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Wich one is better for gaming?

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Hey there!
Im going to build a new computer in some days and i still dont know what OS to install, Win 2k or Win XP. Ive used both and both have advantages and disadvantages, wich one do u think is best for gamming?
 
I don't know why, but in my case XP doesn't perform as well as I think it should. Got (XP2100, A7N8X DX, 512 PC2700, GF3Ti200, SBLive, 20+60GB 7200 RPM ATA 66 & 100) and Medal of Honour works great. However, the rest (Colin McRae 2, NHL 2k3) are laggy and can't put much more eye candy than I could when I had my classic 650 Athlon. However, in Win98SE, Colin McRae works so well! I presume NHL 2k3 will do the same. Have no clue why as I have gotten rid of excess services, got the latest drivers, updates for games, ect...
 
RU running those under Open GL or Direct 3D? I've ran Q3, HL, CS, Mafia, UT, and a glutton of other games and have never had a problem w/ XP nore 2k for that matter
 
Buzzman151, that's what I was thinking. MOHAA is an OpenGL game. Doubt that NHL is a OpenGL and don't know about Colin McRae. If D3D is from Microsoft, why would it be so slow on Win XP Pro?
 
I'm gonna have to do some D3D test on my system and I'll get back to you... unfortunatly, I"m leavig this weekend so it won't be until Monday.... until then...
 
what advantages does 2k have that XP does not?
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Like a friend of mine always says: " Windows XP is for ladies"
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Ive used win XP for a while and i loved it (i had always use win 98), no crashes, no hang ups no blue screens... but every once in a while i had to reinstall it because he got slowly with time...
Then i tried Win 2k, same stability but with an little increase in performance and no problems of getting slower with time.
I think Win XP is equal to Win 2k with the (big) difference that has a million off little things (many of them usefull) to make things easier to newbies and has lots of eye candy.
 
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what advantages does 2k have that XP does not?
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Like a friend of mine always says: " Windows XP is for ladies"
🙂

Ive used win XP for a while and i loved it (i had always use win 98), no crashes, no hang ups no blue screens... but every once in a while i had to reinstall it because he got slowly with time...
Then i tried Win 2k, same stability but with an little increase in performance and no problems of getting slower with time.
I think Win XP is equal to Win 2k with the (big) difference that has a million off little things (many of them usefull) to make things easier to newbies and has lots of eye candy.
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Getting slower w/ time???? I have no clue what you're talking about. I've never had that problem and have 1 computer running XP for over a year and another for around 6 months. We have a server at my house that has been runing XP since the week after it came out, never been reformatted, and has no signs of getting "slower" Sounds like a user problem to me 😉
 
Getting slower w/ time???? I have no clue what you're talking about. I've never had that problem and have 1 computer running XP for over a year and another for around 6 months. We have a server at my house that has been runing XP since the week after it came out, never been reformatted, and has no signs of getting "slower" Sounds like a user problem to me
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I agree. Same here. And I'm sure I have A LOT more programs installed on my machine than most people here. This thing is loaded and running perfect! 🙂
 
Sounds like a user problem to me
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Probabily it is... The computer is an old P2 350 and a keep installing and uninstalling games and programs, so he gets slower! In Win 2k i never had this problem!
 
Were u you using the "classic" interface or the defualt one that is loaded w/ XP. If you change it to the classic you'll be pleasantly surprised to get a little speed boost on slow @ss systems like the one you got 😉 I'm really not sure why it does, I think it might be b/c it loads the classic one and then loads the default one on top of it.
 
Buzzman151, did you try an D3D tests on the weekend?

On my part, I installed Win98SE and what a difference! More eye candy can be applied to games without loss of framerates. Some games play much smoother at the same resolution compared to XP Pro. IMO, the benefits are there and i'm keeping my dual booted machine 🙂 Colin McRae 2.0 and NHL 2k3 where much more smoother and looked better as I could crank up graphics without loss of gameplay.

I'd still like to know why though...
 
The only thing I have found that I don't like on XP is the fact that some older
games have problems. I've had a couple that I could make them play in
compatiblity mode but some of them just won't run without freezing up or
dropping completely out in the middle of a game and taking you back to
the start menu.
 
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