Countach69 Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Windows 98SE Stability Test. Instead of arguing with people claiming Windows 98SE is an unstable Operating System, i decided to set the record straight by recording a not so typical gaming session with it. Basically, it consists of me playing 6, almost 7, different games simultaneously and alt-tabbing out of them while doing basic computer work. All of this on a supposedly unstable operating system...Windows 98SE. A mix of old (1998-Dethkarz) and new (2005-Need for speed: Most wanted) games were used. My intentions were not for people to revert back to 98SE but to make the critics realize that this OS is a viable option for a lot of people. So, if you feel bored and have the bandwidth, you can download this 5 part sefl-extracting .RAR file. Mind you, this is not exciting stuff, but it proves once and for all that if your computer hardware, drivers and applications are stable, Windows 98SE will be also.Replace the hxxp below to httphxxp://www.rapidsharing.com/07c00c9dae71323df624eb5c3665c861hxxp://www.rapidsharing.com/3dd4a6550e64ef6abf1a63c69b00f576hxxp://www.rapidsharing.com/9342fa283b803bf3c1e72b3143e6348fhxxp://www.rapidsharing.com/74e1a8b89ab7a265132de5f7ece0736a hxxp://www.rapidsharing.com/c65daaed0855a5dceb500449fd7612d0Computer specifications:-Intel D865 PerlX motherboard-Celeron 340 2.93Ghz-1 Gig of RAM-ATI Radeon 9600XT 128 Megs-Analog Device Soundmax audio-K-world capture cardFile information:-Format : MPEG 1 - no special codecs are necessary-Resolution : 352 x 240-Quality : average-Length : about 45 minutes-Size : 470 megs1-The file was captured in VHS format and converted to MPEG 1.2-Games like Doom 3 and Need for speed: Most wanted needed replacing the string GlobalMemoryStatusEx to GlobalMemoryStatus to work in windows 98SE.3-The capture file was not edited in any way.4-There were no TSR running in the background (anti-virus, instant messaging, firewall etc.)5-Some win.ini tweaks were used like MinFileCache/MaxFileCache etc.6-No Microsoft updates of Windows 98SE were installed.Chronology:Starting/playing : Need For speed: Most wanted DemoAlt-tab to : DesktopStarting/playing : FlatoutAlt-tab to : DesktopStarting/playing : Bloodrayne 2Alt-tab to : DesktopStarting/playing : DethkarzAlt-Tab to : Need for speed: Most wanted DemoAlt-tab to : DesktopStarting : Hamrick VuescanStarting : Firefox-browsing and downloading files (via USB Wi-Fi connection)Alt-Tab to : FlatoutAlt-Tab to : DesktopAlt-Tab to : Bloodrayne 2Alt-Tab to : Desktop-finishing scanning-displaying scan in Irfanview and Foxit-browsing and downloading filesStarting/playing : Painkiller: Battle out of hellAlt-Tab to : DesktopStarting/playing : Doom 3Quitting : Doom 3 (not able to alt-tab out of Doom 3)Continuing : browsing and downloading filesStarting/playing : The sufferingAlt-Tab to : DesktopAlt-Tab to : Need For speed: Most wanted Demo-lack of memory-constant paging to hard diskQuitting : Need For speed: Most wanted DemoAlt-Tab to : Painkiller: Battle out of hellAlt-Tab to : DesktopAlt-Tab to : Bloodrayne 2-lack of memory-constant paging to hard diskAlt-Tab to : DesktopAlt-Tab to : DethkarzAlt-Tab to : DesktopAlt-Tab to : Flatout-lack of memory-constant paging to hard diskQuitting : FlatoutAlt-Tab to : Painkiller: Battle out of hellQuitting : Painkiller: Battle out of hellAlt-Tab to : The sufferingQuitting : The sufferingQuitting : FirefoxAlt-Tab to : Bloodrayne 2Quitting : Bloodrayne 2Writting message with WordpadClosing computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Impressive + very nice job. Q:Did you install DirectX 9.0c or another older version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 (edited) Good to see more than one user having no difficulties with maximum resource consumption on 98se Here's the result of opening up 17 IEs each containing graphics-intensive pages, 1 Word XP, and 1 Photoshop 7 with a huge image:http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4946/0res9wg.gifThe system remained perfectly usable and responsive throughout. Closing everything brought resources free back up to 87%. Edited May 9, 2006 by LLXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countach69 Posted May 9, 2006 Author Share Posted May 9, 2006 In response to MDGxThe latest version of DirectX was installed, that is 9.0cCountach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda43 Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 As long as you've got enough ram and HD space, you can work the snot out of 98/SE and it won't puke.I ran it for years till I needed to upgrade to XP.I found several tweaks that could add as much as 30% to its efficiency. The infamous "memory leak" was probably the only drawback.And a little program like "MemTurbo" could easily takecare of that.That was a God-Send to people who had to leave their PC's on 24x7 to run a network, receive faxes, etc.I've got ten PC's that will actually run and every one of themis running 98/SE with the Unofficial Service Pack 2, except this one.That service pack, incorporates most of the tweaks that I used to do by hand. A great time savings.Andromeda43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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