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Article #24Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?
From: YeungLui
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 04:21
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 04:21
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hehehe i got to agree :) but, heck... is fun, to see soo many people are active. usually most newsgroups are so darn quiet, and boring. Rui Santos wrote: > wow !!! so many replies !!! but hey.. look.. it's > alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox > damm it , see where you post, BEFORE you post... > > > well... if u didn't get it by now... argh.... WRONG newsgroup ! off-topic ! > discuss matrox, not intel ou amd, go to another ng for that > > > "Mark Borton" <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM> wrote in message > news:974120262.409.0.nnrp-02.c1ed3851@news.demon.co.uk... > >> I have 4 systems >> >> a Dual PIII500 thats NEEDS win2000 to utilize its SMP capabilities...and >> this machine outshines my mates PIII800 at all but the really high end 3d >> benchmarks where it equals them (Both off us have Geforce 2 ultras, both >> using Detonator 3 drivers, mine win2k his win98SE) >> >> A PII350, and 2 P200MMX machines >> >> All the systems run faster, boot faster, crash less and are generally > > nicer > >> to work with now than undier 95/98....I have had no problems, no blue >> screens , and havent turned 1 system off since they were installed (my >> running time is now approching 3 months i think...possibly longer...can`t >> remember when i bought 2k) >> >> As a long time user of winxx right back to V3, and as both an NT4 and > > win2k > >> MCSE i can say that Win2k is the platform of choice for games and serious >> work....i wish "High" street computer sellers would relise the potentiol > > of > >> SMP systems, you can get a cheaper system of comparable performnce now > > using > >> SMP than you can buy a Ghz system that does the same thing.. >> >> Win2k , if your not buying shoddy clone OEM hardware is the best OS for >> gaming...Get yourself an Nvida Graphics card, Creative labs sound card and >> DVD decoder, a Hayes V90 "HARDWARE" modem, a couple of TRUE INTEL > > Processors > >> , a Gigabyte Dual Processor Board and a Netgear network adapter if your >> networking (the TX310 is good) and youll never look back >> >> >
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