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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
>
>