doom3 only on win2000 and winxp

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
I dont know the particulars but this thread was thoroughly discussed in the General Hardware forum. Here was a suggestion by i blieve mechbgon.

take like 4gb of files and tell winzip to compress them with maximum compression on a FAT32 file system. Then do the same on an NTFS fiile system, then tell me which one is better. (I BELIEVE that was what was said). Might have been something different.

Also for larger drives NTFS is much better, as there is a speed increase because of less fragmenting, and all that crap. if you have a OS that supports it use it, FAT32 is dead or dying. With a few obvious exceptions.

Also what is NTFS's file encryption. Isn't it 128bit?

-Kevin

I don't recall saying that. Maybe you're thinking of AndyHui? And I agree with THUGSROOK, if your aunt got a special WinXP due to her position, it's almost certain that she is only allowed to use it herself. I was given a full, licensed Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with 25 CAL's after attending a class, but while I'm free to use it, I'm not free to let anyone else use it. Read your EULAs carefully, my boy

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: gururu
Windows 2000/xp only???

wrong! link

turns out its only a OS check during install.
ill be testing this out tomorrow on w98se. if it works i will offer the modded msi file. (to save others the trouble)

 

[chsh1ca]

Originally posted by: Pete
Windows 98 had trouble running above 512MB RAM, didn't it? So--besides the obvious instability issues--why would you support it with a game that requires 512MB as a minimum?

:/ It had issues with > 1.5GB of RAM, not 0.5GB of RAM. I know this because I had previously been running it with 768 (3x256MB) and later 1.5GB (3x512) on PC-133 before upgrading to a DDR board.

Anyway, I for one am going to be inconvenienced by this, as I still do run Win98, and until Doom3 I haven't seen a game that would require XP. Now that the time has come though, I will definitely have to consider an upgrade.

For the naysayers who think that perhaps people using Win98SE are clueless morons, just consider how fun it is to hear that from say Mac elitists or Linux advocates. I personally still use 98SE because I am a gamer and I paid for it. I use linux to do all my productivity work, and I keep Windows around on a 10GB partition for those games that just run better under Windows (FPSes primarily). Currently that 10GB is devoted entirely to BF1942+DC and UT2K4+a couple of mods. I guess for some of us it's that old adage of "if it ain't broke don't fix it".