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  1. 09-06-2003, 02:10 AM #1
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    Question what O.S?

    #1
    asus A7N8X Deluxe
    "Barton" Xp2500
    2x 256meg
    Radeon 9800pro
    soundstorm audio(onboard)
    WDse 80gig
    viewsonic pf810

    #2
    Xp1800
    MSI KT266a
    256meg ddr
    Radeon 9100
    SB live 5.1
    WD 40gig/Maxtor 30gig
    viewsonic E70F+SB 17"

    #3
    p-3 1000mhz
    older MoBo
    256meg pc133
    GeForce2 Ultra
    Aureal Vortex2
    30 gig Maxtor
    Viewsonic E70F+SB 17"

    these three computers will be used almost exclusively for gaming...
    should one system use a different O.S from the others?...
    whitch one will offer the most framerate and smoothness of gameplay,and compatibility?
    i have win95,win98,win98se,win2k,winxp corporate...
    these systems have thier hard drives slicked and i was wanting some opinions on whitch O.S to install,and why...
    we play mainly shooter and flight sims...thx in advance...
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  2. 09-06-2003, 07:15 AM #2
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    #1 - XP

    #2 - 2k

    #3 - 2k
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  3. 09-06-2003, 10:45 AM #3
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    Providing explanations for iantaylor's recommendations:

    XP and 2k are both far superior to anything on the 9x kernel; they're both much more stable and much easier to recover from major errors.. XP tends to use up a bit more memory, with 256 being absolutely necessary IMHO and 512 being good (hence system number1). With systems 2 and 3, having less ram, 2k would be preferable.
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    Or you could just put 2000 on all 3 machines...
    DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra
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    1024 MB PC3200 DDR
    Seagate 120 GB SATA HDD
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  6. 09-08-2003, 04:12 PM #5
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    win2k or XP
    DO NOT use win9.x on those, win2k and xp are a world difference. stability one of them and MS support another reason
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  7. 09-08-2003, 04:24 PM #6
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    2k all the way, despite what you may think 2k has better backwards game compatability than XP. So you can play classics like homeworld without a problem.
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  8. 09-08-2003, 10:03 PM #7
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