I would have to say that 98 is faster (generally). Espcially when it comes to simulators. Reason being that 98 allows direct access to the hardware... of course it is far less stable than 2000 and XP.

Now, a new open source project is seeking to extend Linux interoperability further back into PC gaming history. The d7vk project describes itself as “a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 ...