G'Day Guy's
I would appreciate any Input from people who have switched to Win2K:-
Advantages
Disadvantages from Win98
Joysticks?? I use MSFF
Video Cards I use Voodoo3-3000
Power?? I have P11-350 with 128meg RAM
Many Thanks in advance,Skell
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> G'Day Guy's
> I would appreciate any Input from people who have switched to Win2K:-
I haven't switched, but have a full install of W2K alongside Win98 and have
tried it for games. You might want to take a look here:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/
> Advantages
For sims and games? none. Stick with Win98 and/or buy WinME when it comes
out in a few months.
> Disadvantages from Win98
For sims and games? It theoretically uses more resources, being NT under
the skin, so you would have fewer resources for running your games. The
driver support, while improving, is not as mature as Win98.
> Joysticks?? I use MSFF
I have a MSFF non-USB and I can't get it to work right in Win2K. You can't
install the sidewinder software. so no custom setups for different sims. I
can get my MSFF to be recognized in control panel/game controllers, but the
brake pedal axis is reversed. Other people have had this problem, but still
others have not.
> Video Cards I use Voodoo3-3000
I have a Voodoo3/3000-AGP and it works pretty well under W2K. Once again
though, the drivers are pretty new and probably not the most efficient, yet.
> Power?? I have P11-350 with 128meg RAM
That box will run the OS well enough (the extra RAM really helps here) but
you might start choking on some of the newer games if they happen to run on
W2K at all.
If you have W2K already, install it alongside Win98 and dual boot for games.
If you don't have it, don't buy it to run games (works great as a general OS
though...very nice). Wait for Windows Millenneum Edition for the next
decent game OS.
~daxe
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Any version of Windows is a disadvantage when running *any*
applications.
You should know this. Go to your room.
Andrew
(it's smart-ass friday!)
skell wrote:
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> G'Day Guy's > I would appreciate any Input from people who have switched to Win2K:- > Advantages > Disadvantages from Win98 > Joysticks?? I use MSFF > Video Cards I use Voodoo3-3000 > Power?? I have P11-350 with 128meg RAM > Many Thanks in advance,SkellIn my opinion Win2K is the best OS around, except for games (and sims). I
have a dual boot system with a completely empty Win98 (just games related
drivers) for the games. It is easy to set up and it works great.
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