Dual Core Processor and Win 95

[Grimmbro]

Hi there, I am in the middle of a new build, and am considering loading both Win95 (or Win98) and XP on the same partitioned hard drive. I really miss playing the original versions of Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem. Partition questions and booting up with dual OS questions aside, I was wondering if anyone knew whether this is possible ? I mean, will these games run with a dual core processor powering the PC ? Sure would like to hear from anyone that has tried this or someone who is a lot more knowledgeable than me (most PC builders - I'm still a newb)

Thanks

DFI INFINITY NF ULTRAII-M2 Socket AM2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+(65W) Windsor
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s HD
eVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card

[Alaron]

Is it possible to run those games in XP under compatibility mode for 95/98? If so, just load up XP as your only OS.

[glc]

There will not be any driver support for your new hardware. It's also going to choke on any more than 512mb ram. I'd use compatibility mode.

[Floppyman]

Furthermore, I wouldn't be surprised if the win95/98 never actually finished, but crashed right in the middle at some point. I'd go with ther others' suggestions and try XP compatibility mode.

HTH

[Grimmbro]

Thanks for all your answers. Sure glad I asked before going forward with my idea. This will save me some measure of frustration.

[GaryRouth]

Hi all

Sorry my reply is so late - but I thought I'd add another consideration: use a virtual machine, and run Win95 in a virtualized environment. Less hassle with driver issues, etc. A free tool for this is available from Microsoft - "Virtual PC 2004" (if you move to Vista at some point in the future, you could move up to Virtual PC 2007, which supports Vista as a host).

It you'd like to read more about it, info and download links start at the Virtual PC home page --- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

And here's a direct link to the "Technical Overview", a short little document (only 27 pages - a Word doc) that covers what operating systems can be virtualized as clients (basically, anything from DOS to XP) --- http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...l_Overview.doc

Sometimes no matter how you tweak Compatibility Mode, a game still won't run = that's when it might help to try Virtual PC.

Best of luck
. . . Gary