Windows 2000 and some games

[Guest]

Well, i'm running w2k and I have some games that freeze the pc. By example, playing UT at the midst of some shootouts, the game just freezes and the PC stays woth the frozen image and the looping sound, and the only way to make it usable again, is to reset it. Also, in Jane's USAF the pre-mission briefing screens are all corrupted, and in mid-flight the system hangs, same as UT. I've also noticed sometimes when playing FreeCell (lame, but fun when bored of everything else) sometimes the image gets crappy (some cards get kina corrupted graphics, and stuff like that)
I have
AMD T-bird 1200
Netgear FA310TX NIC
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 64MB
SB Live! 5.1
WinTV Pc Card (cant remember the type, just TV and radio tuner)
256 MB PC133 RAM
Win2000 professional (no service packs)
DirectX 8.0 and the video capture patch for W2K
Help?

 

[OldBear]

I had the same problems. Two things help. #1 There is a game compatibility patch on Microsoft’s site. #2 Best option SP2 from their site. Latter also enables UDMA mode for hard drives

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[Guest]

Have to agree with Oldbear, that SP2 is almost like putting a new OS on your comp. It's like the difference between 98 and 98se. It's a drastic improvement and I don't do anything until I get that. If that hasn't been done, it'll most likely improve and fix your current problem and fix problems you haven't even encountered yet.

Good Luck

 

[redstar]

and SP3 is due out anytime now! )

ntcompatible.com (which will help you with getting games to run) already has an article out that tells you what sp3 will include.

 

[OldBear]

I am glad MS is releasing SP3. I was concerned they would try to push people toward XP even if they don't want or need to go. With millions of W2k Servers and users out in the real world it will be good PR for MicroSoft.

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[Guest]

Hey. In the site that's mentioned above (http://www.ntcompatible.com) there's a section that shows game compatibility with W2k, NT4.0 and WinXP. In there I found a small guide that explains how to play FF7 in Win2k (how to make it compatible) and it mentions that in the new Nvidia drivers, when used with DX8, the game passes the 8-bit paletted textures check in FF7. Is this also true with the ATi vidcards? how 'bout the kyros?
THanx

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[lhgpoobaa]

while using win2k,
ive found that certain directx versions, (early 8.0, beta 8.1) cauzed lots of memory leaks.
im using the latest detonator drivers (21.85) and directx 8.0 and most probs are gone.


and ive always used SP2

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