If a game works with w2k, it is much better. However, some older games simply don't work with w2k, for them, 98 is needed. The solution: put them both on your PC, on different partitions. Yes, it costs some space on your HD, but you can use w2k's stability and 98's compatibility, albeit not at the same time.
What games haven't worked in W2k for you? I have yet to find one that simply doesn't work, but I'd be interested to.
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Multiple replies for Fatburger:
I use 2000 Server on my *2nd* gaming box and it runs great (I'm surprised as you). 2000 Professional doesn't support software raid 1 so I gotta run server on one of the boxes.
I have found some EA sports games have a bit of trouble with w2k and certain hardware configs.
As for the original post:
EVEN IN THE COMPANY OF ALL OF YOU I can honestly say I probably run more games than anyone here (I have problems, I know
I do it on a w2k professional workstation and have never had any serious trouble. When I LAN party it seems like I spend an hour each time troublshooting all the reboots and crap on my friends 98 boxes.
Performance wise it takes a benchmark to tell the difference between 98 and w2k. You can't tell with the naked eye. Some games are faster on each OS. But Stability...ah stability. I reboot the w2k box about once a week. *I* reboot it...not some shitty OS doing it for me with a bluescreen.
I always hear people praising win98 for games. Those that do have never seriously tried Windows 2000.
I use 2000 Server on my *2nd* gaming box and it runs great (I'm surprised as you). 2000 Professional doesn't support software raid 1 so I gotta run server on one of the boxes.
I have found some EA sports games have a bit of trouble with w2k and certain hardware configs.
As for the original post:
EVEN IN THE COMPANY OF ALL OF YOU I can honestly say I probably run more games than anyone here (I have problems, I know
I do it on a w2k professional workstation and have never had any serious trouble. When I LAN party it seems like I spend an hour each time troublshooting all the reboots and crap on my friends 98 boxes.Performance wise it takes a benchmark to tell the difference between 98 and w2k. You can't tell with the naked eye. Some games are faster on each OS. But Stability...ah stability. I reboot the w2k box about once a week. *I* reboot it...not some shitty OS doing it for me with a bluescreen.
I always hear people praising win98 for games. Those that do have never seriously tried Windows 2000.
UT doesn't play very well for me, using Y2K and a Geforce Ultra. Other Question? When I install W2K, I do it to where I can boot from either Windows 98se or 2K, but when I change something in one windows it seems to affect and change the other OS. If I partition my DDR will that fix that?
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Better than having a dual boot system, install Win2k on one HDD and Win98/ME on the other, then change over in the bios each time. It doesn't take long and it means the OSes don't know about each other, a bonus when you have to reinstall one (I used to reinstall winME every 3 months or so or it got slow, but now i only use it for games, i don't have to anymore).
I've found that Project IGI has trouble in Win2k but is perfect in WinME. Someone said its because of the NTlike architecture of 2k having a propensity for shoving graphics processing at the CPU rather than the GPU, but i'm not convinced.
However, there's definitely a lack of performance in alot of games. But when you weigh all the factors up (LAN config, stability, etc) Win2k is much better.
I'm considering scrapping my WinME and just using win2k.
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I've found that Project IGI has trouble in Win2k but is perfect in WinME. Someone said its because of the NTlike architecture of 2k having a propensity for shoving graphics processing at the CPU rather than the GPU, but i'm not convinced.
However, there's definitely a lack of performance in alot of games. But when you weigh all the factors up (LAN config, stability, etc) Win2k is much better.
I'm considering scrapping my WinME and just using win2k.
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I've been solely using XP for games for the last 3-4 months and found it to be great. Memory usage isn't really huge, on boot is uses 60 odd meg which is comparable to my 2K system. I haven't found a game yet that does not run on XP, even old DOS ones.
UT runs great, as well as other games I run.
My system is:
Duron 850 @ 1000 ( 7.5x133)
Asus A7V133 MB
384Mb Ram
Geforce 2 MX 400 64Mb Video ( Det 22.50 )
Games that I've used:
Q3A, UT, Unreal, Deus Ex, Hitman, RA 2, Diablo II, NOLF, and heaps others, oh, and I've also run Wolf 3D, Doom I and II
All work just as well, if not better than my Win98 Install on the same box.
My system is:
Duron 850 @ 1000 ( 7.5x133)
Asus A7V133 MB
384Mb Ram
Geforce 2 MX 400 64Mb Video ( Det 22.50 )
Games that I've used:
Q3A, UT, Unreal, Deus Ex, Hitman, RA 2, Diablo II, NOLF, and heaps others, oh, and I've also run Wolf 3D, Doom I and II
All work just as well, if not better than my Win98 Install on the same box.
Whoa, slow down. What are you doing running UT on Y2k?
I've run it on W2k for several months with no problems, sorry you're having some.
By partitioning your DDR, do you mean partitioning your HDD? You ALWAYS want to install a dual boot on separate partitions.
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I've run it on W2k for several months with no problems, sorry you're having some.
By partitioning your DDR, do you mean partitioning your HDD? You ALWAYS want to install a dual boot on separate partitions.
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What kind of system do you have FatBurger?
Abit KT7A-RAID
1200-133
GForce2Ultra
ATA 100, and Live5.1
I have a couple thing I could use help with. One making sure I partition the right way, and the other why UT doesn't play well on my DDR Mobo.
My Abit board plays UT very well, using 98se, when I try Win2000, not very well at all. If I could boot to either OS, knowing for sure one OS wasn't affecting the other OS, then I could play UT on Win 98, while I work trying to get Win2000 to play. I have Partition Commander, but mess that up, because I couldn't boot. I should have red the book. I manage to partition in fdisk though, one was a primary partition and the second was an extended partition. Separate boots, I had a C: and a D:.I wasn't happy with the way Win98se was working, UT took a few attempts before it installed and it wasn't as smooth. Thought I did a speed test at dslreports and 98 was 500, while Win2ooo was 1100. I'm thinking because one was a primary partition and the other was an extended partition, that maybe I need to have too primary partition, if possible. So thought's here? Also real quick I can take my hardware and move it to my Asus A7M266 DDR Mobo, and it plays UT the worst I've seen. I updated and tweak with very little results. I'm starting to think that my GForce boards don't agree, at least not playing UT. I'm thinking it might be better paired with an ATI card.
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Abit KT7A-RAID
1200-133
GForce2Ultra
ATA 100, and Live5.1
I have a couple thing I could use help with. One making sure I partition the right way, and the other why UT doesn't play well on my DDR Mobo.
My Abit board plays UT very well, using 98se, when I try Win2000, not very well at all. If I could boot to either OS, knowing for sure one OS wasn't affecting the other OS, then I could play UT on Win 98, while I work trying to get Win2000 to play. I have Partition Commander, but mess that up, because I couldn't boot. I should have red the book. I manage to partition in fdisk though, one was a primary partition and the second was an extended partition. Separate boots, I had a C: and a D:.I wasn't happy with the way Win98se was working, UT took a few attempts before it installed and it wasn't as smooth. Thought I did a speed test at dslreports and 98 was 500, while Win2ooo was 1100. I'm thinking because one was a primary partition and the other was an extended partition, that maybe I need to have too primary partition, if possible. So thought's here? Also real quick I can take my hardware and move it to my Asus A7M266 DDR Mobo, and it plays UT the worst I've seen. I updated and tweak with very little results. I'm starting to think that my GForce boards don't agree, at least not playing UT. I'm thinking it might be better paired with an ATI card.
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Just for comparison, I have run most of the games mentioned here as being problematic in Win2k (HOMM III, UT, etc.) with no probs at all. Install the newest Service Pack (which addresses several compatability issues), latest DirectX, and the latest vid card drivers, and you shouldn't run into many probs.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
Abit KT7a-RAID
Tbird 1.2/266@same
Hercules GeForce 2 MX 64meg
512meg of Generic PC133 set at 2-2-2-5/7 (Hyundai chips)
2x Maxtor DiamondMax 60 Plus 30GB drives
Hercules Game Theatre XP (also used Philips Seismic Edge and Live 5.1 in this system)
NetGear FA310tx
Asus 50x CD-ROM
Teac 12/10/32 CD-RW
Hipro 300w PSU
CasEdge case
W2k (SP2) + WinXP
Even pre-SP2, I didn't have any problems. I've NEVER had a problem running a game on this system (frame rates, compatability, whatever) that wasn't fixed within 5 minutes. I have no idea what is causing your problem, but you might want to just skip W2k and move to XP.
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Tbird 1.2/266@same
Hercules GeForce 2 MX 64meg
512meg of Generic PC133 set at 2-2-2-5/7 (Hyundai chips)
2x Maxtor DiamondMax 60 Plus 30GB drives
Hercules Game Theatre XP (also used Philips Seismic Edge and Live 5.1 in this system)
NetGear FA310tx
Asus 50x CD-ROM
Teac 12/10/32 CD-RW
Hipro 300w PSU
CasEdge case
W2k (SP2) + WinXP
Even pre-SP2, I didn't have any problems. I've NEVER had a problem running a game on this system (frame rates, compatability, whatever) that wasn't fixed within 5 minutes. I have no idea what is causing your problem, but you might want to just skip W2k and move to XP.
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