Need Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS
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From: Robert Baer on 17 Dec 2008 03:51 Paul wrote: > Robert Baer wrote: > >> sandy58 wrote: >> >>> On Dec 14, 11:47 pm, Robert Baer <robertb...(a)localnet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Need Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS; any equivalent driver will >>>> do; would like to get 600x800, 16 bit or 32 bit. >>> >>> >>> >>> Drivers Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video free download >>> http://www.software.com/downloads/free-trial/NVIDIA-GeForce-8400-download1194887.html >>> >>> beta forceware 35,736kb application. Normally with nVidia the >>> installation halts if the wrong drivers are being installed. This IS a >>> beta so the choice is yours, Robert. >>> From what I saw in my search, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video was >>> compatible with 98', 2000, XP. (These were NOT beta files) >>> Good luck >> >> I am on dial-up; 37Megs is way too much = = impossible. >> Maybe i can find someone with high speed internet and put it on a >> thumb drive. >> Going to the Nvidia/GeForce site, the drivers they had did not >> support Win98SE - the "best" was Win2K, and that is why i asked. > > > 81.98 is probably the last Win98 driver. Supported Nvidia cards > are listed here. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/81.98_9x_supported.html > > The driver page itself. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html > > In hardware these days, all you can really count on is > WinXP and Vista support, and even the WinXP support can > be half-hearted at times. > > The solution is simple - pull the Nvidia 8400GS and install > an Nvidia 6xxx series card instead. The first one is only $20. > If your machine is AGP, there are fewer good choices > still in production. (There'll be a similar situation > with ATI, and some of the more desirable cards with > AGP interfaces, aren't going to have Win98 drivers. > They don't even have Win2K drivers, which is the OS > on my other machine.) > > 6600 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187048 > > 6200 AGP > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150269 > > I did install Win98 on my current machine (which I'm typing on > right now). I got the oldest IDE disk I own, a 4GB drive, > and installed Win98SE. It all installed, and I'm running > Win98 using one of the two cores on a Core2 processor. The Device > Manager is just as clean as it is in WinXP. My video card > is an ATI 9800Pro AGP, and there is a Win98 driver for that. > A nice mix of the old and the new... :-) And no, I don't > regularly use Win98, it was just a project to keep me busy. > The motherboard uses a VIA chipset. That old disk only seems > to manage about 20MB/sec in a benchmark. > > Paul I will have to find someone with high speed internet, as 19Megs is virtually impossible on dial-up. Thanks again.
From: Robert Baer on 17 Dec 2008 23:03 sandy58 wrote: > On Dec 14, 11:47 pm, Robert Baer <robertb...(a)localnet.com> wrote: > >> Need Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS; any equivalent driver will >>do; would like to get 600x800, 16 bit or 32 bit. > > > Drivers Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video free download > http://www.software.com/downloads/free-trial/NVIDIA-GeForce-8400-download1194887.html > beta forceware 35,736kb application. Normally with nVidia the > installation halts if the wrong drivers are being installed. This IS a > beta so the choice is yours, Robert. > From what I saw in my search, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video was > compatible with 98', 2000, XP. (These were NOT beta files) > Good luck Thanks; my options are growing, which means one of two things: (1) absolutely everything will refuse to work OR (2) the last one i try will work. I advise that you do not place bets in LostWages..
From: Robert Baer on 17 Dec 2008 23:08
Paul wrote: > Robert Baer wrote: > >> sandy58 wrote: >> >>> On Dec 14, 11:47 pm, Robert Baer <robertb...(a)localnet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Need Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS; any equivalent driver will >>>> do; would like to get 600x800, 16 bit or 32 bit. >>> >>> >>> >>> Drivers Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video free download >>> http://www.software.com/downloads/free-trial/NVIDIA-GeForce-8400-download1194887.html >>> >>> beta forceware 35,736kb application. Normally with nVidia the >>> installation halts if the wrong drivers are being installed. This IS a >>> beta so the choice is yours, Robert. >>> From what I saw in my search, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS Video was >>> compatible with 98', 2000, XP. (These were NOT beta files) >>> Good luck >> >> I am on dial-up; 37Megs is way too much = = impossible. >> Maybe i can find someone with high speed internet and put it on a >> thumb drive. >> Going to the Nvidia/GeForce site, the drivers they had did not >> support Win98SE - the "best" was Win2K, and that is why i asked. > > > 81.98 is probably the last Win98 driver. Supported Nvidia cards > are listed here. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/81.98_9x_supported.html > > The driver page itself. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html > > In hardware these days, all you can really count on is > WinXP and Vista support, and even the WinXP support can > be half-hearted at times. > > The solution is simple - pull the Nvidia 8400GS and install > an Nvidia 6xxx series card instead. The first one is only $20. > If your machine is AGP, there are fewer good choices > still in production. (There'll be a similar situation > with ATI, and some of the more desirable cards with > AGP interfaces, aren't going to have Win98 drivers. > They don't even have Win2K drivers, which is the OS > on my other machine.) > > 6600 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187048 > > 6200 AGP > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150269 > > I did install Win98 on my current machine (which I'm typing on > right now). I got the oldest IDE disk I own, a 4GB drive, > and installed Win98SE. It all installed, and I'm running > Win98 using one of the two cores on a Core2 processor. The Device > Manager is just as clean as it is in WinXP. My video card > is an ATI 9800Pro AGP, and there is a Win98 driver for that. > A nice mix of the old and the new... :-) And no, I don't > regularly use Win98, it was just a project to keep me busy. > The motherboard uses a VIA chipset. That old disk only seems > to manage about 20MB/sec in a benchmark. > > Paul ....and my board is not listed. So, this resource is on the bottom of my list. |