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Well, as you can see from the post below I can now use my 3 DFX card with W2K, BUT, what games will play on this operating system?
AMD k6-2 450Mhz
128Mb SDRAM
2Gb H/D with O/S
15Gb H/d with data
Diamond Multi Media Monster 3D II PCI Card.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for for your help! :confused:
GLquake1, quake2, unreal, unreal tournament might even work OK. you can techinically play almost everygame ever made but it will either look like crap or lag like hell
That is not necessarily true. Games written for win9x code will technically not work with winNT/2K. However, win2K supports current versions of DirectX, which in turn will allow newer games to run. It is kind of a hit and miss. As stated above, most Quake based games will work with Win2K.Quote:
Originally posted by PEZ_B0y:
GLquake1, quake2, unreal, unreal tournament might even work OK. you can techinically play almost everygame ever made but it will either look like crap or lag like hell
Thanx,
Look like you were right again Lycia, tried to load Mechwarrior 2, but refused to go on an NT based o/s ;)
Any other options apart from quake?? :confused:
sudden strike
Starcraft, MW3, MW4, UT, Halflife all work in win2k.
Game "Zero Wing" good work into 2000?
;)
The Sims, Red Alert 2, Total Anihiliation, Black & White, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Project IGI,
To add to the list - Rogue Spear, just about all EA sports titles (post 99), Need for Speed 4 and 5 (with compatibility updates & patches from EA), Hitman: Codename 47, Metal Gear Solid, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (with a patch from Eidos) and Clive Barker's Undying.
If you really want a more ROBUST listing of games supported under 2K, check out www.ntcompatible.com. In some cases, it will tell you what you must do to get a game to work properly in an 2K environment.
Thanx all,
You have given me a great selection to choose from.
Now all I have to do is find more time to play em'. :D
You could play good kwel games with that specifications! Hmm... i like playing counterstike especially in the network.
So far I haven't found any games that I thought were worth spending time on that don't work and work VERY well in my win2k system. Some Excellent examples: I found that Deus Ex, Unreal Tourny, Q3A, and American McGee's Alice ALL ran better on my system with Win2K than on 98. Anybody who says games run like crap on this OS are either setting things up wrong or trying to run the OS on too old of a machine. If your computer is half way up to date you won't have a problem.
P.S. Take note, Windows XP Home Edition IS based on the NT Kernel. MS wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot by putting out a home OS that is as incompatible as some people are making it out to be.
Yes they would, I refer to Windows itself.Quote:
Originally posted by overallniceguy:
P.S. Take note, Windows XP Home Edition IS based on the NT Kernel. MS wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot by putting out a home OS that is as incompatible as some people are making it out to be.
Judging from MS website, it looks like XPhome is still win9x based and WinXP Pro is based on WinNT/2K with major tweaking on the side of being compatible for win9x.
Your current hardware can't take full advantage of the engines these games have. Get yourself an Athlon & a decent AGP card. You're really missing out on how these games can really perform, if you run it on your platform, especially if your going to use Win2K.Quote:
Originally posted by phoneblock:
Well, as you can see from the post below I can now use my 3 DFX card with W2K, BUT, what games will play on this operating system?
AMD k6-2 450Mhz
128Mb SDRAM
2Gb H/D with O/S
15Gb H/d with data
Diamond Multi Media Monster 3D II PCI Card.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for for your help! :confused:
There is a NT/2k 95 emulator that will allow you to install games that check for Win95 and then tell you that it won't run - however they then may or may not run. I will look for the reference to it.
Look Here: http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0100/rh0137.htm
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Originally posted by Lycia:
Yes they would, I refer to Windows itself.
Judging from MS website, it looks like XPhome is still win9x based and WinXP Pro is based on WinNT/2K with major tweaking on the side of being compatible for win9x.
Windows XP is NT based. end of story.
XP home edition will have more things for the dumb users, and will probably play games better than the pro version
To be specific, XP Home has a lot more compatibility for home users integrated. It also is a little less picky about allowing games to access the graphics card. BUT all versions of XP are based on the Win2k Kernel.
As a side note, when you right click on a shortcut to an exe in Win2k SP2 you get a "Compatibility Mode" tab that allows you to set different types of compatibility, though I havent had a chance to test/play with it yet...
Have anyone tried B&W with 2KPro. It runs fine, but some how it gave me a runtime error intermitenly.
I haven't had any problems with it so far.Quote:
Originally posted by Malaysia_Sucks:
Have anyone tried B&W with 2KPro. It runs fine, but some how it gave me a runtime error intermitenly.
A friend of mine had a problem with Duke Nukem 3D...it wouldn't play any sound. However a good portion of games work with 2k.
From what I've heard, here's the basic breakdown of XP Home/Pro:
XP Home: ME + 2K Kernel + New Interface
XP Pro: 2k + a few ME features + New Interface
Both *should* run games just fine. XP Pro probably isn't loaded with some of the crap home is loaded with (movie maker, etc). I'd go with the Pro if I had the budget...
I play just about everything on win2k, The sims, Star wars Xwing Alliance, Star wars battle for naboo, seroius sam, black and white..the list goes on. only a few games that needed patches or would not work in 2k that i have ever found.. even those that say they won't work do!
Nifty little secret..if a game wont work right try this:
1) Right click its shortcut, choose Properties
2) Go to compatibility tab
3) Choose Windows 98 or Windows 95 Layer.
Works on some games, not on others