Best Operating System for Gaming

Cpl. Reynolds · 09-30-2002, 07:25 PM

Check out this excellent article on Toms Hardware for their review about which OS is best for gaming:

http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer...930/index.html

The verdict: 2000 and XP are slightly better speedwise and much better stability wise. I personally would suggest that XP has additional problems (note in the article it talks about Silent Hunter II which wouldn't even run on an XP system) that 2000 does not.

By the way, just as an aside for those of you who have problems running various software and are thinking about doing a complete rebuild of your operating system (ie, format the hard drive and reload everything from scratch), consider the following instead: why not make your system dual-boot? If you're using 98 and have problems, try installing 2000 and choose dual boot instead of upgrading 98. Then reinstall the games while in the new OS and see what happens. It gives you a chance to try something else without having to rebuild your entire system which is truly a pain-in-the-hiney chore we'd all rather avoid.

xcorporalx · 09-30-2002, 07:47 PM

well, i still dual boot 98se and xp
great combo!

The Diceman · 09-30-2002, 09:27 PM

i dual Win2k and 98
i got MSI GeForce 4 ti 4400 and it doesnt work well on Win2k so i use 98 for gaming

BTW XP takes a lot of your RAM so it's not really best for gaming i'd say. I had it for a while.

SS [FIN] · 10-03-2002, 09:27 AM

Xp takes around 60megs of ram

09-30-2002, 07:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cpl. Reynolds First Lieutenant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hiding in a foxhole, protecting my hiney. Posts: 1,923	Best Operating System for Gaming Check out this excellent article on Toms Hardware for their review about which OS is best for gaming: http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer...930/index.html The verdict: 2000 and XP are slightly better speedwise and much better stability wise. I personally would suggest that XP has additional problems (note in the article it talks about Silent Hunter II which wouldn't even run on an XP system) that 2000 does not. By the way, just as an aside for those of you who have problems running various software and are thinking about doing a complete rebuild of your operating system (ie, format the hard drive and reload everything from scratch), consider the following instead: why not make your system dual-boot? If you're using 98 and have problems, try installing 2000 and choose dual boot instead of upgrading 98. Then reinstall the games while in the new OS and see what happens. It gives you a chance to try something else without having to rebuild your entire system which is truly a pain-in-the-hiney chore we'd all rather avoid. __________________ http://www.planetbattlefield.com/longestday

09-30-2002, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
xcorporalx Sergeant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 360	well, i still dual boot 98se and xp great combo! __________________ xcorporalx

09-30-2002, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
The Diceman Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Error404-could not be retrieved Posts: 1,272	i dual Win2k and 98 i got MSI GeForce 4 ti 4400 and it doesnt work well on Win2k so i use 98 for gaming BTW XP takes a lot of your RAM so it's not really best for gaming i'd say. I had it for a while. __________________

10-03-2002, 09:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
SS [FIN] First Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 1,666	Xp takes around 60megs of ram