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Reply 20 of 23, by vetz

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Jorpho wrote:
cyclone3d wrote:

To get a 512MB card working in 98SE, you can either limit the amount of RAM via bsRAM9x or use a 4GB patch.

bs_ram9x has a very dubious reputation and you probably shouldn't be spreading it around. Himemx or xmsdisk would be preferable.
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158417-bs_ram9xexe/

Dubious based on that post? 🤣. Some guy who has very clear intentions of not letting his "product" get any competition/alternative solutions says that the guy who originally made it is a pirate and suddenly everyone should swallow that? This patch restricts memory, it's not a Windows patch.

You'll find the utility in this thread: http://www.winboard.org/windows-9x-me/85355-u … l-moeglich.html

PS. I heard that bjt is a pirate, so better not download his SoftMPU software 🤣

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Reply 21 of 23, by MrMateczko

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meljor wrote:

What i'm trying to say is: It has not been done yet, but maybe it is possible?

Unless there's a way to write GPU drivers with Unified Shaders support for 98SE, it's impossible.

Reply 22 of 23, by ediflorianUS

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Hello , I know I am just barging in, (l8te as usual) , but I know there must bee a driver for 8800GTX/Ultra for win98se+ , I researched this same thing a while back...
Wanted to build the ultimate win98 machine.... (instead just installed win98sec on a Dell GX270 with 2x80gb EIDE*recovered-could only format as fat32 & 1GB DDR400 - works great)
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The idea was to tune up a bit a old Dell Precision 670 with single 3.4ghz Xeon , PCIE and dual SCSIs.... (It was delivered sh with no OS , has a xp installed on it) - and adding the final touch A Nvidia 8800GTX (as research dictates the G80 was the last great card for windows98second edition with all the updates and paches that can be on-line found....

I will be back on this topic with all my research , I am a pc user from 1997 ... so.... so long a go... in a galaxy far far away.... started with D.O.S.....

other useful links:
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/118097-day-to … than-1-gib-ram/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#References

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Reply 23 of 23, by ediflorianUS

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have you tried this?
http://www.mdgx.com/files/nv8269.php

(aditional info ontopic)
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-sli-guide.379960/
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/fo ... %7cme.html
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https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/3787 … son-skies-etc-/
https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=38300

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