fubart Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Ordering new pc. Any ideas on WinXP for gaming?It looks slick, but I've read it is relatively slower than Win98. Also, how will older games fare? (I would hate to lose touch with CCII, etc.) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirill S. Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 the best choice is win2k, I have it now and it is alive from the day I installed it on June 10, 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 If you have completely modern hardware and games, win2000 is the way to go. Otherwise, I would suggest 98se. Best thing to do is go dual boot, 98se and 2000. You will find yourself using 98 less and less as time goes on . . . Another good option used to be 95 OSR2, but MS has cut support for it, and no new versions of DirectX will be compatible. But it still is the fastest, most stable version of windows9x there was. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil stanbridge Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Microsoft are no longer 'officially' supporting Win9x products. 2k is probably the most stable of the gaming environments at present, although when XP is service packed it would be debateable as to which is better.. 98se is the best o/s for older systems IMHO. By older, I mean, slower machines. The GUI on 2k and XP is quite resource hungry. To make the most of it you need 256-512mb ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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