Windows 98 machine cpu upgrade

[Lonewolf33651]

I got a computer off a buddy of mine from 2001. It has AMD Duron 700 mhz presently on a gigabyte GA-7XZ. Im looking to put an Athlon in it but im not sure as to what the best processor would be to put in it. 

[Guest]

How much are you willing to spend?

[m0k]

Socket A ?
might have to look on ebay for CPU's that will fit that socket

^ whats your budget 

[it_dont_work]

A1400 is usually a good bet, was a pretty good cpu at the time. popular and reasonably easy to find, watch for chipped dies

[Lonewolf33651]

8 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

How much are you willing to spend?

 

2 minutes ago, mok said:

Socket A ?
might have to look on ebay for CPU's that will fit that socket

^ whats your budget 

Not really sure. Just looking for whats out there. Not familiar with older stuff

[m0k]

Also are you planning on sticking with Windows 98 or upgrading to Win7/8/10
because this older hardware might not be supported on the new OS

Another option is to change cpu/mobo/ram altogether $105 USD
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9M9tK8

[Lonewolf33651]

 

2 minutes ago, mok said:

Also are you planning on sticking with Windows 98 or upgrading to Win7/8/10
because this older hardware might not be supported on the new OS

Another option is to change cpu/mobo/ram altogether $105 USD
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9M9tK8

No wanna keeo it old. I have a gaming machine that i use regularly. Just looking to make this a little more useful for retro titles

[ApolloX75]

8 minutes ago, Lonewolf33651 said:

 

No wanna keeo it old. I have a gaming machine that i use regularly. Just looking to make this a little more useful for retro titles

Your board supports Athlon XPs with a BIOS update, they are the best of socket A. A 2800+ Barton is a good common choice. 

[SLAYR]

 

15 minutes ago, Lonewolf33651 said:

 

No wanna keeo it old. I have a gaming machine that i use regularly. Just looking to make this a little more useful for retro titles

It isn't worth it, really old hardware never is.

 

It would be cheaper to just run windows 98 in a vm, or try installing it on a newer pc. Or run the programs using windows compatability mode, works for a lot of older programs.

[Lonewolf33651]

14 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

 

It isn't worth it, really old hardware never is.

 

It would be cheaper to just run windows 98 in a vm, or try installing it on a newer pc. Or run the programs using windows compatability mode, works for a lot of older programs.

Not really concerned about it being worth it. Just enjoyment and entertainment

[NumLock21]

45 minutes ago, mok said:

Also are you planning on sticking with Windows 98 or upgrading to Win7/8/10
because this older hardware might not be supported on the new OS

Another option is to change cpu/mobo/ram altogether $105 USD
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/9M9tK8

My old P3 can run XP just fine.

[KenjiUmino]

18 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

It would be cheaper to just run windows 98 in a vm, or try installing it on a newer pc. Or run the programs using windows compatability mode, works for a lot of older programs.

MIGHT work for regular programms but is totally useless for old games - tried it many times and failed 

 

dosbox is a good choice for most dos games but for win9x games there is no such solution - not that i know of 

 

qemu, virtualbox and the likes can not emulate legacy graphics cards and neither can compatibility mode - but some games NEED an old card to start up at all or offer anything besides software rendering because devs did not include something like a "just use your vanilla directx or opengl and be happy" option in their games.

some games also break when the CPU is too fast or has more than 1 thread ... or more than 3.something gigs or RAM ... a lot of hassle to work around all of this (been there, done that) ... for playing old games it is less stressfull just to get some old machine, slam a 3dfx card and a sounblaster in and call it a day.

[m0k]

40 minutes ago, Lonewolf33651 said:

Not really concerned about it being worth it. Just enjoyment and entertainment

load up win98 on this 
https://www.dellrefurbished.com/desktop-computers/dell-optiplex-580-8369.html
plenty fun + some use in the future as a regular desktop

[Lonewolf33651]

13 hours ago, mok said:

load up win98 on this 
https://www.dellrefurbished.com/desktop-computers/dell-optiplex-580-8369.html
plenty fun + some use in the future as a regular desktop

Again. I already have a daily use computer capable of most anything i want with windows 7 64 bit and windows xp 32 bit. This is just cause i can and i got a free old pc from a friend thay i wanna make better for windows 9x era stuff 

[-rascal-]

If your Gigabyte GA-7ZX is better than my GA-7ZXE...then see if you can find an Athlon XP 1700+...more specifically a Thoroughbred revision B 

(like mine )

Those have an unlocked multiplier!!

With a suitable motherboard those things can reach crazy overclock numbers.

[asand1]

I ran an Athlon XP 3000+ for ever in an Asus K8n. I had it OC'd to 2.4 and 2.5 on a stock cooler. It ran pretty good, but it was a slug of a computer when I retired it in 2015. The worst part of it was the AGP graphics slot.