rec.autos.simulators

by **ck1** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:02:58

It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

thx
"I want to share something with you: The three
little sentences that will get you through life.
Number 1: Cover for me.
Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

-Homer Simpson

by **Eden** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:30:15

Go for XP instead,

So far it's the best I've seen (for newer games that is, I haven't taken
time to install GPL over it yet...) runs Rally Trophy, Nascar 2002, and F1
2001 with not a glitch.

Plus it really rocks for a highspeed Internet connection I gained about 55
Kbps Downstream with it compared to my Win98 set-up. Thats from 90-110 Kbps
to 145-165!

Denis

by **ck1** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:23:46

Wow, this must be a real brain stumper for you guys! Suppose I'll have
to look elsewhere for intelligent life.....

>It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
>worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
>The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

>thx
>"I want to share something with you: The three
>little sentences that will get you through life.
>Number 1: Cover for me.
>Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
>Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

>-Homer Simpson

"I want to share something with you: The three
little sentences that will get you through life.
Number 1: Cover for me.
Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

-Homer Simpson

by **Dave Henri** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:14:29

hmmm I wrote a big reply this morning...most likely the net is holding up
some posts somewhere.
dh

> Wow, this must be a real brain stumper for you guys! Suppose I'll have
> to look elsewhere for intelligent life.....

> >It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
> >worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
> >The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

> >thx
> >"I want to share something with you: The three
> >little sentences that will get you through life.
> >Number 1: Cover for me.
> >Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
> >Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

> >-Homer Simpson

> "I want to share something with you: The three
> little sentences that will get you through life.
> Number 1: Cover for me.
> Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
> Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

> -Homer Simpson

by **James Pickar** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:39:27

Best solution I"ve found is dual boot Win98 / XP. I ran a triple boot while
experimenting with XP (98 / 2000 / XP) and found I didn't need 2000 at all,
so I formatted the available partition.

Although XP runs almost everything, some seem to miss out (Medal of Honor
is the only thing I've found), plus XP has the 'Run as...' mode where you
can select which OS you want to run the program as. Someitmes works if you
run a program on XP, as Win98.

James

by **Chris H** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:01:37

Have you downloaded the patch from http://mohaa.ea.com/downloads/demo.html ? Seems to have fixed some problems for a few people.
--
Chris H.

> Best solution I"ve found is dual boot Win98 / XP. I ran a triple boot while
> experimenting with XP (98 / 2000 / XP) and found I didn't need 2000 at all,
> so I formatted the available partition.

> Although XP runs almost everything, some seem to miss out (Medal of Honor
> is the only thing I've found), plus XP has the 'Run as...' mode where you
> can select which OS you want to run the program as. Someitmes works if you
> run a program on XP, as Win98.

> James

by **TlgtrPr** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:50:07

Just saw your post. I went from 98 to 2000pro kast year. I only had 3 games
that didn't make the move..Nascar99, F1 2000 and Sega Ralley...it may or may
not have been the OS change, but they didn't make the transition. Win 2000 has
been fine so far. The only older game I still use is SCGT. You might try
posting at Speedsims.com they have always been pretty helpful for me.

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second...and look...my beer stays right there in the glass! Ain't that just
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approximate)

by **Eldre** » Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:47:11

>Subject: Re: Win 98 vs. 2000

>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 01:23:46 GMT

>Wow, this must be a real brain stumper for you guys! Suppose I'll have
>to look elsewhere for intelligent life.....

So because you didn't see an answer you liked within 9 hours of your question,
you start insulting people? Well, THAT'S certainly a good way to make people
want to help you... :(
Um, maybe people were enjoying the weekend with their families and you weren't
the number 1 priority...?
Here's an answer for ya: Format c: /s

Eldred
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by **Tony Van Caute** » Wed, 17 Apr 2002 01:03:02

.. look elsewhere for intelligent life ... LOL ... he meant, elsewhere from his
own brain ..

> >Subject: Re: Win 98 vs. 2000

> >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 01:23:46 GMT

> >Wow, this must be a real brain stumper for you guys! Suppose I'll have
> >to look elsewhere for intelligent life.....

> So because you didn't see an answer you liked within 9 hours of your question,
> you start insulting people? Well, THAT'S certainly a good way to make people
> want to help you... :(
> Um, maybe people were enjoying the weekend with their families and you weren't
> the number 1 priority...?
> Here's an answer for ya: Format c: /s

> Eldred
> --
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
> GPLRank - under construction...

> Can the Detroit Tigers match the Detroit Lions' blazing 2001 start of 0-12???
> Currently at 0-11 as of April14th...stay tuned...one more to tie
> Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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Tony

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by **Eden** » Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:10:04

Oups!

That's Kb/s (Kilo BYTES) not kilobits kbps Multiply the numbers in the
first post by 8...

> Go for XP instead,

> So far it's the best I've seen (for newer games that is, I haven't taken
> time to install GPL over it yet...) runs Rally Trophy, Nascar 2002, and F1
> 2001 with not a glitch.

> Plus it really rocks for a highspeed Internet connection I gained about 55
> Kbps Downstream with it compared to my Win98 set-up. Thats from 90-110
Kbps
> to 145-165!

> Denis

> > It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
> > worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
> > The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

> > thx
> > "I want to share something with you: The three
> > little sentences that will get you through life.
> > Number 1: Cover for me.
> > Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
> > Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

> > -Homer Simpson

by **Eden** » Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:24:21

Lol

"Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot."

Denis

by **Raymond, ACT LAB** » Sat, 20 Apr 2002 06:07:30

I''m going to second this one. I ran 2000/98SE dual for about 3 years
and then swtiched to XP/98SE. If you have the hard drive space, then
go for it as there isn't really a reason not to.

I do FAT32 on all my partitions except for my XP partition which I use
NTFS for security, etc. That way, I can access my game directories
from either OS. And if you find that you are barely using one of your
OS', just go into your boot.ini file and change the delay time to like
5 seconds and you will barely notice that you have 2 OS as your boot
times will be pretty much the same as if you had 1 OS.

I play a lot of different games and there are still a handful of games
that run faster on 98SE. In addition, I have had major problems using
a combination of WinXP, KT133 chipset and a USB camera. This is a
well documented problem, so I just gave up and whenever I use my web
cam, I use 98SE.

My two cents.
Raymond
ACT LABS
www.act-labs.com

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:39:27 +1000, "James Pickard"

>Best solution I"ve found is dual boot Win98 / XP. I ran a triple boot while
>experimenting with XP (98 / 2000 / XP) and found I didn't need 2000 at all,
>so I formatted the available partition.

>Although XP runs almost everything, some seem to miss out (Medal of Honor
>is the only thing I've found), plus XP has the 'Run as...' mode where you
>can select which OS you want to run the program as. Someitmes works if you
>run a program on XP, as Win98.

>James

>> It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
>> worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
>> The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

>> thx
>> "I want to share something with you: The three
>> little sentences that will get you through life.
>> Number 1: Cover for me.
>> Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss!
>> Number 3: It was like that when I got here."

>> -Homer Simpson

by **Tim** » Fri, 03 May 2002 02:47:50

>It's been a while since I've used 98 so I was wondering, would it be
>worthwhile to install 98 on another partition and use it to run games?
>The advantage I'm assuming may be better frame rates?

You didn't give any info on your hardware, but generally speaking, I
don't think it's worth it.
I got 2000 Pro early and had lots of problems with drivers, especially
crazy texture glitching with my GeForce 2. It was bad enough that I
did what you are considering and ran a dual-boot system.

The 2000/XP drivers are now relatively mature, and all of those
hassles have disappeared, making dual-booting time consuming and a
waste of drive space.
I'm running 2 machines with 2000 Pro (Pentium 3 866 and 933), and a
new Athlon 1.9+ with Windows XP. They're fast and stable and I'd dread
going back to Windows 98.

Tim