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Article #38Re: Why (NOT) Win2k for gaming ?
From: Mark Borton
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 00:00
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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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