DPHII wrote
Can't make a direct comparison, since I went from a K6-200 w/ Win 95 A to a
new Gateway PII-400 w/ Win 98 pre-installed, but I like some of the
interface tweaks and it seems really stable. Not terribly different than my
friend's Gateway PII-300 w/ Win 95 B and IE 4.0 though. My current advice
to friends is if you have Win 95 A, get it, the bug fixes and additions
(like FAT 32) are welcome, and it's a good bit more stable. If you got a PC
not too long ago and have Win 95 B, while you probably won't see $90
improvement, the reworked internet code and some tweaks here and there seem
pretty good if you aren't looking for anything earthshattering, but a lot of
what's there is already in Win 95 B. Maybe not worthwhile to upset a
well-tuned system in either case, but if I were still using the "old" PC I'd
probably go for the upgrade.
Side note, F1RS (1.09) and N2 (3dfx beta) are working fine under Win 98,
although I have had some engine sound dropouts after playing F1RS for a
while, not real sure what's up since this is a 2 week old system with a
different sound card than the old one and I haven't gone tweaking yet..
Changed some setting in the sound .cfg file per the FAQ at
www.f1racingsim.com, and no problems since, but it was intermittent so not
too sure.
Ken