Anyone have a link comparing gaming performance between win2k and win9x?

[stevepbnk]

I just love Win2k...but I was curious just how much of a performance hit im getting. I'll be getting a second hard drive soon, so I was thinking of putting win98/games on the old drive if games would be noticably faster...or would it be worth the hassle? BTW all my games work in win2k so far..
Thanks
Steve

[GroundZero3]

since im at work right now i can't post any links right now. many different perspectives on this topic. first off to compare win98 and win2k in gaming. alot of people say win2k is not a gaming os and shouldn't be used for hardcore gamers. i have win2k and i enjoy gaming on it very much. Win2k memory managment is far more advance than win98 any day. when they designed win98 they did such a horrid job and rushed right thru. i think the best thing that cam with win98 was the plug and play. The only prob is win2k is a memory hog. and you have to make sure you have compatible hardware. i have never ever had a game froze up in win2k as of win98 i would get the blue screen of death every few hours. hope that helps a bit

JaYsin

[Techie Dude]

I downloaded 3DMark2000 the other day. Tested it on both 98 and 2K, only gave me 5 3DMarks differenec......

I thought it would be more, but 3DMark uses D3D, so that mey be the reason.

Running a few games in OpenGL or Glide on 2K certainly speeds things up. It`s quite a big differene, I`m suprised really......

Anyone tried teh 2K OpenGL screen savers? **** they are fast! LOL!

TD.

EDIT: Almost forgot the url for 3DMark2000. www.madonion.com (http://www.madonion.com)

[This message has been edited by Techie Dude (edited 12-14-2000).]