310 D3. And yes, the system it's stable once you know what hardware and drivers to use... I reinstalled Windows 98 on the same platform without a single BSOD or unnecessary reset. This wasn't the case when I tried for the first time. DOS it's a different story - the biggest issue it's sound, both in pure DOS and in Windows. In pure DOS you simply can't get sound with a PCI sound card using its original drivers. (PCI Aureal Vortex 2 might be an exception) In Windows 98 you may also get into trouble with DOS sound emulation, but in the end should be doable. Somehow, Windows Me it's much better at DOS sound emulation, at least when using Creative drivers. On my main computer (Ryzen 3900x) I can play DOS games inside Windows ME with sound, the DOS setup tools are detecting the sound card, and everything works out of the box...

@@O_mores thank you, I appreciate it. I do have an Old PC which is a dell gx260. Ehich it's buggy sometimes. Also I use PCEM on my laptop but it's good but not as fast as real hardware. So I have been trying to think of ideas to have a modernish pc with hardware that's not going to go bad because of age.

Hi, here is an more detailed tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpx9lNZ9udeUmXU.html

I did look into SATA settings, of course. There is no IDE mode option. Newer motherboards do not offer this option anymore. I don't have this option on my main Ryzen 9 computer also. But on that motherboard the SATA controller is Windows 9x friendly and I can use it in AHCI mode with no problems. (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNqKl7p9t6zGqmg.html)

On my H81 motherboard AHCI mode was compatible with Windows 98 and IDE mode was causing confusion... So much confusion🤨 that Windows 98 wouldn't install.

Oh Yeah! I have Windows 98 running on i7-3770K since 2014. Back then it was much easier to find Windows 98 compatible hardware.

Please tell me your hardware configuration. I had to deal with slow installs but on 486 machines... :)

​@@O_moresi think it was the geforce gt630 gpu, because after struggling I've decided to use the other mobo, it was from 2003 and more compatible.

And it worked

With NT 3.51/4 it's all about disk hardware, you have to pass the "Inaccessible boot device message" (same as in Windows 10...) and afterwards you can install it normally, no matter what CPU and RAM you have. I will make tutorials for every OS once I hit 1000 subscribers.

@@O_moresI get a 0x00003E on some of my machines. but on the earliest dell I have I got a 7B error, even when UniATA driver was loaded from a floppy disk via a usb floppy drive and pressing f6

@@Liamoldchannel Why not using a supported PCI to SATA/IDE adapter? I'm using a cheap VIA 6421adapter which has actual drivers for NT4 and I don't need UniATA. You should use UniATA v. 0.46e8 and NT 4 Superpack (alter.org.ua) which contains some system files from Windows 2K.

Hi! Some updates for you: a tutorial for dual booting here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpx9lNZ9udeUmXU.html and a video about NT4 here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8qbjaZjvKfNdIU.html

@@O_mores thanks

Never had one off these FX5950... Between 5950 ultra and X700 there is no much performance gap, ~+10% for ATI, depending on game. But you can find an X850 which is much better and from my experience ATI drivers are better on these modern systems. With nVidia you can go as 7900 series using some modded drivers.

@@O_mores Yeah for performance sure. Fx card is the last generation to have full compatibility for old games using shader model 2.0, table fog and 8-bit paletted texture support. Everything later results in visual bugs etc. Ati cards from the same time are stronger at directx 9 but also do not have support for table fog and paletted textures. Although i still own my fx card from 2005.

You can try this driver: turkeys4me.byethost4.com/programs/HDADRV9L.zip it's meant for Windows 3.1 but in theory should work in Windows 98 too. (if you're lucky). I tried it once in Windows 3.11 and didn't work me. But I know some people that managed to get sound on their laptop in Windows 98 using this driver.

@@O_mores I’ll try thanks friend

@@O_mores another question please can I run GeForce 7200 256 mb on win98 I would like to buy an old pci e gpu my rtx refuses to work even with universal driver

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Of course. Half Life 2 should run also.

Well, the "NUSB 3.6" patch doesn't work. It has support up to 6th gen. The solution is to use a PCI to USB card (with an adapter) but on this board there are no more free PCI-E slots. A full ATX motherboard with 6 PCI-E slots it's the best solution for this type of dual boot setup with a mix of new and old hardware.

@@O_mores Too bad NUSB isn't actively developed anymore. I don't think is much difference between 6th gen an 9gen at the USB level.