There's no need for

See if your really going to build an oldscool gaming rig, as Gary said, you only have to install Win98SE, DirectX and the latest 3dfx drivers.
If you only use hardware from this decade and only play these DOS/Win9x games, you're not going to experience unforseen problems.
Only thing you have to pay attention is when you're going to install a NIC and Windows is loading files from the Install CD, cause if you hit the wrong button, the network wouldn't work after install.

Take it this way: Back in the time when Win98SE was the used OS, there weren't some todays Service Packs neither any unofficial things... so everything that worked then will also work today with this configuration

No it will not

First problem is that you can't put a 5500 in an only 4x/8x slot. The manufacturers prevent it by using a second notch in the AGP Slot, a 5500 doesn't have this spare in the PCB so it mechanicly don't fit.
Second thing is, that the 5500 (there are some mysterious 4x cards around but they seem to be absoluely rare) is a 2x only card, so it needs to have 3.3V Signal voltage (4x/8x has 1.5V)...
The only chance you have to bring that config up and running is to use a PCI/AGP Adapter (which is to expensive for your project I think) or search for a different Mobo or a 5500 with PCI interface.

OutOfRange wrote on 24.03.08 at 15:05:26:


Oh well....I just like to keep upto date, or somewhat...heh.  There are things that update the look of Win98 to look more like xp and whatnot aren't there?