Windows2000 Performance

by Steve Gibson, Jan 15, 2000 6:21am PST

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#30, my machine was having some SERIOUS reliablility problems w/98. It would crash hard a few times a day, and that was after just re-building it. I was resigned to it being a hardware problem. I loaded up Win2k and viola, all problems resolved! Yeah, gaming isn\'t _quite_ as good, but it\'s good and getting better. But for everything else I use my PC for, Win2k rocks.

Jan 16, 2000 12:27pm PST

#30, my machine was having some SERIOUS reliablility problems w/98. It would crash hard a few times a da... : Regent

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I have systems running both Win98SE and Win2000....

I prefer Win98SE to Windows 2000 for gaming. I like Win2000 for everything else.

The only videocard drivers I can find for Win2000 are beta shit drivers that resemble Win98 videocard drivers from 9 or 10 monthes ago... no thanks, I will stick with Win98SE until this O/S becomes 100% real.

And when MSFT does Millenium and/or finds drivers for Win2000 that match the Win98SE drivers, then I will go there, but not until then..

What good is dual cpu support if you cantz get da proper drivas? It would be Ho-ish to throw down like that and not know if the bitch is gonna work for you or not....

Jan 16, 2000 12:27am PST

I have systems running both Win98SE and Win2000.... I prefer Win98SE to Windows 2000 for gaming. I li... : pimpstick

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Thanks Mofo

Jan 15, 2000 7:38pm PST

Thanks Mofo : brutal

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I rather have a stable system than have a few more FPS. That is my opinion. I\'m sure as the drivers get more mature, we will see a little difference, if not any.

Jan 15, 2000 5:09pm PST

I rather have a stable system than have a few more FPS. That is my opinion. I\'m sure as the drivers get ... : mofo

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*drooling* must get win2k .. can\'t belive i\'m saying this though ... need to be stable, that will somehow make my life better ... and also my computer is so dead when i play games i can smell smoke when playing anything more than free cell ...

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Jan 15, 2000 2:33pm PST

*drooling* must get win2k .. can\'t belive i\'m saying this though ... need to be stable, that will someh... : frUnt

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#17: Heh, I know what you mean. I run LINUX, and most people won\'t use it until it\'s pussified as well.

Jan 15, 2000 1:55pm PST

#17: Heh, I know what you mean. I run LINUX, and most people won\'t use it until it\'s pussified as well... : Barbarian

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Has anyone run a similar benchmark with an SMP W2K machine? I\'m curious if a dual processor config would make up for the lack of optimized, agp enabled drivers at this point.

Jan 15, 2000 1:38pm PST

Has anyone run a similar benchmark with an SMP W2K machine? I\'m curious if a dual processor config woul... : nervous

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i remember reading an article about Win98 before it was released. The author stated that nothing ran in it, including games. Only a few apps would chugg along whiling in Win98. That was a month or two before release. When it was relesed, everything worked fine, so lighten up... Win2000 will be great, it from microsoft god damn it! How could it not be.

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Jan 15, 2000 12:05pm PST

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So far I\'m very happy with my Win2k install, but if you don\'t like teaking and messing around with different drivers until you find one that works (sorta), I would stay away from it. So fundamentally I agree that most people should follow sCary\'s lead (i.e. wait a few months).

For the moment I don\'t care if I\'m losing a few FPS; Win2k is a far better OS than Win 98...

IT\'S JUST THAT MOST PEOPLE DON\'T HAVE THE BALLS FOR IT UNTIL IT\'S SUFFICIENTLY PUSSIFIED!

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Tony

Jan 15, 2000 11:25am PST

So far I\'m very happy with my Win2k install, but if you don\'t like teaking and messing around with diff... : tony1c

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SMP on Quake3 in w2k has been working for quite some time now, I\'d say the build before Q3DemoTest. I know it\'s been several months, and it was a Quake 3 thing, not a driver thing. You can use 3.53 drivers (or below) and SMP works fine.

/gw

Jan 15, 2000 10:43am PST

SMP on Quake3 in w2k has been working for quite some time now, I\'d say the build before Q3DemoTest. I k... : Agressiv

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I get about 10 more fps in Win 98 than Win2k (50fps vs 41 fps), but...

1) I can\'t disable vsync in Win2k
2) I\'m using POS 3.66 beta drivers.
3) For some reason I can\'t change my refresh rate like I can in Win 98 (it helps to have a 120hz refresh rate when you have vsync on).

I ain\'t gonna start whining yet...

Tony

Jan 15, 2000 9:48am PST

I get about 10 more fps in Win 98 than Win2k (50fps vs 41 fps), but... 1) I can\'t disable vsync in Wi... : tony1c

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#5 & #8

So, how does Q3 run on your Macs?

Jan 15, 2000 9:42am PST

#5 & #8 So, how does Q3 run on your Macs? : tony1c

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Oops that should read

\'as good as or bettern than Win9x\'

Jan 15, 2000 8:58am PST

Oops that should read \'as good as or bettern than Win9x\' : jkohn

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I\'m pretty sure the biggest reason for this is the lack of AGP support in current NVidia Win2k drivers. Once NVidia gets their shit together, performance should be as good as or better than Win2k. And for those of with SMP it should really kick ass.

Jan 15, 2000 8:57am PST

I\'m pretty sure the biggest reason for this is the lack of AGP support in current NVidia Win2k drivers. ... : jkohn

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third post damit

Jan 15, 2000 6:37am PST

third post damit : brutal

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Go fuck a goat #1!

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Jan 15, 2000 6:24am PST

Go fuck a goat #1! =) : JT

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Woohoo! first post! ya baby!

Jan 15, 2000 6:22am PST

Woohoo! first post! ya baby! : Spank

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