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"Neil" <info@twynham-housing.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I agree with you on most counts.  Win 2k is a nice stable platform, no
more
> stable than nt4 but much more so than 9x.  As a games platform?  I had it
> running on a PII400 with a voodoo 3 3000.  About 60-70% of games worked on
> it, many of them gave messages such as "This game will not run on your
> version of Windows" (Sega rally2, ALL EA sports games).
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Sega Rally two works fine on win2k, i have it installed myself....but the
Voodoo3.....oh dear...win2k not likum da voodoo boards



> I then upgraded to a T-Bird 900 and GeForce DDR.  Win2k does not support
> T&L, so performance was very low.  I downgraded to 98se and it was
storming.
> Plus I get to play 100% of games again.  And to be fair, 98 is pretty
stable
> if you maintain your system correctly.
>

Win2k DOES support T&L natively under DX7, out of  the box...so..youve not
installed right, or your using an early beta.

> If 2k becomes as compatible as 98 I will be the first to switch, but its
> not, and thats the way MS wants it isnt it?

I have, out of a collection of 100s of games not yet found one that won`t
run under 2k, (Even system shock 2, if you read the readme file, tells you
how to install in an NT enviroment even though the Setup program tells you
you cant install on NT)

(But i have no EA games at all, i hate sports games)


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> "Mark Borton" <MarkBorton@DEEPSPACENINE.COM> wrote in message
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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
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> > 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..
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> > 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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