Who said SBK2001 doesn't work on WinXP?

I saw a post here not long ago that said EA's Superbike 2001 won't run on WinXP. I installed it today and it's running beautifully on my WinXP box with a Radeon 8500. I've also read in another group that HH Baseball 2002 doesn't run on XP alo, and yet I installed that today too and it's running fine.

yeah, but you have to have your desktop set to 126 bits max, if you try 24 or 32 bits it won't run....and besides that the game is crap under XP, the framerate just stinks compared to GPL, N4 or IL-2 "Aguirre" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: tdJ38.1200$[email hidden]... > I saw a post here not long ago that said EA's Superbike 2001 won't run on > WinXP. > I installed it today and it's running beautifully on my WinXP box with a > Radeon 8500. > I've also read in another group that HH Baseball 2002 doesn't run on XPalo, > and yet I installed that today too and it's running fine. > >

"Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c4fb5cd$0$16590$[email hidden]... > yeah, but you have to have your desktop set to 126 bits max, if you try 24 > or 32 bits it won't run....and besides that the game is crap under XP, the > framerate just stinks compared to GPL, N4 or IL-2 Not an issue but I will test it to see for myself, I run most games at 16bit anyway. And my frame rate is very good in SBK 2001, running at 1280x1024 with most eye candy on and it's running faster on my R8500 under XP compared to how it ran on my GF2 under Win98. What video card are you using?

it's not the GAME you must run in 16bits, it's your windows desktop...otherwise it doesn't lauch. I have a basic geforce2 which is perfect for GPL, N4 and sturmovik (and F1RC but it's less demanding cause it's better programmed) "Aguirre" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: feS38.1347$[email hidden]... > > "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3c4fb5cd$0$16590$[email hidden]... > > yeah, but you have to have your desktop set to 126 bits max, if you try24 > > or 32 bits it won't run....and besides that the game is crap under XP,the > > framerate just stinks compared to GPL, N4 or IL-2 > > Not an issue but I will test it to see for myself, I run most games at16bit > anyway. And my frame rate is very good in SBK 2001, running at 1280x1024 > with most eye candy on and it's running faster on my R8500 under XPcompared > to how it ran on my GF2 under Win98. What video card are you using? > > >

Great bike racing SIM! I got it to work by changing the compatability mode to "Windows 98" and it worked like a charm. Great FPS.. no draw backs at all. (PIII 866, GF2 MX200 64meg and WinXP) James "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c501a88$0$16579$[email hidden]... > it's not the GAME you must run in 16bits, it's your windows > desktop...otherwise it doesn't lauch. > > I have a basic geforce2 which is perfect for GPL, N4 and sturmovik (andF1RC

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> but it's less demanding cause it's better programmed) > > > "Aguirre" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: > feS38.1347$[email hidden]... > > > > "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:3c4fb5cd$0$16590$[email hidden]... > > > yeah, but you have to have your desktop set to 126 bits max, if you

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> 24 > > > or 32 bits it won't run....and besides that the game is crap under XP, > the > > > framerate just stinks compared to GPL, N4 or IL-2 > > > > Not an issue but I will test it to see for myself, I run most games at > 16bit > > anyway. And my frame rate is very good in SBK 2001, running at 1280x1024 > > with most eye candy on and it's running faster on my R8500 under XP > compared > > to how it ran on my GF2 under Win98. What video card are you using? > > > > > > > >

"Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3c501a88$0$16579$[email hidden]... > it's not the GAME you must run in 16bits, it's your windows > desktop...otherwise it doesn't lauch. Yea, so what? Is that such a big deal to you? Many games have to have the desktop set to 16bit or else you will incur a performance hit. Takes me all of two seconds to switch from 32bit to 16bit. > I have a basic geforce2 which is perfect for GPL, N4 and sturmovik (andF1RC > but it's less demanding cause it's better programmed) SBK 2001 is one of the most efficient and best looking graphics engines for racing sims around. Maybe THE best of them all. I don't know what your problem is on your machine, but it's running great for me under XP.

"James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a2q5a1$l3h$[email hidden]... > Great bike racing SIM! > > I got it to work by changing the compatability mode to "Windows 98" and it > worked like a charm. Great FPS.. no draw backs at all. Hm, I din't even have to do that. What problem did you see with it not in compatibility mode?

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>"Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:3c501a88$0$16579$[email hidden]... >> it's not the GAME you must run in 16bits, it's your windows >> desktop...otherwise it doesn't lauch. > >Yea, so what? Is that such a big deal to you? Many games have to have the >desktop set to 16bit or else you will incur a performance hit. Takes me all >of two seconds to switch from 32bit to 16bit.

You don't have to re-boot first? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <aB748.103$[email hidden]>, "Aguirre" <[email hidden]>writes: > You don't have to re-boot first? > > Eldred No. That is an option you set under the Genral tab of the advanced display properties for your desktop. Just select the option that says, "Apply the new display display settings without restarting".