sorry this belongs in Marvin will repost there 🤣

Here she is, now time to install Windows 😁

I have given up on the PS2 port for now, ill try to find a 5pin USB header later 🤣

candle_86 wrote:

I have given up on the PS2 port for now, ill try to find a 5pin USB header later 🤣

Something I noticed when gaming in Windows 98 is that my USB mice are smoother. Now this could be just a case of me not having a decent PS/2 gaming mouse. Tried various USB mice through USB to PS/2 adapter. But a Logitech MX518 for example is a great Windows 98 gaming mouse 😀

🤣 right now all I've got are basic mice.

Whats the best TNT2 driver, it does need 3dnow optimizations of course 🤣

candle_86 wrote:

🤣 right now all I've got are basic mice.

Whats the best TNT2 driver, it does need 3dnow optimizations of course 🤣

I wouldn't know, but I recommend getting a period correct driver. Check old benchmarks / video card reviews, they often talk about driver improvements.

philscomputerlab wrote:

candle_86 wrote:

I have given up on the PS2 port for now, ill try to find a 5pin USB header later 🤣

Something I noticed when gaming in Windows 98 is that my USB mice are smoother. Now this could be just a case of me not having a decent PS/2 gaming mouse. Tried various USB mice through USB to PS/2 adapter. But a Logitech MX518 for example is a great Windows 98 gaming mouse 😀

You can increase the sampling rate of PS/2 mice in Windows 98 to make them smoother.

also the 3com nic is busted, so I borrowed my trendnet gigabit nic from my AXP, ill use its 10/100 for now, and get another nic on tuesday for it 🤣. Because ya know a K6-2 needs a gigabit nic

so big question, outside of the case and psu does this look like something from 1998-1999 to yall?

also its a TNT2 M64, man I wish I had looked up the model number, now Ive got a terrible video card and during 3dmark99max it artifacts then the pc crashes, so I took my Ti 500 from my AXP for now, will look for another TNT2/Geforce 256/Voodoo3 3500/Radeon 7200/Radeon 7500 later

candle_86 wrote:

so big question, outside of the case and psu does this look like something from 1998-1999 to yall?

The pictures looks like they were taken in 1998, you are capturing the blurry gray mood perfectly.

Nice system, Super Socket 7 is very fun to tinker with!

candle_86 wrote:

also its a TNT2 M64, man I wish I had looked up the model number, now Ive got a terrible video card and during 3dmark99max it artifacts then the pc crashes, so I took my Ti 500 from my AXP for now, will look for another TNT2/Geforce 256/Voodoo3 3500/Radeon 7200/Radeon 7500 later

I've got so many TNT2 M64 and GeForce4 MX it's not funny. I found it very hard to find a normal TNT2.

To go with my naming theme it has been named Pike

So what else am I missing besides grabbing a voodoo 2 for Glide, a TNT2 so my Ti 500 can go back to my AXP, a bigger Hard Drive.

I thought about maybe buying a K6-3+ to replace the K6-2 as its a little sluggish in 98 but after consideration I dont want to 🤣.

Sluggishness can be caused by old HDD. Try using Victoria or other software that measure read speeds. I think at least 40MB/s is required for 98SE to work smoothly.

here she is booted and installed with my games

philscomputerlab wrote:

candle_86 wrote:

I have given up on the PS2 port for now, ill try to find a 5pin USB header later 🤣

Something I noticed when gaming in Windows 98 is that my USB mice are smoother. Now this could be just a case of me not having a decent PS/2 gaming mouse. Tried various USB mice through USB to PS/2 adapter. But a Logitech MX518 for example is a great Windows 98 gaming mouse 😀

Try uping the bus frequency. It can make a world of a deference for both usb and ps/s mice.

frisky dingo wrote:

Try uping the bus frequency. It can make a world of a deference for both usb and ps/s mice.

Yea I should check it out.

So a few goodies, I found a few items in the trash, testing them out now, but I'm crossing my fingers

Winfast Geforce 256 DDR

FIC PA-2013 1mb L2 sitting on it made me stop and take a second look, AMD K6-III 333 hoping it all works, may just go ATX and stop the trying to get a PS2 adaptor working 🤣.