[pr-man]

?

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Celeron II 566@875 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 128 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH,
SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98FE

[clutch]

It's the best choice for Power Users. At least, that's my opinion.

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Regards,

clutch

[jdulmage]

it handles memory way better and is more stable than 9x

[Vampyr]

I suggest whistler.

[jdulmage]

uhhhhhhhhh..
what the hell? this guy is agreeing with me? that's a first...all the ranting and raving i've done about whistler and this guy agrees....hmmm....something weird is going on...

[pr-man]

win2k just feels kinda bloated I guess since you cant do a custom install

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Celeron II 566@875 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 128 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH,
SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98FE

[Vampyr]

I'm not gonna say linux is the best OS for games...mainly for one reason, the lack of games for linux. Right now whistler runs games faster than win2k or winme. Though the only "pro" linux comment i can make is that the games that are available for linux run faster than they do in Windows. I think this may have something to do with the way linux handles memory, or the fast file system?? All i know is that in quake 3 and unreal tournament i can see a noticible speed increase in linux over win.

[Vampyr]

jdul... you need someone here pro linux, you know, to add a little variety.

[whoisurdaddy]

Well, Win2k is ok with gaming. It still doesn't work with all the games though. I have problems with Mech Warrior 4 and Need for Speed 5 (only on multiplayer). But I don't care about those games because I only play like Counter-Strike, Quake 3, and AOEII. Just like what jdulmage said, it handles memory much better and more stable than Win9x. Not like I have problems with Win9x, but because of those reasons and Win98SE looks dull are my reasons for using Win2k.

Vampyr: Whistler version you are using would be beta version right not the real retail one? I thought Whistler retail wouldn't be out until like this summer.

[This message has been edited by whoisurdaddy (edited 30 January 2001).]

[Vampyr]

Yes, the whistler i saw was beta. And no, i do not currently have it installed. Though once i did for a while but it interfered with my LILO boot configuration so i had to toss it.

[pr-man]

well im running win98SE right now and it does look dull but gives me 0 problems so thats why im wondering if I should switch or wait till SP2 comes out.

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Celeron II 566@875 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 128 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH,
SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98FE

[OLEerror]

If you are not having any problems, then there isn't much reason to switch. Unless there is some specific feature(s) in Windows 2000 you want to take advantage of. You might as well wait for Whistler to be released if you are just upgrading for the sake of upgrading.

[clutch]

Just wait. And while you are waiting, get more memory.



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Regards,

clutch

[jdulmage]

well, 128 + is good enough. 128 works for me, I have 256 now, only cause it was given to me

[pr-man]

hehe well jdulmage you can give me some :), I need about 64 megs

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Celeron II 566@875 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 128 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH,
SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98FE

[Vampyr]

384 is better... pretty much everything runs from ram... no swap file usage

[jdulmage]

there are games that require a swap file no matter what, you should never 0 the swap file or do anything like that.

[Vampyr]

I know that. Your swap file "should" be 2xyour ram.

[clutch]

Not me. I wouldn't make a swap file larger than 350MB unless there was a specialized need (database, SMS, some 3D app usage, etc). No reason for it with gaming and most applications. Hell, on a default Win2K install with 384MB RAM, I think the swap file goes 576-1184 (or something like that). With several IE sessions and Outlook 2K going, your mem usage wont even register on the bar graph of Task Manager. I try to set my total system memory to 25% more than my max memory usage. I think that I have peaked a workstation to 325MB using Solidworks 2000 (3D modeling app), Outlook 2000, Excel 2000, Word 2000, 3 Windows Explorer sessions, and a couple of IE sessions.

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Regards,

clutch

[Marchuz^]

My swap file is 512Mb. I have 256Mb RAM and i have peaked 516Mb mem usage. I was running Photoshop, 5 Internet Explorer sessions, one Windows Explorer session, Outlook 2000, CMD, ACDSee 32 and 3D Studio MAX rendering a scene...

Well, it didn't go too fast if I say so, but it was still very usable...

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Marchuz^
UIN: 42900735
marcus@fofso.net