Doom III got me thinking more about this. 98se is suppose to have problems with poor memory management and amounts of ram over 512MB (which is what I've got).

Given that some of the recent games perform better with 768MB or more, I'm wondering if adding more to my 98se rig will actually help.

From what I can see by researching this on-n-off the past year:

1)There is an adjustment one can make to vcache for amounts of ram over 512MB

2) Some people use more than 512MB in their 98 ( even first edition) rig w/o probs.

3) Found a Tech site googling this where they claim performance flattened out for amounts of ram in excess of 160MB (odd number?). In other words, ram in amounts higher than that provide little/no benefit.

Since I can't seem to find sites that cater to 98se, I thought I'd do my own investigation/benchies.

FPS differences in games for varing amounts of ram would be a good indication, I think. I'm guessing FRAPS w/b the proggie to use here.

Would a proggie like Sandra be good for testing mem bandwith. If so, would that be significant? Again, all I really care about is gaming performance.

Will prolly get around to benching against XP, but that w/b later. BTW, please don't post about switching to XP, I tried it on my rig (dual boot setup) earlier this year. This is, to my thinking, more of an acedemic-type attempt to get some solid answers on 98se with today's hardware.

Thanks,

Mobile XP 2600+ (11X200)
Abit NF7-S v 2.0
Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM
512MB Corsair Twinx 3200LL
BBA 9800 Pro
Enermax Noisetaker 420 watts
Win98SE

Hey Dude!, How've you been doing?

It'll be interesting to see just what you discover here with the test you're going to do so below is something I believe will be most helpful to you, taken from the Emulators website, about running more RAM in Win98.

Hope all is well! I'll check back later! Ryan

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Hey 4ryan6! How ya doing,

I've been away for a few days, so I'm late to answer.

This week end I went ahead and stuck in a 512MB stick to go with my 2 X 256 twinx ram. Seemed to work fine, I didn't even have to do the "vcache" adjustment (yet-cuz I'm gonna follow those instructions sooner or later and see how it works out).

I ran the mem benchies in Sandra and one other BenchMem. They showed lower scores with the extra 512MB in (the 512MB stick is "value ram" so my timings loosened from cas 2.0 to cas 3). So, these benchies are inappropriate for my purposes (I guess they show the speed at which your ram is operating, not the effects of additional or more ram).

I tried the far Cry demo with the extra ram and it looked smother. So, perhaps 98se can benefit in games with ram in excess of 512MB. But I need to document that with some FPS/benchies. Haven't attempted that b4, so I gotta figure it out.

Thanks for the data, trying to get my rig ready for Doom3

Mobile XP 2600+ (11X200)
Abit NF7-S v 2.0
Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM
512MB Corsair Twinx 3200LL
BBA 9800 Pro
Enermax Noisetaker 420 watts
Win98SE

Those management tips may increase performance, it would be interesting if you applied the tips with the 512 value stick still in and ran the benchmarks again to see if there was a change in performance.



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I rebuke you dhlucke, in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and I pray for the conviction of your heart and soul through the Power of the Holy Spirit!Amen

I'll give it try this weekend.

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Mobile XP 2600+ (11X200)
Abit NF7-S v 2.0
Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM
512MB Corsair Twinx 3200LL
BBA 9800 Pro
Enermax Noisetaker 420 watts
Win98SE