rec.autos.simulators

Well you may be interested to know then that at least Nascar Racing 2 does
indeed run faster and smoother under 98 than it did under Win95, at least
for me. :)

Under Win95 I had to use -4bit textures w/dma rendition version, with Win98
I'm using the 8bit textures with no problems at all.

Dan.

|The Kennewell Philosphy on Upgrading Operating System:-
|
|"Never, ever, on pain of castration and death by tickling, "upgrade"
|your current operating system version UNLESS (a) A new, exciting,
|'must-have' racing simulation will not run on anything less than the

Since Diamond released the latest drivers for the Stealth S220 I've been
using Win98 Beta preview with no problems at all.  Everything has worked at
least as well as with Win95 and many things work better.  It's been very
stable.  You are right that in most cases Win98 is a bit slower but not
enough to really notice IMO.  I don't use the Active Desktop, nor do I know
many that do, this may be your problem with the speed and stability.

Win98 is not an upgrade that I would consider a neccessity for anything
other than being able to do away with all the patches/updates for Win95.  I
also think the price is ridiculous for basically a bug fix update to the OS
but such is life.  I'll be upgrading to the final retail when available but
only because I can free up some HD space deleting all my patches/updates, at
least until the the patches/updates for Win98 begin to arrive. :)

Dan.

|Fellow Usenetters,
|     I felt compelled to write and tell all you good people about some
|of the problems I experienced with Windows98. First, for the background;
|I did a full custom install over my existing Win95 O/S. In other words,
|an upgrade, just like I assume most people will be doing. In my case the
|CD happens to be the full version, rather than the strictly upgrade
|disc. The disc is the normal production version that will be on sale
|June 25th.

He's talking about installing Win 98 over 95.

Tilus

Tilus

couse it isnt any differnt...if u have a SCSI allready installed !!! if u
dont and your DVD needs it...then u set for a win reinstall.

Tilus

Tilus

Well if you work 'desktop support' then with your attitude I'm certainly
***y glad I'm not one of your customers!

It would be nioce, however, to be one of your bosses because i'd
definitely give you a kick up the arse for your 'customer relations'.

With Win 95 and Voodoo2 I can run NASCAR2 with everything 'on'.  If i
can do this under Win95 then there is no 'need' for me to so-called
"upgrade" to win98.

HAHA!!  Yes....I guess it does!
One thing about the Mac....love them or hate them, they do have a stable
OS.

Mike, This post is not off topic. Since I went over to 98 I can't run CPR or GPL.  

:-( :-( :-( :-(

--

mark
"A lot of people think racing is about going fast. But it's not. It's about going just slow enough to stay on the track."

F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm
Remove us here and there to mail me.

    Fellow Usenetters,
         I felt compelled to write and tell all you good people about some
    of the problems I experienced with Windows98.

I run GPL on Win98 RC0, but I have to delete some files and calibrate the
wheel every time I start it.

-Jan Otto

    Mike, This post is not off topic. Since I went over to 98 I can't run
CPR or GPL.

    :-( :-( :-( :-(

    --

    mark
    "A lot of people think racing is about going fast. But it's not. It's
about going just slow enough to stay on the track."

What is the point of this post, really?  It's just anti-Microsoft spam.

--
Dave Kerr, #327

I run Win98 final release and have had no probs with GPL or any progs. In
fact, everything in Windows seems to run somewhat faster.

--
Regards, Ed Medlin

www.edmedlin.netminds.com
Columnist, Software Critics Unlimited
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