Back in the day what's the most amount of RAM you've ever seen Windows 98SE work on without any modifications?

[Heatblizzard]

Without HIMEM or anything like that what's the most amount of RAM you've ever seen Win98SE successfully loaded? I've seen 1.5GB of RAM work before without mem mod while others don't work above 1GB and some don't work above 512MB.

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por Breathe:

Dodge Ram.

I'm talking about Windows 98 SE without any modifications done to it. You CAN go up to 4GB with modifications on Windows98SE but there's really no point to it unless you duel boot with XP then it's a God send. XP will see the 98 partition but not the other way around meaning you can transfer stuff that way to Win 98SE.

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por Breathe:

Publicado originalmente por Heatblizzard:

I'm talking about Windows 98 SE without any modifications done to it. You CAN go up to 4GB with modifications on Windows98SE but there's really no point to it unless you duel boot with XP then it's a God send.

Those were definitely built Ford tough.

I'm not talking about vehicles. I'm talking about Windows 98 SE. Second Edition.

[smokerob79]

i have no clue what was done to it but i knew a guy that run dual P3's on a motherboard that 4gb total.....he used that computer until 2012.....

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por smokerob79:

i have no clue what was done to it but i knew a guy that run dual P3's on a motherboard that 4gb total.....he used that computer until 2012.....

I bet it was just XP at that stage. XP without mods could see up to 4GB on the 32 bit edition which we all had. LOL. I don't think ANYBODY had the 64bit Windows XP.

[Himitsu]

Most ram I've known a Windows 98 PC to have is 128mb, but that was way back then.

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por Himitsu:

Most ram I've known a Windows 98 PC to have is 128mb, but that was way back then. :D:

98 can actually do more then that. LOL. Even the crappy First Edition could!

[Doctor Go-Go]

I think I had a 98 with 128, 192, 256 and I think one of the 98's was as low as 64

[Heatblizzard]

Publicado originalmente por Doctor Go-Go:

I think I had a 98 with 128, 192, 256 and I think one of the 98's was as low as 64

Oh God. I bet the 64 barely ran. Most games needed at least 256MB to be at proper speed for minimum requirements. 512MB was the recommended though. Early XP it all started to change but still games had cross support. Some games that were labeled as XP also installed on Windows 98 SE.

[Dutchgamer1982]

98SE? 768gb.

on paper in can handle 1GB
in reality it will cause errors if you did. (even more than the blue screen of death you would be getting every 45 min in 98 and every 60 min in 98SE
512 would work much more stable..


XP I have been running with 4GB ram.. (though it only could see 3.2GB unless you used the 64bit version) same with my harddrives winxp could only handle drivers upto 640GB not larger.

win 7 allowed you to use 128GB (but only ultimate verserion.. the others were still capped at 16 (basic) or 32GB home/pro)

[Himitsu]

I had 512mb on Windows ME, which was a lot at the time. This luckily became 2000 Pro and then XP not long after on the same system.