Update.
Recently obtained a creative labs Riva TNT PCI 16mb CT6700 card to test in my UMC based socket 3 system.
The machine does post, work in dos, in windows 98se, however on driver installation (detonator) the machine constantly resets itself upon the loading screen, to clarify the drivers install but on reset the machine wont load into windows.
I was using a late driver version something like 71.xx, Im thinking the best chance would be to find an earlier drier package and perhaps try windows 95, any other ideas would be appreciated.