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MiKe85

03-09-2001, 06:25 PM

Well i've had trouble with Win2k, and Winme with games (Quake3, Diablo II come to mind quickly..)

Right now i am running Win98 2nd edition and everything seems to work fine for me http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Mike

NDC

03-09-2001, 08:57 PM

If your system is going to be primarily a game system, I would say to go with Win9x for best gamme compatibility. Win2K isn't compatible with all games as you may know....

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 03-09-2001).]

randy48

03-09-2001, 09:41 PM

Gaming = Win98SE

scarlet

03-10-2001, 01:17 AM

I have found a nice deal on a new PC. I want to be sure and have the right OS for games. I thought I would partition, so tell me which one is the best for games and which graphics card would you suggest? I can't afford the most expensive, but I want the best card for the least money. Doesn't everyone?
Thanks for any suggestions.

zskillz

03-10-2001, 12:41 PM

win98SE is the correct answer!!!!!
-Z

Barney

03-11-2001, 01:09 AM

Win98SE here, too.

For the videocard, depending on the rest of the computer, GeForce256 DDR/GeForce2 MX or GeForce2 GTS.

Ronald

GroundZero3

03-11-2001, 01:30 AM

win2k for me

Jason

Gargomel7

03-11-2001, 05:03 PM

definitely win2k for me

neuro

03-11-2001, 07:38 PM

win98_se and a nvida based card with 32 meg ram... np with games.. win2k if u want a stable OS..with game probs.. lol.. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

GroundZero3

03-11-2001, 07:56 PM

had no games problems with win2k here

Jason

jad1097

03-11-2001, 09:47 PM

W2K

Barney

03-11-2001, 09:50 PM

Why does nobody say "Linux"? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Ronald

scarlet

03-12-2001, 12:36 AM

Thanks a million!!
I didn't expect so much help. Looks like I will do ok. I will use Win98 SE, and the video card is Nvidia GeForce-2GTS 32MB DDR AGP.
I can hardly wait.
Thanks again.
Yeah, why didn't someone say Linux? LOL

zskillz

03-12-2001, 12:54 AM

hahaha.. linux.. hahaha
don't get me wrong, I'm planning on getting a computer and making it a linux box, but until then, i don't want to be limited to a total of 4 games (heheh j/k http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif)

and win2k has it's own problems... go to a site like www.firingsquad.com (http://www.firingsquad.com) and look through some of their old articles adressing this exact issue. I believe that they do a more than sufficient job of showing when win98se is the best option...

-Z

Zip

03-12-2001, 12:10 PM

Best OS for games: DOS hands down.

Wilan Wong

03-12-2001, 02:53 PM

I would have to say Windows 98 SE offers faster performance for most games, but Windows 2000 is also starting to get develop into a gaming platform as well. But offers slower performance than Windows 98 SE, but is slowly improving its performance.

Barney

03-12-2001, 03:35 PM

"Help" is Sysopt's middle name.

No, it's "optimization". <IMG SRC="http://server2044.virtualave.net/r0nald/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>

Ronald http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Warthog

03-13-2001, 01:41 AM

I didn't expect so much help.

Ha! Are you kidding? "Help" is Sysopt's middle name.

Warthog

VERT

03-20-2001, 05:10 PM

Windows 98 is probably the best as there are still some issues with window 2000 and some games and various hardware setups and configurations. However I have just read that Microsoft have decided to make Windows 2000 more of a gamming os than it currently is. Expect fixes for this in the Windows 2000 service pack 2 (whenever this comes out).