Sufficient RAM for Windows 98se?

[wingman411]

How much ram is optimal for a p3, windwos 98se machine?

 

[j79zlr]

128MB, if you have more than 512MB you need to do some tweaking or else you'll get memory errors.

 

[LeeJend]

There is no "optimal", there is a minimum (64MB - which sucks), and as much as you can insatll (512MB?).

Run at least 184MB. My performance improved nicely when I went from 128MB to 184MB. Or 256MB if that works out better with available RAM sticks.

Generally the more the better. More ram means less pathetically slow hard disk accesses.

 

[KingKian]

I would recomment at least 256MB.

 

[gonaads]

Min 256 and it will run well. When I was running 98SE I had a stick of 256MB and a 128MB one as well. That system ran great. Then I got stupid, I upgraded. It was never the same. :s

 

[ray_gillespie]

I ran 98SE on a P166 with 16MB of RAM - it didn't go too well hehe

 

[ShepsCrook]

Wasn't there something about Windows 98SE not really being able to utilize any more than 256MB or did they patch that?

 

[omg its nlm]

256

 

[j79zlr]

Wasn't there something about Windows 98SE not really being able to utilize any more than 256MB or did they patch that?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/EN-US/

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304943

 

[Admiral Michael]

I wouldn't really go over 256-384 with Windows 98.

 

[j79zlr]

I used to run it on my PC with 1GB of RAM, and it ran pretty fast.