OS 98 still best game OS?

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Title says it all. Buying some hardware soon and want to know if I should upgrade my 98 OS too...
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I haven't used Win2K, but WinXP is better than Win98se. It's all opinion though for now until the os is released and more people speak up.

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XP is not better for games--it's too much of a resource hog.
2k is better, but there tend to be some compatibiltiy problems. Stick with 98SE.

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Please be more specific to novice users! XP doesn't hog resources because it has unlimited resources, it hogs RAM which is dirt cheap anyway. It's probably the first OS to make real use of 512MB RAM!

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Nope, Linux was the first OS to make use of 512MB of RAM (And I mean use it...A lot of people whjo run their RAM at fast settings find they cant do that in Linux). And to me, this resource hogging sounds like:
1. Something Microsoft shoulda put in a long time ago.
2. A "feature" (bug...)

If it cost 200 bucks for 512MB, how quickly you would change your tune.



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I have to agree with that, Its only recently- since the price of ram dropped, that people now NEED all this ram, I have 256 in mine- and is plenty, have 320 in my 2k box, but thats only because I aqquired a spare 128 from somewhere otherwise that would also have 256. Like you say, if ram suddenly started to cost a lot more, then I would have a bet that very soon after, people would start saying "nooo, you dont need all that ram, 512 is far too much for the average user"
Well, thats my opinion anyway :)



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We at compaq are still loading win98SE on most computer because it is the most stable and has the most support, me/xp stay away from, w2K is ok for graphics but most games were not design for them
 
Are you on crack? 98 more stable than 2k?? I've been using 2k for almost a year now, and it's way more stable than 98, and I've never had a single problem with a game that wasn't very easily fixed.

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I haven't had problems with most games in Win2k, but I tend to play newer games. If you want to play pre-Win2k games, you will have a hard time finding support and updates that enable them to run well in Win2000. I still have a dual boot setup for when I have (rare) problems.

Win2000 runs most games very well, and in general runs faster and much more stable than 98se.

Save the children :smile:
 
What's this FatBurger. I have 2k, but use 98se for gaming. 2k is for busness and I don't think it has DirectX, at least I didn't see it. I'm not douting you, just beleived 2k was not even a choice for games. I been of crack for awhile now. hehe

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RAM is dirt cheap and with the economy now plummeting, I expect RAM prices to only go down.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor
 
I paid $55 for 512DDR(pc-2100) un-buffered @ crucial.com

i run win2k and couldn't be more pleased.



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LOL.

Anyway, check out Anandtech's Radeon8500 review for a nice comparison between the 3 available MS OSes. You'll notice that 2K does seem marginally faster than 98SE. But if you are building for the future, XP would be the way to go, it will be receiving most of the support from now on. I've been using XP (in classic mode of course 😉)

My 2 cents.
 
Jiffy:
First off, yes, DirectX works great in W2k. I've been using it exclusively for almost a year now, with NO compatability issues that weren't very easily solvable. The only problem I've had in a game was Roller Coaster Tycoon (don't laugh! :), and that was solved with a small patch off their website. That's the ONLY gaming problem I've had in W2k, and my frame rates are great. I'm talking about 80 average in UT at 1024x768x32, with a Tbird 1.33 and GF2 MX.

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Curious ... are all of the W2K fans in this post referring exclusively to the Professional version? On a similar note, exactly how many versions of W2K are available?

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Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server.

If anyone is running a server edition on their gaming box, they deserve to be shot :)

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AMD MAN
I give up, XP makes use of 512 memmory. How does it make use of it? Are you saying a lot of programes are running, or they take more Ram? What?

defrage is child's play-fdisk
 
Please understand <b>ALL</b> Win9x/Me OS's are dainty little things meant for kids. Grown-ups don't let grown-ups use Win9x.

Cheers,

Ron_Jeremy

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